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DIGABLE PLANETS: We be to Rap What Key be to Lock
By Marielle V. Turner for RAPstation.com

There is so much truth to this line Butterfly spits on “The Rebirth of Slick (Cool Like Dat.)”  Their innovative sound really opened a lot of doors for Hip-Hop to become a more intelligent genre.  Digable Planets won a Grammy award in 1994 for Best Rap Performance by a Duo or Group for that song.  Their competition for that award were:  Arrested Development for “Revolution,” Cypress Hill for “Insane in the Brain,” Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg for “Nuthin’ but a ‘G’ Thang” and Naughty by Nature for “Hip Hop Hooray.”  They were also nominated for Best New Artist t

“You Mad?” Short, sweet, and effective. For the better half of the 2000’s the Diplomats ran rap like Usain Runs 100 meter race. You couldn't turn on MTV, BET, or VHI without seeing one or two tracks listed. That legacy unapologetically shines through with Camron and Stances latest release. Featuring the Iconic Pink Cell Phone intermingled with the equally staple pink camo print this collaboration celebrates everything that made Dipsets number one guy so influential in today’s trends. This release feature Stance’s 200 needle style inspired by an upcoming release from Reebok x Camron’s “Ventilator Supreme”. The sock itself is designed with cushioning Terry Loop in the Forefoot, Heel, and Toe areas for added arch support and reinforcement

YG has announced what he calls "The World's 2nd $100 CD," a special limited edition, physical copy of his upcoming Red Friday mixtape, which will only be available on Black Friday.

Red Friday was originally scheduled to only be available digitally, but hardcore YG fans can secure a physical copy of the mixtape for their collections... for a price. The $100 CD will be signed by the Compton rapper and only 1,400 copies of the disc will be printed. The CD will go on sale this Friday at YG's meet and greet event in Oakland, California, and once the CD sells out, it's gone forever.

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The highly anticipated Tupac Shakur biopic was originally teased to be released sometime this year, but today it was announced that the film will be released next year, on Tupac's birthday.

Actor Dom Santana, who will play Death Row Records CEO Suge Knight in All Eyez On Me, revealed the new release date on his Instagram. "Get ready it’s coming. And please no whining about the date. It’s Pac’s b day. We’re all anxious for it to come out but people gotta remember it’s a major film and there’s a lot of process to releasing major films. Because it was Tupac a lot of buzz was created word of mouth even while we were filming which u

Kanye West has quite the growing support group as Chicago emcee, Chance The Rapper, rallied alongside the laundry list of artists and personalities showing their support for the exhausted GOOD Music Boss.

Chance seized a moment amidst his BBC Radio 1Xtra performance and vocalized his thoughts regarding the issue at hand. “I want to extend a very special prayer to my big brother, Kanye West I know there's a lot of weird folks out there but you already know that I'm a hundred grand. I want to just extend this prayer and this love from all the way in Britain. We might come home early to see this man. Happy Thanksgiving.”

The short speech was taken between his performance of “All We Got”, later adding “I think everybody goes through