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April 27, 2021
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Shelley FKA DRAM Interview: New Album and Battling Drug Addiction

[ad_1] Real As It GetsShelley, formerly known as DRAM, is coming off five years of ups and downs, but with new music and a new moniker, he’s ready to come clean.Interview: Kathy IandoliEditor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now.“Let me do this, please!” says Shelley with earnest desperation, as if he’s addressing a petulant child. The 32-year-old artist formerly known as DRAM is having a stare down contest with his dog, Idnit, the 5-year-old Goldendoodle who graced the cover of Shelley’s 2015 debut album, Big Baby DRAM. Idnit is standing erect like a statue, paws firmly planted into the couch. The paws...

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April 27, 2021
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A Look Into Hidden Features on Hip-Hop Songs

[ad_1] Making music is a communal thing. Most artists double as A&Rs who take on the task of recruiting the right people to animate their vision when it comes to a song or album. Sometimes though, the artists that are featured only live in the liner notes of a song or album and not on the actual tracklisting. These hidden, uncredited additions on hip-hop songs often emerge as secret ingredients in the formula.Dating back to the 2001 release of Jay-Z’s catalog classic The Blueprint, Hov tapped Michael Jackson and 1990's singer Chanté Moore for the background vocals on “Girls, Girls, Girls.” Opposite his brother Kanye West, Jigga sneakily called on The-Dream a decade...

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April 27, 2021
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Freddie Gibbs Faces Backlash for Disturbing Twitter Video

[ad_1] Freddie Gibbs' Twitter mentions are filled with vitriol today after the Gary, Ind. rapper posted video of a hotel employee at work appearing to have a mental breakdown.The video in question was posted by Freddie Gibbs on Twitter on Sunday night (April 25). In the clip, a man working behind a desk at a Holiday Inn Express hotel is being sternly questioned by a customer. "You wanna get mad and hit the computer because you made a mistake? ’Cause your company made a mistake? You wanna take it out on me?" the man behind the camera asks the hotel employee."I'm not taking it on you," the hotel employee tells the man filming...

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April 27, 2021
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Man Arrested for Murder of Chief Keef Artist Tray Savage – Report

[ad_1] A 20-year-old man has been apprehended for the 2020 murder of Chief Keef's artist Tray Savage.Demitri Jackson was taken into custody on a murder warrant in Fort Worth, Texas and extradited to the Cook County Jail in Chicago, where he is being charged with the late 26-year-old rapper's murder, according to a report from the Chicago Tribune published on Sunday (April 25).Jackson appeared in court for a bail hearing on Sunday. Jackson's attorney, Thomas Hallock, argued that his client should receive bail, noting his relocation to Texas only came after his grandmother died and was not an attempt to duck the law. However, a bail was denied by Judge David R. Navarro....

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April 26, 2021
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Kanye West Air Yeezy Prototypes Sell for $1.8 Million

[ad_1] How much are you willing to pay to walk a mile in your favorite artist's shoes?On Monday (April 26), reports emerged that the prototype of Kanye West's Nike Air Yeezy 1s sold for $1.8 million, becoming the first sneaker to sell for seven figures. The $1.8 million sale of the Air Yeezy sneakers makes the rapper's shoes the most valuable footwear to ever be sold in sneaker history. These are the same sneakers created for the 43-year-old rapper's 2008 Grammy Award appearance, where he performed "Hey Mama" and "Stronger."Lester Cohen, Getty ImagesThe autographed Air Jordan 1s worn by Michael Jordan in 1985 held the previous record for the most valuable sneakers. The classic shoe sold for...

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April 26, 2021
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May 2021 New Music Releases

[ad_1] The country continues to open up as temperatures are rising, and hip-hop is providing more heat for the month of May.YoungBoy Never Broke Again may be going through some legal issues, but he is still blessing his fans with new music from behind bars. On (May 7), the incarcerated Louisiana rapper plans to release his third studio album, Sincerely, Kentrell. The LP comes during a difficult time for the rhymer as he is currently sitting in a Louisiana jail awaiting trial for firearms charges. "Nobody understand me they never did shit some times I don’t understand myself but that’s fine because I’m OK," he recently posted on Instagram from behind bars....

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April 26, 2021
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Young Thug and Gunna Post Bail for 30 Low Level Offenders

[ad_1] Young Thug and Gunna helped reunite dozens of people with their families by posting bail for 30 offenders at an Atlanta jail over the weekend.On Monday (April 26), Atlanta's WSB-TV reported on the good deed performed by the YSL rappers. Thugger and Gunna went to the Fulton County Jail on April 23 and paid the bail of 30 people who otherwise would have been stuck behind bars until their day in court. The rappers said the men and women they helped get released, who are mostly charged with minor crimes, did not have the money to free themselves.“This is where we are from,” Young Thug told the news outlet. “We just...

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April 26, 2021
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YSL’s Slime Language 2 Album Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard

[ad_1] Young Thug has quarterbacked his team to a big win in the form of a No. 1 album.On Sunday (April 25), Billboard announced the top 10 of this week's Billboard 200 chart, which revealed Young Stoner Life's compilation album, Slime Language 2, had debuted at No. 1. According to the official numbers from Nielson SoundScan, YSL's latest release moved 113,00 equivalent album units including 1,000 pure album sales. This makes it the second biggest rap debut of the year, following Rod Wave's SoulFly, which debuted to 130,000 EAU.SL2 contains 23 songs with features from label artists Gunna, Lil Keed, Lil Duke and more, plus high-powered cameos from Drake, Future, Lil Uzi...

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April 25, 2021
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Jay-Z Gives Rare Interview, Talks Race, Social Media and More

[ad_1] Jay-Z's hip-hop legacy is cemented but he still wants more for himself and for others.The rap mogul recently sat down for a rare interview with The Sunday Times, which was published today (April 25). During the chat, in promotion of his partnership with Puma, Hov touched on a number of topics including the current climate of race relations in the Unites States. "It's very frustrating," Jigga acknowledged. “As a human race we’re still on basic things. We’re still on Stop Asian Hate. We can’t sit and cry over spilt milk, but we do have to acknowledge that there’s milk, right?” Are we here today? No. Are we further than 50 years...

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April 25, 2021
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How Many Days It’s Been Since Kendrick Lamar and More Dropped LPs

[ad_1] "It's been a long time, I shouldn't have left you/Without a strong rhyme to step to" - RakimThe god Rakim's classic line on the 1987 track "I Know You Got Soul" hits different when it's your favorite artist who hasn't put out an album in years. While some rappers pump out LPs like Krispy Kreme donuts when the red light is on, other artists take more time to plan, plot and strategize. Unfortunately, for supporters of the latter, patience must sometimes be a virtue. The last few years, the void has been obvious as several big name MCs have refrained from dropping albums including Kendrick Lamar, J. Cole and Travis Scott...

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