Do a search for "trap" on SoundCloud and you'll find more than 500 tracks uploaded with the tag in the last three days. What's interesting, though, are the labels that show up with the most frequency…   Read Story »

Chicago's teenage rap phenomenon Chief Keef hooks up with like-minded DC rapper Fat Trel for "Russian Roulette," a track produced by go-to street rap producer Lex Luger. It sounds pretty much exactly…   Read Story »

Last year, I interviewed Odd Future livewire Hodgy Beats and asked him about Odd Future's since-relaxed policy about refusing to work with most outside collaborators. Hodgy said, "I'm not hating or…   Read Story »

Giggs is the UK rapper whose gigs have become nearly impossible to catch on account of how interesting the UK police find his extra-curricular activities. As it goes, copious references to gangsta…   Read Story »

Spoiler: the title stands for "hard as a motherfucker." The producer, Lex Luger, also produced My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy's bonus track "See Me Now" and much of Waka Flocka Flame's Flockaveli.…   Read Story »