Former Source Magazine Editor Soren Baker sat down with Lo Lifes General Thirstin Howl III on his Unique Access show and talked about his “Unsigned Hype” feature in the August 1997 issue of The Source Magazine. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The Brownsville, Brooklyn rapper, producer, director and actor revealed to Baker that he was […]
In an exclusive interview with Former Source editor Soren Baker on the Unique Access platform, West Coast gangsta rap pioneer Ice-T delves into the changes he’s seen in the gangsta rap genre over the past four decades. Ice says that Hip Hop hasn’t seen gangstas in the game since the rise of 50 Cent and […]
In the mid-1980s, gangster rap didn’t have a name; but virtually everyone who heard it realized its potency. Artists like Schoolly D, Ice-T, Boogie Down Productions, Eazy-E, and N.W.A had created a new style of rap, one that contained graphic, X-rated stories of violence, drugs, and sex and served as first-person street reporting that recounted […]
