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King Von was born in the Parkway Gardens neighborhood of Chicago in 1994, and though he retreated to Atlanta to find peace and escape his hometown, his trouble with the law never truly escaped him. Many of his most popular songs paid tribute to Chicago; he was best known as a chronicler of street life, building narratives of tense nights on the streets and his desire to escape the gangster's mentality.
In the new book about written by the hip hop cop, which is titled "Notorious Cops" goes into several crime scenarios involving hip hop and hip-hop artists. In this he talks about the quad shooting, goes into bigge, to Jay-Z stabbing Un Rivera, hot 97 situations, and Busta Rhymes' many robberies.
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.
Seth Rogen recently sat down in an interview and reflected on a time when he and Jay-Z smoked marijuana together. While speaking to Complex, the ‘Knocked Up’ actor talked about what he’s been working on and the places and spaces that smoking weed has taken him.
Rogen talked about smoking weed with Wu-Tang Clan, pointing out a time when he smoked with Method Man while the rapper read him rhymes from his phone in a parking lot. Another instance found Rogen talking about smoking with Jay-Z.
Highly regarded by many as this generation’s Michael Jackson, Chris Brown has without a doubt joined the ranks of many legends, like MJ, but for the “Iffy” singer, he personally admits that he could not do it better than the entertainer who has inspired what he does today, but there is also no one that is doing it like CB.
With an exclusive and personal invite to pull up to his crib, the L.A. Leakers Justin Credible and DJ Sourmilk sat with Brown to discuss everything about his forthcoming album ‘Breezy,’ fatherhood, what he’s learned along the way in his career, and some of his proudest moments.
American rapper Albert Johnson, better known by his stage name Prodigy, was born on November 2, 1974 in Hempstead, New York. His greatest professional successes were accomplished as one half of the hip hop duo Mobb Deep.
But almost as much as writing great rhymes, Prodigy loved a good rap beef. His career was filled with battles against many of the greatest rappers of all time, and he usually gave as good as he got.
After over five years since his previous album, Kendrick Lamar will finally return May 13 with his much-anticipated and fifth studio album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers.
Under the new alias, oklama, the multi-platinum and Grammy-award winning rapper made the announcement Monday (April 18) through his new company, pgLang. This will be Kendrick Lamar’s final album on TDE.
In recent news, after Jay-Z’s comments that nobody could go toe to toe with him in a Verzuz, many people on social media and artists alike have been trying to dispel Hov’s claims. One of the artists who thinks they could beat Jay is Future. Future tweeted that he’s bigger in the streets than Jay-Z.
American singer, rapper and songwriter Nathaniel Hale Jr., professionally known as Nate Dogg, was born August 19, 1969 in Clarksdale, Mississippi. By the age of 14, his parents would divorce and Nate would move with his mother to Long Beach, California. There he would meet rappers Warren G and Snoop Dogg when they attended the same high school. They bonded over their shared love of hip hop, with Nate singing over Snoop and Warren’s rhymes.
DMX received a BET Awards tribute fit for a king. During the show, Method Man, Swizz Beatz, the LOX, Griselda, and more all hit the stage to honor the late rapper.
Back when music was real, artist had the opportunity to shine in their own distinctive way. Rap is one of the most distinctive features of hip-hop. Rappers use rhythm, lyrics, and vocal tone to express themselves. The best rappers are distinguished by their “flow” – the way the words run together without the performer getting tongue-tied.
Lima, Ohio rapper Tr4pp Ink is out with a new album for music lovers titled "Too Much Time." Tune in to 12 songs averaging 25 minutes of airtime.
Tr4pp Ink thinks about his life and what he is going through as he let off bar after bar in rhymes. Now that Tr4pp Ink is starting to take his music seriously, what's next for him?
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) certified the track on March 22, confirming that the collab has sold a whopping eight million units since its release.
The single first sold 500,000 units in December 2011 to go gold, then was certified platinum and double platinum in February 2012 when it sold 2 million units. It continued to go multi-platinum in December 2012, November 2013, December 2014 and March 2018.
Celebrity Match Up is back with another round for fans to choose from. This time were teaming up Doja Cat with Trinidadian superstar Nicki Minaj!
The Wrap Up Magazine has been flaring up all kinds of conversations for there viewers. From Fans Favorites and more, we have the right topics for you! But enough about us, lets get into the topic.
Busta Rhymes has named the likes of Jay-Z and Eminem as potential Verzuz opponents. During a new interview with Complex, Busta was pressed on who he would like to face in the Verzus ring, with T.I. having previously declined a battle against the rapper.
“I would love to spar against anybody,” Busta replied. “As long as their catalogue is a powerful catalogue because I don’t want to do a corny Verzuz.
“I don’t wanna do no Verzuz with anybody whose catalogue isn’t crazy. And I would love to do a Verzuz with somebody that I’m a fan of because I’m only trying to compete with somebody that brings the best out of me.”
Busta and Mariah previously worked together on Carey's 2001 Glitter cut, “Last Night A DJ Saved My Life."
