Twista (Rapper)

Machine Gun Kelly, January 26 at Revolution Live

The Next Rapper You Need to Know: Machine Gun Kelly, Playing Revolution on Thursday

​In 2012, melanin levels are no longer much of a factor in overground rap credibility. See, for example, the success of Yelawolf, plying a trunk-rattling Southern sound, on one hand, and the lighthearted, so-called "frat rap" of Mac Miller on the other. Now entering the mainstream fray is Machine ... More >>

Rebel Yells

This was Southern rap's year.

Video of the Day: Trick Daddy, Lil Jon, and Twista--"Let's Go"

Yesterday I was hanging in the studio with Jim Jonsin, the local producer extraordinaire who produced two of the biggest hip-hop tracks of the year, Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" and T.I.'s "Whatever You Like." We were basically chopping it up about music, the industry, his upcoming five Grammy nominati ... More >>

Ace Hood: From Broward County to the World

Yesterday I was hanging in the studio with Jim Jonsin, the local producer extraordinaire who produced two of the biggest hip-hop tracks of the year, Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" and T.I.'s "Whatever You Like." We were basically chopping it up about music, the industry, his upcoming five Grammy nominati ... More >>

DJ Mix: Johnny The Boy

Yesterday I was hanging in the studio with Jim Jonsin, the local producer extraordinaire who produced two of the biggest hip-hop tracks of the year, Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" and T.I.'s "Whatever You Like." We were basically chopping it up about music, the industry, his upcoming five Grammy nominati ... More >>

Lil Wayne Brings the Flood

Yesterday I was hanging in the studio with Jim Jonsin, the local producer extraordinaire who produced two of the biggest hip-hop tracks of the year, Lil Wayne's "Lollipop" and T.I.'s "Whatever You Like." We were basically chopping it up about music, the industry, his upcoming five Grammy nominati ... More >>

Chicago (versus Indy): The Musical!

Why da Bears will spank the Colts come Sunday

Piano Politics

John Legend pivots between commentator and entertainer

Wild West

Mike West

Fiddle Ma Nizzle

Black Violin goes where hip-hop has never gone before: the orchestra pit

No Question

Jadakiss cashes in on controversy

Kanye West

Jadakiss cashes in on controversy