Eight years ago today, rapper Kid Cudi released his debut album, ‘Man on the Moon: The End of Day’. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ ⠀⠀ In collaboration with Kanye West’s GOOD Music, Dream On, and Universal Motown, Cudi’s album was a unique body of work, with an alternative, yet hip-hop, sound that remains unmatched. …
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On September 14, 1999, Russell Tyrone Jones, better known as Ol’ Dirty Bastard, released his second and final solo album, ‘N**** Please’. Within the first week of its release, the album debuted at #10 on the Billboard 200 charts with 93,000 copies sold. After only three months, the album …
Read More »“The Race” V.S. The Case With Tay-K
“F**k a beat, I was tryna beat a case. But I ain’t beat that case, b***h I did the race,” is Tay-K’s first words in his hit single “The Race.” The 17-year-old rapper from Dallas, speaking his truth through the music after having an on-going murder case. Taymor “Tay-K” …
Read More »Flavor Flav Sues Chuck D Over Unpaid Public Enemy Royalties
Flavor Flav is calling out fellow founding Public Enemy member ,Chuck D, over royalty checks that Flav says he hasn’t received in years. The rapper, whose real name is William Drayton, filed a new suit on Wednesday, accusing Chuck D and two business managers of holding out on several …
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