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Following the publication of Billboard’s list of the 50 best rappers of all time, both Ice Cube and Ja Rule criticized the music publication. Last Monday, Billboard released its complete list in recognition of the 50th anniversary of hip-hop. Billboard ranked Nicki Minaj as the top female rapper ever in 10th position, while Jay-Z placed […]
Macklemore is not a well-known rapper, and I’m sure even he would agree with me on this. He has only a few albums to his credit and isn’t even a particularly productive rapper. Macklemore has won four Grammys despite this. He won Best New Artist, Best Rap Song for Thrift Shop, Best Rap Performance, and […]
On February 18, 1965, Andre Romelle Young was born. Dr. Dre grew up in South Central Los Angeles during the time when the hip-hop industry on the West Coast was just getting started. Dr. Dre learned to DJ at nightclubs he attended as a teenager. In 1984, he signed up with the electro-hop band World […]
The celebrated hip-hop artist Ice Cube has scheduled a performance for April 18 at Colorado Springs’ Broadmoor World Arena.At the arena performance, he will be accompanied by Bone Thugs-N-Harmony, Westside Boogie, and other notable guests.AXS.com will start selling concert tickets on Friday, Feb. 3 at 10 a.m. $50 to $130 is the range for tickets, […]
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the groundbreaking LP, Dr. Dre has added “The Chronic” to streaming services. Dr. Dre and Interscope Records have collaborated to make all 16 songs from the Grammy-winning rapper’s 1992 debut studio album available on streaming sites like Apple Music and Spotify. “I am happy to bring the Chronic home […]
Three decades after releasing the monumental album, which has suffered from limited availability since the advent of streaming, Dre has realigned its original distributor to reissue it for hopefully the last time Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, one of hip-hop’s most influential albums, has spent the past 15 years going in and out of print and […]
Hip-hop legend Eazy-E was no stranger to controversy. Rising to fame as a member of the N.W.A. alongside such greats as Dr. Dre, MC Ren, Ice Cube, and D.J. Yella, he firmly placed “gangsta rap” on the world stage as a music genre to be reckoned with. Then, at the height of his solo career, […]
Before we begin this, let us be clear: American Songwriter does not condone violence. Not against peaceful American citizens, not against law enforcement. However, as the country and its people witnesses yet another video in which police brutally murder a non-violent, non-threatening citizen—this time Tyre Nichols—it’s important to understand the emotion and the experience that […]
Antione “DJ Yella” Carraby is not only one of the original riders of the west-coast hip-hop and gangsta rap wave, he is also a published author, key innovator and pioneer of the record-scratching technique. Oh, and what caught all y’alls’ eyes: He’s also founding member of the breakthrough rap sextet from Compton, California, the one […]
La-da-da-da-da, it looks like the next episode in Dr. Dre’s musical career will see him letting go of his musical assets in a huge deal with Universal Music Group and Shamrock Holdings. I’ll explain. According to Variety, The Chronic rapper is set to be nearing the close of a deal between the two companies, which […]