Lee Chae-rin, better known as her stage name CL, is a South Korean singer-songwriter and rapper from Seoul. She spent a majority of her life living in Japan and France and was a member of the girl group 2NE1 until it disbanded and she went solo. CL earned her start auditioning with YG Entertainment and worked on songs with Big... read full bio
Myke Towers is a Puerto Rican rapper, singer and composer from Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico. Towers rose to fame after the release of his debut single, “Amor Juvenil”. This led to him releasing his debut studio album, “El Final del Principio” which peaked at number 12 on the US Latin Rhythm charts. It wasn’t a few more years till Towers... read full bio
Matthew Burdette, better known as his stage name Blxst, is an American rapper, singer-songwriter and record producer from Los Angeles, California. Blxst grew up in Los Angeles and began rapping and producing his own music after graduating from high school. He went on to start his own hip-hop collective, TIU Muzic, which led him to gain more experience in the... read full bio
Don Toliver first gained a massive amount of notoriety for the songs “No Idea” and “After Party”, which were both on his very first album “Heaven or Hell”, released in 2020. He is equal parts RnB and Trap, or what some would call “Trap-n-B.” Hailing from Houston, Don grew up listening to massive Texas talents like Big Mo and Mike... read full bio
Puerto Rican-American duo The Martinez Brothers (consisting of Chris Martinez and Steven Martinez who are, of course, brothers) who have held residencies at clubs in Ibiza and have performed around the world. They’re known for their remixes, especially. According to Mixmag, The Martinez Brothers were DJ’s of the Year in 2014. The magazine said that “no other DJ or DJ... read full bio
A global musical movement has already been defined by Diamanté Anthony Blackmon. But now he's back at it: the artist also known as Carnage is back with a new house music alias called Gordo. More than that, it represents for Diamante a new way of thinking and living. Blackmon has a new outlook on life that he is putting into practice through Gordo... read full bio
DeMario DeWayne White Jr. is an American rapper known professionally as Moneybagg Yo. The rapper signed to Yo Gotti's record label, Collective Music Group in a joint venture deal with Interscope Records. “Federal 3X” and “2 Heartless” both debuted at number 5 and number 16 on the Billboard 200, respectively. “Time Served” debuted at the number 3 spot on the... read full bio
Rapper Yo Gotti is also the President and CEO of record label Collective Music Group. The label's first official release was Yo Gotti's sixth studio album I Am. This Memphis-based artist has been running the Southern underground scene with an iron fist. Every one of Yo Gotti's most recent four albums have emerged on three Billboard charts: Billboard 200, Top... read full bio
"ScHoolboy Q is an American hip hop recording artist from South Central Los Angeles, California. In 2009, he signed to Carson-based independent record label Top Dawg Entertainment (TDE) and in late 2011, secured a recording contract with major label Interscope Records. Hanley is also a member of West Coast hip hop group Black Hippy, alongside his label-mates and fellow California-based... read full bio
Method Man is an American rapper, songwriter, record producer, and actor, who is best known for his rise to fame performing as a member of the hip-hop collective, Wu-Tang Clan and for performing as one-half of the hip-hop duo, Method Man & Redman. Method Man was born in Hempstead, New York, and became friends with Remedy, another member of the... read full bio
You’ve definitely heard of Mase, a highly successful rapper with a career spanning three decades. Born Mason Durell Betha, Mase spent the majority of his childhood in Harlem, New York, a neighborhood that would share a namesake with the rapper’s immensely successful, quadruple platinum album Harlem World. It was in Harlem – with his fraternal twin sister Stason, two other... read full bio
Rick Ross is an American hip-hop artist, rapper, entrepreneur and record executive who is also known as The Boss, and Rozay. He is founder of the record label Maybach Music Group. Ross has released 10 studio albums with his debut album, “Port of Miami” reaching RIAA certified Platinum and three more of which, “Trilla”, “Teflon Don” and “God Forgives, I... read full bio
Bell Biv DeVoe, also known as BBD, is an American R&B group that was formed from members of New Edition and consists of Ricky Bell, Michael Bivins and Ronnie DeVoe. The group is best known for their single “Poison” that was released in the early 90’s and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard US charts and reached US certified... read full bio
"Hard Core", Lil' Kim's debut album on Undead/Big Beat/Atlantic, was the one that got her most noticed by the public early on in her career, but she has since blown up in a very big way. Kim fashioned "Hard Core" as an exotic black-light soundtrack that smashes through the constraints of uncut funk and banned profanity. This is comparable to the experience... read full bio
Cypress Hill's Skull & Bones, the group's first full-length studio album since the worldwide million-selling IV, is in stores now from Columbia Records. Released on April 30, 2000, Skull & Bones debuted at #5 on the Billboard 200 Album chart and has, according to SoundScan, already sold a quarter-of-a-million copies, driven, in part, by the success of (Rock) Superstar and... read full bio
Grammy-nominated rapper Wiz Khalifia began to produce and record his own albums at the young age of twelve. Wiz released his first mixtape, Prince of the City: Welcome to Pitsolvania, which brought so much success outside of Pittsburgh, he was able to release his first commercial album, Show and Prove. Wiz went on to release three highly acclaimed mixtapes, “Flight... read full bio
Ja Rule began his career in the group Cash Money Click. A few years later he released his debut solo album Venni Vetti Vecci, which was certified Platinum in the US and sold over two million copied worldwide. It charted No. 1 on the US R&B charts and No. 3 on the overall US charts. His next album Rule 3:36... read full bio
Too Short was born in LA. His first step into music was when he was appointed the drummer in the school marching band. He was living with his family in East Oakland, and ""the studio"" was his bedroom, where short and his old-school partner Freddy B AKA Fred Benz, started making rap music history by pioneering a totally unique way... read full bio
Ranked by The Source as one of the Top 50 Lyricists of All Time and by About.com as the No. 10 Greatest MC of Our Time, Scarface is a successful rapper and recording artist. He is one of the former rappers of the Geto Boys, and has recorded solo albums like Mr. Scarface is Back, The Diary, and The World... read full bio
Aloe Blacc is an American musician, singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer and philanthropist from Laguna Hills, California. He is best known for writing and singing on Avicii’s single “Wake Me Up”, which charted in 22 different countries. He’s also known for his own singles “The Man”, “Loving You Is Killing Me” and “I Need a Dollar” as well as for performing... read full bio
