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He came, he saw, he conquered. Joshua Smith had a one goal: to raise money to help the city of Detroit. In less than a week of selling lemonade, other beverages, and popcorn, the youngster raised a respectable $3,000. Given the fact that his most expensive product was only $2, Smith did a pretty good job. The […]

In an interview with XXL, “6′ 7″” producer Bangladesh discussed how he remained relevant in the industry in comparison to his “irrelevant” peers, which chiefly speaking means Swizz Beatz. Although the man who came into the game as Shondrae provided encouraging words to aspiring producers at the All American Conference, he  didn’t provide the same enthusiasm […]

GLC is back again with his new all original mixtape, The Anti-Simp. The Chi-town pimp’s new effort features production by Young Chop, Cardo, Brandon DeShay, Mr O! and plenty more. This seventeen track project can serve as a guide on how and how not to show your pimp hand by being an anti-simp. Church is definitely on […]

Rapsody speaks on the other side of the game on “Believe Me,” the first official single from her forthcoming album, The Idea of Beautiful. Lines like “Lauryn ain’t crazy, just don’t know what she been through,” show the JAMLA MC’s malcontent with the music industry. And no, Rapsody doesn’t sound like a mad rapper. Instead she gives […]

San Francisco was hoping to follow in the footsteps of New York City with their “stop-and-frisk” policy, but it looks like all the controversy has spawned a change of heart. The city’s mayor, Ed Lee, was met with public criticism in June after announcing plans to enforce the policy which has been viewed as a […]

It’s kind of rare that one of Nardwuar‘s interview subjects match the excitement and enthusiasm of the Human Serviette, but this is why Juicy J is a national treasure. On the latest webisode of Nardwuar’s, the Memphis legend and Taylor Gang’s trippiest, Juicy J is featured. Juicy J is gifted with tons of classic records […]

Before Joe Budden, Joell Ortiz, Royce Da 5’9″ and Crooked I welcome us to their house, they’ll take on DJ Drama as a part of his Gangsta Grillz mixtape series. On The House will be a mixtape that will drop shortly before Slaughterhouse’s Shady Records debut album, welcome to: OUR HOUSE.   The first cut off of that mixtape […]

A version of this song came out a while back on Theophilus London’s album, Roseland Vol.1, but this re-release is the new version that will appear on Big Boi’s album, Vicious Lies and Dangerous Rumors.  Def Jam records gave this the green light to go as far as promo is concerned, so even though this might be […]

We are seven days away from getting the chance to pick up 2 Chainz’s highly anticipated debut, Based On A T.R.U. Story, in stores or online. Last night (August 6), 2 Necklaces was back in his Atlanta hometown and hosted a listening session for his new album at Tree Sound Studios. A number of local […]

A few weeks back when Odd Future rolled through New York City for Peter Rosenberg‘s birthday show, the group also stopped by Hot 97 and chopped it up with Cipha Sounds and Kay Fox. For anyone who has seen Odd Future’s interviews together, they can get pretty unruly, and this is no different. In this […]

Chicago quartet, The O’My’s are a talented rock and soul band out of an area turning out musical acts on the daily. The group had just recently signed a publishing deal with Sony/Boardwalk/ATV, so they celebrated by releasing this new record “Bout A Dolla.” This record features a slew of the midwest’s finest including Twista (Chicago), Chuck Inglish (Detroit), […]

Atlanta’s own Alley Boy is back with this new joint off of his new mix tape, The Gift Of Discernment. “Your Favorite Rapper” features G.O.O.D. Music’s resident dope boy, Pusha T. If you listen to this record, it sounds a lot like the Push A Ton is sending a little more shots at Lil Wayne, insinuating with […]