Joell Ortiz was born on July 6th, 1980 to Puerto Rican parents in the East Williamsburg section of Brooklyn, New York and was formerly signed to Dr. Dre’s Aftermath Entertainment label. Ortiz was featured in the Unsigned Hype column in the March 2004 of The Source Magazine and was even selected as C...… Read more

Just after midnight on Monday morning (January 25th), West posted a photo to Twitter of a handwritten track listing for his album Swish…which he has now re-titled to be Waves. “So happy to be finished with the best album of all time,” he tweeted. While some of the handwriting is a bit difficult...… Read more

The rapper, B.o.B. has been on Twitter since Sunday evening, sharing his conspiracy theory with fans. He posted a photo to Twitter challenging the widely held belief that the earth is round writing, “The cities in the background are approx. 16 miles apart… where is the curve ? please explain this.”...… Read more

Flint, Michigan is currently in crisis and if you’ve been following the news you know that residents are up in arms over the corrosive and lead-filled water in their sinks. The situation in Flint is so dire that they’ve declared a state of emergency. Governor Rick Snyder said in his State of the Sta...… Read more

After Kim Kardashian updated fans about last week's G.O.O.D. Friday drop, informing everyone that a flight to Italy prevented Kanye from releasing his second installment, Yeezy came through on Monday morning (Jan. 18) with the official audio for "No More Parties In LA" featuring Kendrick Lamar. T...… Read more

Albuquerque-based emcee Wake Self pays homage to his favorite classic hip-hop albums in an incredible new video for the track "Still Love Her" from his upcoming album, Malala. The intro features J Dilla's mother Ma Dukes telling listeners to "educate yourself/be about it," then fades into Wake Self...… Read more