On Christmas Eve of 2012, Courtney Dewar Jr., who is best known to the Hip Hop world as Capital Steez, took his own life. He was only 19 years old. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information As the founder of Brooklyn-based rap collective Pro Era when he was still in high school, Steez helped form the […]
Pro Era rapper/producer Chuck Strangers released the cover art for his debut album, Consumers Park, which is scheduled to drop March 16. Instead of the posthumous Capital Steez album, King Steez that was supposed to drop Christmas Eve last year but was ultimately pushed back, Chuck Strangers will be next in line from the Pro […]
West Coast Battle Rapper Daylyt debuted a new tattoo on Instagram Tuesday. Showing some real Los Angeles to New York appreciation, the tattoo which was inked on the rapper’s left forearm, is of Brooklyn lyricist and Pro Era rapper, Capital Steez, who died of an apparent suicide on Christmas Eve in 2012. Daylyt captioned the […]
Joey Bada$$’s All-Amerikkkan Bada$$ World Tour hits Australia, Japan, South Korea and China this week with Pro Era label mate Nyck Caution after 30+ American and Canadian dates with Logic, and a 20 in European/New Zealand. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Joey is touring his successful second studio album, All-AMerikkkan Bada$$, which charted highly throughout Europe […]
Most successful tracks are followed by a string of freestyles and remixes. Look at Bobby Shmurda’s “Hot N*gga” for instance. Anyway, the latest track that everyone is trying to get on is Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow”. Even, Pro Era’s own Nyck Caution added his own twist to it in his recent freestyle, “NYUK”. Visit streaming.thesource.com […]
Last night (July 7) Joey Bada$$ closed out the third annual STEEZ Day Festival with a huge announcement, telling the crowd that Capital STEEZ’s posthumous album will be dropping this year. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Following performances from A$AP Mob, The Underachievers, Ab-Soul, Saba, J.I.D, Jay IDK and Jazz Cartier Joey told the crows: “You know […]
Joey Badass has proven to be an All Amerikkkan Badass by releasing three new songs at the same damn time. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In a now deleted tweet, Joey teased that he’ll be dropping “just cuz” music, because it’s summertime and he loves his fans. Well Joey’s word is bond because three new […]
The third annual STEEZ Day Festival is upon is. The event-which honors late Pro Era member Capital STEEZ, who tragically took his own life nearly five years ago-is set to go down on July 7, what would have been STEEZ’S birthday. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information CJ Fly took to twitter to reveal the Kid Super-designed flyer for the event. “Third […]
It’s a great time to be Joey Bada$$. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The Brooklyn-bred emcee has been on something of a roll and everybody sees it. Right on the heels of the 22-year old’s announcement of the release date for his sophomore effort All-AMERIKKKAN BADA$$, Joey has treated the public to a look at the […]
Joey Badass maybe ripping stages across the country with SchoolBoy Q on the Blank Face Lp Tour, but it didn’t stop him from dropping new music for fans to get their taste buds ready for his upcoming album. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information While Pro Era fans prepare for Joey’s AABA album, the Brooklyn MC released […]
When HansSOLO, a 19-year-old producer by way of Denmark, was asked to join one of the leading collectives in modern day Hip Hop, the Pro.Era crew, it became clear he was well on his way to making a name for himself in the United States. Creating beats for the past six years and studying his […]
Pro Era producer Kirk Knight has recently been grabbing the mic a little more, and is adding his own stamp on some of the hottest songs out right now. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Last week Knight did a remix to Desiigner‘s “Timmy Turner” and this week he slows it down a bit with “Body […]
RIP Steez. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In honor of fallen Pro Era member, Capital Steez, Steez Day is an annual music festival celebrating his life. A week or so back, Joey Bada$$ announced that Steez Day would be relocating from Brooklyn to L.A. this year. A line-up was unknown at that time but as tickets […]
If Joey Bada$$ is sitting on 80 unreleased tracks, we want parts. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Joey Bada$$ recently sat down with DJ Enuff’s “Heavy Hitters” Shade 45 show and shared some pretty dope news. Bada$$ admitted that he’s sitting on well over two albums worth of unreleased material and if they sound anything […]
Pro Era’s own Nyck Caution blessed fans last week with a 3-track EP on his birthday, February 22nd, while also announcing the release of a brand new project before months end. Keeping his word, Nyck Caution drops off “Disguise The Limit.” The 14-track project features contributions from his Pro Era brethren Joey Bada$$, Kirk Knight, […]
Fairly early on the morning of January 18, 2015, Twitter began to whisper, inquire, then scream with angst about reports that A$AP Yams, the relentlessly positive Harlem visionary responsible for the rise of the A$AP Mob—A$AP Rocky particularly–had died. Once confirmed, the outpouring of support was immaculate, as celebrities from across the globe and across all […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Pro Era representer Kirk Knight is back with another banger, “Give Em.” Self-produced and lyrically fit you can hear the Pro Era member giving the fans, and listeners something to believe in. Check out the jam above let us know your thoughts below. Check out a full feature on the […]
In celebration of his debut album “B4.DA.$$” Joey Bada$$ and his Pro Era crew have teamed up with Billionaire Boys Club to create a limited edition t-shirt. The front of the shirt features the classic helmet head logo with the “B4.DA.$$” logo filled inside it, while the back includes the “Pro Era” and “B4.DA.$$” logos. […]
Kirk Knight is finally ready Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information We first heard of Kirk Knight the summer of 2012 when he, along with Pro Era “frontman” Joey Bada$$, Chuck Strangers, the late great Capital STEEZ, CJ Fly and others took the boom-bap rap scene by storm with Bada$$’ debut project, 1999, an Illmatic-esque collection of audio […]
Joey Bada$$ has pretty much come full circle. When he released his first project, 1999, in 2012, people drew comparisons between Bada$$ and 1994 Nas, and before you jump out of your chair, they made perfect sense. Here was a kid rocking over boom-bap beats that most people thought couldn’t be used effectively in the modern-day soundscape, speaking […]
