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Hailing from the Twin Cities of Minnesota, Atmosphere has been an integral part of the indie hip-hop scene for the past two decades. On August 12, the duo—emcee Sean “Slug” Daley and producer Anthony “Ant” Davis—releases its seventh studio album, Fishing Blues, a collection of 18 new tracks written and produced by Atmosphere. Featuring appearances from DOOM, Aesop Rock, Kool Keith, The Grouch, and more, it’s another colorful chapter in Atmosphere’s long history. 

 A video for the first single,“Ringo,” shows a past-his-prime actor playing a king and jester, who is mocked by his peers and those that once respected his work. According to a press release, it’s “a sharp look at

The RAPstation crew was recently lucky enough to be given behind the scenes access to The Art of Rap, the nationwide tour that features some of the most legendary acts in classic hip hop.

Featuring classic hip hop artists like Public Enemy, Ice T, Naughty by Nature, Mobb Deep, Grandmaster Melle Mel & Scorpio, MC Lyte, EPMD, Kurtis Blow, and The Sugarhill Gang, the Art of Rap festival continues the celebration of hip hop culture that started with Ice T's The Art of Rap documentary. The event is hosted by Chief Rocker Busy Bee, hip hop's first solo MC, who says the festival's goal is to promote "peace, love, and unity."

"It's like a reunion... Like a high school reunion. Cause a lot of these guys [performing] I

The Game certainly seems to be in a giving mood these days. Last week, he launched his “Yo Mama, My Mama” campaign where he bought  $1,000 worth of groceries for a mother of eight that was selected through Instagram, and today, it was announced that The Game would be donating to help a Compton teen become the youngest pilot to fly around the world.

16 year old Compton resident Isaiah Cooper recently finished a solo flight across the country, and his next goal is become the youngest pilot to fly solo around the world. Cooper recently started a GoFundMe campaign with a final goal of $45,000, and The Game helped jumpstart the campaign with a generous $1,000 dollar donation.

“This trip will have costs of things he will need to complete it, fuel, fo

Sixteen years after release, Nelly's debut Country Grammar has become the eighth hip hop album to pass 10 million in sales, making Nelly only the sixth rapper to be awarded with an RIAA Diamond record.

Country Grammar was originally released June 27th, 2000. The album spawned four singles, "Country Grammar (Holy Shit)," "E.I.,"Batter Up," and "Ride Wit Me," which peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Hot 100 and was featured in multiple movies and TV shows over the last 16 years.

Nelly accepted the RIAA Diamond record at the Musicians On Call event in Philadelphia last night. The St. Louis rapper's most recent album, M.O., was release in 2013 and he currently appears in the BET reality TV serie

Jared Bridgeman, known by his stage name Akrobatik, is an American rapper that has been active since the late 90’s. He has collaborated with many artists such as M-Dot, Termanology, and more. He is also part of the collective called The Perceptionists with Mr. Lif and new material coming soon. You can find him on the #RAP50 countdown with LX Beats on their track “Migrate” featuring M-Dot. Amazingly, he took the time to talk with RAPstation about his career and latest work.

RAPstation (Kianna Woods): Tell me about how you and LX Beats met?

Akrobatik: LX sent me a link to some beats several years back, and I was feeling them, but I got sick and ended up in the hospital and spent a long time recovering. Eventu

Last month, Vic Mensa released the There's A Lot Going On EP, and it seems that the personal tone of that EP will also be reflected in his upcoming album. The 23 year old Chicago-based rapper was planning on calling his debut album Traffic, however, in a recent interview with AllHipHop, Vic Mensa mentioned that he discarded that album title and content and decided to take things in a much more personal direction.

“I made an album and then I didn’t feel like it was the right representation. So I started making a new album. That’s where the songs from There’s Alot Going On came out of. I would say it’s about 75% done.” Vic Mensa said of new album which he's making inst