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Raekwon Reflects on His Luxe Life
Twenty years ago, Wu-Tang Clan’s Raekwon released his seminal debut, Only Built 4 Cuban Linx, providing the street hustler’s blueprint for living — and shopping — like a one percenter. With his sixth...
View ArticleMethod Man Gets Lost in the Mix of Too Many Guest Stars on ‘The Meth Lab’:...
Nearly two decades after peak Wu-Tang Clan mania, and almost a decade since Method Man‘s last solo set, there’s no reason for a compilation album introducing his Staten Island rapper buddies to exist....
View ArticleBig Boi & Indie-Pop Duo Phantogram on Their Big Grams Side Project, ‘Tralien’...
Internet pop-up ads tend to be terribly annoying, but not for Big Boi on Potential Outkast Biopic: ‘Stay Tuned’ Big, having been in Outkast with Andre 3000, how is it different working with a band...
View ArticleSinger-Rapper D.R.A.M. Explains Why He Feels Drake ‘Jacked’ His Record
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, but Shelley Massenburg-Smith, the singer-rapper known as D.R.A.M., seems to disagree. His single “Cha Cha” landed him a deal with Atlantic in June...
View ArticleJeezy on ‘Church in These Streets’& Snubbing Hillary Clinton
It has been 10 years since Jeezy introduced himself with his solo major-label debut, Let’s Get It: Thug Motivation 101, which helped popularize the trap sound that still dominates rap today. But...
View ArticleJeezy Talks Bringing ‘the Church to the Streets’ With His Music and T.I.’s...
It’s been ten years since Young Jeezy formally introduced himself, and with five respectable studio LP’s plus a handful of street-celebrated mixtapes under his belt, the 38-year-old could be content...
View ArticleA Day in the Life With Rick Ross Handling Beefs, Biz and Bae
3:30 On an overcast November afternoon, Rick Ross is sitting at a conference table inside Def Jam’s Manhattan offices. His fiancee Lira Galore to his left, the Miami MC, 39, lifts a blunt to his lips...
View Article‘Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae),’‘Hit the Quan’ and Other 2015 Viral Dances That...
Pandas. Kids. Clintons. In 2015, everyone and their grandmother made videos dancing to rapper-singer Silento‘s “Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae).” The song, which hit No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, led a...
View ArticleThe Year in Music 2015: Whip It Good
Pandas. kids. Clintons. In 2015, everyone and their grandmother made videos dancing to rapper-singer Silento's "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)." The song, which hit No. 3 on the Billboard Hot 100, led a...
View ArticleSteve Aoki Discusses His Journey to Superstar DJ and New Documentary ‘I’ll...
Over the past decade, Steve Aoki has become one of the most in-demand entertainers in the world — he’s equally renowned as a DJ, owner of Dim Mak Records and for his own unique brand of rave-ready EDM...
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