Many are perplexed by Mack 10's stardom given his rather modest talent, yet fifteen years, ten albums, a label, numerous business ventures, a marriage to a TLC ... Read More...
UK Hip-Hop is a fascinating case study in the culture. It both mimics and trails the American hip-hop movement. On the one hand, British emcees still build the... Read More...
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His name up in lights, N-I-N-E. That's what Derrick Keyes envisioned for himself 15 years ago. Not surprisingly, he never quite got there. The big marquees and... Read More...
Controversy sells. In the early '90s crusade against gangsta rap, politicians and lobbyists made Dr. Dre's "The Chronic" and Snoop Doggy Dogg's "Doggystyle" th... Read More...
Giano is a rapper/producer out of Hampton, Virginia, who has been making music with his partner Prophetik for over a decade. The two started out as a regular h... Read More...