Rappers

A slow afternoon in the warm wooden enclave that is Madden’s Bar, Belfast. A handful of middle-aged Guinness drinkers chat quietly, nestled like comfy dogs in the corner. The lights are low. The music is comforting.Until, blap! Not quite a cowboy entrance, but the door opens and the energy levels leap. In bowl three young men, familiar to the barman, the drinkers and anyone who’s interested in rap or who watches joe.co.uk or Vice videos. Kneecap, the Irish-language band smashing out of Belfast and into the world, are…

When the Indigenous hip-hop artist Charmaine Jasmine Armstrong – also known as Dizzy Doolan – started spitting rhymes 22 years ago she was one of a handful of women in Australia’s rap scene.There was no one to teach her how to put songs together, promote herself, apply for grants or even upload music. In the early 2000s the Australian scene was dominated by white men – groups like the Hilltop Hoods.“There was no other female rappers that I knew of really doing their thing,” Dizzy says. “There was no one to look up to,…

Rakim Mayers and Terell Ephron, better known as ASAP Rocky and ASAP Relli, met in high school in New York.Both were members of ASAP, which Ephron described on the witness stand in Los Angeles Superior Court Wednesday as “a conglomerate of young men that have many different talents.” Even as Mayers became a famous rapper and fashion icon — and millionaire many times over — the two were like “brothers,” Ephron testified.But one November night in 2021, tensions erupted into a fight on a Hollywood sidewalk. Ephron…

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Rapper Young Thug will finally stand before an Atlanta jury on Monday, launching a long-awaited trial that will determine whether he was a key figure of criminal street gang Young Slime Life, or YSL. The 32-year-old rap star, whose real name is Jeffery Lamar Williams, is an Atlanta native who began his hip-hop career in 2010. Known for hits “Best Friend” and “Floyd Mayweather,” Young Thug helped elevate the Atlanta rap scene as he collected Grammy nominations and MTV Video Music Awards and performed at several…

Boosie Badazz isn’t shying away from sharing his thoughts on Fugees rapper Pras, who faces up to 20 years in prison after he was found guilty for his participation in a conspiracy scheme in which millions of dollars were used to influence U.S. government officials. During a new appearance on VladTV, Boosie was asked about Pras. The Baton Rouge MC wasn’t surprised at Pras’ cooperation with the feds, as the 40-year-old claims the music industry is ridden with rats, including “90 percent of rappers.” Pras has denied being an…

Months after Lil Tjay was charged with gun possession after he was arrested in New York City while on his way to the set of a music video with Ice Spice, the Brooklyn rapper’s attorney has spoken out regarding the matter.Tjay’s attorney, Dawn Florio, reached out to nydrillofficial on Instagram to explain why Tjay was recently booked for the unlawful possession of a firearm without a permit.“This arrest is not a new gun charge.” Florio told nydrilloffical in the below DMs. “He had to turn himself in for the case where he…

In a video originally shared on his Instagram Stories, controversial rapper 6ix9ine suggested hip-hop culture hates on Spanish rappers.“There’s something I want to get off my chest,” he started the clip, in which he reiterated that he owes his record label a Spanish language album. “I seen a lot of people saying 6ix9ine went from English to Spanish. … You know how many Spanish n****s is born and raised in Brooklyn, Manhattan, The Bronx, Queens, Staten Island—the whole New York City? What y’all trying to say? Spanish…

Chance the Rapper is a beacon of independence. The 30-year-old Chicago rapper has built his career from being a community-driven artist, garnering a cult-like fanbase thanks to his authenticity, commitment to his craft, and creativity behind the mic.From leveraging the mistake of a high school suspension into his breakout mixtape 10 Day to finding inspiration through psychedelics and turning them into a blog-era classic with Acid Rap, On Coloring Book, Chance makes a complete pivot from drug rap to gospel rap and is…

In a Q&A session hosted on her Instagram Stories, Pusha-T’s wife Virginia Williams opened up about how she feels different than the wives of other rappers.Williams was asked if it was “hard dating a celebrity,” and suggested that she initially felt awkward about it because she didn’t look like the partners of other rappers all that much. “If I’m being honest, INITIALLY the only thing hard about it was being ... ok with being the oddball in the room,” she wrote. “Not looking like a ‘rapper girlfriend/wife.’ I use to…