New York’s Joey Bada$$ sits down for a Q&A session on the latest episode of Power 106’s “Now You Know” web series. Speaking candidly with the camera, Joey shares with viewers his top three favorite West Coast artists, favorite producer, favorite breakfast dish, celebrity crush, his first car and so much more. The young wordsmith also gets into what his favorite city is to visit when he’s touring and what it took for him to really get his solo music career off the ground.
Joey Bada$$ sits down for an exclusive interview with DJ Reflex over at Power 106. The New York bred emcee speaks on his love for California and touches on the importance of traveling which has only helped to make his music better. Joey also gets into details about his early hip hop inspirations and credits Method Man, Notorious B.I.G., MF Doom and Langston Hughes as his favorites. Bada$$ also weighs in on the general consensus that his sound tends to embody a golden era vibe and explains to Reflex why to him it’s like a gift and a curse.
It was a Taylor Gang takeover as Wiz Khalifa was DJ Skee’s special guest for episode 17 of SKEE Live. The Taylor Gang head honcho shared what the last nine months of his life has been like since having baby Bash and admits he never considered what things would be like prior to his birth. After explaining how he use to live his life by going with the flow, Khalifa reveals to DJ Skee he had to make change with his schedule and become more organized.
Wiz Khalifa joined DJ Skee on the latest episode of AXS TV’s SKEE Live and discussed his forthcoming album, Blacc Hollywood. Take a look as Young Khalifa grabs a seat on the infamous couch and gets into details behind the inspiration for his album title. The Pittsburgh bred rapper also explained how he was able to meet Adele at the Grammy’s and eventually collaborate with the singer. Khalifa reassured viewers he feels at this stage in his career he doesn’t have anything to prove and that Blacc Hollywood will be an overall fun project.
Strong Arm Steady’s Krondon continues to make his promotional run’s throughout New York and this time the rapper heads to Shade 45 for a sit down and freestyle with Tony Touch. Check out Krondon get behind the microphone and demonstrate his skills as he spits some off-the-top rhymes for listeners tuning in. Krondon’s new remastered project, Everything’s Nothing, is now available and can be purchased over on iTunes.
New York rapper Maino is not playing when he says he wants Trinidad James to apologize for his recent rant in Brooklyn. Take a listen to this new audio that’s been released that showcases Maino’s personal phone call to Atlanta’s Trinidad James. It’s clear that Maino is taking the situation very seriously as he aggressively explains to James why he’s upset and demands that he apologize to his city before things get physical. Maino goes on to explain that the situation is concerned with right and wrong and that he will begin to let up when James releases his public apology video. Trinidad continues to point the finger at the media while Maino only seems to be concerned with proving his dominance.
Trinidad James releases a new visual to address all the controversy surrounding his New York rant that was made at Converse’s event in Brooklyn. The rapper took the opportunity clarify his intentions and explain exactly what meant with his onstage speech. James also makes it very clear that he’s not apologizing for outspoken opinion because he feels it’s true and that he didn’t cross any lines. The “All Gold Everything” rapper tells viewers he was only trying to encourage New York radio to play more up and coming hometown artists.
Big Sean hooks fans up with a new remix for “10 2 10” featuring Rick Ross and Travi$ Scott. Sean turns the energy to maximum capacity with this one as all the artists drop savvy bars about their drive to succeed. Take a listen as Sean and company boastfully showcase their skills over the hard-hitting instrumental.
French Montana releases a new music video for his latest single, “Once In Awhile.” The hard-hitting and piano driven instrumental is featured on the Bad Boy rapper’s Excuse My French LP. The visual finds Montana posted with his feet up on top of a roof as he takes in the view, sips on some champagne and performs to the camera about his past struggles with living life out on the block. Long-time collaborator and friend, Max B, gets a few moments to shine from behind bars as Frenchie includes several TV screens running old footage of the rapper in the beginning for the song’s intro. There’s also some performance footage spliced in-between with cameos from Trinidad James, Diddy, Drake, Miguel and more.
Evidence and Alchemist release their first official single, “Step Master,” which will be featured on the duo’s forthcoming Lord Steppington LP. The visual finds both artists out on the streets and engaging each other in a number of random competitions which include egg tossing, who can keep their hands in a bucket of ice the longest, beer chugging and more. Take a look at the humorous music video which was directed by Jason Goldwatch.
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