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Fashawn's most recent effort, The Ecology, was nothing if not a comeback story. The one-time wunderkind, whose 2009 debut Boy Meets World earmarked him as one of California's most promising young MCs, finally released the long-awaited album via Nas' Mass Appeal Records. It included s...
The bond between a father and his daughter can't be broken, no matter how long tour life keeps Fashawn away from his baby girl. In the video for "Higher," a cut from Mass Appeal debut Ecology, Fashawn gives an intimate look into his life as both a father and a rapper...
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Fashawn has been around for more than decade now. The Frenso, Calif. MC caught the attention of hip-hop heads with his 2009 debut album, Boy Meets World, an album that’s packed with real world commentary from the perspective of a Black child coming of age in urban America. On songs ...
As the release date for his long-awaited album The Ecology gets near, Fashawn lets fans to stream the LP. Guest appearance on the tape are Nas, Aloe Blacc, BJ the Chicago Kid, Dom Kennedy, Busta Rhymes and Choosey. The Ecology drops next week via Mass Appeal. Yesterday (Feb. 19) he dropped “...
As he gears up for the release of his long-awaited album The Ecology, Fashawn lets loose of "Something to Believe In," an album cut that sports guest turns from Nas and Aloe Blacc. Over bright horn sections and what could easily be mistaken for live drums, Fashawn and Nas focus their vision on the horizon, rapping with a tenacity usually reserved for more menacing instrumentals...
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With his album The Ecology less than a week away, Fashawn releases his latest single 'Out The Trunk' to the masses. Featuring Busta Rhymes on the hook much like T.I. featured Jay Z on his 2003 smash hit, 'Bring 'Em Out,' Fashawn delivers the most upbeat leak of the three singles he has dropped from the LP...
Fashawn's long-awaited Mass Appeal debut, The Ecology, is due out on Feb. 24 and his second single from the LP, "Guess Who's Back," gets the video treatment. In the Punit Dheshi-directed clip, Fashawn hops on his skateboard and takes us through his hometown of Fresno, California
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Fashawn's long awaited album, The Ecology, finally gets a Feb. 24 release date and the Mass Appeal-signee let go of the second single from the LP, "Guess Who's Back." With Beewirks behind the boards, Fashawn makes it known that he's back to take over the game
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