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Killer Mike Unifies ATL with “Underground Atlanta”
Killer Mike is showing off his hometown pride with his forthcoming two-disc album, Underground Atlanta. The album—a homage to Georgia’s capital city—brings together guests from Atlanta’s crunk, snap and trap movements. “A record like this should’ve been done a long time ago by ...
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No Derelicts of Dialect. The only bit of hip-hop news this weekend not involving Brisco's chain or eyebrow weaves is The Punch Heard 'Round the Hippie Park. By now you're all aware that Joe Budden got punched in or around the ...
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FEATURE: “Off The Chain,” Hip-Hop’s 25 Best Stickup Songs
Rappers and robbers have always had a love-hate relationship. First, the petty purse-snatcher graduates to flossy rap star, only to have his own pockets relieved by stickup kids looking to add a couple of dollar signs to their name. It’s ...
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Jeezy doesn’t Twitter. You would think a self-made entrepreneur who just landed on Forbes magazine’s annual Hip-Hop Cash Kings list, having earned $6 million in the last year, would embrace such a cutting-edge technology. ...
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As I look back on this career of mine there are probably many things I could find that I would change. Decisions that were made by me, or for me, that I wouldn't necessarily agree with now. There used to ...
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Hip-Hop Fashion
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Show & Prove
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