AA Hip Hop Staff

Just an underrated rapper who’s trying to come up [out of a small town]. Born and raised in Burlington North Carolina — and currently, in Atlanta, Ga — rapper Breezy D has been rocking since the age of...

“No matter where you come from or what you’re into, you can make something [of yourself].” — Savage Stars Emerging Dallas, Texas, native, Savage Stars, is a real artist at heart. A self-taught producer/rapper, he never approaches the...

Battle rap vet, and respected and esteemed Upstate NY rapper, Ice Grill, is poised for greatness. From rapping in lunchrooms in the early 90’s, being shot, and serving a five-year bid for a gun possession charge [which cost...

De Boss’s [adventurous] life started out in Lagos, NIGERIA, as he was born in the EastHood of Delta state in the Downtown section of Okubor. At age ten, he wrote his first rhymes and immediately developed aspirations of...

Monroe, Louisiana rapper, B.A.M, wanted to pursue a career in music because “he needed an outlet to escape his reality.” Instead of acting out, he would write it out and put it on paper, which eventually progressed to...

Fresh from his recent singles, “Don’t Call It a Comeback” and “Se Roquel,” Baltimore rapper Speed on the Beat is waving goodbye to his final album, The Sorest Loser. Drawing influence from artists such as Open Mike Eagle,...

Jay-Z has notably been quoted as saying that Reasonable Doubt is the album that took him his entire life [up until the release] to make. It made for an interesting listen — truly an opus. When Roc-A-Fella dissolved,...

Textrax, aka SB, is an unsigned rapper straight out of Texas; he’s been establishing his brand — and career — over the past decade. That’s massive grind. At the young age of 13, SB began writing music, but...