Last year proved to be one of the most successful years in Lil Durk’s career. The Chicago rapper earned his best performing album with Just Cause Y’all Waited 2 as it debuted at No. 2 on the album charts. Months…
Berkeley rapper/singer Rexx Life Raj seems like a really nice guy, so why anyone would want to put a bounty on his head is beyond me, but that’s exactly what he insists is happening in his new, Illmind-produced single, “Bounty.”…
Despite changing his name, Westside Boogie is still the same rapper we all know and love. During the lead-up to his debut album, Everything’s For Sale, Boog was known to drop a freestyle video or two to keep the fans…
On this date in 1997, the Vondie Curtis-Hall-directed, Gramercy Pictures-distributed flick Gridlock’d, starring Tim Roth and Tupac Shakur, hit theaters across the country. Taking place in Detroit, this film is about Spoon(Tupac Shakur) and Stretch(Tim Roth), two heroin addicts attempting…
Last year, Ty Dolla Sign released his third album, Featuring Ty Dolla Sign. The 25-track effort became one of the standout R&B albums of the year and a big part of its popularity can be credited to “Spicy” with Post…
Lil Durk isn’t slowing down anytime soon. The Chicago native posted an impressive 2020 that featured his Just Cause Y’all Waited 2 album and his “Laugh Now Cry Later” track with Drake, which both peaked at No. 2 on their…
Last month, the trial for Nipsey Hussle’s tragic murder became the latest thing to be affected by the rapid spread of the coronavirus pandemic. It forced the late rapper’s loved ones to wait additional time for the trial to begin…
Deante’ Hitchcock may well be kicking off the next wave of pandemic-busting strategies for hip-hop artists, releasing a live version of his debut album, Better, along with a batch of performance videos shot during his quarantine. Since he can’t go…
No dogs were harmed in the making of the hilarious video for 2 Chainz’s So Help Me God single “Grey Area.” However, the video does imagine what the trap king’s dog Trappy S. Goyard would hallucinate on a mushroom trip…
Ice Cube’s Friday franchise started off as a small film that evolved into a cultural phenomenon. Chris Tucker portrayed Smokey and was compensated $10,000 for the role. “It’s one of those things —it was just a small movie. We filmed…