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Profiles Behind The Beat: Kirk Knight Kirk Knight, Pro Era's go-to beatman, discusses the rise of his Brooklyn crew, balancing rapping and producing, and his decision to make an instrumental album after last year's "Late Knight Special." By Angus Walker October 07, 2016 6.6K Views
Music Videos Watch 2016 BET Hip-Hop Award Cyphers Check out all the cyphers from Tuesday night's airing of the 2016 BET Hip Hop Awards. By Kevin Goddard October 04, 2016 135.3K Views
Music Meek Mill Previews Tory Lanez Collab Off "DC4" Meek Mill shares a snippet of a "DC4" collab with Tory Lanez, potentially titled "Litty Again." By Angus Walker October 01, 2016 126 Views
Music Videos Watch Drake's "Please Forgive Me" Short Film Drake releases his "VIEWS"-inspired short film, "Please Forgive Me," on Apple Music. By Angus Walker September 26, 2016 71.3K Views
Music Future & Young Thug Cook Up Some Fire In The Studio Young Thug and Future are collaborating again, and their latest work is sounding magical. By Angus Walker September 23, 2016 43.3K Views
Profiles Behind The Beat: Swiff D Interview: Swiff D shares insight into his production for Lil Wayne and Kevin Gates, and the incomparable genius of J Dilla. By Trevor Smith September 22, 2016 5.1K Views
Profiles Behind The Beat: Goose For the latest edition of Behind The Beat, Goose explains his pop-minded approach to producing and how he complements the unique styles of both Young Thug and Rich Homie Quan. By Angus Walker September 15, 2016 7.5K Views
Music Lil Wayne Reportedly Refusing To Give Cash Money "Tha Carter V" Masters Until They Pay Him Report: Lil Wayne has sole possession of "Tha Carter V" master recordings. By Danny Schwartz September 14, 2016 48.1K Views
Music Artists React To Possibility Of Lil Wayne's Retirement Artists across the rap game pay their respects to Lil Wayne after the rapper suggests that his doomed label situation has got him thinking about retirement. By Angus Walker September 03, 2016 791 Views
Music Lil Wayne Says He's "Mentally Defeated," Hints At Quitting Rap Could Rick Ross buy Wayne out of his contract? By Trevor Smith September 03, 2016 390 Views
Music Stream Travis Scott's "Birds In The Trap Sing McKnight" Travis Scott's "Birds in the Trap Sing McKnight" features Andre 3000, Kendrick Lamar, Bryson Tiller, 21 Savage, and many more. Stream it here, via Apple Music. By Angus Walker September 02, 2016 277.3K Views
Profiles Behind The Beat: Flume INTERVIEW: Australian producer Flume explains how J Dilla and Flying Lotus changed his life. By Danny Schwartz September 02, 2016 6.9K Views