Jhene Aiko had an interesting conversation about the late great Tupac Shakur with MTV’s Rob Markman. The phone interview was recorded and split into 4 parts which we placed below. The LA songstress speaks about her fondness for ‘Pac, growing…
In honor of Tupac Shakur’s birthday, we’re sharing an interview Jada Pinkett-Smith did with Howard Stern where she talks about her relationship with 2pac and shares cool tid bits about the legend.
Northern California rapper T.I.P. Vicious dropped a dope submission into our inbox Saturday and I must say we were very impressed! The record is a diss record, direct Response to a fellow emcee Task1ner. It’s so dope I’m sure Mr.Task had…
The first lady of the HeartBreaK gang, Kehlani comes with No Sleep‘s 90’s r&b influenced remix of her anthem for all the the boyfriends, “Jealous” with Lexii Alijai. With Kehlani’s easygoing vocals and Alijai’s vicious raps, this more upbeat version is…
Young California affiliates TiRon & Ayomari released a new, feel good joint recently, and it is a banger! It starts off with “All We Are“, a chill song with some sultry guitar riffs, and the vibe remains the same throughout the entire…
Long Beach’s own Adonis Rose released the video for “Dead Meat” his first single off of his upcoming project “Please Don’t Make Me Leave My Room“. Adonis goes all the way in on this record, and let’s the competition know…
Queens Reggae artist Kranium links with LA’s own Ty Dolla $ign for this super ill and chill ratchet-reggae shit. Kranium is crazy with the vocals and writes an amazing song, then Ty comes along and fornicates with your woman through the…
Lamor has recruited fellow Comptonite and buzzing emcee AD for a dope club banger. This record is guaranteed to have many functions Goin Up this summer with it’s catchy hook and jarring beat. Lamor is creating an immense amount of…
Vince Staples is back with some more heat! Get Paid is the latest leak off of the forthcoming Summertime 06 which is releasing June 30th. This shit is ready for the summertime cruises with the top down, or the windows…
Jrias Law is back on The Ave. The Watts emcee has brought us the video for the very dope single “Keep It Real” produced by IV Beats. The visual (directed by Charlie Black), shows Jrias keeping it real as can…
The newest Roc Nation signee (until it’s confirmed Lil Wayne signed) Vic Mensa is coming to Santa Ana June 25th as a part of the Traffic tour! Vic will be performing with fellow Chicagoan Towkio, at the OC Observatory. Mensa performs…
Just when the lineup for the BET Experience couldn’t get any better with Ice Cube (along with Snoop Dogg, Kendrick Lamar with Top Dawg Entertainment affiliates scHoolboy Q, Jay Rock & Ab-Soul), Cube announced that he is going to reunite the…
Tru Heru and Doja Cat have brought us two solid records in just as many days. Lord Cooler is on some dope, spacey, shit with some nostalgic Dragon Ball Z samples in between Tru’s ill, trippy raps. If this beat…
Pusha Ink’s own Reem Riches is back on The Ave with the soulful Money To Make featuring Sox Gang’s Laureanni. This record sounds like it could have been on Juelz Santana’s classic “From Me To U” album, with Reem and…
With all of the West Coast heavy hitters releasing new jams, Watts own Glasses Malone and Leimert Park’s Dom Kennedy have just released a new banger from Malone’s new album, Glasshouse 2. A soulful, yet hard California anthem with Glasses’ hard…
B(ellflower) Town Mafia affilate No1ses released the FUCKMAYOEP2 last month and it is flame emoji. The 562 emcee is showcasing his talent and versatility over production by some incredible up and coming producers such as laneocinco, CJInstrumentals, JSTN, Fourty and…
YG 400, real name Keenon Daequan Ray Jackson was reportedly shot this morning in Studio City after leaving a recording studio at around 1:45am this morning according to TMZ. The west coast hip-hop star, he is reportedly okay after being shot 3 times…