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Rich Homie Quan
Musician / Bands 09 May 17 0
Dequantes Lamar dropped the summer hip-hop hit “Type of Way” in 2013 under his teenage nickname, Rich Homie Quan. He first considered a career in professional baseball, but in 2008, the Atlanta native dropped the single “Stay Down” featuring the Stack Money Boyz. Things came to a halt when he landed in jail for a year on burglary charges, but upon his release in 2011, Quan began to make up for lost time. Hooking up with the Atlanta crew Loyalty Ova Royalties and becoming quick friends with member CEO Teezy came next, but Teezy’s untimely death later in the year put a stop to Quan’s planned mixtape debut. He would re-emerge a year later on the T.I.G. label and drop the mixtapes I Go in on Every Song plus Still Goin’ In. The year 2013 began with a tour opening for Trinidad James, along with a guest appearance on Gucci Mane’s Trap House 3 album. In the summer, he dropped the infectious club track “Type of Way,” which cracked Billboard’s Hot 100 chart. Rich Homie Quan released a fistful of mixtapes, and in 2016 he landed a record deal with Motown. March 2017 saw the release of the single “Replay,” a preview of the upcoming album Rich as in Spirit. The following month, the rapper dropped the mixtape Back to the Basics, his debut release for Motown. ~ David Jeffries
Wale
Musician / Bands 09 May 17 0
,From his DC origins, Wale (real name is Olubowale Victor Akintimehin) is a Nigerian rapper who has shot to fame, landing a record deal with Maybach Music Group and a hit album. With polysyllabic and punchline filled lyrics representing his DC hometown, his fashion sense, and affinity for the ladies, Wale relates to the fun side of rap often left behind. Wale’s career features a number of popular mixtapes and a few albums.
Wale signed to Maybach Music Group in early 2011.
Post Malone
Musician / Bands 09 May 17 0
Austin Post, or Post Malone, is an American recording artist signed to Republic Records.
Born on the fourth of July, 1995, and hailing from Dallas, Texas, Post Malone gained fame after releasing the single “White Iverson” on his SoundCloud in February of 2015.
Contrary to popular belief, his stage name is not a reference to basketball player Karl Malone. In an interview with the Breakfast Club, Malone stated that “Post is my last name, and I just made Malone up.”
Post discussed releasing a debut album in March of 2016, but after various setbacks the album never came to fruition. In it’s place, on May 12th, 2016, he released his first mixtape, August 26th to critical acclaim.
Finally, a tracklist and release date were released for Stoney, Post Malone’s debut album. It finally dropped on December 9th, 2016.
Future
Musician / Bands 09 May 17 0
Nayvadius Cash (born Nayvadius Wilburn on November 20, 1983), better known by his stage name Future, is an American rapper (with a common rapport among the Haitian-American community) and singer from Kirkwood, Atlanta, Georgia. He is signed to the record label Epic Records. He is a cousin of fellow Atlanta rapper Rocko and is cousins with Rico Wade and an associate of the Dungeon Family.
Future has made himself known for his extensive use of auto-tune, giving him a flurry of hit singles such as “Fuck Up Some Commas”, “Turn On The Lights”, among others.
Future is also known for his hook singing on tracks such as “Buy The World”, “U.O.E.N.O, “Loveeeeee Song” & “Pain”.
Future was at one point engaged to singer Ciara and they have a child, Future Jr., but they broke up—due to Future apparently not wanting a very extravagant wedding. He later went on to say:
He is closely associated to Atlanta producers DJ Esco, Southside, Metro Boomin, Sonny Digital & Zaytoven.
Chris Brown
Musician / Bands 09 May 17 0
Grammy winning R&B singer, rapper, dancer, graffiti artist, illustrator and the first male lead artist to have his debut single top the Billboard Hot 100 in 8 years with Run It! feat. Juelz Santana, 2005, Breezy is undoubtedly a multifaceted artist. To add to this, he is the father of Royalty, a princess and the inspiration for his 7th studio album “Royalty”.
It’s undeniable his ability as a musician, dancer and all-round entertainer. At the 54th Annual Grammy Awards (February 12th, 2012) his 4th studio album F.A.M.E. won 2011 – Best R&B Album and a huge number of other awards and nominations ranging from his debut as a 16 year old in 2005 to his most recent projects.
