Vice President Kamala Harris hosted an Hip-Hop 50 celebration for the ages at Vice President's residence.
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Terence Rushin / Getty Seventeen years ago, Jeezy made one of the boldest claims in rap, uttering to anyone listening that he was the realest in the game. His street fame and ability to make hustler music led to universal praise and admiration from gangsters and moguls alike. Universally revered for his impact and music, Jeezy’s ability to invoke passionate praise in a time of instant success, reminds us of what authenticity and influence are about. Standing alongside EST Gee earlier this week at the BET Hip Hop Awards to perform the song, “The Realest”, Jeezy once again provided more evidence for his opening statement. [embedded content] Names like Jeezy, T.I., Gucci Mane and Yo Gotti are synonymous with the trap music era that started ...
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz The numbers are in, and Megan Thee Stallion has a lot to be happy about when it comes to her debut album Good News. The Houston rapper’s 17-track debut album entered the week at No.2 on the Billboard 200. Good News, led by its rather infectious single “Body,” moved a total of 100,500 equivalent album units. When you break it all down, that’s 82,500 streaming equivalent album units (115.85 million on-demand streams) and 16,000 in physical album sales. This marks the third time Thee Stallion has had a top 10 project. Her previous EPs Fever and Suga were also high on the charts following their debuts. As expected, Megan couldn’t overcome the K-Pop machine with BTS landing the no. 1 spot with their latest effort, Be, which came in with 242,000 equivalent...
Source: Radio One Digital / @Stretchd_34 for Radio One Digital Last week Rap history was made and Gucci Mane wants more. The trapper turned rapper says he wants to step in the ring again. As spotted on Complex La Flare is asking his fans to point out who he should battle next. On Monday, November 23 the self proclaimed Trap God posted to his Instagram and made it clear he would be open to going track for track with another performer. “I heard our battle @verzuztv broke numbers it was historic we run the culture who y’all want me to battle next ? ?? 😤🥶” he wrote. While his battle with Jeezy, which felt like things could have gone left at any moment, will most likely be never topped, fans were quick to point out that the East Atlanta Santa didn’t perform a lot ...
Source: Paras Griffin / Getty Jeezy is setting the record straight across the board. After a historic and monumental night on Thursday (Nov. 19) during his highly anticipated Verzuz battle with fellow Trap legend, Gucci Mane, Jeezy sat down with The Morning Hustle to address his newly squashed beef, among many other topics. In regards to what lead up to him and Gucci Mane squashing their 15-year beef, Jeezy reveals that he felt the resolution needed to happen. “I didn’t realize that today was going to be like this, because initially, I was just going in for what it was,” Jeezy said. “But then I started thinking about the generation coming up behind us because I am watching these kids die every day and it’s just like ‘how ya’ll get out the hood and ...
Source: Mike Pont / Getty We now know where tonight’s sure to be epic Veruz battle goes down, and it makes all the sense. Gucci Mane and Jeezy will be going song for song at Atlanta’s famed Magic City strip club. TMZ got all the early details: TMZ’s obtained behind-the-scene video and pics inside Thursday’s face-off going down at the world-famous club, Magic City. It’s unclear if a red carpet will be rolled out for the MCs but they’re definitely getting the royal treatment … with 2 thrones for them to sit and spit lyrics. The crew worked hard to turn the strip joint into an awesome set for the season 2 kickoff of Verzuz … which streams live Thursday at 8 PM ET on Apple Music and on Apple Music’s official Instagram account on Instagram L...