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Gucci Mane and Jeezy faced off on Thursday night’s Verzuz livestream, where the two Atlanta rappers rekindled their 15-year feud in an intense exchange of words. The stream, which drew over 1.8 million viewers, opened with Gucci performing two of his classic diss tracks against Jeezy, “Round 1” and “Bench …

Storied hip-hop radio DJs Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia are celebrating their 30th anniversary with the release of a new EP featuring remixed freestyles from Notorious B.I.G., Jay-Z and more. Freestyle EP 1 is the first in a series of three that will feature remixed and remastered freestyles performed by …

Big Sean has a cure for what’s ailing the world. In fact, Sean hawks so many cures on his latest album that it’s hard to keep track. The first one resides on the opening bar of “Why Would I Stop?” when he proclaims: “This shit the antidote, this the ‘cure …

When Charles Holmes traveled to Atlanta on June 27th to interview Lil Baby for the August magazine cover story, the city was still raging over the police killing of Rayshard Brooks outside a local Wendy’s and reeling from a new escalation in coronavirus cases, with a record 10,284 reported across …

When Mariah Carey sang about everlasting love on 1996’s “Always Be My Baby,” she probably couldn’t have envisioned its rebirth as “Project Baby,” a story of squalor and perseverance by 24-year-old Mobile, Alabama, rapper Rylo Rodriguez. “Catch a DUI, these bills driving us crazy,” he sings in place of Carey’s …

Drake’s latest Number One single “Toosie Slide” is either the most radical viral hit ever created, or the most jaded. Despite being an all-ages instructional dance number, it carries none of the slaphappy elation of songs like “Cha-Cha Slide” or “Baby Shark.” Instead, it channels the spirit of that girl …

Will Smith has had a storied life and career, all of which can apparently be distilled down into a two-minute rap song. On The Tonight Show, Smith joined host Jimmy Fallon to rap “The History of Will Smith.” “You seen him in Billboard, starring in shows,” Fallon starts off. “But …

In April, P. Diddy’s Revolt Media announced plans for a “Hip Hop Summit,” with Diddy promising to “empower young people with sessions on the issues they care about.” “From entrepreneurship and economic empowerment to social justice, we’ll have the provocative conversations not happening anywhere else,” he added. Sure enough, in …

DaBaby‘s lyrics are often crammed with cartoonish and lewd punchlines, delivered with the brute delivery of a gale-force wind. His staccato flows are simplistic, but come with the charming bounce of nursery rhymes. And his subject matter typically adhere to a similar narrative arc (e.g. DaBaby is good at intercourse, …

When Quality Control co-founders Pee and Coach K watched the new Showtime documentary Hitsville, which tracks the rise of Motown Records, they were struck by the similarities to their own story. Over the last few years, they’ve proved it’s still possible for a little record label to shake the culture, …