With slick lyrics and gritty beats, Yung Gravy got his start in 2016 when he decided to start making music that he actually wanted to listen to. Taking inspiration from OutKast, Nate Dogg, Patrice Rushen and The Blackbyrds, Gravy began releasing a string of singles and EPS on SoundCloud that… Read more...
"NWA, Biggie, Tupac, Snoop and Jay-Z all had something to say. Then Biggie, Pac and Eazy died and it was devastating ... I feel like it's my turn now and I can fill the shoes." The Game . . . When word… Read more...
BMI's Erica Tompkins crunks with rapper Lil' Jon at a CD listening party held recently in New York for the upcoming Lil' Jon & the East Side Boyz release, Crunk Juice. The album, which features Snoop Dogg, Usher, R. Kelly, Ludacris, Nate Dogg, Read more...
Al Green Honored as BMI ICON BMI saluted the premier R&B, rap and hip-hop songwriters, producers and publishers at its 2004 BMI Urban Awards, staged tonight (8/27) at the Grand Ballroom at the Fontainebleau Hilton Resorts & Towers in Miami Beach. Read more...
Story-telling is the foundation of any recording artist worth his salt, and rapper Nate Dogg has demonstrated for years that he possesses top-shelf skills in that department. Perhaps he inherited his smooth orating style from his preacher father, or maybe he honed his trademark flow through years of practice.… Read more...
On his third solo album, Space Boogie: Smoke Oddessey, hip-hop star Kurupt (aka Young Gotti) says that after nearly a decade of forging groundbreaking and often provocative jams that helped put West Coast rap on the contemporary musical map, he's starting to grow into his status as an elder statesman… Read more...
Snoop Dogg's new album, No Limit Top Dogg, is already being hailed as a classic by many observers - including the artist himself. "This album solidifies me in the hip-hop game as one of the top five solo artists in the history of the music," Snoop… Read more...
