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Lil Bibby
Brandon George Dickinson (born July 18, 1994), better known by his stage name Lil Bibby, is an American rapper, singer, record executive. Beginning his career in 2011, Bibby released his debut mixtape, '' Free Crack'' in 2013. It was followed by two sequels—'' Free Crack 2'' (2014) and '' Free Crack 3'' (2015)—until he signed with Dr. Luke's Kemosabe Records, an imprint of RCA Records; however, he released no studio albums under the label. By 2017, he founded and shifted focus onto expanding his record label, Grade A Productions. The label has signed commercially successful acts such as fellow Chicago native, late rapper and singer Juice Wrld, as well as Australian rapper and singer the Kid Laroi. Career 2011–2013: Career beginnings and debut mixtape In 2013, Lil Bibby released his debut mixtape, '' Free Crack''. '' Vice'' stated that the mixtape was apparent in both rappers' influences. The mixtape features guest appearances from fellow Chicagoans Lil Herb and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Free Crack 2
''Free Crack 2'' is the second mixtape by American rapper Lil Bibby. It was released on August 29, 2014. The mixtape is hosted by DJ Drama. Background ''Free Crack 2'' is the second mixtape of the ''Free Crack'' series, following Bibby's debut mixtape ''Free Crack''. The mixtape features guest appearances from Lil Herb, Kevin Gates, Wiz Khalifa, T.I., and Juicy J. The production was handled by DJ L, Black Metaphor, and Sonny Digital, among others. Singles ''Free Crack 2'' was supported by one single, "Dead or In Prison". The music video for "We Are Strong", featuring Kevin Gates, was released on October 27, 2014. The music video for "Dead or in Prison" was released on January 19, 2015. On April 9, 2015, the music video for "Boy" featuring T.I was released. Critical response Upon its release, ''Free Crack 2'' received generally positive reviews from critics. XXL magazine awarded the mixtape an XL, praising the mixtape's authenticity, catchy hooks and production, while also ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
XXL (magazine)
''XXL'' is an American hip hop magazine, published by Townsquare Media, founded in 1997. History In August 1997, Harris Publications released the first issue of ''XXL''. It featured rappers Jay-Z and Master P on a double cover. In December 2006, ''XXL'' took over the struggling hip-hop producer and DJ magazine '' Scratch'' (another publication owned by Harris Publications), re-branding it as ''XXL Presents Scratch Magazine''. However ''Scratch'' shut down less than a year later in September 2007. Other titles with limited runs have been launched under the ''XXL'' brand, including ''Hip-Hop Soul'', ''Eye Candy'' and '' Shade 45''. ''XXL'' has released many other special projects including tour programs, mixtapes and exclusive DVDs. ''XXL'' also maintains a popular website, which provides daily hip hop news, original content and content from the magazine. In 2014, Townsquare Media acquired ''XXL'', ''King'' and ''Antenna'' from Harris Publications. On October 14, 2014, Townsq ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vice (magazine)
''Vice'' (stylized in all caps) is a Canadian-American magazine focused on lifestyle, arts, culture, and news/politics. It was founded in 1994 in Montreal as an alternative punk magazine, and its founders later launched the youth media company Vice Media, which consists of divisions including the printed magazine as well as a website, broadcast news unit, a film production company, a record label, and a publishing imprint. As of February 2015, the magazine's editor-in-chief is Ellis Jones. On 15 May 2023, Vice Media formally filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, as part of a possible sale to a consortium of lenders including Fortress Investment Group, which will, alongside Soros Fund Management and Monroe Capital, invest $225 million as a credit bid for nearly all of its assets. In February 2024, CEO Bruce Dixon announced additional layoffs and that the website Vice.com will no longer publish content. The print magazine returned in September 2024. History The precursor to ''Vice ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Billboard (magazine)
''Billboard'' (stylized in letter case, lowercase since 2013) is an American music and entertainment magazine published weekly by Penske Media Corporation. The magazine provides music charts, news, video, opinion, reviews, events and styles related to the music industry. Its Billboard charts, music charts include the Billboard Hot 100, Hot 100, the Billboard 200, 200, and the Billboard Global 200, Global 200, tracking the most popular albums and songs in various music genres. It also hosts events, owns a publishing firm and operates several television shows. ''Billboard'' was founded in 1894 by William Donaldson and James Hennegan as a trade publication for bill posters. Donaldson acquired Hennegan's interest in 1900 for $500. In the early years of the 20th century, it covered the entertainment industry, such as circuses, fairs and burlesque shows, and also created a mail service for travelling entertainers. ''Billboard'' began focusing more on the music industry as the jukebox ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WQHT
WQHT (97.1 FM broadcasting, FM, ''Hot 97'') is a commercial radio station, licensed to New York, New York, which broadcasts an urban contemporary music format. The station is owned by Mediaco Holding, a subsidiary of the Standard General hedge fund. WQHT's studios are located in the Hudson Square neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, and its transmitter is located at the Empire State Building. History WQHT began as an experimental station, W2XWG, licensed to the National Broadcasting Company (NBC) and located at the Empire State Building in New York City. W2XWG started operations in April 1939, initially as an Apex (radio band), "Apex" station, used for determining the coverage area of transmitting frequencies higher than those used by the standard AM broadcast band."NBC New York FM Station to go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City
