Editorials & Reviews

Hardo is a standout that we got real familiar with at this past SXSW. We witnessed him perform a set filled with slapper after slapper, one including a verse from a very motivated Icewear Ve...

“Daddy issues all across my head, told him, “Fuck a foul.” I’m teary-eyed, wanna thow my hands, I won’t think out loud. A foolish pride, if I lose again, won’t go in the house. I stayed outs...

Lakeyah is one of Quality Control Music’s rising stars, fresh out of Milwaukee; she is a musical force.

Beecher, Michigan’s own YN Jay is a heavy talker. His flow is that of an old-head who feels obligated to pull the young bucks to the side and talk to them.

North Carolina is on fire and with all eyes on rappers from North Carolina there is no better time than now for Greenville, North Carolina’s Playboy Poppy to hit his stride.

Alabama-born and Atlanta-made Lil Kee is cementing his nameamong the south’s flourishing rap scene.

Winston Salem’s TiaCorine dropped the “Gas Station” video this past week, and the record is captivating and on-brand for the young creative.

From selling out shows to dropping consistent heat, Key Glock has the rap game thumping with his catchy trap anthems. He is on an unstoppable trajectory to the top of the industry but has ma...

Fresh off her set crashing performance with Benny The Butcher Armani Caesar releases the “Poker Night” Freestyle video, and it’s prepping up her fanbase for the drop of her 2nd project, The ...

Spartanburg, South Carolina bred J. Billz is “Fresh Off the Plane” and just touched down in Seattle.

Ace Hood released his highly anticipated EP M.I.N.D (Memories Inside Never Die) and dropped the video for his newest single, “At War.”

"Gravity" is the west-coast rapper’s first release of 2022, and it doesn’t disappoint.

The multi-platinum selling, Golden Globe and Grammy nominated artist Wiz Khalifa grew into worldwide stardom while never forgetting his roots in Pittsburgh, PA.

Tampa, Florida native, Doechii broke the internet this past week with the release of her video “Crazy.”

One of our 22 Female rappers we are watching in 2022. Genesis was an easy choice for the list. Why? Because GenesisTheGawd can rap.

Hailing from Inglewood California, Akeishein recently released visuals for single “Black Girl Magic,” and she’s paying homage to the trailblazers before her and paving away for the next gene...

Fat Money comes in hot with the visuals to represent his two latest singles “Introskii” and “400 Degrees.” The Ye-Cosigned rapper goes into a maniac frenzy of bars over these Cardo Got Wings...

LA faction the Baby Stone Gorillas keeps momentum with the visuals for their latest releases “Start Sumn,” and “Keep Goin” Trading.

Fresh off the Better Living Tour, Bella Blaq is keeping her heels on necks with her newest release the visual for “Waterdown.”

Jamla Records believes Charlotte NC native Reuben Vincent is a star. Signed to Jamla and furnished to Roc Nation.

Dro Kenji has followed up the release of his latest album “WITH OR WITHOUT YOU” with visuals to the melodic and energized track “PUSH2START.”

Trapland Pat might be the next big thing out of Florida. Backed by Fredo Bang and his Bang Biz imprint with Alamo records, Trapland is gaining heavy momentum and support around the industry.

This past weekend, we were at #SCUMBAGSEASON Showcase at SXSW in Austin, while covering the event we came across many dope artist, but none as dope as Littlejohn4K.

Fresh off his standout performance at the 313 festival hood favorite and the Don of Iced Up Records Icewear Vezzo is back with “First 48.”

What makes a great rap collective is their ability to mesh individual styles, ideas, push each other lyrically, while remembering stand out individually.

One of our favorites from our “Females to Watch in 2022” list Big Boss Vette is making good on her name, the St. Louis Rapper already has 2022 in a chokehold. And with her recent drop of “He...

Klassic Kell recently dropped the visuals for “Bogus Conversations”—the 4th track off his outstanding mixtape The Klassic Tape Vol. 1.

Fort Valley, Georgia native Chino Cappin recently dropped video for “Disrespectful” ft Jacquees— a track from his newest album “Permanently Scarred.”

Kota The Friend skips the hype trends and focuses on what matters in his latest 10-track project. “Lyrics to GO, Vol. 3” is an excellent example of how music can serve as one’s therapy.

It’s safe to say BandGang Lonnie Bands likes his odds, so doubling down on himself Lonnie is back with Hard 2 Kill Reloaded.

King Von’s Estate released a cartoon video for “Don’t Play That” featuring 21 Savage and it couldn’t be more fitting for the collaboration.

Do not let the looks of Brooklyn NY’s, Joddy Badass, foul you, Joddy is a full fledge rapper and First Lady of Paper Route Empire (PRE).

J Billz just dropped visuals for his newest record “Everywhere We Go” and the Spartanburg bred rapper is putting on for his city.

Unapologetically highlighting his affection for Black women Pardison Fontaine is getting all the love with his visual for “Hoop Earrings” and we’re not mad at it.

F$O MK is a hopeless romantic and he makes this clear on “My Luv 4 Yourz.”

Known for his advanced punchlines and wordplay, Don Q is back doing what he does best on “What Up.” Reminiscent of OGs of New York street rap, Don Q takes floats effortlessly throughout the ...

