Rich Chigga, Desiigner, and Copy-Paste Hip-Hop
Desiigner's 'Panda' recently hit #1 on the Hot 100 chart.
Rich Chigga has amassed 2.5 million views in two months with 'Dat Stick'.
And mainstream hip-hop...
CL’s American Debut and Black Culture
With 5 million views in a week on her newest music video 'Lifted', K-Pop star CL is striving to make her way into the U.S. market....
The Term “Rapper” Sucks. Hip-Hop Needs Subgenres
"Rapper," a monolithic term
People feel threatened by hip-hop's latest rising stars because we don't have the language to explain how all these different artists are...
Travis Scott’s ‘Don’t Play’ Video is a Young Black American Male Dream
UPDATE (11/4/2019): Not sure how I missed this story about Scott's first childhood memories being in Houston's South Park living with his grandma. He...
Rich Chigga Is Back With Another One
We can say Rich Chigga is a poser. Fake as fuck. Awkward in his attempts at flexing, and disingenuous in his attempts at being...
Murda Beatz Piped Up in Fort Erie
When you think of the sound that has Atlanta going crazy, you think of some people. Probably Black people...from Atlanta. Makes sense right?
This is...
21 Savage And The Marketability of Dark Hip-Hop Artists
"My Choppa Hate Niggas" by Metro Boomin and 21 Savage, a relatively deep cut off of Metro Boomin's 2017 project Without Warning, peaked at #73 on...
Music Can’t Heal A Dishonest Artist
Read 'I Want To Support XXXTentacion, But Should I?' here.
Making music can change an artist for the better. Music got Jay Z into clean-money entrepreneurship. Jay...
Soulja Boy Is Worth Way More Than Future (Updated 2019)
Money is the root of all evil.
Money, in a capitalist society, is also the best way to measure how much someone's contribution to the...
A Thought: Asian Americans Can’t Rock Out
Name one Asian American musician in a major scene or subgenre in American music.
This prompt on its own warrants some pushback against what my...