DJ Akademiks has been catching heat from rappers lately after he called Freddie Gibbs irrelevant on his YouTube show Everyday Struggle. Gibbs has been going in on the internet personality ever since and Ak has not been shy about firing back. Meek Mill is now getting involved saying that Akademiks is canceled. “He’s a bad […]
DJ Akademiks has had his share of beef with rappers over the years from Nipsey Hussle and Wale to Vic Mensa and Shy Glizzy. We can now add Freddie Gibbs to that list. The war started after Akademiks labeled the Alfredo rapper irrelevant during a debate on Complex’s YouTube show Everyday Struggle. Ak was commenting […]
Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist surprised fans on Thursday with the announcement of today’s new drop, Alfredo. The new joint album is a compact 10 tracks and features Tyler, The Creator, Rick Ross, Benny, The Butcher, and Conway The Machine. The album is led by the single “1985,” which premiered with a new Nick Walker-directed […]
Freddie Gibbs is getting ready to hit a town near you to perform his Bandana album on The Album of the Year Tour. Gangsta Gibbs will be joined by Cousin Stizz along with the Griselda Records pair of Benny The Butcher and Conway the Machine. The group of raw lyricists will hit Chicago, Boston, Atlanta […]
Last week, the NFL and JAY-Z announced a partnership that would put efforts toward the league’s entertainment performances and social justice efforts. The news split voices across the Internet to where some believe the deal is a sign of change and others are considering it as a capitalist mindset from Hov and a slight to […]
Indianan born and raised rapper Freddie Gibbs recently passed through Drink Champs with Norega, DJ EFN and the crew for a 3-hour Halloween special episode. They talk all things from what’s been happening in Hip-Hop lately, Kanye West to human trafficking amongst much more in this classic, marathon episode. Freddie Gibbs has most recently released the […]
The combination of Freddie Gibbs and Curren$y are set to unite on a joint album that will be fully produced by Alchemist. The project will be titled Fetti and is set to release this October. The joint project has been in the works since last year, but Gangsta Gibbs shared online the project only took […]
What exactly makes an artist who practices the rap element of Hip-Hop culture as a profession, a Cannabis connoisseur? Automatically, this is a rapper whose bars are habitually in sync with references to marijuana or cover experiences with marijuana. Chiefly, the rapper develops an image that becomes a consonant with ganja, defining their appeal. As […]
Freddie Gibbs is fresh off of his Freddie project, which has arguably the best cover art of the year with its nod to Teddy Pendergrass, but the Midwest product already has his eyes on the next release. Teaming with Madlib again, Gangsta Gibbs is looking to drop off Bandana, the follow up to Pinata, and […]
Historically, hip-hop has never been short on a classic marijuana-based anthem; anyone that owns a Dr. Dre album can attest to that. Over the years, you’d be hard-pressed to find a mixtape or playlist that didn’t include “I Got 5 On It” by the Luniz, Redman & Method Man’s “How High”, “Good Times” by Styles […]
Short Mascato hails out of Buffalo, New York. Growing up, he was influenced by various genres of music, as well as visual and performance art. His sound can been described as “golden age ethereal” & “psychedelic boom bap” with new school overtones. Short’s upcoming project “The Colour of Air” currently as the streets buzzing, with […]
Fans have been eagerly awaiting new music from Freddie Gibbs ever since he was recently cleared of the sexual assault charges that he was facing. The wait is over now that Freddie has released his new track titled “All Day” backed by production from Harry Fraud. Gangsta Gibbs sounds like he hasn’t missed a step […]
According to a Reuters report, Freddie Gibbs has been charged with assaulting a woman in Vienna while he was on tour in 2015. The rapper was arrested in France back in June and was then extradited to Austria where he will remain in custody. A spokesman for Vienna’s criminal court said the rapper is “alleged to have administered […]
Earlier this month, rapper Freddie Gibbs was arrested in France prior to a performance on his Shadow of a Doubt Tour on rape charges. The arrest came after a woman claimed that she was raped by the rapper last year in Austria. Upon his arrest, Austrian authorities sought to extradite him from France, something Gibbs […]
After Freddie Gibbs was granted bail and released from jail in France last week (June 16), the looming question remained whether or not the rapper would be extradited to Austria, where he’s facing rape allegations stemming from a 2015 incident. Today [Thursday, June 23] the question was answered when, according to reports by France24, Gibbs will in fact be […]
Red Bull held its 2016 Music Festival in New York City and it brought out some of the greats in music. Part of the festival included the Red Bull Academy’s “Joint Lectures on the Couch” series, which kicked off with a rare interview with Madlib, then shifted gears and chopped it up with ATL favorite sons Metro […]
Freddie Gibbs is known for his honest, gritty lyricism and he doesn’t switch up at all with his spin on the Kanye West and Kendrick Lamar collaboration, “No More Parties In LA.” On “Cocaine Parties in LA,” Gibbs (as is his usual fare) talks about the drug trade and the consequences of the lifestyle. Advertisement […]
Rap, at its core, has always been a very competitive sport, there’s no doubt about it. But while every great MC believes deep down that they’re the best, very few tend to publicly make direct comparisons between themselves and other artists in particular, with the exception of course for the occasional diss record or “Control”-esque […]
When it comes to being lyrically articulate, Freddie Gibbs is the man who consistently delivers. And with today’s release of his album Shadow Of A Doubt, Gangsta Gibbs flexes his true skills as a lyricist and storyteller. The 15-track album (including two bonus tracks, “My Boy” and “10 Chickens”) contains features from Gucci Mane, E-40, […]
Fresh off the heels of the latest release of his Pilot Talk series, Curren$y is scheduled to drop Even More Saturday Night Car Tunes on 4/20. The New Orleans spitter took to Instagram to announce the new project. Spitta released Saturday Night Car Tunes in late August and put out More Saturday Night Car Tunes […]