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Yesterday (January 10) was a busy day for up-and-coming rapper Mac Miller as he hit up three studios in less than 24-hours, including Statik Selektah's ...

Today is the day. Hip-hop producer Statik Selektah is linking up with Freeway to record their Statik-Free EP, which will be released tomorrow, and XXLMag.com ...

It was only a matter of time. To be honest, it surely started before this, but I just missed it: rappers making reference to the ...

Boaz Selling A Dream Beats: L Lyrics: L Originality: L Nearly a year after releasing his debut album, The Audio Biography, Pittsburgh rapper Boaz is still hustling hard to ...

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