DJ Drama

Lil Wayne wasn’t kidding when he said Dedication 5 was arriving in about 10 days. According to Lil Wayne HQ, the YMCMB general will officially drop D5 on August 30. The artwork was designed by Olly. DJ Drama and Weezy have been tightly-lipped about the fifth installment. But,...

In preparation for Project MVMNT at MAGIC Market Week in Las Vegas (Aug. 19-21), Flat Fitty Luxury Headwear has teamed with DJ Whoo Kid and DJ Drama for Project Showdown. The mixtape includes several new exclusives from Whoo Kid and his upcoming N-Word Bond album...

Rapsody is about to school us on the fundamentals of MCing with her upcoming mixtape. Hosted by the legendary DJ Drama, Rap is next up to appear on the pristine Gangsta Grillz series. The artwork, which was premiered by 2DopeBoyz, has her sitting on top of a basketball hoop and wearing a pair of Air Jordan Retro 11s...

A few weeks ago, legendary producer and mixtape host DJ Cannon made a big leap in the music industry when he was named Vice President of A&R for Def Jam Records. Despite the cushy corporate gig, Cannon is staying busy with a new DJ collective he's starting up with his longtime collaborator DJ Drama. ...

Five years in the making, Asher Roth's Greenhouse Effect Volume 2 is finally here! After dropping some teaser singles from the project and penning an open letter about his career trajectory leading up to the release GEV2, XXL is happy congratulate Asher on the new tape...

In the buildup to the release of Kanye West's sixth solo album Yeezus, we asked a handful of rappers and producers what their favorite tracks were in the Kanye discography. It's not an easy question, and can sometimes lead to deeper thoughts on which iteration of the Yeezy lexicon is more preferable than the others—the earnest, soul-sample-heavy early years of College Dropout and Late Registration

Kanye West has had good luck stopping leaks in the past, but his latest album Yeezus just popped up earlier today. This what you all been waiting for, ain’t it? Why, yes it is. The album officially drops on June 18, so do yourself a favor and cop it along with the others. The ...

It looks like the rap gods are working their magic today. DJ Drama confirmed on Twitter that Dedication 5 is on the way. It looks like Lil Wayne will be dropping the 5th installment of his popular Dedication mixtape series sometime in the near future. Earlier today...

DJ Drama is prepping the release of his new album, Quality Street Music 2. In the meantime, here’s the first single called “In The Building.” Gathering Travis Porter and Kirko Bangz, the DJ Mustard-produced track should heat up the strip clubs in the coming months. Watch the vid...

On 2005's "Old School Rules" by Danger Doom, Talib Kweli raps that, "I might be buggin but it seem to me/That cartoons be realer than reality TV." While we could easily enumerate a number of reasons why Kweli's lyric is a bold hyperbole to make - namely because they're cartoons - it definitely speaks to hip-hop's longstanding history with the animated arts. Whe...

Last night, the world of hip-hop suffered another tragedy when news broke that Chris "Mac Daddy" Kelly of the iconic duo Kris Kross was found dead in his Atlanta home. For many fans, Kris Kross was an early introduction to the hip-hop genre, but for those who watched the Atlanta teens grow up in the world of music took the news especially hard...