Game deemed him “the heir to the Black Wall dynasty” and that’s not far from the truth. With the BWS crew artists all doing their own solo things, Juice has to be one of the most known and hardest working. He began his American Me campaign with DJ Ill Will and DJ Rockstar in March [...]

A year ago, Lo-Keys was just another white rapper figuring out how to get himself noticed. He reps that First In Flight crew that Rain started. Over the course of 2010, he put out five mixtapes, one album and 24 videos.

Either family in this game can be very helpful or leave you to do your own thing. The latter is the way that Questlove told his cousin, Young Gliss. The Philly native has been doing exactly what his uncle wanted him to do and that’s build his own career.

With the R&B generation of yesterday slowly winding down, who is going to hold the torch for the next gen? Jason Caesar can easily be that guy. First getting a big break on Gucci’s The State Vs. Radric Davis on “I Think I’m In Love” for the hook, Jason has been under the Black Shield [...]

Producer, song writer and an extraordinary singer is what you get with Bei Maejor. The Jive signed youngin’ has been getting his work in for a few years under the radar with song writing and producing. 2010 was the first year he really distanced himself from that and branded his sound as an artist.

“Now picture this…you met a chick, you didn’t know her name so you first called her bitch…around the homies when the case brought up…” The beginning of one of the best Seattle records of 2010 by Hall Of Justus affiliated J. Pinder. It came off his Code Red EP along with a couple more hit [...]

How many artists did DJ Kay Slay co-sign last year? Here’s a hint: less than five. So, for Flint, Michigan native Jon Connor it’s been a great honor to be supported by him (put on his tapes, upcoming album, radio show)  and appear on his show twice. First with GLC and Big Sean and another [...]

Masspike Miles had a good year. Just ask the many artists who he lent his vocals to how they feel about their records now. It’s hard to deny that Super Fly wasn’t a good project if you took the time to check it out. DJ Drama and DJ Sense had the faith in him since [...]

Riiiiightttt! When you hear that, you know Smoke Dza is on the track. It’s taken half a decade but the world has finally caught on to the talents of the Harlem native. Putting out Substance Abuse in 2009 with stellar features and production was the beginning of his slow wind to buzzing level.

When your boss knows you have talent and can give you the extra push to make it big, how could you pass that up? This is exactly what DJ Ill Will did with L.A. native Kid Ink. Being the first artist signed to Tha Alumni (Ill’s label), Kid was graced with a ton of opportunities [...]