Riley

Look at Eminem — when I met him he was like, “I’ve heard of you!”. That was a testament to the hard work I put in to make a name for myself. – Percee P A few years back I was...

It’s time to take a powerful stand, and hopefully end the slaughter of American people. – Strata  Nothing speaks louder than experience. In 2012, Strata was almost killed after being shot in the back by a Tempe Police...

“My mind is open to a lot of good, and a lot of evil…” – Eb&Flow As I’ve been very vocal about in the past, I’m obsessed with finding raw, untapped talent that exists across the interwebs, and...

This makes me sound old, by my ‘generation’, regardless of whatever, will always have a soft spot in our hearts for Wu-Tang Clan. They single handedly transformed the concept of what a rap group could be, and gave...

“Fight for your rights, stand up and be heard… You’re just as good as any man, believe that, word.” – Salt-N-Pepa (from the song None Of Your Business) Hip-hop music has had an abundance of fundamental shifts in...

I’m always on the look out for next-up artists to champion here on AAHIPHOP. This artist, Salvation is a 17-year-old Philly-upstart I’ve spoken about before. Since I last featured him, he released a full-length project called Laidback Extremist....

“Lord have mercy, have mercy, I know I ain’t living right and know I’m not perfect; But, I gotta eat, so what I’m doing it’s worth it.” – Jay Rock Jay Rock, much like his TDE comrade Kendrick...

To me, he was my father, he was Eric – daddy Eric. To everybody else, he was Eazy-E. – Yung Eazy The movie Straight Outta Compton took the world by storm and introduced a whole new generation of...