Born on this date in 1974 in the City of Brotherly Love, Dwight Grant, aka Beanie Sigel, aka Beans, morphed into an icon in the Philly Hip Hop scene as the leader of the now-defunct Roc-A-Fella Records’ State Property. Even with all of his legal troubles and the untimely split of the Roc, Beanie is […]
Born on this date in 1974 in the City of Brotherly Love, Dwight Grant, aka Beanie Sigel, aka Beans, morphed into an icon in the Philly Hip Hop scene as the leader of the now-defunct Roc-A-Fella Records’ State Property. Even with all of his legal troubles and the untimely split of the Roc, Beanie is […]
Conway the Machine has officially released his major-label debut album God Don’t Make Mistakes, released via Shady Records. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The new album features appearances and production from Lil Wayne, Rick Ross, Benny The Butcher, Westside Gunn, Jill Scott, T.I., Beanie Sigel, Hit-Boy, The Alchemist, Daringer, Beat Butcha, Bink, J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League, Novel, […]
DONDA 2 seems to be just as much of a collaborative effort as its first installment. Ye has been spotted in the studio with The Game, Travis Scott, Pusha T, among others. In a recently leaked clip, Beanie Sigel and Vic Mensa were spotted in a studio session for the upcoming album with Ye. Visit […]
Prior to Kanye’s Drink Champs interview, it was largely unknown where the “Yeezy” name came from. During the interview, Ye revealed that Beanie Sigel came up with the moniker when Ye was in Baseline Studios Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Ye said during the interview how he had been looking for Beans so he could […]
A lot of topics mentioned in the Kanye West episode of Drink Champs have morphed into full discussions in Hip Hop circles, particularly Ye’ vowing to bless former Roc crew member Beanie Sigel with a lump of cash for the “Yeezy” moniker, which the music and fashion mogul has turned into a multi-million dollar dynasty. […]
Many fans have long assumed that Ye borrowed the name “Yeezy” from Jeezy and Lil Wayne (“The hood love to listen to Jeezy and Weezy/And oh yeah, Yeezy!” he rapped on 2007’s “The Glory”), it turns out Beanie Sigel actually came up with the name a few years earlier. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Kanye told N.O.R.E. […]
On this date at the turn of the millennium, Jay-Z and his Rocafella cohorts released the only crew album of his career, The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. A dub later, it’s still the Roc! Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Along with Memphis Bleek and the State Property clan from Philly including Peedi Crack, Beanie Sigel, […]
Born on this date in 1974 in the City of Brotherly Love, Dwight Grant aka Beanie Sigel aka Beans morphed into a icon in the Philly Hip Hop scene as the leader of the now defunct Roc-A-Fella Records’ State Property. Even with all of his legal troubles and the untimely split of the Roc, Beanie […]
On this date at the turn of the millennium, Jay-Z and his Rocafella cohorts released the only crew album of his career, The Dynasty: Roc La Familia. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Along with Memphis Bleek and the State Property clan from Philly including Peedi Crack, Beanie Sigel, Oschino, Sparks, Freeway and others, Hov brought […]
For an entire decade, spanning from the mid ’90s to the second half of the ’00s, Hip-Hop style centered on three staples: a fitted cap one size too big, a XL white tee and an even bigger throwback jersey to go over it. Thankfully, the ’90s resurgence making its current return is adopting the trends […]
Born on this date in 1974 in the City of Brotherly Love, Dwight Grant aka Beanie Sigel aka Beans morphed into a icon in the Philly Hip Hop scene as the leader of the now defunct Roc-A-Fella Records’ State Property. Even with all of his legal troubles and the untimely split of the Roc, Beanie […]
Meek Mill has had some troubling adversities in the past year of his career. As social media would say, the Philly rapper has taken many “L’s” and this may be the perfect time for him to take a break. He deactivated his Instagram early Tuesday morning and The Shade Room was made aware. Last week #TheGame […]
Just when you think the beef between The Game and Meek Mill was goona fizzle out into rap beef oblivion… Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information DO4Self CEO Teefy Bey, who is a Dreamchaser affiliate and Meek Mill’s actual cousin, unexpectedly knocked out Philly rap legend Beanie Sigel at the Bad Boy Reunion at the Wells […]
The Game may have found a friend in his recently dound beef with the Dreamchaser general, but Meek Mill has “Brotherly Love” on his side. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In a strategized Instagram video, Beanie Sigel bellowed, “Don’t make me come out of retirement!!!”, as he and Meek were cheered on by scores of […]
Dame Dash has linked up with Preachers Of L.A. executive producer Lemuel Plummer to develop a TV series that will tell the story of Roc-A-Fella Records. The label co-founded in 1996 by Dash, Kareem Burke, and Jay Z, and by the 2000s featured an epic roster of artists including DJ Clue, Beanie Sigel, Memphis Bleak, Cam’ron, and Kanye West. Visit streaming.thesource.com […]
Beanie Sigel vs. Jadakiss was one of the most formidable rap beefs of the 2000’s. It involved multiple searing diss tracks and eventually spread to a crew riff, thus birthing the memorable Roc-A-Fella/Lox tension. These diss tracks didn’t consist of the subliminal shots and witty entendres that we’ve become accustomed to, either. These were direct […]
Beanie Sigel has had a tumultuous past few years, on account of being shot, handling legal issues and seeing his health fluctuate. However, the infallible, legendary Philadelphia emcee is still one of the best in the business when it comes to what this bars thing, and he illustrates that sentiment with a brand new song, […]
There is clearly some tension within Philadelphia’s State Property camp as things went haywire via social media last weekend. Oschino Vasquez of Roc-A-Fella’s Oschino & Sparks took to his Instagram account where he posted a photo of State Property leader Beanie Sigel alongside Freeway and the Young Gunz, with a caption that made it clear […]
Beef and battles have always been a part of Hip Hop, unfortunately sometimes things leave the booth and become physical. The silver lining throughout all of this is MCs often put their differences aside after years of conflict, this can be said about anyone from Jay Z–Nas to 50 Cent–Fat Joe. One of the most […]
