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Rick Ross hosts the Rick Ross and Mr. Brainwash “Rather You Than Me” Album Listening Experience on March 8, 2017...
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The Vital Importance of Hip-Hop’s Album Intro As Hip-Hop continues to age and evolve, one thing that remains a staple...
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Long live the rose that grew from concrete when no one else ever cared. – Tupac Shakur In California, murder in the day time has an otherworldly chill to it, and when the victim is someone beloved by millions, it almost seems like a cruel, cruel joke that life is...
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Kendrick Lamar, a Hero to Many Heel /hēl/ In professional wrestling, a heel (also known as a rudo in lucha libre) is a wrestler who portrays...
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21 SAVAGE ICE ARREST Culminating a year of wild headlines, high profile beefs, and major album drops, 21 Savage christened...
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DRO FE A Ballad of Blood On November 25, 2006, another young musician joined the 27-club. El Gallo de Oro, or The Golden Rooster as he was known, was shot to death after leaving a concert. His body was struck 20-times from the onslaught of gunfire unleashed by a sicario...
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As the year comes to an end, it’s safe to say that 2018 is one of the most memorable in...
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The terrifying act of confronting racism It was 1983 and blues musician Daryl Davis was performing at a bar in...
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LIL WAYNE THA CARTER V In 2008 Dwayne Michael Carter Jr. released what is widely considered his magnum opus — Tha Carter III. The build up to the project was years in the making, nearly a decade to be precise. Lil Wayne made his way into the local rap scene at nine-years of...
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Hip-Hop’s Battle Roots and the Aftermath of Eminem’s ‘Kamikaze’ Attack. In 1973, DJ Kool Herc invented Hip-Hop. At the time, it...
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XXXTENTACION’S FATAL OUTCOME “History never repeats itself but it often rhymes.” Another rapper dead. It’s an all too familiar phrase heard...
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The Houston Hip-Hop producer has ascended to auteur and cultivated the sound of a generation. Article by Zach Quiñones When Dr. Dre dropped The Chronic in 1992, it hit the music landscape like a comet. It was regarded as innovative and ground-breaking with its distinct and masterful production that birthed the G-Funk sound. Unlike his...
