by DX STAFF
Cam’ron has turned a portion of the Season 3 premiere of his sports talk show It Is What It Is into a monologue on his views on racial classification.
About halfway through the show’s most recent episode, Cam’ron began talking to co-host Ma$e about race and sports fandom. That led Killa Cam into an extended speech about why he thought of himself as a “Black American” as opposed to an “African American.”
“I’d rather fill in ‘Black’ than ‘African American’ [on I.D. forms] because Africans don’t even fuck with us,” he......
by KARAN SINGH
Pete Rock has offered his thoughts on the current state of Hip Hop culture, emphasizing how he believes the art form has been consumed by greed.
On Wednesday (January 3), the pioneering producer shared an interview clip of Erick Sermon talking about how the genre has become unrecognizable from where it started off and that it is “stuck in one place.”
“They should change the music to WTF [facepalm emoji] tryna create a narrative that aint working,” the 53-year-old New Yorker captioned his Instagram post. “Pile driving the culture straight in the ground. We created real history! idk what da......
by MARISA MENDEZ
Mobb Deep‘s 1995 classic “Shook Ones Pt. II” has been crowned the greatest Hip Hop beat of all time by Rock The Bells.
Just ahead of the new year, RTB gathered a panel that consisted of DJ Epps, Cool (of Cool & Dre), DJ Scratch and Torae to rank the top 50 Hip Hop beats. With a Top 5 that consisted of Nas‘ “NY State of Mind,” Craig Mack‘s “Flava In Ya Ear,” A Tribe Called Quest‘s “Electric Relaxation” and Dr. Dre‘s “Still D.R.E.,” Mobb Deep’s banger topped the list.
Produced by one......
by KARAN SINGH
Joey Bada$$ has enjoyed tons of success as an actor, and he’s now left a lot of fans upset as his longest-running role yet has come to an end.
On Sunday (December 31), the Brooklyn native shared a video montage of Kadeem “Unique” Mathis from seasons one to three of Power Book III: Raising Kanan.
“Unique Forever,” he captioned the post about the fan-favorite character played by him. “Much love to my @raisingkananstarz family. It was an honor and pleasure.”
A lot of fans were disappointed, with one writing: “I’m so sad, I don’t even want to watch it anymore fr.”......
by JOE WALKER
JID has wasted no time in dropping new music in 2024 — and it sounds like there’s plenty more where this came from.
On Monday (January 1), the Dreamville rapper released a new song called “30 (Freestyle),” produced by Griselda affiliate Conductor Williams — who recently worked with Drake and dropped a joint project with Conway The Machine — as well as Christo and Tane Runo.
The track, which is accompanied by a visualizer filmed during a visit to Poland, finds JID flexing his lyrical muscle over a bustling, horn-laced beat.
“N-ggas know I ain’t the one to......
by KARAN SINGH
Busta Rhymes has tipped his hat to his longtime friend and collaborator Papoose for ensuring DJ Kay Slay’s memory lives on.
On Sunday (December 31), the former Flipmode Squad members linked up on stage during a private event.
Before handing the microphone over to his fellow New Yorker to spit a few bars, Bus had some kind words for Papoose and his drive to keep the aforementioned Hip Hop legend within everyone’s line of sight.
“Papoose — one of the best fathers that I know, one of the best husbands that I know, one of the best friends that I know, one of the best storytellers that I......
by MICHAEL SAPONARA
Joe Budden and Dr. Umar’s interview has received praise from an unlikely source after making waves across the internet.
On Wednesday (December 27), controversial social media personality Andrew Tate took to X (formerly Twitter) to lend his stamp of approval to Dr. Umar Johnson for protecting the Black community.
“I dont care if you agree with him or not Dr Umar is ride or die for his people and I respect that,” Tate wrote.
The tweet was quickly met with replies pushing viewpoints from the other side while disparaging Dr. Umar’s views.
“I do not respect him or his opinion,”......
by k.Singh
Despite several delays and a wobbly takeoff, Hip Hop enjoyed a successful flight at high altitudes this past year. The genre had a noticeably late start in landing its first chart-topper, which naturally raised concerns about its future as a trendsetter in popular music. Fortunately, a healthy balance of stars and underdogs pulled through and gave the culture a much-needed boost. Still, there was a bit of turbulence along the way that was tough to ignore because it posed a threat to the momentum that took months to build up and stabilize.
Early in the year, the absence of releases from Hip Hop’s biggest names prompted the notion that a Billboard No. 1 placement would be......
by B.Hommie
After eight years, Griselda’s tag team duo Westside Gunn and Conway The Machine unearth the second installment of the duo’s Hall & Nash series produced by The Alchemist.
Locked in at 9 tracks, Hall & Nash 2: The Original Version begins with the “Introduction” followed by “Ray Mysterio”, and the lone collaboration “Fork In The Pot” featuring ScHoolboy Q. The long-awaited sequel continues on with “Michelangelo, “94 Ghost Shit”, “Pete VS. Andre”, “Fuck & Get High”, “Judas”, and finally the closing and title-track, “Hall & Nash 2”.
The......
by B.Boom
Today East St. Louis producer and artist TurnMeUpB returns with a new single titled “Fellen,” deliberately misspelling “felon” with a tough of eye dialect to resonate with the street slang of his hometown of East St. Louis, Illinois.
“Fellen, I am one. I am a felon. With the duct tape on the cover I don’t speak about it. I never been a rat. I hold my own. I spelled it like that because thats the ebonics way and I could spell it with the ‘o’ and I just thought the hook is talking street stuff and its just a bunch of felon’s getting to the money and I came across it. And it just worked.”
Stepping out from......
