Kendrick Lamar

Lupe Fiasco and Dizaster hurl insults via Twitter

Rappers Lupe Fiasco and Dizaster got into a heated war of words on Twitter last night. Lupe recently stated that while he’s a fan of critically-acclaimed West Coast rapper Kendrick Lamar, there are other emcees that he’d rank above the TDE star currently, including King Los, Cassidy and Logic.

Jay Z fires back at Drake on new freestyle

Apparently the term “frenemies” doesn’t only apply to reality TV stars. In the newly released “We Made It” freestyle with Jay Electronica, Jay Z takes

Schoolboy Q says he wishes TDE would have ‘stayed indie’

Schoolboy Q may be experiencing success with his major label debut album, Oxymoron, but the Los Angeles native revealed his mixed feelings about that success in a recent interview. Q spoke to CBS Local affiliate WZMX Hot 93.7. Q says that his popularity is booming, so much so that he’s even been offered his own line of bucket hats (those hats have become a bit of a trademark for Q), but he expressed reluctance with making any more “big money” deals too soon.

TDE is winning because they look and act just like their fans

Schoolboy Q’s Oxymoron is expected to sell between 150,000 and 160,000 copies by the end of the tracking week, according to Billboard. And the album, the rapper’s major label debut, will likely land at the #1 spot when the numbers are revealed next week. Needless to say, Q is having a great week.

Nas names his favorite young rappers

Any contemporary rapper will tell you Nas has been an influence for them. Since dropping his genre changing debut album Illmatic in 1994, Nas has been at forefront and

Kendrick Lamar sees a major Spotify spike after the Grammys

Kendrick Lamar may not have taken home the Grammy for Best Rap Album, but it looks the Compton emcee is a big winner in the wake of the major awards show. According to a press release from Spotify, Lamar’s catalog saw a 99 percent increase after the Grammys aired. The music streaming service issued a press release announcing the spike in certain artists’ music after the show.