Technically, Up My Standards is a mixtape, but it sounds more like one long radio freestyle. The only moments where Philly’s Shadstackzz isn’t rapping at full force are when the beats switch from one ...

Sir Michael Rocks and Chuck Inglish stopped at the Vocalo studios to discuss how their new album “Hi Top Fade” calls back to ...

Erykah Badu didn’t play “Tyrone” at her 2018 show at San Francisco’s Warfield, but she did spoil the punchline. One of the ...

Despite being a rap Mecca, Atlanta had lagged in producing homegrown female stars. But in 2025, women in Atlanta rap are crystallizing momentum into total domination.

Omavi Minder made a name for himself in the underground hip hop scene through conceptual, often dark meditations on his ...

Max B & French Montana announce “Coke Wave Narcos 3.5” Hip-hop loves a comeback. Few returns hit as hard as […] The post Max ...

New Orleans and Louisiana have left an indelible mark on rap music as the home state of some of the genre's biggest stars and most iconic record labels. Five albums by Louisiana artists were selected ...

The next chapter of Atlanta rap is shaping up to be something of a return to form. Projects from Metro-Boomin and Anycia, as well as a crop of young rappers, are reprising the “Old Atlanta” feel. In ...

Hip Hop Mixtape features a new custom environment with electrifying light shows. This music pack includes these tracks: 2Pac – All Eyez On Me (feat. Big Syke) Nicki Minaj – Anaconda Snoop Dogg – Gin ...

Maxx Crosby was a football star at Colleyville Heritage High in Colleyville, Texas during his high school years. Since he was such a promising football prospect, Crosby tried his best to stay out of ...

Curtis Jackson III was born in Queens, New York, on July 6, 1975. In the late ’90s, he began his rap career as 50 Cent, and made friends and enemies all over Queens, recording with Run-DMC’s Jam ...