“It’s been tough to be a Gucci friend, a Gucci sibling, a Gucci girlfriend or a Gucci partner. I done took people through a lot, man.” —Gucci Mane; New York Times Ol’ Dirty Bastard wasn’t — by any...

Constant Deviants are a Hip Hop duo group of two friends DJ Cutt (DJ/Producer) and M.I. (Rapper). The Brooklyn natives have been surfacing the underground scene, consistently giving their fans music since the 1990s. In 2006, both artists...

“We need to come together, organize, put our money together, and start to rebuild our own communities, to make a better life for our children. Once they are in a better situation, they will be able to take...

For the past two years, Ras Beats has been working tirelessly on his newest project Control Your Own. The album is comprised of 13 tracks with several guest appearances. I had the chance to catch up and chat...

A new album came across my desk today — all the way from Bridgeport Connecticut. Member of the DertGang, which is an affiliated off-shoot of Dirtbag Clothing [a brand that gained notoriety earlier this year due to a...

I’m a writer — obviously — and I’m usually on it. But I must admit, for a good part of the early 2000s, I was an artist myself, slugging it out in the studio, flipping through beat tapes,...

Dr. Dre once famously said that this [music] business is entertainment; to believe it to be anything else then that would be “stupid [sic].” ScHoolboy Q, when examined under this lens — for me — has made him...

[dropcap]I[/dropcap] suggest we cut Rich Homie Quan a little slack. Did he break your heart yesterday and epically fudge up a performance of “Get Money?” Yes — but, before he has a chance to [maybe] come up with...