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1900Rugrat calls out Drake for allegedly ripping his beat after reaching out to collab.On Sunday (May 17), the Florida rapper shared a post on Instagram after hearing Drake’s new Iceman album, released on May 15. Rugrat claims that Drake’s producer reached out to him over a year ago about collabing, which Rugrat backed up with alleged screenshots of DMs with Drizzy.”Drake, you got me f**ked up, bruh,” Rugrat says.Rugrat says he sent over 10 tracks, and the one Drake was interested in was the song that wound up being the intro to Rugrat’s Porch 2 the Pent album.”Now, the intro…
Lupe Fiasco – By Loe Kee Phlicks On Saturday, May 16th, Lupe Fiasco brought the Food & Liquor 20th Anniversary Tour to the Wiltern in Los Angeles, delivering an unforgettable night for fans. The sold-out venue buzzed with anticipation, and from the moment Lupe stepped on stage, it was clear that this was more than just a concert—it was a celebration of a landmark album that helped define a generation of hip-hop. Performing the entirety of his debut album, Food & Liquor, originally released in 2006, Lupe took the audience on a nostalgic journey while reminding everyone why he remains…
Chill Rob G is a 62 year old MC from Jersey City, New Jersey who became notable for being a part of the Flavor Unit collective. His full-length debut Ride the Rhythm produced by the late 45 King would come out in 1989 under Wild Pitch Records & EMI Records, which would subsequently be followed up with the sophomore effort Black Gold & No Running. He also had C-Doc fully produce his SpitSLAM Records debut Empires Crumble in the spring of 2022 & here we are 50 months later picking up where the latter left off for Rob’s 4th album. “Level Up Season” begins with this jazzy boom bap intro promising that shit won’t ever be even…
New collaborative extended play between Brooklyn emcee & songwriter Memphis Bleek alongside Manhattan, New York emcee Smoke DZA. The latter of whom has been putting it down for over a decade dating back to when I was in high school & the other blew up in the late ‘90s signing to Roc-A-Fella Records/Def Jam Recordings. These guys have only crossed paths with each other couple times on songs like “Selling Smoke” or most notably “3 Kings” at the beginning of 2025, linking up so they can let everyone know Trees Open Doors. “Blockbuster Night” begins with this jazzy boom bap…
This is the 2nd solo extended play from Brooklyn, New York veteran Chip Fu. A member of the Fu-Schnickens, he would eventually put out a solo mixtape of his own 16 years earlier called Stop Playing & the sequel arrived roughly 32 months later. The Beginning of the Reckoning under Blaq Ink Entertainment in tandem with Fat Beats Records was a solid EP last summer & the highlights it had made me eager of where Invisible Footsteps would go next. After the intro, we have the man himself welcoming us to the “Shell Down” except I feel like the trap instrumental is merely ok compared to…
The 4th extended play from Los Angeles, California emcee Hexxx has finally arrived. Coming up a decade ago off his debut extended play Samhain, he would go on to follow it up 3 years later with his 2nd EP West Coast Wicked Shit prior to his full-length debut Demon Season & the sophomore effort Tales of a Cursed G becoming west coast wicked shit classics in their own rights. Coming off the Suerte EP last summer, he’s coming back for an audio description of an Endless Night. “Rock, Paper, Cemetery” reemerges out the dusk to talk about this shit being hereditary to him whereas “Crash Out” goes for a trap vibe admitting…
This is the sophomore effort from Detroit Michigan emcee, producer & disc jockey DJ Oreeyo. The son of local veteran Fatt Father previously of the world famous Fat Killahz, he eventually followed his dad’s footsteps by making music himself, properly introducing himself in 2022 & Freshman Year the subsequent fall made for an impressive self-produced debut primarily rooted in trap. It’s been a few years since & the Prodigy’s ready to let us see how much he’s grown since 2023. The self-produced “Killshot” hops over an orchestral trap beat talking about his preference of having kin instead of friends whereas “How We Comin’”…
An admitted Young Dolph killer gets sentenced to 20 years in prison after accepting a plea deal.On Friday (May 15), Cornelius Smith, one of the men charged in the November 2021 killing of Memphis rapper Young Dolph, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and was sentenced to 20 years in prison, as part of a plea agreement. Smith, who is the third and final murder suspect in the case, appeared at a hearing on Friday in Memphis and confirmed to the court that he accepted the plea deal for a lesser charge. Smith, 32, was initially charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy…
Drake disses the big three, Rick Ross and Jay-Z on several different songs on the just-released Iceman album.On Friday (May 15), Drake delivered his Iceman album as promised as well as two additional projects, Maid of Honour and Habibti. However, on the Iceman LP, Drizzy sent plenty of lyrical shots at his adversaries like Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole (two artists of the so-called “Big 3”), Rick Ross, Jay-Z and even Mustard who produced K-Dot’s ubiquitous Drake diss track, “Not Like Us.”On “Make Them Pay,” the OVO Sound leader downplays the “Big 3” of rap, which included him, J. Cole…
The four men found guilty of murdering Foolio have been sentenced to life in prison.On Friday (May 15), a week after being convicted of conspiracy, murder and attempted murder charges in connection with the Jacksonville, Fla., rapper’s killing on May 8, Isaiah Chance, Sean Gathright, Davion Murphy and Rashad Murphy appeared in court to be sentenced. After hearing the closing arguments for the past week, the jury handed the four men life sentences without the possibility of parole.The sentence can be seen as a win for the four men, as the prosecution previously announced they would seek the death penalty…