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[ad_1] Chris Brown has shown support for Brooklyn Nets player Kyrie Irving and his anti-vaccine stance. The seasoned b-baller has been benched by the Nets for refusing to get inoculated against COVID-19.On Wednesday (Oct. 20), Breezy shared on his Instagram Story a black-and-white photo of Irving and wrote, “The Real Hero!!!! I stand with my brother.”“WHOEVER DON’T LIKE IT...
[ad_1] There's an authenticity in being a rising rapper who grew up in New York City, a region with a rich hip-hop history. The success to get to the point of recognition feels like a dream until experience leads the way, as is the case with Flatbush, Brooklyn rapper Sleepy Hallow. A boss with his Winners Circle Entertainment team and RCA Records artist, his sound is moving far beyond his borough with two platinum records in the bag.Sleepy came up in the BK streets with his close friend and fellow rhymer Sheff G. On the music side, Sleepy had been making his own music since he was 12, writing verses and creating remixes to...
[ad_1] Music is subjective in many ways. From a fan's opinion about an artist and the songs they create to what the lyrics mean, there are different perspectives used in interpreting that music, especially within hip-hop. As the genre expands and evolves to create a more widespread impact, sometimes the rhymes gets lost in translation when listeners mishear lyrics. This happens often with rapper's bars. A fixture of pop culture, hip-hop has become the dominant genre and that can mean a new fan of one song isn't privy to the nuances that lyrics embody. Even a rap loyalist for decades can get the message in the music wrong. There are plenty of hip-hop lyrics that have been...
[ad_1] Neighborhood HeroFifteen years in any profession would make an average person jaded, but not Wale. These days, there’s no time for the negativity to seep in. He’s focused on the bigger picture.Interview: Robby Seabrook IIIEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.Wale prides himself on the art of consistency. It’s his biggest contribution to hip-hop. After his rap career first took off in 2006, the rapper has always put his hometown of Washington, D.C.—and its surrounding areas—first, folding the region into his music and never leaving it behind. While D.C. was mostly known as a go-go band town, Wale flipped that sound...
[ad_1] Doin' LinesMaxo Kream fills in the blanks.Interview: Bianca TorresEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Fall 2021 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.1 .If you’re in Houston, you have to go to Houston Closet.2. You’re a ’90s baby if you remember FUBU.3. I stay away from Xanax.4. Jordans were my first love.5. I fell in love with hip-hop when I heard [50 Cent’s] Get Rich or Die Tryin’.6. I have to open up a shoe store at least once in my life.7. Family is important to me.8. One of the biggest lessons in life I’ve learned is if you don’t work, you don’t eat.9. I can’t live without oxygen.10. The obstacles I...
[ad_1] A St. Louis police officer has gone viral after being filmed rapping to a Kodak Black song while driving in his cruiser.On Monday (Oct. 18), a video popped up on a user named @eemiaj_dajeweler’s Instagram page featuring people in one vehicle blasting Kodak Black’s 2014 freestyle song “No Flockin’” from their car speakers. Meanwhile, another person inside the car is filming a St. Louis police officer rapping Yak’s lyrics word-for-word while driving in his cruiser. You can watch the video at the bottom of this post.You can see the officer lip-sync the lyrics: “I got Prada on my ho ass, got my last one mad/Pop a nigga like a damn tag,...
[ad_1] Kanye West recently debuted a new look, but Chris Brown isn't feeling it and didn't hold back from sharing his thoughts on it.On Tuesday (Oct. 19), C. Breezy uploaded a post to his Instagram Story, which featured the images of Ye that have been floating around online of the rapper with what appears to be the "¥" symbol, which represents Chinese yen currency, cut into his hair. The R&B singer wrote on the photos, "He asked the barbour for the fucked up worldwide fade. Nigga wanna make 'what the fuck' in style. He got the punishment haircut."In a follow-up post, Chris Brown shared an image of a Los Angeles Dodgers fitted...
[ad_1] Flavor Flav has found himself on the wrong side of the law.According to TMZ on Tuesday (Oct. 19), the veteran rapper, born William Jonathan Drayton, Jr., was arrested earlier this month, on Oct. 5, on a misdemeanor domestic battery charge in Henderson, Nev.The city's police department responded to a call of a domestic disturbance and upon their arrival, law enforcement took the Public Enemy cofounder into custody. He was taken to the Henderson Detention Center.Flavor Flav has been accused of allegedly poking his finger on the victim's nose, grabbing her, throwing her down and taking a phone out of her hand.The massive clock-wearing rhymer was officially charged with "misdemeanor battery constituting domestic...
[ad_1] Jay-Z was hit with a lawsuit back in 2016, accusing him of breaching his contract in connection to a cologne deal, and the case finally goes to trial this week. However, the actions of the former CEO of Parlux, the company suing Hov, has resulted in a private investigator being hired to uncover fallacies ahead of the CEO testifying in court.According to a report from Rolling Stone on Monday evening (Oct. 18), Jay-Z's legal team hired a retired NYPD sergeant to spy on Donald Loftus, who was attempting to testify remotely opposed to in the actual courtroom. Loftus apparently claimed that he was against testifying in-person because of health issues and his fear of...
[ad_1] Young Thug has a posthumous Mac Miller feature on his newly released album, Punk, and the collaboration took place just before Mac's untimely death a few years ago.During an interview with The Breakfast Club radio show on Monday (Oct. 19), Thugger explained that the record, "Day Before," with himself and Mac Miller, happened the day before the Pittsburgh artist died of an apparent drug overdose on Sept. 8, 2018."I was with Mac [Miller] the day before he died," Thug began. "He was at my studio. We did the song on my album. This shit so crazy, but coincidental. He came to the studio, did a song. The next day, he died. And the song that we...
