Category: Hip Hop News
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HIT-BOY: KENDRICK LAMAR’S ‘BACKSEAT FREESTYLE’ WAS ORIGINALLY A CIARA R&B SONG
“Backseat Freestyle” is known as one of the more speakers knocker cuts on Kendrick Lamar’s iconic good kid, m.A.A.d city album, but some people might not know Hit-Boy’s beat was originally an R&B song with Ciara on it. In a chit chat with HipHopDX alongside Dom Kennedy, the Grammy-winning producer recalled the origins of the track…
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ATLANTA RAPPER DAE DAE FILMS DUNKIN DONUTS STABBING ARREST FOR INSTAGRAM
Atlanta-based rapper Dae Dae adamantly denied being the man caught on video who stabbed a teenage Dunkin Donuts employee last December. But evidently the Gwinnett County police beg to differ. According to CBS46 News, Dae Dae whose real name is Marquavis Goolsby was arrested without incident on Wednesday (June 9) in Suwanee on charges…
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MIAMI RAPPER TIGOOSE DIES DAYS AFTER SURVIVING RAP CONCERT MASS SHOOTING, FATHER SAYS
Rapper Tigoose — born Christopher Ozuna who escaped a mass shooting over Memorial Day Weekend which left over 20 injured and three dead has passed on. But now, Tigoose’s father has reason to believe his 28-year-old son was killed in a car accident on Friday (June 4) that he feels was connected to the original…
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POOH SHIESTY ACCUSED OF SHOOTING SECURITY GUARD AT MIAMI STRIP CLUB
Detailed information has emerged in Pooh Shiesty’s recent arrest that should have the “Back In Blood” rapper retaining a good lawyer. According to documents obtained by TMZ, the 21-year-old rapper (born Lontrell Dennell Williams, Jr.) is being accused of shooting a security guard during the night of May 29 in one of the many unhinged…
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OFFSET ACCUSED OF DEMANDING FEMALE TEXAS RAPPER GET PLASTIC SURGERY FOR RECORD DEAL
A rapper’s physical appearance got so much to play in their careers. As Jack Harlow put it, it’s the “quickest way we process inspiration.” Offset was allegedly lmaking moves to sign buzzing Texas native Big Jade, but she claims a conversation they had about wanting her to have plastic surgery deterred Jade from signing with…
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OFFSET CLAIMS MIGOS MADE TRAP MUSIC GO POP
Ahead of making their long-awaited return in the music scene with Culture III on Friday (June 11), Offset wants to make sure the Hip Hop culture puts some respect back on the Migos’ name. Set chopped it up with Billboard on Monday (June 7) and made bold claims about how the ATL trio was the…
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