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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania emcee Rosco P. Coldchain enlisting Montréal, Québec, Canada producer Nicholas Craven for his sophomore effort. Blowing up in the 2000s when he signed to Star Trak Entertainment, he would leave the label without releasing anything & dropped a couple mixtapes preceding his full-length debut Almost Famous produced by Fatin Horton formerly of The Soul Council during my freshman year of high school. For the Mature on the contrary divided audiences last February & he’s looking to make up for the mixed reception of that extended play advising to Play with Something Safe. “Benz Sprinter” comes out the gate with a drumless sample talking about moving coke & being a gangsta whereas…

Kid Cudi blasts a troll who insists the rapper is washed and can’t recover.On Thursday (April 23), X user didjesusdrop shaded Cudder and his latest project in a tweet.“I respect how Kid Cudi is now washed beyond repair but still shows up and puts out music,” the post read. “I’ll never listen to his latest garbage but I respect it.”Cudi had a pointed response in a since-deleted post. “Hahaha man F**K U DUDE IM THE ILLEST NI**A!!!” he wrote. “NO ONE in this industry can do what I do. Ugly hatin muthaf**kas like u been on my d**k for YEARS…

West coast horrorcore duo the Gloom Unit consisting of Acetone Boogie & Frankie Goldie finally making their full-length debut. One of whom comes straight out of Tucson, Arizona & the other representing Sin City Las Vegas, Nevada respectively as part of the Swamp Society collective. They would properly introduce themselves as a pairing on New Year’s Day 2024 with the debut extended play Come Heavy produced by Chapter 17/Psychopathic Records in-house producer Devereaux, who would also produce the sequel Mo Heavy. A little over a year later, they’re taking us inside the House of Gloom almost a week after J-Rod ended Alice Crowley’s record-breaking…

Offset says he has a gladiator mentality in his first interview after being shot earlier this month.On Thursday (April 23), The Creator’s Inc. podcast shared a new interview with Offset that was recorded a week after he was shot in the hip outside a South Florida casino on April 6.”I gotta keep pushing, I’m like the Energizer bunny,” the former Migos rapper said of his speedy recovery.When asked about his mental state since the shooting, Offset responded, “Gladiator mentality, man. The show don’t never stop at the end of the day.”Offset was wounded during a shooting in front of the…

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania emcee Roscoe P. Coldchain enlisting Montréal, Québec, Canada producer Nicholas Craven for his sophomore effort. Blowing up in the 2000s when he signed to Star Trak Entertainment, he would leave the label without releasing anything & dropped a couple mixtapes preceding his full-length debut Almost Famous produced by Fatin Horton formerly of The Soul Council during my freshman year of high school. For the Mature on the contrary divided audiences last February & he’s looking to make up for the mixed reception of that extended play advising to Play with Something Safe. “Benz Sprinter” comes out the gate with a drumless sample talking about moving coke & being a gangsta whereas…

Bake Lo is a 32 year old rapper from Detroit, Michigan who made his solo debut Only the Beginning in the fall of 2011 when I was a freshman in high school. He would go on to follow it up with the sophomore effort Misunderstood Mindstate, but it wasn’t until Anybody Killa signed him to Native World Inc. & dropped A Step in the Wrong Direction under the label where I personally started catching onto him. Monster would be released independently as was the Chuck extended play, which was the last time we’ve heard him. Coming off the 9th annual Astronomicon however, he’s returning for his 5th studio…

New York recording artists NEMS & Ron Brown joining forces for a new collaborative studio LP. One of whom is an underground veteran hauling from Coney Island, Brooklyn emerging in the battle rap circuit back in the early 2000s & the other’s a Harlem native gaining widespread recognition for producing Nas’ iconic JAY-Z diss “Ether”. They’ve crossed paths a couple times already on tracks like “The Bar Exam” & “Count It Out”, so I had no problem with Ron fully producing I Should Boom You. That said: Him rapping on every track did make me somewhat concerned since I’ve never…

Brooklyn, New York emcee Billy Danze dropping his highly anticipated sophomore effort. Known for being 1/2 of M.O.P alongside Lil’ Fame, he would put out a 6 Pack in 2019 & following it up with the full-length solo debut The Listening Session entirely produced by TooBusy & his 2nd extended play Top 5 respectively. All of which were moderately received, but each had songs that I appreciate. He’s been teasing The Answer for a couple years already & it’s finally arrived fresh off a handful of singles. After the intro, the soulful title track sets it all off talking about showing y’all how to move when catching…

In a bizarre display of super-fandom, it appears that Drake fans are selling chunks of ice and warning signs scavenged from the rapper’s massive Iceman structure in Toronto.On Thursday (April 23), a rap fan shared on X a purported image of an eBay listing from a seller who is offering a chunk of ice from Drake’s Iceman structure in Toronto. The asking price for the icy memorabilia was a whopping $6,000.After a curious look on eBay, there were several other fans selling ice from Drizzy’s installation. One person was selling a huge ice block — presumably from the Iceman structure…

Drake is the most-streamed rapper of all time on Spotify.On Thursday (April 23), Spotify celebrated their 20th anniversary and unveiled their lists of the most-streamed artists, songs, albums, podcasts and audiobooks since its launch. On the streaming platform’s Most-Streamed Artists of All Time list, Drake came in at No. 3 behind Bad Bunny and Taylor Swift, who was No. 1.Other artists on the tally included The Weeknd (No. 4), Eminem (No. 9), Ye (No. 10), Travis Scott (No. 11), Post Malone (No. 13), Kendrick Lamar (No. 18), Future (No. 19) and the late Chicago rhymer Juice Wrld (No. 20).On the…