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Sean Price & Illa Ghee Drop"Metal Detectors" EP

The late Sean Price and Illa Ghee’s Metal Detectors has officially been released via Duck Down Music. The project is the third posthumous release from Price, who passed away in 2015. The new EP features eight tracks with guest appearances by Royal Flush, Rim and Michael Rapaport. The release serves as the follow-up to Price’s …

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Arrest Made After Bomb Threat Causes Cancellation Of The Roots’ SXSW Event

Austin, TX – The Austin Police Department has arrested a man suspected of making a bomb threat that resulted in the cancellation of The Roots and Friends Jam at SXSW. Trevor Ingram, 26, was apprehended on Saturday night (March 17) and booked on charges of terroristic threat, a third-degree felony. Police say that after their …

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Mathematics Responds To Reported Lawsuit Over Wu-Tang Clan’s "People Say"

Mathematics, the longtime DJ and producer of Wu-Tang Clan, has addressed a recent report claiming ’60s soul group The Diplomats are suing Wu-Tang over a sample. TMZ claims The Diplomats — not to be confused with the Dipset collective — are suing due to the unauthorized use of their song “I’ve Got The Kind Of …

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Hip Hop Week In Review: Craig Mack Passes Away & DJ Envy Clashes With Desus & Mero

HipHopDX – This week in Hip Hop, former Bad Boy artist Craig Mack passed away from heart failure. Also, DJ Envy walked out on an interview with Desus Mero while hosting The Breakfast Club and got blasted on social media as a result. Lastly, Bow Wow got roughed up over comments he made about Future. …

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#DXHitList: The Taz Taylor Session

Los Angeles, CA – Taz Taylor calls it the wild, wild west: a bubbling, underground world of so-called “internet,” “type-beat,” producers. But what’s an internet producer? Aren’t all producers on the internet? Just to clarify — by the age of 12, after dropping out of middle school in Jacksonville, Florida, Taz was rolling in tens of …

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