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Killer Mike Refuses To Let Andre 3000 Out-Rap Him On Their New Song

Killer Mike Refuses To Let Andre 3000 Out-Rap Him On Their New Song

This week (June 16), Killer Mike is preparing his first solo album in over a decade. Down to its title, Michael promises to be a highly-personal LP from the Run The Jewels cofounder who previously made R.A.P. Music, I Pledge Allegiance II The Grind, and his major label debut Monster.... Read more
June 13, 2023 Audio
G.O.O.D. Music vs. Hypnotize Minds: The Greatest Rap Crew Competition

G.O.O.D. Music vs. Hypnotize Minds: The Greatest Rap Crew Competition

In recognition of Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary, BET Digital, in partnership with Ambrosia For Heads, is celebrating the culture by hosting a bracket-style competition that allows you to determine Hip-Hop’s greatest crew. Rather than having “experts” tell you who is the greatest of all-time, this is your opportunity to collectively make that... Read more
May 23, 2023 Greatest Rap Crew
Soulquarians vs. Hypnotize Minds: The Greatest Rap Crew Competition

Soulquarians vs. Hypnotize Minds: The Greatest Rap Crew Competition

In recognition of Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary, BET Digital, in partnership with Ambrosia For Heads, is celebrating the culture by hosting a bracket-style competition that allows you to determine Hip-Hop’s greatest crew. Rather than having “experts” tell you who is the greatest of all-time, this is your opportunity to collectively make that... Read more
May 10, 2023 Greatest Rap Crew
Shady vs. Bone Thugs: The Greatest Rap Crew Competition

Shady vs. Bone Thugs: The Greatest Rap Crew Competition

In recognition of Hip-Hop’s 50th anniversary, BET Digital, in partnership with Ambrosia For Heads, is celebrating the culture by hosting a bracket-style competition that allows you to determine Hip-Hop’s greatest crew. Rather than having “experts” tell you who is the greatest of all-time, this is your opportunity to collectively make that... Read more
May 2, 2023 Greatest Rap Crew
Gangsta Boo Has Passed Away At 43 Years Old

Gangsta Boo Has Passed Away At 43 Years Old

Three 6 Mafia alum Gangsta Boo has died. Several sources, including TMZ, report that the 43-year-old rapper born Lola Mitchell was found dead on Sunday (January 1). The Memphis, Tennessee native has been mourned by Three 6's DJ Paul, Ty Dolla $ign, and others. No cause of death has been... Read more
January 1, 2023 News
Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, M.O.P. & More Celebrate LOUD Records

Wu-Tang Clan, Mobb Deep, M.O.P. & More Celebrate LOUD Records

Tonight (October 4), BET aired its annual Hip Hop Awards. Hosted by Fat Joe, the night was meant to celebrate Hip-Hop's finest, both old and new. The big winner of the night was Kendrick Lamar, who took home awards for artist of the year, album of the year, video director... Read more
October 5, 2022 TV, TV/Film, Video
With Help From Eminem & Royce, Big Sean’s New Album Is Still Detroit Vs. Everybody

With Help From Eminem & Royce, Big Sean’s New Album Is Still Detroit Vs. Everybody

Last Friday (September 4), Big Sean released his fifth album, Detroit 2. One day before the eighth birthday of his 2012 mixtape that launched the series, the G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Records LP is another ensemble affair. Like the freebie, Royce 5'9" offers some big-brother-support from Detroit. Meanwhile, Eminem, Lil Wayne,... Read more
September 7, 2020 Audio, Fresh
Wu-Tang, Pete Rock & Others Reunite To Celebrate 25+ Years Of Loud Records

Wu-Tang, Pete Rock & Others Reunite To Celebrate 25+ Years Of Loud Records

Loud Records dominated the Rap music landscape in the 1990s and early 2000s. Steve Rifkind's label has some of the greatest all-time albums in the genre. To do so, Loud took chances by signing and supporting acts that defied the model at the major labels. Rifkind had been a leader... Read more
August 12, 2019 Fresh
Juicy J Has Turned Water Into Big Cash Through An Investment

Juicy J Has Turned Water Into Big Cash Through An Investment

Whenever Juicy J is a guest on The Breakfast Club, they bring out the "CA$H Counter," and it rings every time he says the word "cash." The legendary Three 6 Mafia rapper/producer has been cashing in for some time now beginning as a member of the Oscar-winning Memphis, Tennessee group,... Read more
December 7, 2018 Lifestyle, News
DJ Paul Publicly Calls Out His Three 6 Mafia Co-Founder, Juicy J

