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No Diddy continues = P-Diddy no longer an owner of REVOLT


Rapsody interviews on self-questioning, false measurements, and documenting her humanness on new album Please Don’t Cry


Post Drake & Kendrick's Spring 2024 soundtrack: Y'all finished or Y'all done? What Y’all doing?


“What is the battle?” -Lecrae reflects on Kendrick vs. Drake, and viewing the quality of our work as the quality of our worth


TAOD: "Fans made it unenjoyable" -Big Daddy Kane on Drake vs. Kendrick this season


"American Pie" - Fashawn, Cap Kendricks & DJ Access


CKTV: "Ain't no money in the streams for us but it's money in subscriptions for them... take control of your culture... don't allow them to stream your sh** for free" -Scarface


Business of Music: War of the royalties = Mechanical Licensing Collective (MLC) vs. Digital Media Organizations (DiMA) Spotify, Pandora, Apple, Amazon, Youtube, Feed FM, etc.)


MMMS: Upstream Deals 'The New Evil'; records labels secretly contracting digital distributors to be the middlemen for indies


Grupo HNE's "LO Malo" featuring Thirstin Howl The 3rd


*VIDEO: "My Year" Da Beatminerz x De La Soul x Pharoahe Monch ft. Corey Glover, Rasheed Chappell


*VIDEO: Marlé Blu – “Like You” performance


REKS (Rhythmatic Eternal King Supreme) – Hidden Messages In Water


IHMP: Superstar, you can invite yourself to the "BLOCKED" party - get blocked in person, social media; music buyers don't tolerate the "fakey fake"


TSASS: "That apology was bulls--t!"; Stephen A. Smith blitz Diddy's public responses to Cassie abuse and recent video release


Rap-Artists Reclamation = EVERYTHING IS... GUTTR!


FLS: The importance of having a team = freeing up time, keeping accountable and laser sharp focused


*VIDEO: Lauryn Hill and YG Marley live performance on Jimmy Fallon's The Tonight Show


BREAKING NEWS: Did Slim Shady die a normal death? Ad, obituary, trailer piques the good-folk interests

