Born and raised Connecticut, rapper Apathy (member of rap groups Demigodz & AOTP) shows us his strong consistency yet again by releasing his excellent sixth solo studio album entitled The Widow’s Son. It is the second album released by Apathy in six months, the first being a conjoint project with D.I.T.C. legend O.C. entitled Perestroika. […]
Not only does Curren$y have his ninth solo studio album on the way, he’s come out with all guns blazing this year, releasing a brand new mixtape in The Spring Collection. The project is the first of the year for the New Orleans rapper, and was released for free download on February 24 on Jet […]
Lil Wayne headlined a concert at Parramatta Park in Western Sydney, Australia over the weekend along with Wale, Tyga, Ace Hood, Metro Boomin, MadeinTYO. At the start of his set when performing “John” live, someone in the crowd threw a water bottle on stage at Weezy that nearly hit him in the face to which […]
Current World DMC Champion DJ Rena of Japan won the inaugural Kame World Classic DJ competition over the weekend in Auckland, New Zealand. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information It continues the impressive rise for the teenage DJ, who last October became the youngest ever winner of the prestigious DMC World Championships at then just 12 […]
The sixth and apparently final battle announcement for the upcoming SMACK Vol. 2 event to be held on March 31 was unveiled with New Jerzey Twork set to face St. Louis’ experienced Aye Verb. The exclusive event is invite only on a small stage, geared towards providing the best possible Pay Per View experience for fans […]
Juice Crew’s Craig G, as heard as one of the legendary voices on Marley Marl’s 1988 classic single “The Symphony” (along with Masta Ace, Kool G Rap and Big Daddy Kane) on Cold Chillin’ Records is coming back onto the stage of battle rap. Now 24 years after his infamous battle with Indiana’s MC Supernatural, the legendary […]
Smack White has recently announced that, in celebration of the upcoming URL “SMACK Volume 2” event going down on March 31st, The Ultimate Rap League will be releasing all unreleased battles that have been vaulted, tucked away and stored for a rainy day this month deemed “SMACK Madness”. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Battles announced […]
The Foreign Exchange frontman and former Little Brother member, Phonte, charmed fans last week with the release of his second solo studio album, No News Is Good News. Released on March 6, under the rappers conjoint record label Foreign Exchange Records, it comes highly anticipated as the North Carolina rapper has been keeping fans on their toes regarding […]
In this classic footage of The Diplomates on The Source TV, the Harlem group performs “I Really Mean It” and “Santana’s Town” at The Source Awards in 2003. The award show was hosted by Lisa Raye and Treach of Naughty By Nature, and also included performances from Nelly, Diddy, Murphy Lee with “Shake Ya Tailfeather,” Trina with “B R […]
Daz Dillinger of the almighty West Coast group Tha Dogg Pound comes out in 2018 firing with his staggering sixteenth solo album, entitled Dazamataz. The album was released on February 16th and contains a monster thirty full-length tracks. Dazamataz comes highly anticipated by West Coast fans after he dropped nine full-length video clips leading up […]
Brooklyn’s Masta Ace heads back down under this week for a string of shows across the East Coast of Australia in Sydney and Melbourne. Ace is supported by local heavyweights including the esteemed DJ Shan Frenzie, host of Australia’s longest ever running weekly mixshow – Groove Therapy, and rapper N’fa Jones, who with the group 1200 […]
New Jersey trio Albee Al The Gladiator, battle rap legend Arsonal Da Rebel and multi-platinum selling artist Fetty Wap have teamed up to bring the recently released “New Jersey Drive” single. With each three having their own unique come up in music while all coming from different parts of New Jersey, the combination of the […]
The 25 year+ rap veterans Onyx return to the scene with their latest project entitled Black Rock. Their seventh solo studio album is the iconic trio’s first since last May’s conjoint project Shotgunz in Hell alongside the Dutch hip-hop collective Dope D.O.D. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information While the platinum-selling Queens trio of Fredro Starr, […]
The trailer for the heated match-up between Glueazy and Danny Myers dropped yesterday, with the short preparation battle on SMACK/ URLTV full battle video dropping tomorrow Tuesday February 27th on URLTV.TV. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Even from the single minute of battle footage released in the below trailer, the matchup brought a lot of […]
Drake’s “God’s Plan” single has held onto the #1 spot on the single charts in Australia (ARIA charts) for the fourth week in a row. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information With the accompanying trending film clip only released 10 days ago and racking up 65+ million views already on YouTube alone, it’s possible than the […]
The legendary Grammy-nominated, hip-hop icon Slick Rick is touring Australia next month for the very first time playing all major capital cities, supported by a select group of talented locals including Def Wish Cast, DJ J-Red, DJ Peril, Alerts and Gaz Hazard. This international tour builds off the back of recent touring throughout America with legendary hip-hop […]
The fourth battle announcement for the upcoming SMACK Vol. 2 event to be held on March 31st on URL was unveiled earlier this week with Arizona’s Rum Nitty set to face John John Da Don. The exclusive event is invite only on a small stage, geared towards providing the best possible Pay-Per-View experience for fans of battle […]
DJ Ease of Las Vegas was recently crowned the International Turntablist Of The Year for 2018 by Global Spin Awards earlier this week in LA, as premiered on REVOLT TV and hosted by Snoop Dogg at the lavish award ceremony. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information DJ Ease has been perfecting his craft for many years […]
Legendary D.I.T.C. (Diggin In The Crates) member and Brooklyn heavyweight O.C. comes into 2018 with a fresh solo album entitled A New Dawn. The album plays part as the second phase in a mini-album series, with Same Sun, Same Moon being the first project. The album was released under record label D.I.T.C. Studios last Friday […]
One of the biggest hip-hop festivals to reach the Southern Hemisphere in recent years kicks off early next month, taking in Melbourne and Sydney on the East coast of Australia. The All-Star line up featuring Lil Wayne, producers Metro Boomin and DJ Mustard, DJ Khaled’s We The Best Music Group signee Ace Hood, Tyga, Wale […]
