[dropcap][/dropcap]One of Def Jam’s own Trap Beckham tells Above Average Hip Hop the importance of being a team player and explains to us how It is a central component to his overall success. Beckham, recognizing that you can...

Boston emcee Michael Christmas teams up with producer Prefuse 73, and together they are Fudge. Fudge delivers to their listeners Lady Parts – an album that contains 15 tracks with extraterrestrial production (Prefuse 73) and spazzy and impromptu...

[dropcap]F[/dropcap]rom the same team that’s been carving a lane with the innovative artist Siimba Liives Long comes Hippy Africano, a 22-year-old Newark, New Jersey, transplant; Originally, the young rapper hails from the Ivory Coast). The new upstart, who...

“It’s in my genes, know your denim; some people try to rock it, but the clothes don’t fit em’.” —Siimba Liives Long [dropcap]A[/dropcap]fter a strong debut with his “Cocaine Bimbie” song/visual ten months ago and two highly praised...

The Sun’s Tirade is the new project released by Isaiah Rashad McClain, the 25-year-old Chattanooga, Tennessee, artist who signed to West Coast imprint TDE in 2013 — and released his first EP Civilia Demo the following year. Isaiah’s...

Elvis “Zoey Dollaz” Millord, the 25-year-old Haitian-American phenom from North Miami Beach, signed with Epic and Future Hendrix’s Freebandz imprint — and is flaming the airwaves with hit after hit. He dropped his first record “I Run AP”...

[dropcap]B[/dropcap]rooklyn, New York, has given birth to many successful upstarts over the years; mainly, as far as rap is concerned, “street artists” that are cut from the cloth of artists like Biggie, Kool G Rap, and others. BK-native...

“Clean up ya dirty money to good money; legal money last longer than drug money!” — Master P [dropcap]T[/dropcap]he undisputed entrepreneur and southern legend Master P — who ironically started his career on the west coast — was...