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Trek Manifest + The AYE-1 Band’s Tosca’s Boy Sessions Part 1 is a live Hip Hop album recorded at Natalie’s Grandview. Trek introduces Tosca’s Boy Session 1 like Jay-Z’s unplugged channeled Frank ...

Ca$ino, the rapper's second album for his cousin Kendrick Lamar's label, is whiplash embodied, a mirror for the extreme highs and lows of his Sin City hometown.

The track rules Hot Rap Songs just two weeks after his own "Body." By Trevor Anderson Two weeks after he scored his first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rap Songs chart, Don Toliver returns to the winner’s ...

The 1980s were a decade when artists pushed boundaries and challenged social norms through provocative lyrics. While some tracks became cultural touchstones that sparked important conversations about ...

NBA player and team drops have been a part of hip-hop lyrics for more than 50 years. Illustration: Kelsea Petersen / The Athletic; photos: Leon Bennett, Ezra Shaw, George De Sota, Emilee Chin / Getty ...

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T.I. wasted no time in hitting 50 Cent with another diss track. After previewing his first record, the Atlanta rapper quickly followed up with a second track titled “Right One.” He exclusively ...

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