Freddie Gibbs keeps hanging up on me. Either the cell reception drops out or we’re interrupted by the endless stream of congratulatory calls for his new project with The Alchemist, Alfredo, released May 29. It could be Kevin Durant. It could be Mahershala Ali. When he does call me back, it’s around 2 a.m. EDT and he’s cruising through Calabasas, California in his Aston Martin en route to get some Chick-fil-A chicken nuggets for his son Freddie Jr., whom he affectionately calls Rabbit…
“I can be pretty blunt”, admits veteran US hip-hop producer Mike Dean. He’s talking specifically, in this instance, about how he deals with label A&Rs who try to interfere in his process…
Today, The Infamous, the sophomore album by Queensbridge rap duo Mobb Deep, turns 25. A milestone moment for Havoc, 45, and his late partner Prodigy. To commemorate the anniversary, Sony Music…
Hip-hop and police go together like oil and water—they don’t mix. This mistrust of law enforcement stems from the wider Black community’s decades of negative experiences with the criminal…
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