Before Dwayne Michael Carter Jr was known as Lil Wayne, Weezy, or Tunechi, he was known as Shrimp Daddy (1992-94). During a 2011 interview with Nardwuar: The Human Serviette, Lil Wayne revealed that he didn’t always go by his famed moniker ‘Lil Wayne’. Weezy confirmed his first rap name was ‘Shrimp Daddy’ after being inspired

During a 2012 interview with WGCI’s “The Morning Riot”, Kendrick Lamar revealed seeing Tupac and Dr. Dre shoot the music video for ‘California Love’ in Compton inspired the then 7-year-old K. Dot to pursue a career in hip-hop. The music video for Tupac and Dr Dre‘s collaboration ‘California Love’ was shot near Kendrick Lamar’s house.

It was all a dream! The corner of Fulton Street and St. James Place in Clinton Hill has been renamed “Christopher ‘Notorious B.I.G.’ Wallace Way” Hip-hop legends, fans and Bedford-Stuyvesant locals gathered around and celebrated the renaming of the corner of Fulton Street and St. James Place in Clinton Hill to “Christopher ‘Notorious B.I.G.’ Wallace

Jay Z and Busta Rhymes both attended Brooklyn’s George Westinghouse Career and Technical Education High School and they’ve battled each other in the cafeteria. DMX and Notorious B.I.G are also famous alumni and they all attended school around the same time, Busta Rhymes and Biggie were born a day apart and Jay Z was two

T-Pain and Joey Badass have revealed that Post Malone‘s smash hit ‘rockstar’ originally featured both of them. In a now deleted tweet, Joey Badass confirmed that not only was he featured on the song, he also helped write it, making it his first #1 record. In an interview with Billboard, Post Malone confirmed Joey Badass was

On the one year anniversary of XXXTentacion‘s death, his estate has released a trailer for his upcoming documentary, which the announcement says is “releasing soon.” Watch the trailer below, it includes narration from X himself, captures quick flashes of him reuniting with family and friends, engaging with fans, and working on new music. In the voiceover he

Tyler, The Creator & Playboi Carti‘s first official collaboration ‘EARFQUAKE’ has been the breakout song from Tyler, The Creator’s latest album, IGOR, but Tyler didn’t originally make the song for himself. During a full performance of the album in Los Angeles, Tyler told his fans he wrote ‘EARFQUAKE’ with Justin Bieber in mind. When Justin Bieber passed on the

6 years ago today, J. Cole released his second studio album ‘Born Sinner’. On the night ‘Born Sinner’ released, Drake and J. Cole took a late night trip to Best Buy in New York to physical copies. They took every copy of Born Sinner and a copy of French Montana’s album. Drake also bought a

Let’s take a look at some of 2009’s hip-hop projects that are celebrating a 10 year anniversary. Man on the Moon: The End of Day – Kid Cudi September 15, 2009 Cudder’s debut album Man on the Moon: The End of Day proved to be an instant classic. Whether it is your favorite album from

If you call yourself a J. Cole fan, here are 11 facts (and more) you didn’t know about Jermaine Lamarr Cole AkA J. Cole AkA Moo Dee. 11. J. Cole attended St. Johns University on an academic scholarship, he graduated from St. Johns University in 2007 with a 3.8 GPA and Magna Cum Laude Honors.

Drake loves his country and his Toronto Raptors. The NBA finals are now over and for the first time in history the Toronto Raptors have won their first NBA championship and to celebrate his teams first and historical win, Raptors global ambassador Drake has released a small project with TWO new songs titled ‘Omertá’ and

If you call yourself a Playboi Carti fan, here are 11 facts (and some) you didn’t know about Jordan Carter AkA Playboi Carti, $ir Cartier & Cash Carti. 11. Playboi Carti’s first rap name was $ir Cartier. In 2011, Playboi Carti released music under the moniker ‘$ir Cartier.’ A lot of his early work has