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It might surprise some to learn that Swedish producer iSHi, despite working with hip-hop artist Pusha T most recently, listens to a little bit of everything. In the past he’s worked with hip-hop artists like Tinie Tempah, Lupe Fiasco, and Pusha T, but he will tell you himself that he listens to all types of music. “I actually listen to classical music like Mozart pretty frequently. People probably expect me to listen to just hip-hop, and I definitely listen to it, but it’s not all I listen to. Music overall has been a big part of my life,” he says. The producer and songwriter got his start early on, even attending music school where he first familiarized himself with the drums and later picked up on piano. The reason behind his choice to learn piano? He fell in love wi

Today (March 7), West took to Twitter to let the world know that he is thinking of killing all future releases on compact discs and sticking exclusively to streaming for the rest of his career. “I was thinking about not making CDs ever again… Only streaming,” he Tweeted. “The Yeezus album packaging was an open casket to CDs r.i.p.” He soon seemed to confirm his own decision, saying, “uuuuuuum, so there it is… No more CDs from me.” West eventually returned to Twitter once more to question why people won’t just let him live his life. “question… Why do people not want me to be me?” he tweeted. “I want people to be the best version of themselves and I will be the best version of me. Growing and learning but not being told to

Chicago based rapper, Chief Keef, has implied he is retired from rap via Twitter. A fan who noticed Sosa’s lack of music tweeted at the rapper, “Did you forget you were a rapper ?? You wayuyyyy behind on music drop something.” Keef then responded, “I’m retired you didn’t know? To many n-ggas sound jus like me or saying shit like almighty would.” Keef’s response prompted another fan to tweet, “FINNA HAVE SHOOTOUT @ MY SCHOOL BECAUSE YOU RETIRING.” The Chicago native quickly responded with, “Nooooooooooooo. Go be something everything but a rapper or a scammer be a ball player or a lawyer or a doctor.” Keef isn’t the only rapper calling out his copy cats lately. Just last week, Future was performing in New York City when he

At only 19 years old, Canva$ admits he has a hefty list of goals he wants to reach by the age of 25. But while he might look fresh out-of high school, don’t let that mislead you in understanding how seriously he takes his music. He has managed to maintain complete ownership of his publishing, royalties, sales, merchandise and touring revenue on every one of his releases, despite his young age. Canva$ won’t take all the credit for it saying, “That’s all Forbes music.They’re the ones who did it.” But he will say that keeping ownership of all his art is important to him. As for his beginnings as an artist, he grew up in Goldsboro, North Carolina in the state’s custody and there’s no doubt that his rough childhood helped to motivate him. At the age of eight, he beg

Kendrick Lamar unexpectedly released untitled unmastered. last night (March 3), which is a collection of unreleased tracks that he reportedly had stashed for live television performances. Once the project was released, the team at Genius began compiling information of credits and features, since Lamar himself kept them out of the track listing. Based on what the staff over at Genius says, untitled unmastered. features production and guest spots from regular collaborators like Terrace Martin, SZA, Jay Rock, Punch, Sounwave and Thundercat and contributions from producers like Swizz Beatz, Hit-Boy, Bizness Boi, Nard & B and A Tribe Called Quest’s Ali Shaheed Muhammad. One of the most notable names on the list is Swizz Beatz’ son, Egypt Dean. The five-year-old is given

AUTOMatic hail from Milwaukee, Wisconsin and bring with them a group of loyal fans. As far as their influences go, they cite Arrested Development, De La Soul, Herbie Hancock, J Dilla, Big Daddy Kane, and a multitude of others as their top influences. In terms of stage chemistry, they look to DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince since they can “make it acceptable to kids and adults alike, without making it corny.” As far as inspiration and writing goes, the process is more organic than you might expect. They employ the Biggie style of writing and “try not to physically write it down until it’s perfect. Once it’s on paper, it’s concrete.” When it comes to putting their lyrics on paper, it all comes together “like a jigsaw puzzle” and they don’t f