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Fat Joe Linking Up With DJ Drama For ‘Gangsta Grillz’ Project ‘What Would Big Do 2021’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Joseph Okpako / Getty How is Fat Joe following up his epic VERZUZ recap? With a new Gangsta Grillz project. The legendary Hip-Hop storyteller announced on Instagram that he is linking up with DJ Drama for his own Gangsta Grillz project titled What Would Big Do 2021 coming this Friday (Aug.13). In the post, the Bronx rapper shared the project’s artwork writing in the caption, “Yesterday’s title is not today’s title!!! WHAT WOULD BIG DO 2021?! Friday the 13th #GangstaGrillz @djdrama.” It’s an obvious play on his “yesterday’s price, is not today’s price,” quip from his recap of The LOX’s complete and utter decimation of the Harlem Hip-Hop collective Dipset during their epic VERZUZ matchup. Along with DJ Drama, who is fresh off his epic Ga...
DJ Drama Says Gangsta Grillz Checks Started with Jeezy
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Radio One / Radio One Digital Serendipity in Hip-Hop is a recurring theme and no one knows this better than DJ Drama. Sometimes things just come together. Quite a few rappers have to thank him for deciding to stay put, but, as he shared in a recent interview with Atlanta’s Hot 107.9, Jeezy was the first to show his appreciation for his Gangsta Grillz success. In fetti form. Back in the early aughts, Drama, born Tyree Simmons, was a few years out of Clark Atlanta University and instead of returning to his native Philadelphia post-graduation, he decided to make a career for himself down in the A. “Around that time Coach K was a neighbor of ours,” Drama revealed. “He lived around the corner from me and [DJ] Sense in the Fourth Ward. And he eventually told me...
DJ Drama & Lil Wayne Set To Relaunch ‘Dedication’ Mixtape Series With ‘D7’
Source: BET Awards 2020 / Getty It seems one of the most impactful street release series is making a comeback. DJ Drama confirmed he is linking back up with Lil Wayne. As spotted on Hype Beast the New Orleans critically acclaimed Dedication mixtape series will see another installment. On Monday, September 28 DJ Drama made a very noteworthy post to his Instagram account. The visual is a throwback photo of him and Weezy and the caption made it clear the two will be working once again. “Happy Birthday @liltunechi 🐐 ‼️ D7… 2021″ he wrote. While the message was intended to salute the “How To Love” rapper on his birthday the latter part of the note was a nod to their very popular mixtape series. Originally release in April 2005 The Dedication would help him s...
The Butcher Comin’: Benny The Butcher Aligns With DJ Drama For Black Soprano Family Gangsta Grillz Mixtape
Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty Benny The Butcher has already proven that he’s potent with the pen as a member of the celebrated Griselda crew, but now he’s emerging with his own outfit of talented spitters. Linking with DJ Drama, the Buffalo, N.Y. star will release a new mixtape featuring his Black Soprano Family crew at the top of the month as part of the Gangster Grillz series. Coming at the end of the month, The Respected Sopranos is the name of the project featuring the Butcher’s BSF team of Ricky Hyde, Loveboat Luciano, Jonesy, and Heem. Via a tweet, Benny promises that 2020 is his for the taking, echoing the sentiments of his Griselda crew and their typically powerful output. “Y’all got less than 3 weeks and I’m startin my rest of the year take over … I waited my whole life for this sh...
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