Eh...or maybe not... Nation Explains: So last week, when we posted the trailer to Curren$y’s new video, somebody over at Def Jam asked me to include a buy link for the single on iTunes. Although it was slightly more subtle than the defj.am link they had up on their site, I had to ask wha... Read more...
Inside Dame’s DD172 art gallery, the Roc-A-Fella founder drops a jewel on commanding respect and the importance of artists (specifically Curren$y) on having interstate relations. Via: Read more...
Ski Beatz joins YRB Magazine for a Couch Session. The 24 Hour Karate School is scheduled to drops any minute now... Via: Read more...
Dame meets up with Money Mayweather while he was in town doing some press and takes him to the DD172 compound where he got interviewed by DJ Envy, presumably for Envy’s new Sucka Free gig on MTV. After the jump, Damon Dash gets interviewed by Good Morning NY. (more…) Read more...
Says Sumit of The Hip-Hop Chronicle UK: I caught up with Steve Rifkind during his stay in London. Firstly I got him to break down the Duck Seazon lyrics where RZA says “Stev Rifkind must be sniffin”. We then get onto speaking about Steve’s first encounters with artists. He explai... Read more...
Talks Dame Dash, Smokee Robinson and Saints winning the Super Bowl. Curren$y is headlining the BluRoc show at The Gramercy Theater in NY on Thursday night. Get tickets on LiveNation. Via: Read more...
In what has to be my favorite and most meaningful interview I’ve ever done, I recently got a chance to talk with New York City based and famed hip-hop photographer Jonathan Mannion. I mean, if you’re a fan of hip-hop then I can tell you that YOU HAVE seen his work at some point or another. And... Read more...
Footage of Spitta laying down his verse over the Gucci Mane beat. Directed by Creative Control. Hit the jump for video his performance at the Cool Bowl in Miami. (more…) Read more...
You can spend hours at 172 Duane Street, in Tribeca, and still have no clue what’s going on here. People come and go at all hours. A thick cloud of pot smoke makes you think you’ve wandered into a building on fire with a stereo cranked at full blast. Sometimes the four-story warehouse i... Read more...