Childish Gambino recently made his way over to Shade 45 for a live interview on Sway In The Morning. As is customary, Gambino treats listeners to an exclusive freestyle live in the studio with hosts Sway Calloway and Heather B. Spitting over Drake’s popular Boi-1da produced “Pound Cake” instrumental, Gambino makes it look effortless to the camera as he drops impressive off-the-top bars for radio listeners tuning in.
HotNewHipHop catches up with Pro Era front man Joey Bada$$ while currently out on the road for the 2013 Smoker’s Club Tour. Take a look as the young wordsmith goes through a short Q&A session and addresses upcoming collaborations with Ab-Soul, his carefree attitude which is at the root of his love and hate relationship for Twitter and clairifies that he only enjoyed TDE’s cypher during the 2013 BET Hip Hop Awards. Before heading out, Bada$$ also gets into details behind his upcoming album which he explains is still in its early stages.
Vlad TV gets an exclusive one-on-one interview with legendary emcee Ghostface Killah of the Wu-Tang Clan. The New York bred artist discusses new music that’s currently in the works, his interest in getting involved in the world of film and admits that a lot of artists today in Hip Hop are only passing through and wont share the same longevity in their careers as the Wu. With rapper Drake recently dedicating the title of one of his song’s on his newNothing Was The Same LP to the clan, Ghost clarifies that he doesn’t feel Drake has done anything to solidify their position in Hip Hop but only helped to cross their music over to plenty of younger fans who follow the YMCMB rapper.
Big Sean catches up with long-time friend DJ Skee for a candid interview live on AXS TV. Check out this clip from the show where the G.O.O.D. Music rapper touches on the current status of his hometown Detroit and gets into details on his humble beginnings with his mother. The rapper elaborates on his connection with the troubled city and breaks down his philosophy of remaining positive in order to manifest dreams to reality that was initially taught to him by his mother early on.
Elliott Wilson is back with a new episode of his Life+Times web series and this time Wilson catches up with Miami big shot DJ Khaled. Watch as Khaled speaks highly of his new Suffering From Success LP and explains that he’s been consistent with delivering nothing but hot anthems to fans summer after summer. The DJ-producer continues with addressing the recent public backlash he’s received from fans who feel a certain way about his latest single, “I Feel Like Pac/I Feel Like Biggie,” which makes reference to both rap legends. Downplaying the reaction from fans, Khaled tells Wilson that fans need to use their intelligence and listen to the words as they are only paying homage to two of Hip Hop’s greatest acts. DJ Khaled also addresses his special relationship with Rick Ross and gives insight behind the significance of his album title.
Pro Era rapper CJ Fly is the latest artist to be featured on FUSE’s “The Mixdown” and gets the opportunity to viewers insight behind his debut solo project Thee Way I See It. Take a look as CJ sits down with Esteban and breaks down a few stand out tracks off the mixtape that fans can look forward to hearing. The Pro Era emcee shares the details behind his recording process for the project, reveals a lot of the production featured on Thee Way I See It is from young aspiring producers that reached out via Twitter and much more.
Down South emcee Big K.R.I.T. catches up with cameras from Okayplayer TV and partakes in a little Q&A session. K.R.I.T. gets into details behind his favorite tattoo and how many he has, reveals that he listens to Outkast’s “Liberation” everyday for inspiration and clarifies to viewers he makes sure to stay far away from trouble. Interestingly enough, K.R.I.T. also explains that if he had a time machine he would go back and collaborate with Bun B and Pimp C.
Ab-Soul links up with Montreality for a new in depth interview where the Carson, Calif. bred rapper discusses a number of topics. Take a look as the Black Lip Pastor talks growing up as an honors student early on, working at his family owned record shop, his favorite cartoon character and much more. In fact, Soulo briefly speaks on his upcoming project which he reassures is releasing sooner than later, label mate Kendrick Lamar, explains he wants to collab with JAY Z and also gets into details behind is recent Twitter comment where he threatened to leave Black Hippy.
Former Shady Records artist Ca$his pays a visit to Soul Assassins Radio on Shade 45 for an interview. Eager to demonstrate his impressive street inspired bars, Ca$his decides to jump on The Game’s “Westside Story” instrumental and spits a lengthy freestyle for listeners tuning in. The rapper’s latest offering, The County Hood 2 LP, is now available for purchase on iTunes.
DJ Khaled and Rick Ross recently made their way over to HOT 97 to have a sit down with Ebro, Peter Rosenberg and Cipha Sounds. Watch as Ciph takes the opportunity to confront DJ Khaled about not showing the same love and support back that he initiated towards the DJ-producer early on in his career. The radio host opens up about being one of the few DJ’s to even play Khaled’s to which DJ Khaled completely disagrees and even goes so far as to say that Cipha is lying. What appears to be an innocent back and forth discussion between two friends eventually gets a bit heated as Cipha rebuttals Khaled’s claims and becomes more aggressive before the visual fades to black. Guess we’ll have to wait for part two to see what happened.
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