Every artist — especially from the East Coast — in today’s hip-hop credits traces of their style is inspired by the signature look, appeal, and rhymes of the late-Notorious B.I.G. and Big Pun. Michael Cruz, better known as the fast-rising recording artist Big Blanco, is no exception as he pays homage to the Bronx icon…

Reggae artist Shifta and Too $hort officially come together on “Lil Freak” the new rendition of $hort’s classic “I Need A Freak”. This time around there’s a Caribbean twist sure to have clubs going crazy this summer. The two friends were having dinner one night and spontaneously decided to get in the studio, to produce…

For his latest release, emerging new artist DaMo’ lives out his hoop dreams in the Portland Trailblazer point guard Damian Lillard-inspired mixtape called DaMo’ Lillard: The Mixtape. In the new 14-song project, the DMV native embodies the popular basketball star, who also raps, with crowd-pleasing bars, witty punchlines and high-energy production. If you are unfamiliar…

It’s been a helluva year so far for the rising DMV recording artist Lightshow. While he spent the last two years creating his forthcoming tenth studio album, Lightshow ignited a buzz with the release of his latest hit “Last Night.” The popularity led to the rising star performing alongside fellow DMV native Wale at this…

Emerging new artist, Dom 2 Timez, makes his widespread introduction to mainstream hip hop with the release of the third installment in his Kingdom series, titled Kingdom3 with a big name guest feature in hip hop star, Benny The Butcher. The new project arrives following a two-year hiatus from the buzzing rap star who’s last…

Last April, grey prince — a brand-new Iranian-American recording artist with fast-growing popularity — created a trendy following with the hit song “charity.” Capitalizing on the success, he returns with a properly-titled new single ready for the upcoming heatwave, “back.” Out now, prince’s latest single is nothing short of a must-hear. “back” is a trendsetting…

The comical, quirky genius known as Jay Diener pronounced “DEEner” is exactly what a rapper shouldn’t be. Unsmooth, random and oddly out of place, yet right where he belongs.  Raised by his loving parents, Jay was surrounded with sounds from Public Enemy to Oasis–Bob Marley to Carl Cox, Tupac to Whitney Houston, mix it in…

Emerging ATL recording artist Bank Aaron can’t get enough of the West Coast. After releasing the Too Short-homage track “Like Short” featuring Rucci, Bank Aaron release the trendy follow-up, titled “Fendu” featuring the late-Slim400. The track is a motivational effort fully inspired by classic West Coast Hip Hop ingredients such as the heavy bass and…

As he continues to roll out his upcoming album, A Good Time For No Reason, campaign, accomplished triple threat Lunchmoney Lewis turns the new single into a music video with the release of the visual to the Trinidad James-featured “Don’t Stop.” IAMKEVVN directs the Thomas Troelsen-produced funk-fueled track that stars the two collaborators as bright-colored…

Florida’s Lil $o$o has performed all of the requirements to be this year’s hottest new artist. In six months, she’s delivered three viral visuals with “Better Life,” “Go Ooh,” “Bad Attitude,” and “Woo Tang,” graced high-profile publications like Wonderland, and generated huge streaming numbers and followers across all digital streaming platforms and social media. Now,…