DJ Paul Publicly Calls Out His Three 6 Mafia Co-Founder, Juicy J

This month marks 10 years since Three 6 Mafia released Top 5 charting album, Last 2 Walk. At the time, the Sony Records collective had whittled down to two rapping and producing members: DJ Paul and Juicy J. The two founders of the group (with the late Lord Infamous) had... Read more
June 4, 2018 News
Big Mike Showed Pimp C Had More Thangs Than Rhymes. His Beats Banged Too (Video)

Big Mike Showed Pimp C Had More Thangs Than Rhymes. His Beats Banged Too (Video)

1994 was a pivotal year for southern Hip-Hop. OutKast released their monumental debut album Southernplayalisticadillacmuzik while Scarface's five-mic-certified The Diary showed that Georgia and Texas were both in strong Southern stride. Additionally, Memphis, Tennessee was also starting to really make statements thanks to releases from Three 6 Mafia and 8Ball &... Read more
May 31, 2018 Do Remember
Finding The GOAT Group: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony vs. Three 6 Mafia. Who Is Better?

Finding The GOAT Group: Bone Thugs-N-Harmony vs. Three 6 Mafia. Who Is Better?

“Finding the GOAT Group,” the fourth installment of Ambrosia For Heads’s annual battle series features Hip-Hop’s greatest collectives vying for the #1 spot. Sixty-two groups have been pre-selected by a panel of experts, and one slot will be reserved for a wild-card entry, including the possibility for write-in candidates, to... Read more
April 17, 2018 Best Hip-Hop Group, Finding the GOAT
A Video Traces The “Migos’ Flow” Back To Public Enemy, Bone Thugs & Biggie

A Video Traces The “Migos’ Flow” Back To Public Enemy, Bone Thugs & Biggie

Back in 2014, Snoop Dogg criticized what he said was the conformity of rappers in the contemporary scene. “Everybody’s trying to rap the same style, I don’t know who created it—if it was Future or Migos, but they all sound the same,” he said. Snoop then mocked the broken-up patter... Read more
September 16, 2017 Video
Watch 40 Years Of Hip-Hop History In 4 Minutes In A Mind-Blowing Mashup (Video)

Watch 40 Years Of Hip-Hop History In 4 Minutes In A Mind-Blowing Mashup (Video)

It ain't nothin' like Hip-Hop music...Over the last 40 years, there have been few forces in pop culture with more impact than Hip-Hop. Like Rock & Roll before it, the music and lifestyle shaped an entire generation and has had untold influence around the world. The Rub: The History of... Read more
June 5, 2017 Video
Yelawolf Signs Three 6 Mafia’s DJ Paul To Slumerican

Yelawolf Signs Three 6 Mafia’s DJ Paul To Slumerican

One of the biggest comebacks in recent Rap memory has been surrounding Juicy J. The Memphis, Tennessee Hip-Hop pioneer and founding member of Three 6 Mafia reinvented himself with 2013's Stay Trippy. Juicy's first major label solo LP (Sony Records) would be executive produced by Wiz Khalifa, bringing the artist... Read more
August 23, 2016 News
Run The Jewels Celebrate The Birds & The Bees In Their Video For “Love Again”

Run The Jewels Celebrate The Birds & The Bees In Their Video For “Love Again”

Run The Jewels is known for their hard raps and nostalgic Hip-Hop aesthetics. Killer Mike and El-P channel the likes of 2 Live Crew, Eazy-E, and even Lil' Kim when they team with Gangsta Boo for "Love Again (Akinyele Back)." Even in its title, the late 2014 Run The Jewels... Read more
April 17, 2016 Video
Pimp C, Nas & Juicy J Take TLC’s What About Your Friends And Make It TRILL (Audio)

Pimp C, Nas & Juicy J Take TLC’s What About Your Friends And Make It TRILL (Audio)

At the end of his life, Pimp C made no secrets about his unhappiness with the industry, and some of the folks in his circle. While Chad Butler and Bernard Freeman (a/k/a Bun B) maintained a brotherly bond in UGK that lasted nearly 20 years, other folks in Pimp C's... Read more
November 19, 2015 Audio, The Bridge
Three 6 Mafia’s Koopsta Knicca Passes Away At 40 Years Old

Three 6 Mafia’s Koopsta Knicca Passes Away At 40 Years Old

Academy Award winning group Three 6 Mafia has lost another member. Koopsta Nicca (a/k/a Robert Phillips) has died. The Memphis, Tennessee native passed away this morning (October 9) from complications due to a stroke suffered earlier this month. Memphis newspaper The Commercial Appeal reports that the 40 year-old MC was at work... Read more
October 9, 2015 News
What Makes A Hip-Hop Album A Classic? (Editorial)

