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Joell Ortiz, Bodega Bamz, and Nitty Scott came together in 2016 to form the supergroup No Panty. During their sit-down with DJ Vlad, the three discussed the effort that goes into making timeless music. They responded to Michael Jackson's reflection on Thriller, where the late music icon said he wasn't surprised at the classic album's impact due to the care that was put into crafting it.
Back in the early 2010s no one would believe T.D.E by now wouldn’t be the top rap label in Hip Hop. They had a roster of hungry, young and capable talent, and what made it even more special was they weren’t some gimmicky rappers surviving of one popular song, or social media plant famous for a Tik Tok dance or one hit wonder that disappeared after a failed debut album.
Cardi B took to Instagram to speak about country music surpassing rap music on the streaming platforms. Cardi pointed out that hip-hop is no longer dominating streaming platforms, which she says is due to people in middle America, who used to buy CDs, are now downloading songs from Digital Service Providers, or DSPs.
The Wrap Up Magazine is back with another round of Celebrity Match Ups. This time they return with a versus between Kendrick Lamar and J.Cole. Who would you pick as the best artist?
Kendrick Lamar now holds the distinct honor of the highest-grossing rap tour of all-time. Lamar has taken the top spot with his run of The Big Steppers tour, which supported his Mr. Morale and the Big Steppers album. Baby Keem and Tanna Leone supported the run of shows.
Kendrick Lamar has won the 2023 Grammy Award for Best Rap Album with Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers. The rapper took home the award over fellow nominees Pusha T (It’s Almost Dry), Jack Harlow (Come Home the Kids Miss You), Future (I Never Liked You), and DJ Khaled (God Did). Cardi B presented the Grammy Award to Kendrick Lamar.
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.
Ludacris has fallen off as an elite emcee. There was a time when DTP was an absolutely legitimate force.
In addition to multi-mutli platinum albums from the head honcho himself, DTP had released Chingy's platinum album, "Jackpot" and many more such as Playaz Circle and Bobby Valentino.
Rap superstar Drake has broken many records, including surpassing The Beatles, and has reached a new milestone. Now, the “6 God” has tied with Jay-Z for the most No.1 albums on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B charts.
Champagne Papi is neck and neck with the legendary rap and business mogul Jay-Z for most No.1 albums on the Billboard Hip-Hop/R&B charts after dropping his collaboration album Her Loss with 21 Savage.
Young Dolph's posthumous single “Get Away” is out now. The song arrives on the anniversary of the Memphis rapper's death. “Get Away” is the first single from Dolph's upcoming posthumous album Paper Route Frank, which arrives on Dec. 9.
Offset kicks off his solo effort with his new single, “5 4 3 2 1”, produced by Baby Keem. The track is off his upcoming album, Blame It On Set.
In the accompanying music video, he dons an all Balenciaga fit as he takes over an amusement park and delivering his rapid fire flow. He rose to prominence as part of the rap trio Migos, alongside his cousin Quavo, and Quavo's nephew Takeoff.
Snoop Dogg continues to make history as a timeless figure in Hip Hop even nearly 30 years following the release of his debut album, Doggystyle.
According to Billboard, the rap deity joined some rare company this week when Snoop became only the third artist to earn a Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 spot in each of the decades from the 1990s through the 2020s.
Adidas Headphones and Grammy-nominated recording artist Quavo have collaborated to release the adidas Z.N.E. 01 ANC Quavo, which combines personalized design, music, and sonic innovation.
The headphone cover, which was created in conjunction with Quavo, features handwritten lyrics in silver from the rapper’s unreleased album “Cheat Code,” while the earphones feature “Quavo Huncho” and “Cheat Code” in the same silver writing. This limited-edition release follows Quavo and adidas Headphones’ first collaboration to launch the adidas Z.N.E. 01 ANC, which has since been updated.
Lil Wayne, whose list is quite a doozy, containing both the expected picks and some left-field surprises that actually make sense when you consider his own unique approach to the art of rap. Wayne gave his answer in a special edition of What’s Wright? With Nick Wright, a podcast version of the Fox Sports personality’s popular show.
Almost as well known for his affinity for hip-hop as Wayne is for his sports referencing raps, Wright offers his own list (a pretty humdrum collection including the usual picks: Jay-Z, Tupac, Wayne himself, Kanye West, and T.I.), which Wayne says he respects. Then Wayne starts off his own list with a pick that far too few people include for my taste, Missy Elliott. Vindication!
Hip-hop mogul Jay-Z would be considered by many as one of the biggest artists of all time. At one point, however, he felt his contemporary Eminem was bigger than he was. But after working with the diamond-selling artist, Jay-Z saw what that kind of fame did to Eminem. And it was something that Jay-Z wanted no part of.
Jay-Z believed that Eminem bested him when they originally collaborated.
Shortly after Future linked up with Kanye West to executive produce Donda 2 and Kendrick Lamar performed alongside Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Eminem, and Mary J. Blige at the Super Bowl halftime show, the three rap giants are now set to headline this year’s Rolling Loud Miami.
From selling over 125 million records to becoming hip-hop's first billionaire, 23-time GRAMMY winner JAY-Z has more than enough mind-boggling feats to fill up his episode of Black Sounds Beautiful.
Lil' Kim and Foxy Brown are two all-time female MC’s who paved the way for so many female artists and many of those artists have cited them as influences and we can still see it today. Two people who started out cordial in the beginning but after a while things just weren’t the same and that’s that.
Harlem NY's own Rayne Storm released his new eclectic rap album "Audiocity" on 2/22/22. The new project is set to compete against other major releases on the same date from Boosie Badass, Lil Durk and of course, Kanye West. The 19-track album features a generation bending cast of artists including Kxng Crooked, Jarren Benton, Sticky Fingaz, DMC, Canibus, Cappadonna, Killah Priest, Swifty McVay, Big Twins, DecadeZ, Dizzy $padez, Kony Brooks, Loudpack Dash, Kazzy Raxx, Soulebrity, HËS, Kxng Chxno & KingFsorrow. Production is handled by Temper Music, Legion Beats, Jupitxr, Kelly Grinz, Anno Domini and Rayne Storm himself.