New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive with a respective county. The city is the geographical and demographic center of both the Northeast megalopolis and the New York metropolitan area, the largest metropolitan area in the United States by both population and urban area. New York is a global center of finance and commerce, culture, technology, entertainment and media, academics, and scientific output, the arts and fashion, and, as home to the headquarters of the United Nations, international diplomacy. With an estimated population in 2024 of 8,478,072 distributed over , the city is the most densely populated major city in the United States. New York City has more than double the population of Los Angeles, the nation's second-most populous city. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sway Calloway
Jonathan Ahmad Calloway (born July 3, 1971), known as Sway, is an American radio personality, journalist and former rapper known for hosting music, news, and culture programming. He was an on-air reporter and host for MTV News and occasional non-news hosting, including numerous red carpet MTV award pre-shows, and reports on major events, concluding his tenure with the network as host of the short-lived '' TRLAM''. He is co-hosting the nationally syndicated radio show ''The Wake Up Show'' as one half of the duo Sway & King Tech; and hosting ''Sway in the Morning'' on SiriusXM Shade45. Early career As a teenager growing up in Oakland, California, Sway became a locally known rapper and b-boy performing on San Francisco's Pier 39. He teamed up with DJ King Tech after high school and the duo performed at various San Francisco Bay Area clubs. They also released independent albums. A major label record deal with Giant Records followed. The resulting album, ''Concrete Jungle'' in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Extended Play
An extended play (EP) is a Sound recording and reproduction, musical recording that contains more tracks than a Single (music), single but fewer than an album. Contemporary EPs generally contain up to eight tracks and have a playing time of 15 to 30 minutes. An EP is usually less cohesive than an album and more "non-committal". An extended play (EP) originally referred to a specific type of 45 revolutions per minute, rpm phonograph record other than 78 rpm standard play (SP) and 33 rpm LP record, long play (LP), but , also applies to mid-length Compact disc, CDs and Music download, downloads. EPs are considered "less expensive and less time-consuming" for an artist to produce than an album, and have long been popular with punk and indie bands. In K-pop and J-pop, they are usually referred to as Mini-LP, mini-albums. Background History EPs were released in various sizes in different eras. The earliest multi-track records, issued around 1919 by Grey Gull Records, were Vertic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Music Video
A music video is a video that integrates a song or an album with imagery that is produced for promotion (marketing), promotional or musical artistic purposes. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a music marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings. These videos are typically shown on music television and on streaming video sites like YouTube, or more rarely shown theatrically. They can be commercially issued on home video, either as video albums or video singles. The format has been described by various terms including "illustrated song", "filmed insert", "promotional (promo) film", "promotional clip", "promotional video", "song video", "song clip", "film clip", "video clip", or simply "video". While musical short, musical short films were popular as soon as recorded sound was introduced to theatrical film screenings in the 1920s, the music video rose to prominence in the 1980s when American TV channel MTV based its format around the medium. Mus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Olympicks
The Olympicks is an American hip-hop record production and songwriting group that was formed in 2009, and is currently composed of members J-Fab and Knoxville. The group originated in Detroit, Michigan and have been involved in the production of various projects within the hip-hop music industry, including Lil Wayne's ''I Am Not a Human Being'', Rick Ross' ''Teflon Don'', Triple C's '' Custom Cars & Cycles'', DJ Khaled's '' Kiss The Ring'', and Big Sean's ''Detroit'' mixtape. History In the mid-2000s, each member of the collective had established himself as part of Michigan's independent music scene. Knoxville and J-Fab gained national recognition following the success of Jim Jones’ ''Summer Wit’ Miami'' - produced by Knoxville. J-Fab was selected to produce on former Shady Records artist Stat Quo's debut album, '' Statlanta''. The goal of The Olympicks’ partnership was to create a “one-stop shop” that could cater to the production needs of any artist or project based on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Chop
Tyree Lamar Pittman (born November 14, 1993), better known by his stage name Young Chop, is an American record producer, rapper, and songwriter. He is best known for producing drill hip hop music, and for producing many of Chief Keef's early hits, including "I Don't Like", " Love Sosa", and "3Hunna". Life and career Pittman grew up in the South Side of Chicago, Illinois. Pittman started making beats when he was 11 years old with the help of his cousin, although he was initially a rapper.Off the Record: Young Chop YouTube.com He met on Facebook and went on to produce many of his songs. Chief Keef's '' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hit-Boy
Chauncey Alexander Hollis Jr. (born May 21, 1987), known professionally as Hit-Boy, is an American rapper, singer, songwriter, and record producer. He first signed with fellow producer Polow da Don in 2007 as in-house production staff for his label Zone 4, and later signed with Kanye West's GOOD Music in 2011 to serve a similar role. He first gained major recognition for his work on Lil Wayne's 2009 single " Drop the World", which entered the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 at number 18. The following year, he produced West and Jay-Z's 2011 single " Niggas in Paris", which peaked at number five on the chart and received diamond certification by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). Throughout the remaining decade, he received credits on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100-top 50 singles "Trophies" by Drake, " Clique" by GOOD Music, " Sorry" by Beyoncé, and his first to peak the chart: " Sicko Mode" by Travis Scott, among other commercially successful productions. He pursued a ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
