Nef Film is a one of the kind female director on the rise who embodies her fascination with motion pictures. Passionate about her interests, she eventually moved from her hometown in Maryland to New York for film school. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Once established in the city and introduced to other talented filmmakers, Nef […]
Plenty of millennials were late to the party when it came to A Tribe Called Quest. By the mid-90s, when they had albums like Midnight Marauders on rotation and were playing go-to feel good tracks like “Award Tour” on repeat, the group had already been around for almost a decade (which is especially astounding considering their official formation was in […]
From his recapture last Friday to the revelation of his secret interview with actor Sean Penn, Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman has been one of the trending topics in headlines all over the world the past few days. Today, footage has been released from the deadly house raid that led to his capture, as a camera […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Casey Veggies stopped by our offices over the summer to play some unreleased records and chat with us on the eve of the release of his debut album, Live & Grow, his first project since his critically-acclaimed Life Changes impact in the winter of 2013. The Inglewood native and inaugural […]
Teen starlet Kyla Imani is working hard to carve out her own lane as an emerging artist and she’s ending 2015 on a high note with a new single just in time for the holidays. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Kyla continues to grow her audience with her age appropriate renditions of the year’s hottest […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Back in 2012, fresh off the biggest hit of his career – ”Rack City,” also known as the record that broke our 2014 Man of the Year DJ Mustard – Tyga was dubbed as one of the “leaders of the new school,” and was featured on our Coming of Age […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information In 2010, Ross was experiencing one of the great ascensions of all the rappers whose careers were launched in the 2000’s, thanks in large part to a steady output (Port of Miami, Trilla, Deeper Than Rap) that had him in position to make 2010 the most pivotal year of his […]
With smooth and conscious flows, Sa-Roc takes on police brutality in her latest song to get a visual treatment, “Heaven On Earth.” Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The video features news clips and footage from around the United States that shine light on the tense relationship between law enforcement and citizens, as well as the […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Armed with lessons learned from the process surrounding his lukewarmly-received debut album, Finally Famous, Big Sean embarked on album journey #2 during the summer of 2013. Having successfully placed his stamp on 2012 with his scene-stealing contributions to the G.O.O.D. Music compilation album, Cruel Summer, Sean looked to mature both […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Jadakiss just returned from a 6-year album drought to release his long-awaited Top 5 Dead or Alive album, which featured versatile singles featuring everyone from Swizz Beatz and Ne-Yo to Nipsey Hussle and Future. The hiatus did little to kill Jadakiss’s hype–he’s remained relevant through mixtapes and features, and remains […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information After an extended hiatus following his emotionally and politically charged The Recession album, Jeezy has returned for the second leg of his career with a renewed fervor, and Church In These Streets makes the third album he’s released since 2011, each of them selling at least 100,000 copies in their […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Is Just Blaze in your top 5? After the ridiculous mix we watched him put together at Bacardi’s Mango Fusion event in 2014, it would certainly be justifiable if he was. Before Just took the stage at the Chelsea party and paid tribute to Illmatic, we asked him his thoughts […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The Source’s 18th Annual Power 30 issue was released earlier this year in September, and naturally, the debates have been ongoing ever since. From industry power players to radio DJs and personalities to websites and blogs, we diligently ranked the 30 best contributors to each of those important Hip-Hop culture […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Rick Ross is back with a new album, Black Market, his third in two years, so we decided to flashback to when he was first named The Source’s Man of the Year, in 2010, alongside Rookie of the Year Wiz Khalifa. It was a huge year for Ross. He released […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Picking the Rookie of the Year can sometimes be a daunting task, and require weeks to months of conversation and debate. Back in 2013, the conversation was brief. From the moment his free Acid Rap mixtape-album was so hotly coveted it leaked on the internet prior to its release–have you […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information At the second annual #Source360, the weekend’s musical festivities were closed out by a rejuvenating performance from Lord Jamar, Grand Puba, Sadat X and the illustrious Brand Nubian, in the BRIC House BAM building in the heart of Brooklyn’s Cultural District. They performed classics like “360 Degrees,” “Don’t Let It […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The Black Market is now open. Rick Ross’s eighth album is now officially in stores and available online—much like our 2015 Holiday Issue, which features the “Bawse” himself on the cover. Advertisement The Source was invited to shoot the MMG head honcho at his mansion in Atlanta. We captured exclusive […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Ab-Soul, the Black Lip Bastard, in the midst of his These Days… album run, decided to stop by our Midtown offices and chop it up about just where the hell he’d been in the years leading up to the release of his 3rd LP. Soul talked about continuing his highly […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Ice Cube graced our first cover of 2014 after having a record breaking January, and if history repeats itself, two years later, he could be poised to do it again. His blockbuster comedy, Ride Along, in which he co-stars with Kevin Hart, broke the January weekend box office record upon […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Machine Gun Kelly is one of the most energized performers in the business, and you can see why. The high-strung Cleveland rapper brought his contagious energy to our offices a few years back in an entertaining episode of Beat The Staff, where he deftly answered questions about Busta Rhymes, Bone […]
