The Genealogy of Rap Rivalries, 2023 – 2025
The Genealogy of Rap Rivalries, 2023 – 2025
Untangling hip-hop’s current family feud
When Jim Jones cracked that “they don’t play Pusha T outside” in early 2023, the throwaway jab tugged an...
From Corner Store to Community Co-op: How Nipsey Hussle Flipped the Script on Black Wealth
Before venture capitalists ever walked down Crenshaw, Ermias “Nipsey Hussle” Asghedom was already raising the equity he needed—right on the block that raised him. The late rapper didn’t just rap about ...
15 Hip-Hop Political Lyrics That Foreshadowed Today’s Politics
Hip-hop political lyrics have always doubled as the community’s newsroom. Public Enemy’s Chuck D famously dubbed rap “the CNN of the ghetto,” because the best MCs broadcast breaking news from the blo...
Saba Debuts Beautifully Fun & Sunny New Video, high tides feat. Maxx Moor
Saba returns today to his very critically-acclaimed latest solo project, COFFEE! Which he dropped back in October of last year as a small little project for fans of the Chicago-bred emcee. As earlier today h...
Elijah Blake Releases New EP, THE GEMINI, Debuts Beautifully Emotional Touching New Video, Bubble
Elijah Blake continues to show why he is one of not only R&B/Soul, but all of music’s best singer and songwriters, as well as vocalists with his just released highly-anticipated new EP, THE GEMINI. Whic...
GENA (Liv.e & Karriem Riggins) Debuts Cinematically Nostalgic New Video/Single, Lead It Up
GENA, the brainchild new duo of Liv.e & Karriem Riggins that debuted last November between the very talented Dallas-born, LA-based singer and songwriter, as well as the renowned Detroit drummer and produce...
Vic Mensa Debuts Feel-Good New Video, applebum
It is still winter here in Chicago and the Chicago area, but Chicago emcee, songwriter, actor, and activist, Vic Mensa, is bringing warmth and feel-good vibes with his just a few hours ago debuted through Vevo...
Awich Debuts Cinematic New Video, For RZA-Produced, Wax On Wax Off Japan Remix feat. R-指定 (R-Shitei), NENE, 鎮座DOPENESS & C.O.S.A.
Nearly a month and a half after Japanese emcee and rapper, Awich, delivered her out of nowhere great all RZA-produced album, Okinawan Wuman. That quietly sneaked into mine and many others Top Hip-Hop albums of...
TheHipHopDemocrat’s 10th Annual Best Albums of the Year List, Who Makes The Cut?
Back for a 10th straight year and a decade later, we at TheHipHopDemocrat once again despite being a mostly Hip-Hop based website, decided to include not only Hip-Hop, but a few of the other genres we cover a ...
JasonMartin & Mike & Keys Debut New Black-and-White Video, OK (R.I.P.), Release, A Lonely Winter
JasonMartin has had quite the 2025 dropping several projects in collaboration with longtime collaborators Mike & Keys. Ranging from their collaboration project, A Hit Dog Gon Holla, in October to MAFIA CA...
Avatar: Fire and Ash Delivers Beautifully Realistic Thrilling Experience In 3D
Beautifully satisfying, fun, exciting, realistic thrilling in-your face realism and a fantasy journey that you can only enjoy for a movie like this&n...
Conway The Machine Debuts New Video, BMG, Releases Highly-Anticipated New Album
Conway the Machine today releases one of Hip-Hop’s most anticipated albums of the year in, You Can’t Kill God With Bullets. That is 18 new tracks including previously released singles, Se7enteen5ive &...
Samara Cyn Releases Smooth & Reflective New Single, what will they say
Samara Cyn has had a pretty great and compelling 2026 that has seen one of not only Hip-Hop, but music’s fastest rising young stars do everything from making the coveted XXL Freshmen list to performing on he...
