Shawn Carter popularized the phrase "It was all good just a week ago"— in the case of Ja Rule, it was all good just 624 weeks ago (aka a dozen years).
It's a...
You know about Tupac and Biggie. You know about Big Pun. They were three of the nicest MCs to ever grace a microphone. You know about all the other icons we’ve ...
When Kanye debuted The College Dropout in 2004 no one, except maybe “Yeezus” himself, could’ve predicted that West would become arguably the most influential pe...
The motto here at HHSR is “real rap from the sideline to the studio”. Well two of our favorites here have exemplified what that means. Recently, both Russell We...
Fighter: Big Sean
Trainer (Gym): Kanye West (G.O.O.D. Music, Def Jam Recordings)
Cut Men: Kanye West, Mike WiLL Made It, DJ Mustard, Boi-1da, T-Minus, Vin...
Read these lyrics carefully:
Let's talk about how I'm killin everything I touches/ Or how I walked in this game with no crutches/ No Diddy, No Dupri, No Dr. ...
Fighter: J. Cole
Trainer (Gym): Mark Pitts (Dreamville, Roc Nation, Columbia)
Cut Men: J. Cole, !llmind, Phonix Beats, Vinylz, Willie B, Pop Wansel, Ron Gil...
One of the most polarizing figures in hip-hop, Lil Wayne crawled his way to the top of music by heating the streets with a barrage of mixtapes and features betw...
Fighter: Rick Ross
Trainer (Gym): DJ Khaled, Diddy (Maybach Music Group, Slip-n-Slide, Def Jam)
Cut Men: Timbaland, DJ Toomp, Metro Boomin, Beat Billionaire...
It used to be a given.
You're a rapper that finally gets his/her big break and land that ever-elusive record deal. You get a few videos on Yo! MTV Raps or Ra...