Jay Rock

Last week Jay-Z's Life + Times premiered a somewhat mysterious trailer for a mini-documentary about TDE's Black Hippy crew and the group's journey to perform at Jay-Z's Budweiser Made In America festival last Labor Day weekend. Now, the documentary is online for your viewing pleasure...

With the rap world still reeling from Kendrick Lamar's "Control" verse, K. Dot and the rest of TDE have been quiet. As fans and rappers have reacted to the verse—both on social media and in their own verses—the rappers of TDE have stayed out of the conversation and out of the spotlight. Now, Life ...

Kendrick Lamar took part in last night's BET Experience concert at the Staples Center in L.A. K-Dot rocked the crowd with a rendering of "m.A.A.d city" before being joined by Black Hippy brother Jay Rock for "Money Trees" (below). HHH was there to catch it on camera...

We all know what Kendrick Lamar did on his debut ablum good kid, m.A.A.d City. However on "Money Trees," the standout verse didn't come from him, but from his labelmate, Jay Rock. The 2010 XXL Freshman's verse on this record was nothing short of epic, painting a vivid picture of his struggle and coming from his neighborhood. In the l...

This was bound to happen. Kendrick Lamar, Mr. Porter, Jay Rock, Eminem, Royce da 5' 9", Ab-Soul and ScHoolboy Q are photographed in the studio. One can only assume that they are working on new music for any one of their upcoming albums. For any rap fan, we just have to cross our fingers that their records get released sooner than later...

This week in the world of hip-hop Instagrams, two bitterly embattled foes—Nicki Minaj and Hot 97's Peter Rosenberg—finally meet for a long-awaited interview. At the same time, Jay Rock and Freddie Gibbs link up with Adidas, while Snoop Dogg ups the ante on bottle service. And for so...

In anticipation for Kendrick Lamar’s “good kid, m.A.A.d city” tour, which starts on May 22 and ends June 26, TDE released the official promotional video. In it, Black Hippy and Mac Miller joke around as they announce their dates and stops. As an added bonu...

2013 XXL Freshman Class is in full effect and time will tell if this will be the best class ever. In the meantime, we're taking a look back at each XXL Freshman from past classes to see what they've been up through their music since being a Freshman...

Photography By: Lucas Farrar (@MrFarFetched) When you see Earl Sweatshirt and Black Hippy headlining this year’s Downtown Music Festival, it makes you stop and realize how far these artists have come. On the one hand, you've got the 19-year-old Odd Future member whose growth since hitting the hip-hop scene three years ago has validated his cult following and left people fiending for his upcoming

Jay Rock on TDE's Success

Fans anticipating a group project from Black Hippy are going to have to sit tight for a while, says Kendrick Lamar. K. Dot recently spoke to HipHop-N-More about the TDE crew's line-up of projects for the coming year. He explained that the crew plans to release a round of solo albums before the group project, starting with  ScHoolboy Q's impending debut Oxymoron later this year. ...

Snoop Dogg and Jay Rock light up some sticky and chop it up in the latest installation of Snoop's GGN video series...