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Madlib’s Alter Ego Quasimoto Announces New Album & Tour
Madlib‘s animated alter ego, Quasimoto, is back on Instagram with a curious post of him sitting between Eric B. and Rakim on the cover of the duo’s 1988 album, Follow The Leader. Upon further investigation, it turns out the photo could possibly serve two purposes. Not […]
Chuck D Adamant LL Cool J Should Nab Rock Hall Nomination Before Tupac
When Chuck D speaks, people tend to listen. The Public Enemy frontman has built a career revolving around saying things most people are afraid to say and often speaks out on a variety of hot-button issues, especially on Twitter. After it was announced earlier this […]
Madchild Announces Evidence-Produced “Darkest Hour” Album, Featuring Alchemist, Domo Genesis & More
Madchild made a small blip on the radar early early this year with the HipHopDX-premiered “Man Down” video but fell back to finish up his new album. Long time fans of the unapologetic Swollen Member can rejoice because the new album, The Darkest Hour, not […]
DMX Offers Thanks To Police Who Saved His Life
Yonkers, New York rapper DMX recently offered his thanks to the police officers who played a vital role in saving his life earlier this year. In addition to performing a medley of his past hits during the Yonkers Police Department vs. Fire Department’s “Toughman Competition” […]
Suge Knight Claims Dr. Dre Hired Hitman To Kill Him Over Beats By Dre Fortune
Suge Knight is reportedly suing Dr. Dre for allegedly hiring a hitman to kill him over his Beats By Dre deal with Apple. Suge is claiming he and Dre had a lifetime management deal, entitling Knight to 30 percent of Dre’s entertainment earnings, which included […]
Ice Cube Makes Case For Tupac’s Hall Of Fame Induction
Ice Cube, who has been vocal about N.W.A belonging in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a rap group, now voices his support for Tupac to get the honor. The late, great Cali rapper was announced yesterday (October 18) as a nominee for […]
A$AP Ferg Begins Work On New Album With Dr. Dre & Alchemist
Despite only releasing his sophomore studio album, Always Strive and Prosper, back in April, A$AP Ferg isn’t letting up on the music front. Taking to Instagram yesterday (October 13), the Harlem native announced that he has begun work on his next project with producer Alchemist, a […]
Daz Dillinger Doesn’t Believe “Surviving Compton” That Suge Knight Punked Tupac
While many social media users gave Dr. Dre and Suge Knight major side-eye for their portrayals in Michel’le’s Lifetime biopic Surviving Compton: Dre, Suge & Michel’le, former Death Row Records artist Daz Dillinger says he remembers things happening another way. It’s not the movie’s depictions of the gruesome […]
Travis Scott Thinks Andre 3000 & Kendrick Lamar Are The Best Artists
Houston Hip Hopper Travis Scott didn’t hesitate in offering kudos to his fellow artists in a newly released interview with Paper magazine. Scott, who is still fresh off the release of his Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight album (and unofficial leaked followup), expressed his appreciation […]
Tupac’s Secret Work With The Bloods & The Crips
Tupac was born Lesane Parish Crooks in 1971, but his name was soon changed to Tupac Amaru Shakur, with his first and middle monikers taken from a martyred Incan emperor. “She always raised me to think I was the Black Prince of the revolution,” he […]