Kreayshawn, if you remember, burst onto the scene in 2011 with her viral hit “Gucci Gucci” which sparked a major label deal with Columbia. Since her 2012 debut Somethin’ About Kreay, it’s been quiet for the Bay Area rapper and we’ve finally learned why after she revealed that she quit music because she benefitted to […]
After his disappointing Western Conference Finals, James Harden had the opportunity to confess his sins to the Basedgod and repent for a possible outcome in NBA Playoffs future.
The “Gucci, Gucci” rapper Kreayshawn, recently discovered she was emailing with a person she thought to be the producer and head honcho at Mad Decent.
To celebrate Twitter’s eighth birthday, the social media site opened up its archive for us to find our first tweet. And with the access, we did what anybody with a soul would do — look up the born-day tweets of our favorite struggle rappers.
The “n-word” is back up for debate thanks in part to Suge Knight and Y.G.’s new statements on being called the racial epithet. TMZ was on hand to record Knight saying he’d rather be called a “n—-a” than an African-American (his exact statement was , “We not from Africa, we Black!), and a day later Y.G. weighed in […]
Hip-Hop has always been an accommodating and embracing culture. Lately, it seems like white women have been taking advantage of this trait, staking claims in the game and sparking debates about the motives behind they forays into the rap world. Miley Cyrus was no where near the beginning folks, this has been an ongoing trend.
While artists like Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, and Nas saw flourishing record sales in 2o12, by releasing damn good albums (the aforementioned made our Wired 25: The Top 25 Albums Of 2012 list), a host of rappers weren’t fortunate enough to enter the same winner’s circle. This year a notable amount of Hip-Hop’s well-marketed and name […]
The phenomenon of the elusive “Great White Hope” in Hip-Hop has been a lofty goal set ever since the breakout success of Michigan rap superstar Eminem. With that has come the inevitable search for a female rapper who could replicate Slim Shady’s success in a business that is overwhelmingly dominated by Black people (at least […]
Rhymes skill have nothing to do with skin color. Never have. However, the plight of the white rapper is a tricky one. For a myriad of reasons (curiosity, navel gazing critics, hypebeasting), any Caucasian rapper with the slightest bit of talent (or a great gimmick) will get gassed by the media as a “can’t miss […]
Once upon a time, Kreayshawn was as hot new rapper who was nominated for Best New Artist at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards for her breakout single, “Gucci Gucci.” One year later, she is still yet to drop her debut album and still searching to recapture the magic from her breakout year. KiD CuDi croons […]
Try and contain your excitement here folks, Kreayshawn’s debut album is finally set to hit the stores. The “Gucci Gucci” star who sparked the white girl mob and was nominated for “Best New Artist” last year at the MTV Video Music Awards is dropping her album, Something About Kreay, on September 18th. Her viral accomplishments are nothing […]
Posting this strictly for archival purposes; here is Kreayshawn’s video for “Breakfast (Syrup),” featuring 2 Chainz. The Bay Area rapper’s debut, Somethin ‘Bout Kreay, will be out August 14th, but available digitally early on May 22. Question, can Kreayshawn be considered a form of Caucasian coonery?
