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Lil Wayne Shows Up Late at Revolution Live and Leaves Early

By Lee Castro
Mar 23, 2015

Let us spare you the exciting events that took place from 10:30 p.m. until after 3 a.m. Lil Wayne wasn't there. He was supposed to be there, but all the crowd got was an empty stage and DJs playing top 40 rap hits whilst letting fans know Lil Wayne is...
Wale Is Possibly the Nerdiest Cool Rapper, Seinfeld and All

By Lee Castro
Feb 4, 2015

Rapper Wale had an unpredictable and odd 2014. The D.C. representative of Maybach Music Group punched a heckling fan while attending a WWE event in April, left Jay Z's Roc Nation management in August in favor of 77 North -- run by LeBron's buddies -- and had a one-sided "beef"...
Jeezy on Seeing "Some Justice" in Ferguson and "the New Generation" of Trap

By Lee Castro
Oct 17, 2014

Believe it or not, there is a limit to how much a rapper can (or should) mention "flippin' bricks," "gettin' it for the low," or still "meeting papi at the dock." But if they stop talking about this lifestyle, will fans get bored and move on? What are they to...
Jeezy Heads to Revolution Live, Tuesday, October 21

By Lee Castro
Oct 13, 2014

It's been close to a decade since your favorite trapper's favorite trapper, Young Jeezy, made his solo major label debut with 2005's Let's Get It: Thug Motivation 101. Many consider the album a classic because it helped bring Atlanta trap to the mainstream. His witty dope-boy rhymes like, "The game...
Palm Beach Rapper Croosh: "I Really Don't Like Corny, White Voices in Hip-Hop"

By Lee Castro
Mar 10, 2014

The Notorious B.I.G. first went by Biggie Smalls. Jazzy turned into Jay-Z, which then turned into Jay Z. Nas stepped up his hygiene regime and dropped Nasty. As artists evolve and mature professionally and personally, their aliases sometimes become a symbol of that change. Or sometimes someone has the same...

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