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Kanye West has managed to defy the odds with borrowed time he has on this planet, however, the journey it took to find this will nearly cost him his life. His legacy continues through sound and sneakers, influential music, and mental health in American society.
An arrest warrant has been issued for rapper Kodak Black, on bail in a drug case, after he allegedly failed to show up for a drug test before testing positive for fentanyl.
Both Quality Control Records and Roc-A-Fella Records carry a shelf of hits under their belt. Roc Nation today is a force no-one can control, while Quality Control has just been sold for $300 million.
Now Celebrity Match Up want to know what record label would you choose out of Quality Control Records or Roc-A-Fella Records? Comment your answers below!
The Grammy’s announced their recipients for the 2023 Lifetime Achievement award. One Of the recipients are hip-hop legend and pioneer, Slick Rick. Yesterday, the Grammy’s announced their recipients for the 2023 Lifetime Achievement award.
Shawn “Jay-Z” Carter and Marshall “Eminem” Mathers are two of the most commercially successful rap superstars of all time. According to Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson, his mentor’s legacy is greater than Jay-Z’s.
50 Cent rose to prominence two decades ago as a musical protégé of Eminem. The G-Unit leader also has a long-standing competitive rivalry with Jay-Z that dates back to the 1990s.
If you don’t know about Ice Spice by now, you’re being marked tardy. She’s a Bronx-native rapper who has been rising as the hip-hop world’s newest darling. And if you don’t believe us, maybe you’ll believe Beyoncé, who just made the 23-year-old one of the faces of her latest Ivy Park x Adidas campaign.
Lyrics have always been the most important factor in hip hop music. From the early days in the 70s and 80s all the way until today, the most efficient way for a rapper to gain respect is to have bars.
People might say that lyrics matter less on hip hop these days than they did back in the 90s, and that may be true, but there’s no denying that there aren’t still some great lyricists around.
Thomas Jacob Hilfiger is an American fashion designer and the founder of Tommy Hilfiger Corporation. After starting his career by co-founding a chain of jeans/fashion stores called People's Place in upstate New York in the 1970s, he began designing preppy clothing for his own eponymous menswear line.
TLC was on the top of the world, and it was assumed that they were making it big. They were critically acclaimed and had much commercial success. Even now, "CrazySexyCool" remains the only album by a female group to receive a diamond certification (in other words, they've gone platinum 11 times).
If you watched the rise of Jay-Z, Roc-A-Fella, and all its members at that time, then you know what this post is about. Rap beef has expanded from its Hip Hop roots into the entire culture.
Did you want to be apart of Roc-A-Fella Records? Did you throw up Tha Roc?
Celebrity Match Up is back with a new round of competition for its viewers to engage in. This time there matching R. Kelly music to Keith Sweats. Which artist would you rather listen to. Which one would you make babies to?
Both these artist has had major success with there music career. They both endured talking to the ladies in the crowd. Join The Wrap Up Magazine and engage into this article with your comments.
Drake, J. Cole, and Kendrick Lamar were three of the best-selling rappers of the 2010s. They released their debut albums in succession (2010, 2011, and 2012), and the age difference between the iconic emcees is only two years. Each of the thought-provoking recording artists has Grammy awards on their resume, with legions of fans who will vouch for their superiority as lyricists.
However, when it comes to the writers and editors at the New York Times, they have determined that Kendrick Lamar reigns supreme, which is an accomplishment considering that media outlets on the East Coast, whether they're hip-hop based, pop culture magazines or daily newspapers, have historically heaped such praise on rappers in their region, for the most part.
Competition has always played a big role in hip hop. Battle rhymes, diss songs, trying to outshine someone on his own song, it’s all in the spirit of competition.
But in the mid-90s, the competition in New York was especially heavy. Let’s think about the rappers were coming up at that time – you had Nas and Big both releasing landmark debuts in ’94, Mobb Deep damn bringing all of Queensbridge wherever they went, Raekwon with The Purple Tape and the rest of Wu-Tang by his side. Most of the rappers on our greatest of all time list came on the ’90s East Coast.
If you were a fan of hip hop in the late 90s and early to mid-noughties, then Rocawear will need no introduction. Items from the fashion label, co-founded by rapper Jay-Z, were as common a sight in music videos as groups of scantily-clad ladies popping bottles of Cristal in a hot tub.
Wiz Khalifa has established himself as a staple in hip hop and wants to solidify his position by battling against one of the heavyweights in Verzuz.
During a recent interview, Wiz opened up about his desire to face off against Lil Wayne.
Hip-hop's first record label was Sugar Hill Records, founded in 1979. The label's first release was the single "Rapper's Delight" by the Sugarhill Gang. This single is credited with helping to popularize hip-hop and rap music and is considered one of the first commercially successful hip-hop songs.
Rap superstar Drake has broken many records, including surpassing The Beatles, and has reached a new milestone. Now, the “6 God” has tied with Jay-Z for the most No.1 albums on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B charts.
Champagne Papi is neck and neck with the legendary rap and business mogul Jay-Z for most No.1 albums on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B charts after dropping his collaboration album Her Loss with 21 Savage.
Can there only be one fly girl? In a new episode of 'Here's Why' we dive into the tension between Jennifer Lopez and Rosie Perez that started back in the 90's. The Hip-Hop dancers would end up being co-workers on the set of 'In Living Color', where their beef would begin.
Havoc started off speaking about the era in hip-hop before him, which Saigon explained as “an awakening.” Saigon then turned his attention to Mobb Deep coming on the map, and he explained that he “lost half my fanbase” during their beef. Saigon then explained that Prodigy and Havoc were trying to “wake people up” with their music, and he pointed out that 2Pac and Ice Cube were doing the same thing.
DJ Quik or Da Quiksta, is an American rapper, songwriter, DJ, and record-producer, known for his production in the G-funk style of West Coast hip-hop.
DJ Quik has collaborated with Snoop Dogg, Kurupt, Tupac, Erick Sermon, R.Kelly and Shaquille O'Neal, among others. Blake's stage name reflects his ability to produce songs in a short period of time.
