Read the whole thing at Salon; excerpt below.
Student loan debt, which at over $1 trillion tops credit card debt in the U.S. today. The average burden is $28,000, but add in their credit cards and they’re graduating with an average of $35,000 in debt. It’s no wonder that people who’ve paid off their student loan debt are 36 percent more likely to own homes than those who haven’t,
Boost Mobile takes us behind the scenes of the impromptu Meet & Greet by 2 Chainz in L.A. after he won the ASCAP award for “Songwriter of the year”. DJ Skee talks to 2 Chainz about his motivations, inspirations and what it was like trying to “Be Heard” early on in his career.
Wise Up Ghost looks to be done, and ?uestlove decided he would let the world see what we can expect from his band’s collaborative project with Elvis Costello. What do you think?
Guess What Just Got Mastered Kids? The New #WiseUpGhost by Elvis Costello & The Roots. Gotta say this sounds incredible!
VladTV interviews the Migos. Topics included how they first met, Gucci Mane and their manager “Coach K”.
According to TMZ, two warrants have been issued for Suge Knight’s arrest, both stemming from driving on a suspended license.
A new track from Alexandria’s Sheed Lucci featuring Carter Terentino and produced by Dougie Beatz. Expect some more new music from Sheed soon.
The below song is the first of a 3-track collaboration between Daniel Merriweather and Wordlife. Dope.
Jose Guapo drops off the a new visual for his record off Lingo, at the same time announcing his new project, titled Jose’s World Pt. 2, coming soon.
Wiz speaks on the name of his upcoming album to Mikey Fresh at the BET Awards. Courtesy of VIBE TV.
Mikey Fresh speaks to J. Cole on the red carpet of last night’s BET Awards….courtesy of VIBE TV.
Immediately learning classic Hip-Hop history in Combat Jack’s latest interview with Premo. Among the topics discussed: B.I.G.’s ‘Ten Crack Commandments’ was originally for Angie Martinez’ Hot 97 radio show and included raps from Jeru The Damaja.
MYF Warhurst sits down with Beyoncé to speak about the upcoming release of the movie “Epic” in Australia.
On JukeBOX:DC’s second podcast, we talked about the BET Awards, DC artists making connections outside of the area, Grime and more. Stream below and let us know what you think.
Nike Nando releases his first single with Robbie Celeste off his upcoming project World is Yours set to drop later this year. This record is a smash.
Freddie Gibbs drops off a visual in support of his new album E$GN which is in stores now. You can pick up the album right here.
Joey Bada$$ drops off his free album as promised. Summer Knights includes features from CJ Fly, Kirk Knight, Dirty Sanchez, Nyck Caution, Rokamouth, Chuck Strangers and more. Production is from Statik Selektah, The Alchemist, Lee Bannon, DOOM and more. Tracklist and download link below.
At first, RIAA appeared to not honor the early million-unit sale of Magna Carta Holy Grail, as it was done 30 days prior to it’s release (supposedly giving it platinum status); however, RIAA has changed their outlook and has decided to grant Jay-Z with another platinum selling album.
“We think it’s time for the RIAA – and Gelfand, Rennert & Feldman – to align digital song and album certification requirements. That’s why today we are officially updating this rule in our G&P Program requirements”
“The reality is that how fans consume music is changing, the music business is changing as labels and artist partner with a breathtaking array of new technology services, and the industry’s premier award recognizing artists’ commercial achievement should similarly keep pace.”
To check out the full release of information about the new rules regarding the RIAA, click here.
Lawless Inc. artist Katie Got Bandz drops off her latest mixtape, titled Drillary Clinton. Stream, tracklist and download link is available below.
New visual from Colours, courtesy of Rap City TV.
Taken from Mayhem’s ItsPeaKuM, out now.
We now get a brand new mixtape — 10 tracks of pure Grime — from veteran Flirta D for free download (below).
Download: Flirta D – Ma Ma Magic Music (Mixtape)
Ne-Yo wanted to let his fans know that he has ended his relationship with his girlfriend (and mother of his children) Monyetta Shaw. Who knows what happened….I’d imagine we’ll hear more about it in a future interview.
Interesting fact: this music video was shot entirely with the Nokia Lumia 925 (shameless plug). You can check out more from Finland’s Koobra here.
