A listless writer and rapper from South Central LA, "Punch" went from having interest in music but no concrete goals to teaming up with Anthony "Top Dawg" Tiffith and discovering the artists who came to be known as the Black Hippy Crew.

In this VladTV Flashback from 2015, Nore talked about the passing of Chinx, saying the "hood won't always love you back." Recently, news surfaced noting two suspects in the murder of Chinx were arrested and charged with the crime. Photos of one of the suspects surfaced, and featured the suspect wearing "R.I.P.

Behind many of the up-and-coming rappers that pack out intimate venues, inciting crowds of a mere few hundred to arena rave levels, are fascinating hometown stories.

Listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=56KYMMGudcU&ab_channel=EminemVEVO This is bad. More hip hop reviews: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLP4CSgl7K7ormBIO138tYonB949PHnNcP =================================== Subscribe: http://bit.ly/1pBqGCN Official site: http://theneedledrop.com TND Twitter: http://twitter.com/theneedledrop TND Facebook: http://facebook.com/theneedledrop Support TND: http://theneedledrop.com/support =================================== FAV TRACKS: CASTLE, parts of FRAMED, parts of OFFENDED, WALK ON WATER before I heard the rest of this awful album LEAST FAV TRACK: HEAT EMINEM - REVIVAL / 2017 / AFTERMATH / POP RAP, HARDCORE HIP HOP 2/10 Y'all know this is just my opinion, right?

KO, Mazza, V9, 7Bellz, MTrappo, PL, Unknown T, SD, Pablo, Jimmy, TT, Kilo Keemzo, S.TAB, AlChubbino going in with a crazy freestyle at the Crib Session! 1st beat prod. CTP 2nd beat prod. CTP 3rd beat prod. Mika x Kayman 4th beat prod. HL8 x Mobz 5th beat prod.

This should rank high on your Most New York Interviews Ever list, because it probably tops ours. Right down to Remy Ma declaring that we weren't going to talk about Big Pun trying to change her rap moniker, then hitting a complete 180-degree turn, and describing in great detail, that time that Big Pun earnestly encouraged the Bronx emcee, who was perfectly content with being "Remy," to change her name to Punish-HER.

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In this Noisey Next video, we catch up with 25-year-old Haitian-born producer Kaytranada to talk about his rise from SoundCloud to stardom.

Wiki's unassuming flow, riddled with layers of wordplay and vintage New York City grit, has been mesmerizing to watch over the years. During a recent visit to MASS APPEAL HQ, he presented it with toothy glee in our infamous dusty corridor for the latest episode of "Stairwell Freestyle."