Rap Music

Killer Mike On 'RAP Music' Album: 'I'm Talking About Justice For America'
His May 15 release, "RAP Music" (Williams Street Records), is no different. Killer Mike looks to build on his growing critical acclaim while bringing a heightened social awareness to fans, old and new alike. "My hope is that very young people in …
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'Mob Wives': Drita raps professionally, Big Ang's addicted to Botox
It's not that Drita is completely new to rapping, but on the latest “Mob Wives” episode, Drita decided to actually drop some rhymes professionally. On the show, Drita was excited to work on a music video with Bad Boy rapper French Montana.
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New York Back: Hip-Hop's Return to Power in the Mecca
By the end of that year, hopes for rap music in the mecca were dwindling as Jay-Z “retired,” opening the floodgates for a decade of Southern dominance. By 2006, rap's New York–centric status quo was a wrap. Three 6 Mafia took an Academy Award home to …
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Common Drops Drake Diss, Airs Out Rapper & Labels His Songs 'Hoe Music'
By Allen Starbury ♦ Published 01/09/2012 Common has fired back at the rapper after his subliminal shot on Rick Ross' new mixtape track, "Stay Schemin'", where he spits: "It bothers me when the Gods get to acting like the broads / Guess every team …
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Read This Incredible Song-By-Song Breakdown Of Danny Brown's 'XXX'
His voice is crazy and he can rap about anything. He got at me for some beats. And the beat for “I Will,” I actually made for myself a while back but never ended up recording on it or putting it out. I had a song with DVD called “Tell Me” so I found a …
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Common: The Dreamer, The Believer
His "I Used to Love HER" is a love song (a rap rarity in '94) that charted his love's spiritual and moral decline (his betrothed being the genre, not a woman). Naturally, it can be difficult to accept Common on The Dreamer, The Believer's "Ghetto …
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