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Why Paid Dues Is The Most Influential Festival In Hip Hop

By Machakas Horton | July 20, 2017 | 0 Comments

    Paid Dues, one of the most influential Hip Hop music festivals, is Back  after being cancelled in 2014 and it’s been a long four years coming!  This years Paid Dues line up will feature yet again, a diverse collection of at least a dozen performers. You would definitely want to be there to witness…

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Tyga & Notorious B.I.G.’s Son C.J. Wallace Join Cast Of MTV’s “Scream”

By Machakas Horton | July 18, 2017 | 0 Comments

Amir Wallace famously known as Biggie Smalls son, portrayed the young version of his father in biopic Notorious, but this will also be his first break on TV. Wallace’s character Amir,  is a socially awkward savant who dreams of making music one day…  

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Top Hip Hop Album Sales: DJ Khaled’s Grateful Keeps #1 Spot

By Machakas Horton | July 12, 2017 | 0 Comments

DJ Khaled album “Grateful” has landed at the Billboard Top 200 chart for the second week in a row for the week ending July 6. Although DJ Khaled’s “Grateful” had a dip in streams, pure album sales, and total album units sold, despite Jay Z album going double platinum it still didn’t make the charts       …

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Hip Hop:The Life of Notorious B.I.G

By Machakas Horton | July 11, 2017 | 0 Comments

For the last 20 years, acclaimed Hip Hop journalist Cheo Hodari Coker has kept a collection of unreleased audio from the great Notorious B.I.G, his debut album went double platinum before his untimely death in 1997 and the follow-up in Life After Death went on to be certified “The Life of Notorious B.I.G.,” is the foundation of this biography…

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All Eyez On Me ranked an amazing $27 million

By Machakas Horton | June 23, 2017 | 0 Comments

  “All Eyez On Me” manged to bring in 27 million for it’s opening weekend, although many people have different views on how they  feel the movie should have been played out, overall “All Eyez On Me” was a great movie. Jada Pinkett Smith one of Tupacs long time friend played a major role in…

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King T presents Likwit Radio

By Jimmy Bones | March 29, 2017 | 0 Comments

Hip Hop pioneer King T is at it again putting together one of the hottest radio stations online for the real hip heads. King T presents Likwit Radio on http://likwit.net built by Jimmy Bones of Underground Masters. Likwit Radio will soon be launching an app that will “invade” the Android platform. More to come on…

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Rick Ross goes in

By Jimmy Bones | March 28, 2017 | 0 Comments

SHOTS FIRED You decide if it’s hot or not

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Lupe Fiasco Is The Black Samurai We Deserve

By Elijah C. Watson | March 28, 2017 | 0 Comments

This past weekend Lupe Fiasco uploaded a video of himself showcasing his swordsmanship abilities. In the appropriately-titled “Samurai Sunday” video (which you can view below), keep reading »

The post Lupe Fiasco Is The Black Samurai We Deserve appeared first on Okayplayer.

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Watch Joey Badass Deliver Another Ferocious Freestyle

By zo | March 28, 2017 | 3 Comments

“My skin Sierra Leone tough” The last few weeks in Joey Badass-isms have found the Brooklyn rapper in full promo mode. Of course, this means keep reading »

The post Watch Joey Badass Deliver Another Ferocious Freestyle appeared first on Okayplayer.

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Why The Big Names On Kendrick Lamar’s (Leaked) Track List Could Be Legit

By zo | March 28, 2017 | 0 Comments

A head shouts his dreams into the void hoping for divine reciprocity. “Y’all got ’til April the 7th to get y’all shit together” —  And keep reading »

The post Why The Big Names On Kendrick Lamar’s (Leaked) Track List Could Be Legit appeared first on Okayplayer.

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