San Diego’s Young Lyxx hops on a track with Grustle Gang’s Rolls Royce Rizzy and Lil Scrappy, for a record off RRR’s upcoming God Got Me mixtape, dropping September 11th. The new project will be hosted by DJ Smallz and DJ Era. "On Site"– Download. Run That Back: Young Lyxx — “Hella Active” (Video).
Backyard Brains is a company that uses hands-on experiments to teach concepts in neuroscience. They along with marine biologists at Woods Hole, MA recently conducted an experiment which showed how squid physically react when exposed to hip hop music. Squid are gifted with the ability to camoflage, which they use to blend into (or stand…
Kosmic Kickz Rare & Exclusive Sneakers’s annual Back To School sale is going on now. The boutique receives dope new items often so be sure to stop by the store regularly to see what’s fresh. Nanci O Is Hip Hop T shirts can also be purchased at Kosmic Kickz as well as the in the online store.…
Off of Righchus’ Black Cradles, which made my The Top 5 Carolina Hip Hop & R&B Releases Of 2012…….So Far list. The album is definitely worth checking out. "Stroker’s Row" is produced by Max Berry. The video is directed by Taylor Engel, who also created the visual effects. Very dope! Check it out after the jump.…
Congratulations to NJ/NC’s Felony Fame for recently winning Ice Cube and Coors Light ‘Search For The Coldest’ competition. Y’all can catch Felony Fame hitting the stage at A3C in October. Check out Felony Fame’s video for "Cruel Intentions" after the jump! There’s also some BTS footage from his winning performance at the Coors Light event.…
Y’all may remember Queens producer DB2 and Uptown rapper Najee The 1 from their big feature on Jay-Z’s lifestyle website earlier this year. At that time Life + Times was documenting the duo’s work on their not yet released Settle For Greatness EP. Well Settle For Greatness is out now and "Elevated" is featured on…
Columbia, SC’s Sadie Hawkins made another appearance on MTV’s RapFix Live with Sway, this time to appear on the "Get In The Game" segment. Benzino and Memphis Bleek were in the studio at the same time, so they checked out her "Microphone Checka" video and then gave her feedback on the track plus advice on…
Las Vegas’ Sam King aka SK4MC always has the best visuals to accompany his tracks. In the latest, he cyphers with himself (not a typo) and introduces viewers to his four alter egos: 1st verse SK4MC, 2nd verse NBD, 3rd verse Samuel and 4th verse 4000. SK4MC will be releasing a new mixtape, F.A.L.L., later…
Shout out to JSwiss. This track right here is knockin’. It’s produced by Durham, NC’s K. Hill and off JSwiss’ Out of State Intuition 2: Leave Me A Loan mixtape. That title is a clever play on words, as JSwiss is a NYC native and also rising junior at UNC-Chapel Hill. He now has a…