Before rapper Dave East inked a deal with Def Jam, he was a Division I scholarship hooper whose former AAU teammates included Kevin Durant and Michael Beasley. We got up with him in Harlem to discuss his playing days, what it was like to ball with a young KD and much more.
Dave East has shown absolutely no signs of slowing down as we get into 2017 and he drops the video for “30 Ni**az.”
Anderson .Paak dropped by Pharrell and Scott Verner’s Beats1 radio show OTHERtone to discuss a plethora of things that include working with Dr. Dre, Q-Tip and so much more. Check out the highlight video and then head to Apple Music for the full interview.
The legendary Masta Ace joins G. Dot and Born for the video to 2015’s “Ghetto Survivors.” Shot in their hood of Boston, G Dot, Born and (Brooklyn raised) Ace relate war stories and lessons learned growing up on the block.
While at Genius, Ab-Soul deciphers his verse on the Jay Electronica diss “Raw (Backwards)” from his album Do What Thou Wilt. Learn all about the buried jewels that Soulo placed delicately into the song.
Anderson .Paak and Knxwledge keep the momentum going for their collaborative album Yes Lawd! by dropping the video for “Sidepiece.” Recorded live in the dungeon by Ross Harris, remixed visually by Ruff Mercy.
A few days before the release of Don’t Smoke Rock, we spent the day with Smoke DZA and Pete Rock as they rehearsed for the show that night at Highline Ballroom in NYC.
Madchild is set to drop The Darkest Hour in March and releases the video for the Evidence produced “Write It Down.”
Jay Pharoah is known for his spot-on impersonations and destroys the booth as Eminem, Jay Z and The Weeknd. But when he’s just Jay Pharoah? Good lord. We didn’t expect that to come out of his mouth. Watch it all.
Check out Young M.A.’s Boiler Room performance in New York.