2 Chainz is a hit maker, but Pretty Girls Like Trap Music shows there are deeper ambitions afoot. His production arm is strong—Mike WiLL Made-It, Murda Beatz, and Mike Dean all put in work. He speaks his mind, dissing the government and “mumble-rap” while Nicki Minaj references her Remy Ma beef on “Realize.” Pharrell leaves […]
[Video] R. Kelly Performs on Jimmy Kimmel + “Black Panties” Stream
R. Kelly essentially took over ‘The Jimmy Kimmel Show’ last night, performing three songs from his recently-released album Black Panties (“Genius”, “You Deserve Better”, “My Story”), with some help from 2 Chainz. Along with the songs, there was also a passionate reading of the lyrics to “Genius”, as performed by Benedict Cumberbatch and Kellz even […]
[Video] 2 Chainz: “Fork”
2 Chainz’ past clashes with his present lavish lifestyle in the newest viral video for “Fork” off the Def Jam-signee’s latest album B.O.A.T.S. II. The visual, which was released earlier this morning, finds the artist formerly known as Tity Boi in his old trap-house recalling his situation when he used to live there. [youtube id=”4m695v1icyI” mode=”normal” align=”center”]
[Sunday Coffee Sipper] Reflecting on the BET Hip Hop Awards
On October 16 in Los Angeles, California Rap music’s elite showed out for the annual BET Hip Hop Awards, commemorating the best of all things hip-hop in the past year. Kendrick Lamar cleaned up, hauling in five awards including best album and lyricist of the year while Jay-Z, Big Sean and the rest of hip-hop’s […]
[Video] Derrick Rose Commercial ft. Common, Big Sean, 2 Chainz & More
God damn I love Derrick Rose. Chicago’s prodigal son will be back on the court in full swing soon and Adidas has been ramping up his marketing with a slew of new videos and commercials, last week dropping a recap of his “All in for Chicago” event with INNANETAPE beats. In the latest installment Derrick […]
Police Find Weapons, Drugs on 2 Chainz Tour Bus
Two bongs, four handguns? Apparently 2 Chainz wasn’t kidding on his latest single, “Fed’s Watching” when he said “I’ma keep it fresh while the Feds watchin’”. The Atlanta rapper, whose bus was stopped August 22 by Oklahoma City police following his performance there as part of Lil Wayne and T.I’s America’s Most Wanted Tour, which […]
[RH Photos] America’s Most Wanted Music Festival in Austin
Photography by: Virgil Solis I have to admit that I was pretty excited to hit up the America’s Most Wanted Music Festival because I had never seen any of the artists on the bill. Whenever 2 Chainz, T.I., and Lil Wayne are on the same lineup, you know you’re going to have a good time […]
R. Kelly: “My Story” (feat. 2 Chainz)
Yep, you read it right. An R. Kelly collaboration with 2 Chainz exists. And it’s actually pretty damn good. The original Chicago player linked up with Tity Boi for the debut track off his upcoming album [supposedly] titled, Black Panties. Mr. Kelly is having an ironically incredible year – he headlined Bonnaroo, played a 38 song set at […]