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Audiences didn’t know what to make of him when he first began, so he decided he’d become a legend. Fans witnessed a historic chapter as Hip-hop honored Snoop Dogg with the prestigious “I Am Hip Hop” award, Saturday night at the 2016 BET Hip-hop awards.

Fans worldwide will remember as rapper Kendrick Lamar made a surprise entrance as he walked on stage catering to jam-packed Cobb Energy Performance Centre. As the crowd subsided, Lamar then paid tribute to “the ultra-smooth West Coast rapper [who] ‘paved away into many hearts’ with his authentic rap flow and infectious persona”:

“He mastered the game through tests and challenges that earned him the resp

On Friday (September 16), Strange Famous Records founder and indie hip-hop mainstay Sage Francis announced a new imprint under the Strange Famous umbrella, Strange Famous Digital (or SFdigi for short). In a statement, the new endeavor was explained thoroughly and included an update on the current roster. "Fans and #StrangeFamous family, get ready for an increase in output and more fresh music from us than ever before,” it begins. 

Is it a streaming service?
No.

Is it a digital-download-only label?
No.

SFdigi is, in essence, an analogue digital label. If that sounds confusing, try being indie-hop label in 2016 while releasing albums the old fashioned way without going into de

It’s been one heck of a year for experimental Hip-hop producer DJ Shadow. His latest studio record, The Mountain Will Fall released after a painfully-long recluse, gathering several critical praise, such as being classified “impressive in its inventiveness” and upheld as his “best work since his early-aughts hey-day”.

But the year looms far from being over, and DJ Shadow insists he’s not finished yet. Just this week, the producer addresses a remixed collection of his ground-breaking debut album, Endtroducing, which features collaborative appearances from artists such as Clams Casino and Hudson Mohawke.

According to Shadow, the album will be included in a 20^th anniversary edition pack

You know something big is coming when Cellas don’t seem to contain the Dwellas no more. With Phantasm hitting up the charts with his latest collab-project Louder Than Ever, The Cella Dwellas’ other-half allowed fans a peak of his latest track, “The Mysic”.

Fans have endured an excruciating length, with numerous delays and pull-backs, but with UG’s new single released, fans perceive a significant step closer to his much-awaited album, Portals.

“The Mystic” features production from IDE and showcases a nostalgic return to UG’s distinct art style. With IDE producing an enigmatic backdrop onto which UG shoots rhymes with his cutting-edge precision, the iconic Hip-hop artist delivers magnum opus co

I think it was sometime a decade ago when I first encountered authentic percussive noises magnificently flowing out an average individual’s mouth—and come on, tell me you weren’t rocked out of your shoes like I was.

Unknown to my infant Hip-hop mind at that time, I had no idea that the art of “Beatboxing” was active and alive in the Hip-hop scene—and today happens to mark its greatest pioneering agent, Douglas E. Davis, aka Doug E. Fresh.

Imminently donning the title, “The Human Beatbox”, Fresh brilliantly and unbelievably imitated drum machine sounds, as well as impressive special effects through his distinct mastery over his mouth, lips, gums, throat, tongue, and a common microphone.

Before his reig

Last Year, Hip-hop grieved an unfortunate loss with the unforeseen passing of young artist, Lionel Pickens, known to his fans and colleagues simply as Chinx. The young rapper’s decorated fifteen-year career came to an end at the hands of an unknown assailant after a tragic shooting in Jamaica, Queens.

Though Pickens has left the scene, fans gather around his legacy, which lives on with the release of his second posthumous album, Legends Never Die.

Fans have endured a long silence since Chinx’ first album Welcome to JFK, only to become more anxious at the numerous reports of pushed-back release dates. Manager, Douglas “Bliggs” Ellison reasoned his ambition to accomplish perfection with the late-rapper’s second