Skrrrt! Hustle Gang is back with a new video for their latest single, “Game 7.” The song is from the group’s compilation album, We Want Smoke. In the clip, HG spitters Tip, RaRa and Brandon Rossi deliver winning rhymes over a Jodeci-sampled song. The rap trifecta also hit the racetrack where they enjoy fast cars […]
It’s been twenty years since Wyclef Jean’s multiplatinum first album The Carnival. The Haiti-born, New Jersey-raised instrumentalist was one of the first artists in hip-hop to merge reggae, calypso, neo-soul, and pop—and he’s been highly successful at it, to the tune of more than 100 million albums and 20 million singles sold worldwide over the […]
Flying Lotus has a very unique vision when it comes to his music. In his new video for “Post Requisite,” the eccentric producer created a moving video collage that will leave you taken aback by the graphic illustrations. We’re not quite sure what we’re looking at but brace yourself for images of human body parts, […]
A “female rapper” is a rapper. Some of the fiercest lyricists, most consistent hitmakers and most visionary album artists in hip-hop have been women. Since the Sugarhill Days of The Sequence, to the brash b-girlism of Roxanne Shante, to the Golden Age greatness of MC Lyte and Salt-N-Pepa, the jiggy flyness of Lil Kim and […]
Outside of music, Pusha T has been killing the sneaker game with his successful partnership with adidas Originals. For his next release with the popular sneaker brand, King Push takes us to the hood and celebrate the neighborhood bodegas. In the short film, “Bodega Babies,” we get to see various bodegas and the going-ons inside […]
Rick Ross is still on his grind and he’s not letting haters get in the way of him securing the bag. On “TipToe’N,” the Miami boss issues a cautionary warning to lames who is trying to stop him from shining. “Just respect a nigga name or die peacefully / I don’t fuck with sucka’ niggas, […]
XXXTentacion is trying to clean up his act and make amends for his past mistakes. On Friday (Oct. 20), the Floridian rapper went on his Instagram page to announce that he’s donating $100,000 to women’s rights organizations. In his open letter on Instagram Live (spotted by HotNewHipHop), X addressed his new deal with Capitol Music […]
Soundcloud It looks like Keak da Sneak is ready to get hyphy again following his near fatal shooting back in August. The Bay Area legend returns with a new single called “Ima Keep It Goin’” featuring fellow Yay Area MC E-40. The song is from is upcoming project, Withdrawal. Produced by The Mekanix, the song […]
To celebrate the 10th anniversary of their stellar album, Below the Heavens, Blu & Exile are planning to release a companion piece, In the Beginning: Before the Heavens, featuring unreleased material that didn’t make the original 2007 recording. On Friday (Oct. 13), the West Coast duo released “On the Radio,” a joint they found dusting […]
Angela Weiss / Alberto E. Rodriguez, Getty Images Marion “Suge” Knight reportedly has filed new legal documents claiming that Dr. Dre wanted him killed for $20,000. According to TMZ, Suge claims in his documents that in July 2016 he was shown a check made out by Dr. Dre for $20,000 to a man named Dwayne […]
