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We all know hip hop is popular, but a recently released analysis of streaming services has revealed just how popular it actually is.

HITS Daily Double has collected data from a variety of streaming services, and their list of the thirty most streamed musicians is dominated by hip hop acts. Drake tops the list with a commanding lead and almost a billion and half streams, followed by Rhianna and Kanye West in 2nd and 3rd place, respectively. 

With the exception of Justin Beiber's 4th place spot, the top 10 is almost entirely hip hop or R&B acts: Beyonce comes in at 5th with a respectable 592 million streams, followed closely by Future, G-Eazy, The Weeknd, Kendrick Lamar, and Eminem

Although relatively unknown, Maryland-based hip-hop duo, Wolves and Sheep, have released powerful visuals for its “Anti-Social Media Blues,” a track that needs to be heard. The song dives head first into the often-debated topic of the importance of social media and technology in today’s society. With lead emcee Tyler Durdin proudly repping his Chuck D shirt, he picks apart the climate of our technology dependent culture while, at the same time, acknowledging the irony of needing it to get his message to the masses. 

“When I spend too much time on social media, it actually depresses me,” Durdin says. “I’ve killed my Facebook account three times in the past five years and probably would’ve discontinued

Public Enemy has released a new music video for "Honky Talk Rules," a track off of their 2015 album "Man Plans God Laughs."

The video, which blends rap and country, features Chuck D rapping over guitars inspired by The Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Woman," has generated interest from some mainstream outlets for its politically charged lyrics. "Let everybody also know of your crimes, But you don't want to fix this world by solving. Rather have the earth singing to your lies." Chuck raps. "Keep it, your honky talk rules. Screw your rules."

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This weeks spotlight artist is DJ Shadow, born Joshua Paul Davis on June 29, 1972, in Davis, California. He is a music producer and DJ and was a major figure in instrumental Hip-Hop. His debut album Endtroducing….. gained him much recognition and today his personal record collection consists of over 60,000 records. In the game since 1989, DJ Shadow began experimenting with a four-track recorder in high school. He became a DJ for the campus radio at UC Davis, KDVS. From there his career kicked off and he began working with various labels and artists.

Early on he worked with London-based Mo’ Wax record label. His “In/Flux” single was described as “trip-hop,” a term coined by Mixmag&rsq

Snoop Dogg has given us another taste of his upcoming "COOLAID" album with "Kush Ups," a suitably laid back track featuring Wiz Khalifa.

"Kush Ups" is the third track that Snoop Dogg has premiered off of "COOLAID," following performances of "Legend" and "Fireworks" (both produced by Swizz Beats,) on Jimmy Kimmel Live last week.

"Kush ups, bout to roll a whole book up. Lookin' for me, I was at the crib doing kush ups," Wiz raps as he and Snoop relax with some expensive cars and super models. The video was directed by Dan Folger, who previously worked with Wiz on the "Decisions" video.

Snoop Dog and Wiz Khalifa's mutual love affair with Mary Jane will continue this su

BET has announced that they will present a special tribute to Prince at their upcoming awards show.

According to Rolling Stone, The Roots, Janelle Monae, D'Angelo, and Sheila E will all take part in the special tribute to Prince, who tragically passed away last April.

BET announced news of the tribute performance today, June 7th, which was also Prince's birthday.

BET earlier mocked the Billboard Music Award's tribute to Prince, which featured performances by Madonna and Stevie Wonder, in a since deleted tweet from their official Twitter account. “Yeah, we saw that. Don't worry. We Got You,” the tweet said. The Roots' Questlove later defended the Billboard tribute.

By Michael Lacerna for RAPstation