Scotty Li

This year, we all cautiously emerged from last year's lockdowns. The quiet year was a boon for a lot of creators, and there's a lot being released that was in the works before. In other news, hip hop continues its…

After a sleepy 2020, 2021 provided new albums, new awards, and a return to live performances and hot festivals. Among the ones we're looking forward to: 

1. Tyler, The Creator's Tour 

Fans are already calling "Call Me If You Get…

It's official. Kanye West has legally stripped his name down to two letters: Ye. The change wasn't entirely a surprise, as he used that name for his 2018 studio album, and also tweeted to tell us all that he was…

When Young Thug turned 30, he received an unusual gift: a 100-acre tract of land just outside Atlanta, gifted to him by his manager. 

The ambitious rapper already has a plan for the area, and has dubbed it "Slime City."…

Hip-hop stories have lingered in the indie scenes for ages, but they've been gaining ground in the mainstream over the last couple of years. These are some of the greats you may have missed: 

1. Do the Right Thing 

There…

On June 10, Megan Thee Stallion released another compelling music video to support her single "Thot Shit." The video starts with a congressman typing degrading comments on her videos before being confronted by Megan over the phone. The video then…

It's been nine years since Kendrick Lamar released his debut "good kid m.A.A.d city," but the album is still marking milestones. In 2019, it was tied with Eminem's "The Eminem Show" for longest time on the charts after hitting 350…

In the early 2000s, SoundCloud was flooded with rappers connecting with audiences online. One of the top acts from that era, The Cool Kids, soon found success with their debut album "The Bake Sale," which spent ten weeks on the…

Last year's lockdowns spurred a ton of artistic output from hip hop favorites, and it doesn't look like the flow has slowed yet. July promises to be a great month, with many highly anticipated mixtapes and albums. Some of the…

Hip hop and entrepreneurship have always gone hand in hand. In the pre-internet days, rappers had few direct lines to audiences since few radio stations played them and even on then-innovative MTV, hip hop was shunted into a two-hour show…

The numbers are in, and Post Malone's third album, Hollywood's Bleeding, was the number one on the Billboard 200 for 2020. This is his consecutive year at the top of the charts. 2020 was the first year that an artist…

With hip hop in the mainstream, the big names continue to get a lot of press. But, the genre is always spawning new talent. These are the rappers who we are most excited to watch in the coming year. 

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