When you look at all of the most successful hip hop artists, you find compelling stories. Who they are, where they come from and how they came to be. “ORIGINS” is a video series where artists tell their stories, explaining where they came from and the events leading up to where they are at in their careers. For the first entry, we enlisted Curren$y to tell us his story over some music by Keelay. Shouts out to Curren$y, Court Dunn and Jonathan Master. “The Stoned Immaculate” in stores June 5th.
Little Known fact: Que Billah was the 3rd member of Kriss Kross but got kicked out the group because he was way taller than both Kris’s and Jermaine Dupri. Needless to say Jermaine Durpri wasn’t feeling that. Rumor has it that the whole Totally Krossed Out movement was Billah’s idea. So here are Que Billah’s original verses from the Classic Hit Jump. TRUE STORY ALL LIES
This is the artwork 4 my debut album “Live From The Underground”. It’s a representation of how I feel about underground vs mainstream music. At times I feel like mainstream music operates on a totally different planet. This illustrates how I’ve crash landed into the mainstream to bring the sounds from the underground back 2 the forefront. I want to thank everyone for all their support of my journey so far. Especially Team Big K.R.I.T. and my K4L supporters. I put twitter and facebook backgrounds in here for y’all to put on your pages. Let’s make history on June 5th.
– K.R.I.T.
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As we saw in his previous video Nuthin But A Hero, tabi Bonney recognizes the importance of preserving the environment. This past weekend, the artist/director teamed up with packing company Repax for a clothing drive and concert series in honor of Earth Day. This clip, shot in Washington DC, highlights a day in the life of tabi, who recognizes what it means to “move smart”. Going Green has never looked so cool.
The duo, Grumpy Old Men, comprised of Kansas emcee, Mike Schpitz and Cincinnati born, Pete Sayke, are gearing up to release their sophomore project titled #FreeLunch. After a few previous leaks, B Team Shit, Where It Go and Roll One, the duo is releasing the first music video from the mixtape, which is also the title track, #FreeLunch. #FreeLunch is produced by SLOT-A and contains a couple familiar samples from Rocafella's hey day. Mike and Pete take a personal approach on #FreeLunch to reflect on fallen friends and family life. The mixtape, #FreeLunch will be released next month and will feature guests and production from Tona, SLOT-A, Maja 7th, DreDai, Sincerely Yours, LONEgevity, Grade Aplus and more.
I’m dropping a new album in the coming weeks. It’s called Paraphernalia and it’s produced entirely by DJ Burn One. I’m really proud of the new music and can’t wait to share it with you.. and best of all, I’m releasing the album for free.
The Cool Kids and Mac Miller go way back (they’ve collaborated on music and even performed together at the 2011 Green Label Sound SXSW Showcase). So it wasn’t much of a surprise when Mac asked Mikey Rocks & Chuck Inglish to join him for his current 30 city college tour a/k/a The Macadelic Tour. Catch some of the behind-the-scenes action that goes on during this first tour diary installment. Custom beats by Chuck Inglish.
The second video released this week by the emcee & producer Voyce G.I.Go & Chris Ill aka "The HipHopStarz".....This song will be on their upcoming LP Bobby Fisher Chess Moves due this summer.
