In the latest issue of Paper Magazine, Kendrick Lamar wrote a heartfelt open letter about Easy-E. Kendrick focused on his musical contributions to hip-hop and much more. What made Eazy special was that he was telling a different type of truth, a truth that wasn’t heard in music yet. Before them, rap was fun — […]
It’s no secret that Kendrick Lamar is a major N.W.A. fan, but Eazy-E, more specifically, is certainly one of his biggest influences to this day. While speaking with Paper Magazine for their Nowstalgia column, the To Pimp A Butterfly rapper reflected on the late rapper, and spoke on understanding him through his own musical career’s journey. […]
During a recent interview, Akon talked about passing on signing Drake. “I honestly did pass on him because at the time, he didn’t sound like what he sounded like today,” Akon recalled. “The ‘Best I Ever Had,” it wasn’t even close to what that sounded like. I think he was at a position where he […]
On the heels of his beef with West Coast rapper The Game, a very unbothered Young Thug drops a new video for his song “Power.”
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The 2015 BET Hip Hop Awards are just under a month away and in anticipation of the show’s air date, BET has released the list of…
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Jay Rock is just about to give his fans his highly-anticipated 90059 album, but he’s giving one last teaser beforehand. The TDE rapper just dropped the…
Kendrick performed a nearly seven-minute set, compiled from your favorite tracks off his critically acclaimed album, To Pimp a Butterfly.
