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 […]
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 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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Nipsey Hussle has been selected to receive a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 2022. This achievement is bittersweet as Neighborhood Nip will now be the only recording academy member in history to receive his star posthumously.
We are sad to report that Shock G of Digital Underground has passed away at 57. Digital Underground’s The Humpty Dance, where Shock G raps as his alter ego Humpty Hump, was the group’s most successful single and remains one of the most sampled hip hop songs in history. Shock G played a pivotal role […]
According to Chart Data, Kendrick Lamar’s DAMN album has spent 200 consecutive weeks on Billboard 200. The Compton native already holds the records for the longest charting hip hop album of all time, with his good kid, m.A.A.d. city album, which is still on Billboard 200 after 433 consecutive weeks.
We regret to report that Ketchy the Great of the Stinc Team has passed away. The up-and-coming rapper was struck by a vehicle and succumbed to his injuries. Social media rumours had suggested that he had been shot, which is completely false. This was confirmed by Drakeo the Ruler earlier today. We send our condolences […]
