“I’m not an Instagram model; It’s hard when people want to put you in one box and keep you there.” —Shelah Marie Maybe it’s because I’m a father of two wonderful daughters, but I find myself relating verbatim...
“Never did it for the business it was all sport, still my greatest fea is taht I fall short.” –Jamon Looking for a dope addition to your weekend movements? Look no further than Samoan rapper Jamon – a...
In their latest Great Hip-Hop Debates podcast, XXL’s EIC Vanessa Satten, Jack Thriller, Dj Suss One, and Torae, debated whether younger heads needed to be schooled on the history of the culture. It was mostly in direct response...
Full disclosure, I’m over three decades old. I’m a father of two young children, and I’ve been immersed and plugged into hip-hop culture since the early 90s. So, like most older heads, sometimes the newer generations [there’s been...
I keep asking myself, how did I break through the competition, and make it right through to the top? — Menace Some producers work their whole lives hoping to reach their opus; their signature beat that puts them...
We’ve featured rapper MPYRE here on AAHIPHOP in the past — here’s a refresher. This time around, though, I sat with his full mixtape, TWO-STOCK. Let me back up, I’m getting too excited. MPYRE is a Philapino rapper...
Dead Reputation, the trio of 22-year-old NXUS, Delirious Beats (producer/engineer) and Rake (writer/videographer/film editor/photographer), certainly have a lot going for them. They have the type of sound and imagery that gives writers like me what can only be...
“Tryin’ to buy my mom a crib and until then — can’t even sleep at night.” — Kidd Napp Rapper Kidd Napp may have been born in Los Angeles, CA. But the city of Jackson, MS, helped mold...