Hailing from the dirty south Dawn Duchess swags stylishly alone in her latest music video “Lifestyle” which will be on “The Pregame” her new project expected to drop mid summer on Spinrilla. Follow her web series #TrappedintheLab to get a sneak peak of the upcoming mixtape, check out the video now & hit her on Ig @Dawn_Duchess with your feed back.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E-YA2a-mJeA
Memphis hip hop heavy weight Micheal James formally known as Miscellaneous or MIsc Da Boss is calling out fraudulent activity and brings it to light in his brand new music video “#RapThat.”The Zaytoven produced record is the lead single off his latest mixtape “F**K the Industry Reloaded” expected to be released out of Memphis in May, with features expected from Project Pat & Jaccem Smaccem. Check out the video below as well as the newly released “#BrendaBaby which is a part 2 of Tupacs infamous inner city tale “Brenda’s Got A Baby” Check it out here.
For the few that missed out Young Dro invaded the Central Illinois late March to one of Springfields most premier night spots the “Wet Bar” performing all of hits including his debut single “Shoulder Lean,” “Aint I” remix even paying respect to Yung La letting his verse play, as he warms up the crowd, then spits his verse acapella , FDB after doing a short skit about a chick that didn’t want to take a photo with him #KingPetty. Since he likes photos of course he stuck around to take photos with the fans & briefly speak with opener “Ya Boy Nic” who traveled from St.Louis for the opportunity. Check out the 7 minute recap below.
Khalid an Arabic word meaning eternal, or endless, is the name of popular African- American singer off the endlessly played hit record “Location.” The song made popular after Kylie Jenner (whose family appears to have a consistent and unique method of breaking down men) played the then uncharted record on her SnapChat.
Directed by @alex_dimarco, in the 1st 21 seconds you see an seemingly unintentional confederate flag hanging on the driver side of his Ford Mustang. Possibly unintentionally, because throughout the remainder of the video you see an American Flag either on the side of the car or on his back. The Confederate flag is, & isn’t a big deal, considering he represents the south by way of El Paso, Texas, its understandable that maybe the flag represents more then the oppression & opposition to the freedom of his fore- parents, but even so why hide it after the 1st 3 seconds. Even more so as the son of an armed forces veteran, wouldn’t representing any fallen enemies flag be disrespectful to someone who fights for our country? Either way the subliminal of the Confederate Flag mini feature puzzles me.
Further more, in the video one thing that had less video time then the Confederate flag, was any women dark as him, or of “African- American” decent, or any other origin other then European, as he parades around the dessert with the American Flag across his back, which furthers my concern for the “Location” singer, who has stated to be inspired by India Arie & Kendrick Lamar as influences.
Who is controlling Khalid? Do I honestly believe that a 19 year old African- American Urban / Pop Singer, with a hit record couldn’t find a single “Black” girl for his video? Not even a light skinned ebony woman like most hip hop artist who are afraid of darker skinned women, but found time to find, place, then edit out an entire Confederate flag. When Khalid has kids possibly daughters & they (who will be at least partially African- American because he is) don’t see woman who reflect their potential likeliness, in the video that made their father famous, will they feel inadequate to the images in their father’s 1st video?
Who’s controlling Khalid? Is there a power steering the hip hop influenced African- American singer, away from from the mirror, is this what the “American Teen” singer have to do in order to be successful, or does Khalid just not find black women, urban culture, and history cool any more now that he has money? We all love the song but be sure to follow the brother as he may be trying to “Get Out.”
#PrayforKhalid
Emerging New Orleans rapper Shorty receives major cosigns from from 504 hip hop legends Kidd Kidd & Juvenile in his newest video “I Might.” The video couldn’t have come at a better time with Kidd Kidd releasing his new project “Peanut From Mazant” mid February, Juvenile reuniting with the “Hot Boys” , & Shorty enjoying his own wave. Check it out below
PRE artist Jay Fizzle dropped the visuals for “Mo Money” the latest single off the street project “Life of a Lil Gangsta” with features from Pee Wee Long Way, Bigga Rankin, Young Dolph, plus others download the project now, click here. Check out the video below which features label mate Key Glock, goons, & his new chopper of course.
Jaccem Smaccem drops the visuals for his self inspired theme song “Smacc Talk” directed by Maine Maine. Watch & listen as Jaccem speaks on the streets, sheets, & the music. Watch it below.
Grand Hustle artist Young Dro & more will be in Springfield, Illinois March 25th at the Wet Bar, performing all of his hits,”We Be in the City,” “FDB.”& more. Tickets available online here. Also performing is 2017 XXL candidate & OTF artist Hypno Carlito, Platinum writing duo & hip hop group Da Twin Towerz, plus your BetasBlock.com openers Ca$h & N.I.C doors open at 7p. For more info on this concert or to reserve your booth, perform or more text 3146296404.
May 20th at the Height Hookah Lounge in East Memphis, Damo Ent, Whobeta, & the Midwest Connectz will be giving $1000 to the most deserving artist. Winner(s) will be chosen based of image, quality, stage management, & song likability, among other things. This will be the trio’s 3rd $1000 Showcase in the South following up the Nov. 5th event in which Stringz from St.Louis & Brave Musiq of Jackson, Tenn took home the nights top prize click here for more on that. For more info on how you can compete to be the next Midsouth Best Winner text 3146296404.
Atlanta police & media have released footage leading up to the murder of up & coming rapper Bank Roll Fresh outside of Street Execs Recording Studio. Where he & others around him were holding guns. No one has been arrested in his murder because of possible self defense claims.
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