Nas’s financial problems continue to pile up. TMZ reports that God's Son owes the IRS over $3 million in back taxes. Back in October of last year tmz.com learned that the Queensbridge MC failed to pay his taxes in 2006 and ...
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Donnis, Most Outgoing
Photography by Travis Shinn Gov’t Name: La’Donnis Crump Age: 25 Reppin’: Atlanta Notable Releases: Single: “Gone,” 2009; Mixtape: Diary of an ATL Brave, 2009 Currently Working On: Debut album: Past Visions of the Future, due late 2010 Label: Atlantic Aligned With: No one Side Hustle: None The Next 10 ...
Read MoreFashawn, Most Artistic
Photography by Travis Shinn Gov’t Name: Santiago Leyva Age: 21 Reppin’: Fresno, California Notable Releases: Mixtapes: One Shot One Kill, 2008, and The Antidote, 2009; Independent album: Boy Meets World, 2009 Currently Working On: As-yet-untitled mixtape with DJ Green Lantern Label: One Records (Independent) Aligned With: No ...
Read MoreFreddie Gibbs, Most Slept-On
Photography by Travis Shinn Gov’t Name: Fred Tipton Age: 27 Reppin’: Gary, Indiana Notable Releases: Mixtapes: The Miseducation of Freddie Gibbs, 2009, and Midwestgangstaboxframecadillacmuzik, 2009 Currently Working On: Mixtape: Str8 Killa, No Filla, due April 2010; Independent EP: The Devil’s Palace, with the Alchemist, due ...
Read MoreOJ Da Juiceman, Most Flashy
Photography by Travis Shinn Gov’t Name: Otis Williams Jr. Age: 28 Reppin’: Atlanta Notable Releases: Single: “Make the Trap Say Aye,” 2009; Mixtapes: Culinary Art School, 2008, and Alaska in Atlanta, 2009; Independent album: The Other Side of the Trap, 2009 Currently Working On: Debut ...
Read MorePill, Most Intense
Photography by Travis Shinn Gov’t Name: Tyrone Rivers Age: 24 Reppin’: Atlanta Notable Releases: Single: “Trap Goin’ Ham,” 2009; Mixtapes: 4180: The Prescription, 2009, and 4075: The Refill, 2009 Currently Working On: As-yet-untitled EP, due May 2010 Label: Asylum/Warner Bros. Aligned With: No one Side Hustle: None The Next ...
Read MoreNipsey Hussle, Most Determined
Photography by Travis Shinn Gov’t Name: Ermias Asghedom Age: 24 Reppin’: Los Angeles Notable Releases: Single: “Hussle in the House,” 2008; Guest verse on Snoop Dogg’s “Upside Down,” 2009; Mixtapes: Bullets Ain’t Got No Name, Vol. 2, 2008, and Bullets Ain’t Got No Name, ...
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