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Lil Chano From 79^th, along with several other iconic artists, played role in discussing the nation's Criminal Justice Reform and the My Brother's Keeper initiative, working with president Barrack Obama, earlier this year.

Chicago-based Chance the Rapper recently announced a returning trip to the nation's capital and, along with Kelly Clarkson and Yolanda Adams, is scheduled to perform at the White House's annual National Christmas Tree Lighting concert.

The event signifies the last of Barrack Obama's participation, as the affair takes place shortly before the country inaugurates its new leader. While the actual event is scheduled for December 1^st, televised broadcasting takes pace the day after on the Hallmark channel.

Swooping in with a flashy return, Hip-hop's favorite antiheroes announce their latest album with one word: Excelsior!

Recently reaching out to the trio rostered by Esoteric, 7L, and Wu-Tang's Inspectah Deck amidst their summer recording sessions, Marvel Comics aspired for a Czarface touch on their Black Panther web series, as well as backing the promotion of its breakout comic line. The team-up led to “All in Together Now”, which then set foundations for a full-fledged album. The trio also attests to memorable studio sessions resonating with comical conversations about video games, superheroes, and villains whilst recording beats—the outcome was A Fistful of Peril.

“Linking with Marvel definitely activated that

Seven iconic albums celebrate respective anniversaries today, and we'd be fools to discredit them any tribute. The list dates all the way back to Hip-hop's earliest years in 1980, climbing up until Ghostface Killah's eighth studio album in 2009, accounting the perfect retrospect playlist for today

Kurtis Blow (1980)

Debuting his self-titled album under Mercury Records, Harlem-based Kurtis Blow became the first rapper ever to achieve commercial successful. The album signified the first gold-certified Hip-hop album, and featured the critically-acclaimed track, "The Breaks", which also heralded the first rap song to attain RIAA gold.

Music to Drive By (1992)

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Mellow Man Ace, the "Godfather of Latin Rap," recently spoke with Downtown Weekly about a number of topics related to his nearly thirty years in the rap game, including his involvement with the Legends of the Golden Age concert and how he's managed to stay motivated and relevant in an industry with an infamously short attention span.

“It’s a long journey, it’s been an amazing journey, I live in the journey," Mellow Man Ace said. "I don’t take any of it lightly, I wake up everyday with the same hunger and passion that I had when I started [doing] hip-hop.”

Mellow Man spoke positively about the current hip hop scene, saying he's a fan of artists like Joey Bada$$ and Action Bronson, but he wishes that music execs

Jay Wayne Jenkins, better known by his stage name Young Jeezy, celebrates his 39th birthday today.

Jeezy released his first album, Thuggin' Under The Influence, in 2001 under the name Lil J. Since then, the Atlanta rapper has been nominated for multiple Grammy awards, has taken home two BET awards for "Hard" and "Put On," and has scored multiple chart topping hits, including "Soul Survivor," a single off of his major label solo debut, Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101.

While Jeezy doesn't consider himself a musician, going as far 

KRS One had already made a name for himself as part of the hip hop trio Boogie Down Productions, but with the release of "Return of the Boom Bap" in 1993, he cemented his place as one of the greatest solo rappers in hip hop history. 

Combining his immense talents as a lyricist with the production skill of fellow music legend DJ Premier, "Return of the Boom Bap" was well received at the time of its release and has only become more celebrated as time has progressed. "When it comes to rhyming skills, he still has few rivals," Rolling Stone wrote about KRS One in their review of the album. "His raps combine cultural literacy, wild imagination and absurd wit with mad street flavor. KRS expresses ideas with such exuberance that the zany logic