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Maad Awards ’24

What a year for California hip hop! We witnessed one of the biggest rap beefs in history, where Kendrick Lamar came, saw and conquered. By the end of the year, he dropped GNX, the album we had all been waiting for, featuring his long-anticipated collaboration with DJ Mustard, who had an exceptional year of his […]

Kendrick Lamar and Drake beef escalates

It’s been a crazy week. The rap beef between Kendrick and Drake has now officially provided fans with more diss tracks than any other beef in the history of hip hop and some very serious allegations. After Kendrick released euphoria, he dropped 6:16 in LA three days later before getting an answer from Drake, essentially […]

Kendrick Lamar goes off on Drake with Euphoria

Kendrick Lamar has dropped his awaited diss track, Euphoria, aimed at Drake, in response to Push Ups and the blasphemous Taylor Made Freestyle, where Drake uses AI voices of 2Pac and Snoop Dogg to diss Kendrick. The beef between them goes all the way back to 2013, when Kendrick playfully dissed Drake and J. Cole […]

Maad Awards ’23

Another strong year for California hip hop in the books. J. Stone released the final installment of his Definition series, 03 Greedo was released from prison and we got solid efforts from many of our favorites. Below you will find our year end awards and a playlist celebrating our favorite tracks of the year. 1 […]

Maad Awards ’22

Kendrick Lamar finally made a return in 2022 and overall it was a very strong year for California hip hop. The year was bittersweet however, as it started off with the absence of Drakeo The Ruler and later in the year we lost Young Slo-Be, just over a month after he dropped one our favorite […]

YG drops I Got Issues

YG has dropped what he calls his third studio album, I Got Issues, although it’s technically his sixth if Stay Dangerous, 4Real 4Real and My Life 4Hunnid are included. The 14 track offering features artists such as Mozzy, D3szn, J. Cole, H.E.R., Roddy Ricch and Nas and is well worth the listen.

Kendrick Lamar drops Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers

Kendrick Lamar has finally ended his hiatus and dropped his first album in five years, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, following 2017’s DAMN. The 18 track double album features artists such as Blxst, Ghostface Killah, Kodak Black and Kendrick’s cousin Baby Keem and production by Kendrick himself, Baby Keem, Sounwave, Boi-1da, Tae Beast, DJ […]

Maad Awards ’21

You could argue that 2021 was perhaps an even stranger than the year before, at least for California hiphop. We saw very few of the big names drop a project, which in return left space for some new and exciting artists to come up. Below you will find our year end awards and a playlist […]

BELLA drops Downfall video

Up and coming rapper BELLA addresses the people praying on her downfall in her latest video. The track was produced by El Lobo and the video was shot in Brooklyn.