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XXXTentacion Wins Best New Artist At BET Hip Hop Awards

XXXTentacion Wins Best New Artist At BET Hip Hop Awards

photo credit: Jason Koerner l Getty Images Earlier this summer we lost the late Florida rapper XXXTentacion. While his legacy continues to impact his fans around the world, even affecting new fans of the emcee, BET has also noticed just how important the rapper’s talent was to those who followed his career. With new music…

Juice WRLD Freestyles For Nearly An Hour Over Throwback Eminem Tracks [WATCH]

Juice WRLD Freestyles For Nearly An Hour Over Throwback Eminem Tracks [WATCH]

photo credit: Lisa Lake l Getty Images Juice WRLD is not only topping the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Lucid Dreams,” but he just killed nearly an hour long freestyle! Showing out on Time Westwood’s U.K. show, the self-proclaimed “Freestyle King” rapped for 50 minutes straight over throwback Eminem tracks including “Just Lose It,” “The…

Chaos & Panic Ends Lil Wayne’s Headlining A3C Festival Set

Chaos & Panic Ends Lil Wayne’s Headlining A3C Festival Set

photo credit: Paras Griffin l Getty Images Late Sunday night, October 8th, Lil Wayne’s set at Atlanta’s A3C Festival abruptly got shut down after a fight broke out, bringing the concert to an early end. Initial reports claimed that there was a shooting that left crowds spewing out into the streets in panic but it…

#WAXONLY: Vin Rican Flips Through Classic Samples Used On Jaylib’s ‘Champion Sound’

#WAXONLY: Vin Rican Flips Through Classic Samples Used On Jaylib’s ‘Champion Sound’

photo credit: Power 106 Returning to give us another classic take on some of hip-hop’s hottest throwback projects, Vin Rican delivers another ‘Wax Only’ installment for the 15th anniversary of JayLIB’s Champion Sound album. Released back in 2003, the duo behind Jaylib, J Dilla and Madlib, dropped their first duo project together which features both…

Jorge Burgos & Gilbert Saldivar Discuss New Film ‘Shine’ + Effects of Gentrification

Jorge Burgos & Gilbert Saldivar Discuss New Film ‘Shine’ + Effects of Gentrification

photo credit: Power 106 Jorge Burgos and Gilbert Saldivar star in the new movie “Shine” which hits theaters today, Friday October 5th. The movie details a Latino family who faces gentrification and the two say the movie will mean to Latinos what “Crazy Rich Asians” meant to Asian-Americans. Speaking with Cece of The Cruz Show,…

Say WHAT—Which rapper passed on signing Drake?

Say WHAT—Which rapper passed on signing Drake?

Photo Credits: Vaughn Ridley/Getty Images Who’s your favorite rapper’s favorite rapper? Evidently Drake wasn’t T.I.’s—get into this! While promoting his new album Dime Trap T.I. revealed in an interview yesterday, that he once had an opportunity to sign Drizzy, but decided to pass! Dang—Drake might have been screaming Grand Hustle instead of YMCMB. “I passed…

NEW Music Friday—Lil Pump, T.I., Anderson .Paak, Ella Mai, G-Easy + MORE

NEW Music Friday—Lil Pump, T.I., Anderson .Paak, Ella Mai, G-Easy + MORE

This week in Hip-Hop has been FULL of new music. You know we got you covered with what you should be listening to this weekend. Check out all the new-new below: DAVE EAST & STYLES P TREY SONGZ FEAT. 2 CHAINZ & YO GOTTI ‘HOW DAT SOUND’ 6IX9INE FEAT. BOBBY SHMURDA ‘STOOPID’ LIL PUMP FEAT.…

Wondering Why Drake Wasn’t On C5? Here’s Your Answer

Wondering Why Drake Wasn’t On C5? Here’s Your Answer

Photo Credits:Ethan Miller/Getty Images The Carter V has of course been doing huge numbers but of course many fans were disappointed when it dropped, and they found out Drake was not featured. There has been a lot of speculation as to what the cause may have been, especially because every track the two do together…