Hip-Hop NewsJul 3, 2023
Mixtape Monday: TREE x Vic Spencer, WesWill, CHEF MIKE, Brainorchestra + More #Tree #Vic_spencer #Brainorchestra #Mixtape_monday #Hiphop #okayplayer #hiphop #rap https://www.okayplayer.com/new-hip-hop-albums
Mixtape Monday: TREE x Vic Spencer, WesWill, CHEF MIKE, Brainorchestra + More

Mixtape Monday Features New Music From TREE x Vic Spencer, WesWill, CHEF MIKE, Napoleon Da Legend x J Scienide, Brainorchestra and more.

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Hip-Hop NewsJun 30, 2023
Essence Fest 2023 Celebrates the Resilience of Past and Present Women in Hip-Hop #Women_in_hiphop #Essence_festival #okayplayer #hiphop #rap https://www.okayplayer.com/essence-fest-2023-celebrates-the-resilience-of-past-and-present-women-in-hip-hop
Essence Fest 2023 Celebrates the Resilience of Past and Present Women in Hip-Hop

This year the Essence Fest concert stage will center women in hip-hop and feature headliners, Missy Elliot, Ms. Lauryn Hill and Megan Thee Stallion, who have brilliantly triumphed over their respective controversies.

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Hip-Hop NewsJun 30, 2023
Is Woke Dead? Erykah Badu Doesn't Think So #Erykah_badu_tour #Neo_soul #Stay_woke #Blueface #Erykah_badu #okayplayer #hiphop #rap https://www.okayplayer.com/is-woke-dead-erykah-badu-interview
Is Woke Dead? Erykah Badu Doesn't Think So

​Speaking with Okayplayer, Badu touched on her Unfollow Me tour, expanding her creative touch to fashion, calling out the rapper Blueface on Instagram, and more.

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Hip-Hop NewsJun 30, 2023
9 New Albums You Need to Hear This Week #New_albums_this_week #Terrace_martin #The_alchemist #Curren$y #Harry_fraud #Big_jade #John_carroll_kirby #Veeze #Earl_sweatshirt #Mike #Boldy_james #Billy_woods #Father #Lil_uzi_vert #Chester_watson #New_albums #okayplayer #hiphop #rap https://www.okayplayer.com/new-albums-this-week
10 New Albums You Need to Hear This Week

Featuring new albums and mixtapes from James Blake, Tenashé, Teezo Touchdown, Jet Life, and more.

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Hip-Hop NewsJun 30, 2023
Juvenile Ends Black Music Month NOLA-Style on NPR Tiny Desk Concerts #Mannie_fresh #Trombone_shorty #Jon_batiste #Npr #Juvenile #okayplayer #hiphop #rap https://www.okayplayer.com/juvenile-ends-black-music-month-nola-style-on-npr-tiny-desk-concerts
Juvenile Ends Black Music Month NOLA-Style on NPR's Tiny Desk

​To wrap up Black Music Month, Juvenile headlined a new NPR Tiny Desk Concerts performance, with help from New Orleans natives Mannie Fresh, Jon Batiste, Trombone Shorty and more.

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Hip-Hop NewsJun 29, 2023
Standing Outside the Anderson .Paak Show with a Bottle in my Pocket #Bric_celebrate_brooklyn #Nxworries #Prospect_park #Knxwledge #Anderson_paak #okayplayer #hiphop #rap https://www.okayplayer.com/anderson-paak-nxworries-prospect-park
Standing Outside the Anderson .Paak Show with a Bottle in my Pocket

​In the spirit of documenting a New York summer evening, our intrepid correspondent details their experience listening in on an Anderson .Paak show the old-fashioned way — for free, from the fringes of an open-air venue.

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Hip-Hop NewsJun 29, 2023
Did an AI Diss Prompt Cam’ron to Jump Into the Jim Jones and Push T Beef? #Jim_jones #Pusha_t #Jadakiss #Clipse #Cam’ron #okayplayer #hiphop #rap https://www.okayplayer.com/camron-jim-jones-pusha-t-beef
Did an AI Diss Prompt Cam’ron to Jump Into the Jim Jones and Push T Beef?

​Cam’ron has shown public support for Jim Jones amid his ongoing spar with Pusha, although the 'It Is What It Is' co-host seems to have been tricked by an AI Pusha T verse.

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Hip-Hop NewsJun 29, 2023
Melle Mel Arrested & Charged With Felony Domestic Violence #Grandmaster_flash_and_the_furious_five #Arrest #Domestic_violence #Melle_mel #okayplayer #hiphop #rap https://www.okayplayer.com/melle-mel-arrested-charged-with-felony-domestic-violence
Melle Mel Arrested & Charged With Felony Domestic Violence

​Melle Mel, a pioneering rapper and member of Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five, was arrested earlier this week for felony domestic violence.

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Hip-Hop NewsJun 28, 2023
Sampha Unveils “Spirit 2.0” After Long-Awaited Hiatus #Sampha #London #okayplayer #hiphop #rap https://www.okayplayer.com/sampha-spirit-2-0-new-music
Sampha Unveils “Spirit 2.0” After Long-Awaited Hiatus

​The British singer makes his solo return after 6 years, collaborating with Yussef Dayes, El Guincho, Owen Pallet, and Lisa-Kaindé Diaz.

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Hip-Hop NewsJun 27, 2023
Jim Jones Fires More Shots At Pusha T & No Malice, Prompting Jadakiss to Share Concerns About the Feud #Jim_jones #Jadakiss #Joe_budden #Pharrell_williams #Pusha_t #okayplayer #hiphop #rap https://www.okayplayer.com/jim-jones-fires-more-shots-at-pusha-t-no-malice
Jim Jones Fires More Shots At Pusha T, Concerning Jadakiss

​Jim Jones is continuing his beef with Pusha T, joining the latest episode of The Joe Budden Podcast to discuss his latest diss track against King Push and his twin brother, No Malice.

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