Young Swift, Shanka D-Russ, Lil J wrap up our On the Come Up feature for the first week in July.
Michael Jackson was the greatest to ever do it. Singing, writing, dancing, you name it. He was the ultimate artist and every musical genre feels the tremendous loss that came with his sudden passing. Hip hop is no different.
The buzz on the street is that Sic Osyrus could be the next "it" to hit the streets, with raw lyricism and in one instance being compared to ODB by a fan, this Philly born artist says when discussing his sound, "My sound is my strength, my flaws, my fears, my ups and downs, my sound is that which makes you second guess your reason for being who it is that people see you as, my sound is Life. " HHLO.net's Zack-Strange sits down with Sic to discuss his current and past projects, his upcoming video for "Make Moves" the single from his upcoming Mixtape "Siconomics 3."
Rock The Bells Chicago was one of the most unbelievable musical experiences I've ever had. From freestyling with Mickey Factz backstage to rejoicing with crazed moshers as M.O.P. finally ended the suspense and blasted "Ante Up," I can say that Rock the Bells could easily be equated to hip-hop heaven.
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30 June 2009
New York's Gawker.com has confirmed that VIBE magazine has been the latest print magazine to close its doors.
29 June 2009
On Satureday, former Bad Boy artist Ma$e debuted his verse on Drakes "Best I Ever Had" on DJ Clue's radio show. According to listeners of the show (at time of posting we're searching for show audio), Ma$e called into the show after Clue opened up the phone lines for comments.
26 June 2009
HHLO.net would like to apolgize to the artists that were submitted to post today 6/26/09. Due to the extreme shift in how our energies were focused yesterday after the tragic loss of Michael Jackson finishing touches of the post were delayed.
25 June 2009
The LA Times and CBS is reporting that Michael Jackson has suffered a Cardiac Arrest in his Los Angeles home and has been transferred to UCLA Medical Center is now dead.
25 June 2009
Its 2009 and clearly we are all in a state of a recession and the music industry is feeling the impact. Labels are down sizing and resentful when kicking out enormous budgets. Rumor has it, Bow Wow and Harlem's own Jim Jones just got hit with the short end of the stick.
25 June 2009
Like his boss T.I. (or is it T.I.P), B.o.B. has somewhat of a split personality. On B.o.B. vs Bobby Ray, he exhibits the two very different styles to create one extremely eclectic mixtape.
24 June 2009
Everyone's got a Top 5 (and yes, they can be dead or alive). So what do you base your Top 5 anything on (artist, group, duo, dj)? Is it their sick flow? The depth of their lyrics, or who's the rawest live?
23 June 2009
The 5th Annual Brooklyn Hip Hop Festival saw a huge turnout last Saturday despite all the bad weather.
18 June 2009
ATLANTA -- Three people were stabbed early Thursday morning during a fight at a crowded downtown Atlanta nightclub.
18 June 2009
The number one topic that has been and seems as if will be the most prevalent in Hip-Hop music is money!! The question that has really struck my mind as I’m sure for many others is, are these rap artists really living the lifestyles they portray in their music? Are they really making that much money?