Brown’s career is long-lived, pristine and all about his music with hits such as “Turn Up The Music”, “Fine China” and successful collaborations with Kid Ink on his hit “Show Me” and Sevyn Streeter on “It Won’t Stop (Remix)” in recent years.
His sixth album X was due to be released near to the end of 2013 but was pushed back due to (here we go again) Chris having to attend to his legal troubles and serve a stint in rehab. It was eventually released during the summer of 2014. Following X, Chris and Tyga released the follow up to their 2010 mixtape Fan of a Fan at the beginning of 2015, titled Fan of a Fan: The Album. The album spawned the hits “Ayo” and “Bitches N Marijuana”.
After being in the music industry for over 10 years, Chris is accustomed to being in the limelight and is here to stay
Lil Uzi Vert
Musician / Bands 09 May 17 0
Uzi Vert’s rapping skills were noticed by Don Cannon, who heard one of Uzi’s songs being played on the radio by DJ Diamond Kuts. Uzi later signed a record deal with DJ Drama, Don Cannon and Leighton Morrison’s record label Generation Now and Atlantic Records. Uzi gained attention after being featured on Carnage‘s single “WDYW” with ASAP Ferg and Rich The Kid in 2015.
Uzi then released his third mixtape Luv Is Rage on December 18, 2015, with productions from Don Cannon, FKi, Sonny Digital, TM88, DP Beats, Maaly Raw and more, and guest features from Wiz Khalifa and Young Thug. On April 15, 2016, Uzi released his fourth mixtape Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World with production from Don Cannon, Metro Boomin, WondaGurl, M-TRAX, Smatt Sertified and more, with the cover art designed by Fvrris.[5] He was named as one of the ten 2016 XXL Freshmen on June 13, 2016.[6] On July 31, 2016, Uzi released his fifth mixtape The Perfect Luv Tape on his 22nd birthday. Similar to his other albums, this one features many famous rappers such as Future in his song “Seven Million.”
Uzi collaborated with the rap group Migos in October 2016 on the single “Bad and Boujee” which in January 2017 reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100, becoming Uzi Vert’s first number one single as a featured artist and his highest charting single.
Drake
Musician / Bands 09 May 17 0
Aubrey Drake Graham is part of a generation of new rappers, along with Wiz Khalifa, Kid Cudi and others, who came up through internet mixtapes. Drizzy put out three mixtapes from 2006 to 2009. These mixtapes got him the attention of Lil Wayne, and spawned the hit singles “Forever” and “Best I Ever Had,” the latter coming from his critically acclaimed mixtape So Far Gone. During this period, Drake also made a slew of guest appearances on tracks by artists from DJ Khaled to Jay-Z.
After years without a record deal, Drake finally signed to Lil Wayne’s Young Money Entertainment label in 2009. And in 2010, Drake released his debut album Thank Me Later. His second album, Take Care, dropped in November 2011 and ultimately led to celebration with his crew for earning his first Grammy Award (for Best Rap Album). The album has been certified 4x platinum as of March 29, 2016. His third project, Nothing Was The Same, was released September 24th, 2013. Two years later on February 12, 2015, Drake released If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late. Just months after that, he released a collaborative mixtape with American rapper Future, called What A Time To Be Alive. His fourth studio album, Views, was released on April 29, 2016.
Following the release of Views, Drake announced the release of his new Mixtape – More Life on OVOSOUND Radio.
Drizzy has also been involved in many beefs, including ones with Common and Tyga. His most eventful beef was with Philadelphia rapper Meek Mill. This started the whole conspiracy over “Drake has a ghost writer.” Drake fired back immediately with “Charged Up” and with no response from Meek, he dropped another diss track four days later titled “Back to Back.” Meek then released his diss track titled “Wanna Know.” There was no declared “winner,” but Drake was nominated for a Grammy for “Best Rap Performance” for “Back to Back.”
Big Sean To Lil Wayne: “You Changed Rap Forever”
Blog News 08 May 17 0
“I feel like Sean, don’t get enough shine,” Wayne rapped on the track. “Is it because he ain’t got the tattoos?/He ain’t throwing up signs/Well, let me throw up mine.”