What Makes A Hip-Hop Album A Classic? (Editorial)

In all genres of music, the term "classic" prompts debate. Cultural conservatives argue it is used too freely, and often stamped on works of art prematurely. On the other hand, liberally-minded art patrons maintain that placing restrictions on calling an item classic misses the point entirely. Especially with so much... Read more
September 19, 2015 Food for Thought
Project Pat Releases Sequel To Mista Don’t Play Album, 14 Years Later

Project Pat Releases Sequel To Mista Don’t Play Album, 14 Years Later

Memphis, Tennessee veteran MC Project Pat's best selling album is 2001's Mista Don't Play: Everythangs Workin'. A platinum effort, the Hypnotized Minds/Loud/Universal Records effort thrived amidst a Three 6 Mafia mainstream breakthrough. Produced by Three 6's Juicy J and DJ Paul, the album, thanks in large part to "Chickenhead" would... Read more
April 14, 2015 News
Project Pat Links with Rick Ross and His Brother Juicy J on His Latest (Audio)

Project Pat Links with Rick Ross and His Brother Juicy J on His Latest (Audio)

Project Pat links with younger brother Juicy J and Rick Ross on the hard-hitting track "Imma Get Me Sum." The track is from Pat's upcoming Cheez N Dope 3 release. Check it out. Related: Rick Ross Gets the Assist From R. Kelly on Keep Doin’ That (Audio)... Read more
October 18, 2014 Audio
Some Texas Street Musicians Get A Dream Come True Care Of Juicy J, Aloe Blacc & Trey Songz (Video)

Some Texas Street Musicians Get A Dream Come True Care Of Juicy J, Aloe Blacc & Trey Songz (Video)

It can be easy to roll your eyes at the seemingly-cliche term "viral video." The label is thrown on anything anymore, whether it actually makes its rounds or not. However, in the past week, some phone-cam footage of a sidewalk jam session in Texas. The simple jam about the uncertainty... Read more
May 21, 2014 Fresh, Video
Rest In Peace To Three 6 Mafia’s Lord Infamous

Rest In Peace To Three 6 Mafia’s Lord Infamous

Yesterday (December 21), tragic news hit the media that onetime Three 6 Mafia member, Lord Infamous has passed away. The 40 year-old Horrorcore pioneer is believed to have died in his sleep from a heart attack in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee. From the earliest days of Three 6, until... Read more
December 22, 2013 Fresh
Da Mafia 6ix Give Their Own Spin On The Fame Soundtrack & Remind Us To Remember (Video)

Da Mafia 6ix Give Their Own Spin On The Fame Soundtrack & Remind Us To Remember (Video)

DJ Paul's mostly-reunited 2013 rendition of the Three 6 Mafia includes Gangsta Boo, Crunky Black, Lord Infamous, and Koopsta Knicca. While Juicy J and La'Chat aren't down (yet), the tribute crew known as Da Mafia 6ix still upholds some of the tactics that made Memphis' breakthrough group so cult-beloved back... Read more
November 30, 2013 Fresh, Video
Yelawolf & DJ Paul Drop The Metal-Inspired Black Fall EP (Mixtape)

Yelawolf & DJ Paul Drop The Metal-Inspired Black Fall EP (Mixtape)

Yelawolf linked with one of his biggest influences, Three 6 Mafia's DJ Paul for a series of studio sessions. The pair claimed to have bonded in the overlay between Hip-Hop and Heavy Metal. As a preview to bigger release plans, the duo dropped Black Fall EP in the last 24... Read more
October 31, 2013 Fresh, Mixes
Da Mafia 6ix – Go Hard ft Yelawolf (Video)

Da Mafia 6ix – Go Hard ft Yelawolf (Video)

Given the hard sonic texture of "Go Hard," along with the throwback qualities of reuniting 3/4 of Three 6 Mafia/Hypnotize Minds. The video matches, complete with fire, '66 Chevy Impalas on them things, and more jarring cuts than a Halloween flick. Hopefully this album lives up, as everybody's running around... Read more
October 9, 2013 Fresh, Video
Da Mafia 6ix – Go Hard ft Yelawolf

Da Mafia 6ix – Go Hard ft Yelawolf

Back in the late '90s, at the height of putting kickers and amps through trunks, my cousin put me onto Tear Da Club Up Thugs. The music rivaled that of M.O.P and Onyx in terms of making you wanting to swing punches (that hopefully wouldn't land). My informal introduction to... Read more
October 1, 2013 Audio, Fresh