Genre: Hip-Hop
Im Just a dude out there thats cool to get to know chillax and just real cool foreal i just love different types of musik like allll kinds and i mean that. when i hear a beat i can just feel it the love the sad the good the soul i can just feel it whether you get crunk wit it or jus chill bak listenin to it or make u feel sad or wana cry musik... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Philadelphian rapper Beanie Sigel had a rapidly rising career, beginning with his appearance on one of underground rapper/producer DJ Clue's mix tapes, to his cameos on Jay-Z's Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life, to a consequent solo deal with Roc-A-Fella Records. His distinctive, slightly drawling delivery and his clever but hard-hitting rhymes were... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 00s
Tattooed with pictures of AK-47s, Miami's six-foot, 300-pound rap figure known as Rick Ross embraced his city's reputation for drug trafficking on his debut single, "Hustlin'," in 2006. While Atlanta and Houston artists were establishing their cities as Southern strongholds, Ross aimed at putting Miami back in rap's national spotlight. Ross,... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Sheek Louch united with childhood friends Jadakiss and Styles to form LOX, and the trio in turn signed with Bad Boy in the late '90s. LOX appeared on numerous Bad Boy-affiliated songs as guests and even released an album of their own, Money, Power & Respect (1998), which yielded a hit single of the same name. LOX left Bad Boy soon afterward to... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
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With the independent success of his highly anticipated debut album 'The Wrap', Kaliber has hit the studio to begin preparation for his sophomore release currently titled 'Diamond In The Rough'. Working with his same team of producers as well as with the growing buzz he has...
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Genre: Hip-Hop
Make way Ketruth is coming in establishing a name for herself. With City Rhymes UK talent DVD under her belt her forthcoming release City Rhymes 2 NY to London edition is guaranteed to get this creative one noticed. Her new Mixtape Let Me Be is also set to bring her voice to the attention of those who had no idea the 5 6’ slender one had... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
JAY-RYDE
Young Jay-Ryde hails from the city streets of North Side, Saint Louis. With only a mother and three brothers half his life, he was raised on hard times and struggles just to get by in everyday life. In St. Louis when the streets call it is so hard not to answer, but rap became Jay-Ryde savior. Jay-Ryde started his rapping career at...
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Genre: Hip-Hop
THIS IS THE OFFICAL LAUNCH OF A.M.P ENTERTAINMENT. FOUNDED BY ARTIST CASH DNIRO AND LIFELONG FRIEND AND BUSINESS PARTNER ERIK EJ EL PRESIDENTE JAMISON. WE AT A.M.P ARE DEDICATED TO BRINGING QUALITY MUSIC TO THE STREETS AND THE NET. REPPING SLUG CENTRAL LOS ANGELES CASH DNIRO IS THE VOICE OF THE SLUMS AND A SPOKESMAN FOR THE HAVE NOTS OF THE... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Philadelphian rapper Beanie Sigel had a rapidly rising career, beginning with his appearance on one of underground rapper/producer DJ Clue's mix tapes, to his cameos on Jay-Z's Vol. 2: Hard Knock Life, to a consequent solo deal with Roc-A-Fella Records. His distinctive, slightly drawling delivery and his clever but hard-hitting rhymes were... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Writer, Producer, and Artist is how you would describe the 30 year old Cleveland OH resident. Destined to be a force in the music industry, Calibur, whose real name is Maurice Penn, has been carving out his path for success for the last ten years. Throughout those years, he has produced hundreds of songs, written for several different artist... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Rapper Cam'ron was born and raised in Harlem, attending Manhattan Center High School, where one of his basketball teammates was Mason "Mase" Betha, who also became a successful rapper. Though his playing earned him scholarship offers from top colleges, Cam'ron was unable to take advantage of them because of his poor academic record, and he... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Hailing from Virginia, Clipse -- brothers Pusha T and Malice -- were one of the rare first artists to associate with the Neptunes. The Neptunes' Pharrell Williams first met the duo in the early '90s, was very impressed by their talents, and decided to help them get a gig. Hooking them up with the Elektra label, an early single flopped and the... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Following the deaths of Tupac Shakur and the Notorious B.I.G., DMX took over as the reigning, undisputed king of hardcore rap. He was that rare commodity: a commercial powerhouse with artistic and street credibility to spare. His rapid ascent to stardom was actually almost a decade in the making, which gave him a chance to develop the theatrical... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
As the flagship artist for producer Irv Gotti's Def Jam-affiliated Murder Inc. label, Ja Rule became the rap industry's most commercially successful artist during the early 2000s, working closely with the hitmaker and his stable of talent. Ja initially won over a sizable following with Venni Vetti Vecci (1999), his rather hardcore debut album... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
To the admiration of a generation, Jay-Z led an incredibly storied career in the rap industry, pulling himself up by his bootstraps as a youth to one day become the reigning rapper of New York City and then a major-label executive following his retirement from music-making. More than anyone, Jay-Z embodied the ultimate rags-to-riches rap dream,... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
One-half of the Queens hardcore rap duo Capone-N-Noreaga, Victor "Noreaga" Santiago met Kiam "Capone" Holley in 1992 while both were serving prison sentences. Signed to Penalty Records in 1996, the pair released a hard-hitting debut (The War Report) in June 1997, but after Holley was thrown back in jail on a parole violation, Santiago began... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
Sheek Louch united with childhood friends Jadakiss and Styles to form LOX, and the trio in turn signed with Bad Boy in the late '90s. LOX appeared on numerous Bad Boy-affiliated songs as guests and even released an album of their own, Money, Power & Respect (1998), which yielded a hit single of the same name. LOX left Bad Boy soon afterward to... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 90s, 00s
For years known primarily because of his membership in the L.O.X., Styles broke away from his groupmates in 2002 with his debut solo album and its hit single, "Good Times." Up until the album's release, Styles may have not been well-known on his own yet was certainly no stranger to success. He united with childhood friends Jadakiss and Sheek to... [+] Read More
Genre: Hip-Hop
Decades Active: 00s
Young Gunz began as just two of the numerous rappers in Roc-a-Fella's State Property collective, yet all it took was one runaway hit, "Can't Stop, Won't Stop," to distance them from the pack and elevate them into the spotlight. The Philadelphia duo -- Young Chris (born Chris Ries) and Neef (born Hanif Muhammad) -- debuted with brief appearances... [+] Read More