10 Best-Selling Hip-Hop Albums of the Week
Lupe Fiasco snatched the crown for top hip-hop album of the week from Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer. Lupe’s Food & Liquor II:
October 3, 2012
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Lupe Fiasco snatched the crown for top hip-hop album of the week from Kanye West and G.O.O.D. Music’s Cruel Summer. Lupe’s Food & Liquor II:
Contemporary rap stars have to work harder for wealth than rappers who were relevant a decade ago. As illegal downloading becomes more rampant, record sales
2 Chainz will be performing at the BET Hip-Hop Awards for the first time since doing so as a member of Playaz Circle in 2008.
The King of the South is back on the BET Hip-Hop Awards stage. T.I. will be giving BET Hip-Hop Awards attendees a preview of his
Lupe Fiasco recently released his fourth album, Food & Liquor II: The Great American Rap Album. Although some critics have viewed the album as a bit
The 2012 BET Hip Hop Awards will take place in Atlanta this weekend. Rolling out was on hand at the Civic Center as Rick Ross
Atlanta’s music scene is arguably on par with Hollywood’s film industry. Since the early ’90s, Atlanta-based artists, producers and executives have created an industry that’s
Kanye West and his G.O.O.D. Music crew had the most impressive week in hip-hop. Cruel Summer sold 200,000 copies in the first week. Although the
In this week’s new hip-hop songs, T.I. takes it back to The Trap; J. Cole raps over a head nodding sample of Cee Lo Green
Juicy J solidifies his comeback with a strip club anthem “Bandz A Make Her Dance.” Lil Wayne, 2 Chainz teams up with Juicy J. Watch
Hip-hop often gets criticized for lyrics that are violent and sexist. However, several mainstream rappers such as Kanye West, Common and Nas have released songs
The Barclays Center in Brooklyn is now open for business. Hundreds of media outlets from around the world were present as Mayor Bloomberg, Mikhail Prokhorov,
BET Centric recently announced plans for the 2012 Soul Train Awards. During a press conference in New York, Debra Lee, Paxton Baker, Cedric The Entertainer,
Kanye West kept his streak alive by releasing another solid album with the G.O.O.D. Music compilation, Cruel Summer. The album will likely debut at the
Missy Elliot and Timbaland were one of the top rapping and producing tandems in the late ’90s and early 2000s. But after releasing the critically
In today’s new hip-hop videos, Rick Ross shares his thoughts on being presidential by living large overseas; Frank Ocean takes a cinematic approach to visiting
While at an Atlanta Hawks playoff game back in March, I took a photo of T.I. and his daughter, Zonnique. The two sat side by
Chief Keef and other young rappers are drawing attention to a new Chicago rap movement. Unlike the city’s rap movement of the early 2000s that
