Don’t admire thieves… Hey, they don’t admire you – their times limited, hard rocks too. — Slick Rick Sometimes songs perfectly encapsulate a time, place or sentiment. While driving the other day, a song came up my Spotify...

A career in the music industry can go one of two ways: easy or hard. Either you have a Drake “struggle” or you really live that life – and that means every sense of the word. Enter Constant...

Lionel Pickens, aka Chinx Drugz, was an up and coming rapper with a bright future. For those who didn’t know, he was a part of French Montana’s label Coke Boys – and was also a close personal friend...

After announcing that he was in home hospice care on his website on May 1st, blues legend Riley “BB” King passed away peacefully this past weekend. He will – and should – be remembered for not only is...

The second TIDALX instalment featured none other than Jay Z. The mouthpiece of TIDAL, Shawn Carter has been facing criticism on whether the one-month old newly acquired company was worth the hype. On May 16th, Terminal 5 filled to capacity...

Welcome to AAHIPHOP Radio – a new pilot initiative here at aboveaveragehiphop.com. We bring you dope monthly mixes, and give our unsigned submissions a chance to get some shine at the same time. We’ll be reserving 2-3 slots...

Tensions between record labels and music artists have existed since, well, the beginning of the music industry. Hip-Hop didn’t begin with commercial aspirations, so when big business stepped it, many of the genre’s architects were taken advantage of,...

On Halloween-eve 2001, Farewell Fondle ‘Em dropped and signalled the end of an era. Fondle ‘Em, owned and operated by Bobbito Garcia (of Stretch Armstrong Show fame), dropped a series of vinyl-only gems between 1995 and 2001. A...