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You probably know him as Wu-Tang’s most prominent clansman. But with the 24 years in the business, many have come to see Method Man transcend beyond being ‘just a musician’.

The man we have today isn’t just a Hip-hop artist, not just comic personality, nor an on-screen actor—In many aspects, Method man has earned the justice of becoming both a well-known and well-respected icon for pop-culture.

Although rather cliché to say, every artist has their share of applause and criticism, Method Man was by far no stranger to both. However, exactly ten years ago, August 29^th 2006, Meth dropped a controversial album that featured a struggling musician striving to rise above unmerited hate.

But perhaps the most profo

It ain’t common nowadays to come across organic story-based music. That being said, it’s even more uncommon when the artist behind the craft is a well-perceived prodigy beginning at age 14.

One among a handful, Andre Levins, better known as A+, embodied that rare instance. Born August 29^th 1982, a young Levins entered the Hip-hop scene through a Def Jam-sponsored national talent competition, where he—you guessed it—won and gathered the attention of fans and fellow enthusiasts, many of which much older and advanced in years.

Levins would land first act to former Motown Records president William Massenburg’s current Kedar Entertainment, where the renowned producer cited that the “A+ moniker means that [Levins is] stri

Frank Ocean has been all over the news lately. The Odd Future alum released his long awaited project, Blonde, last week to critical acclaim and dropped the visual album, Endless, a few days before. 

According to Music Business Worldwide, as of Thursday, August 25, Blonde has already been illegally downloaded almost a million times—753,849 times to be exact. MUSO, a global tech company that provides content protection, data analytics and piracy audience reconnection solutions made the tedious calculations. 

Similarly, Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo project was downloaded half a million times on BitTorrent while he tinkered with perfecting the final product as it sat exclusiv

 Multinational recording artist Akon did well in kindling dance floor lights through his music. In recent years, R&B’s Konvict stepped away from stage lights and began a movement to light up Africa—in a very different way.

Through the combined efforts of Akon, Malian entrepreneur Samba Bathily, and political activist Thione Niang, the Akon Lighting Africa movement was launched in 2014, and since then the ALA have managed systems in 11 nations, including Senegal, Mali, Niger, Benin, and Sierra Leone.

With two years of constant work expansion, the company is still currently concentrated on achieving its goal of providing solar power to over 600 million African homesteads lacking access to electricity. Progressively, the ALA also

 Ever heard of Horrorcore Hip-hop? Nope, it isn’t the latest slasher flick—it’s actually its own subgenre which has in fact been stalking about in the Hip-hop scene for over 30 years. Today just happens to be birthdate—or to appease the horror-esque theme, spawn-date—of one of its biggest co-founders.

Lewayne Williams, better known as Ganksta N-I-P, was born August 28^th 1969. Hailing from South Park, Houston, Texas, Williams cofounded the South Park Coalition along with another Houston-native, K-Rino. The Coalition reached nationwide recognition in William’s 1992 debut record South Park Psycho, which he distributed under Rap-a-Lot.

Produced by The Terrorists, Doug King, John Bido, an

 Young artist Wash enjoyed a breakout season last year with his video “Can’t Trust These Thots” going viral, which also won recognition from Billboard. Paving the way to his well-earned spot in mainstream R&B and Hip-hop, “Thots” gathered several peak-level rankings and the attention of many through the track’s contagious vibe, which actually flaunts taking cues from TLC classic “No Scrubs”.

With all that hype going around, fans and followers have perceived much pressure weighed down on the rising star. The built-up anticipation, however, reaches its cathartic end as Wash releases his latest track video “Where You Been”.

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