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EST Gee – Why Ye Charged Him ,000 for ‘Flashing Lights’ Sample

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EST Gee – Why Ye Charged Him $70,000 for ‘Flashing Lights’ Sample

EST Gee has a bone to pick with Ye. The Louisville, Ky. rapper featured a sample of Ye's classic "Flashing Lights" beat on the bonus edition of his new album, I Ain't Feeling You. On the aptly titled song "Flash" featuring Chicago rapper Bloodhoud Q50, Gee delivers his point-blank bars over a flip of the soaring "Flashing Lights" beat. The price for using part of Ye and producer Eric Hudson's original production? $70,000, according to EST Gee, who reveals the cost in […]

todayFebruary 21, 2025 1

Nardo Wick, Eem Triplin, Morray and More

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Nardo Wick, Eem Triplin, Morray and More

It's time to re-up on the latest rap tunes the hip-hop game has to offer. This week, a Florida rapper drops off his freshman album, a genre-bending artist from Pennsylvania delivers his debut, a soulful N.C. MC tells his story and more.Nardo Wick Releases Wick AlbumNardo Wick still wants all the smoke. After putting out his Hold Off EP earlier this month, the Jacksonville, Fla. native finally delivers his debut album Wick. The project has 17 songs, including two bonus tracks. Future, […]

todayFebruary 21, 2025 1

Looks Like Everybody’s Going to a Drake Concert to Win Free Money

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Looks Like Everybody’s Going to a Drake Concert to Win Free Money

Drake is definitely a giver. Back in 2018, he blew his entire $1 million "God's Plan" music video budget on giving back to the local Miami community. Drizzy's philanthropical ways have continued in recent years, with the rapper giving away over $400,000 in cash and gifts to lucky fans during the first leg of his It's All a Blur Tour with 21 Savage in 2023. The 6 God has extended the trend on his current Anita Max Win Tour, which kicked off on […]

todayFebruary 21, 2025 1

Tangled Web Around ASAP Rocky With 50 Cent, Tory Lanez & More

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Tangled Web Around ASAP Rocky With 50 Cent, Tory Lanez & More

A$AP Rocky avoiding prison time after facing eight years behind bars for allegedly shooting at former friend A$AP Relli has been the talk of hip-hop and beyond this week. The less hip-hop has to say "Free you" the better. Now there's a tangled web surrounding Rocky that involves 50 Cent, Tory Lanez and legal reporter Meghann Cuniff as a result of a proposed bet Rocky wouldn't end up doing time. Things are getting messy.Rocky's not guilty verdict on Feb. 18 caused cheers of joy […]

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The 30 Most Iconic Black Characters in Video Game History

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The 30 Most Iconic Black Characters in Video Game History

The first Black video game characters were more stereotypes than … well, characters. Street Fighter II’s Dee Jay was probably seen as a course correction, but he might as well have been called Jammin’ Jayson the Hip-Hop Kickboxer. In the 1987 Commodore 64 game, Street Beat, writers called Rockin Rodney’s stereo — get this — a “ghetto blaster.” The history of Black characters in video games has been undeniably murky, and even attempts at diversity in the 2000s and 2010s […]

todayFebruary 20, 2025 3