It’s looking like it’s Bella Blaq season and we’re not mad at it.

Vuulm writer Xavvi lives an artistic double life. When he’s not busy turning out top notch write-ups for us he’s putting together well thought out highly produced rap songs.

One of the easiest ways to have your video viewed a lot is to give the visual a ton of energy. That’s exactly what $NOT and A$AP Rocky’s AWEG brought to the $NOT’s “Doja” video.

There is a lot going on in New York City in terms of Hip-Hop and culture. Things like Bronx Drill, Brooklyn Drill, Sidetalknyc (Joe Bryon, bing bong), snow storm, and then there is Girll Cod...

Currently, Detroit has without a doubt the best street rappers. With the most notable at the moment being BabyFace Ray and Ice Wear Vezzo. But Lonnie Bands is making his case.

Babylord Lucci is a lot of things when the time presents itself, he’s a fashion director, actor, culture influencer, and rapper. And everything that he associates himself with is rooted opul...

Atlanta native Cru released the video for her infectious “iTwerk” and she didn’t come to play.

TikTok has a lot of creators on it, producing a lot of different pockets of entertainment. But the Black music content creators are the ones who really turned the app into the disrupter that...

Dro Kenji has been on the come up in the rap game at such a young age and has given us another great project in the form of “WITH OR WITHOUT YOU.”

After buying out his label contract and finding his own creative direction, Ace Hood is ready to re-establish himself as a top-level rapper in 2022.

Icewear Vezzo is by far the hottest rapper in the streets. At every corner of the industry when Icewear Vezzo is mentioned in the right circles there is an across the board appreciation for ...

Morgdaceleb, has the potential to be one of the most important artist of her generation. That is a heavy statement to place on any artist, let alone a new artist.

LA based Internet Money has risen to the top as the industry’s toughest producer collective.

Our 2020 Top Females alumnus, Rubi Rose, is back with another bop “Single.”

Duval County Florida, is a hotbed for rap talent at the moment and 00 Duck has next. Some time ago, Duck released Back From the Dead, and he delivered a quality visual.

Consistency is the root cause of success and Lil Yee is well aware of that. We last saw Yee in December when he released his project Unbreakable, still one of our favorite projects, that clo...

Fort Valley, Georgia native Chino Cappin is on a mission 2022, recently dropping his “Ed, Edd, Eddy,” his single featuring 21 Lil Harold.

TiaCorine is on our list of 22 Top Female Rappers to Watch in 2022, because she’s fire. Her latest video to "Pancake" backs our thinking.

Known for his tight flows and sharp lyricism, Joey Bada$$ returns to the big stage with “THE REV3NGE.”

Paris Gatlin is dope, been dope, and have fought, scratch, clawed and bled for her dream. There is something to be said about those who didn’t cut corners.

Summer is far from near, but Sledgren has brought the heat with “Chill With Me,” the latest single out of Taylor Gang.

In September, GenesisTheGawd released the official video for Lick.

Bella Blaq is one of the 22 Female Rappers we’re watching this year. And it’s because of her penchants for delivering visual moments.

LUCKI fans are in luck this week as the Chicago rapper has released the official video for “2019,” our favorite track from his latest project “WAKE UP LUCKI.”

Farrahgamo, one of the 22 Female Rappers we are watching in 2022, dropped her latest video Been Onnat this past month and it’s clear the Greenville bred rapper is here to stay.

Dee Watkins dropped his latest video on for new track Right or Wrong.

34 years ago Hip Hop Royalty RUN DMC, a Rap group from Queens NY, released Christmas in Hollis.

It's been an exciting year for ladies in hip-hop and we're excited for what's next to come. Here are the top 22 female rappers we're watching in 2022.

Charismatic, personality, voice, and disposition. The 22-Year-old Philly native Lil Rekk is a sure thing.

Canarsie, BK native Dusty Locane did that with award winning, hit making and soon to be star Yung Bleu. For his latest single “What you Need,” off of Dusty Locane’s recently released projec...

Atlanta-based London Boy is committed to taking his time and not releasing music that is not sonically strong.

Don Q is all in on himself, and it shows in his consistent run of releases.

Next up out of Florida is a jit named Raw Youngin.

“City Life” is a single off the his debut LP “Trp Szn.”

Ocean Five signee AMG Tone is straight from Cincinnati, Ohio, and is both the right amount of rapper and the right amount of hustler.

Upcoming artist Online Trapp is the latest breakout artist from Cincinnati, OH.

The recent NFT craze has been something that has taken the world by a quick uproar as of late.

Brooklyn, NY artist J.Maro is preparing to drop his next body of work surely soon.

Following the success of his latest single, "Valero", Dubbo drops his latest single and video "Beat Up The Belly 2."

Last year, we did a series that featured female rappers, and it quickly became our most watched video on our channel with over 15K views to date.

Dallas’s own Kokaine Karter is having a monster year and has released his eagerly anticipated project “ON ME" via Boss Made Entertainment.

The 13-track mixtape "From Dark To Light" features Big Sean and INK.

Breakout Atlanta artist Ola Runt releases his new project "Harder 2 Kill" just in time for Halloween.