A Week In Hip Hop #109

Why does Wiki rap? "I do it because I love to do this shit," the renowned New York MC explained during a recent visit to MASS APPEAL HQ. "But I also do it because it's all I know how to do. Straight up."

Interview clips of me talking to Kevin Abstract, Romil, Merlyn, and Joba before their 2/3/18 performance at Irving Plaza in NYC. Music from King Gizzard's Polygondwanaland: https://kinggizzard.bandcamp.com/album/polygondwanaland

BROCKHAMPTON has been redefining what it means to be a self-described "boyband" since the release of their first project 'ALL-AMERICAN TRASH' in 2016. The Los Angeles-based hip-hop group was first recruited in 2009 by Texas rapper and creative director Kevin Abstract on the popular Kanye West forum, KanyeToThe.

"It was made for whoever was throwing subs. Whoever was throwing subs, I came direct." Welcome to Decyphered. On the first episode of this new MASS APPEAL sh...

Chuck Dizzle & DJ HED discuss GRAMMY "snubs", the woman who accused 2pac of sexual assault finally speaking out and link with rapper, producer & now author Curtiss King to speak on his book "The Prosperous Hip Hop Producer", social media and much more.

"Been a lot of places when I stare at the map," Evidence rhymes on a song from his latest album 'Weather or Not,' "But never been to therapy-for me, that's rap." During a recent visit to MASS APPEAL HQ, the esteemed L.A. rapper and producer stopped by the studio for some real talk.

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Throwback to 1994, Def Squad - Redman & Keith Murray goin in with a hot freestyle on the New York Rap Xchange with Westwood & Funkmaster Flex!

"I feel more like a force of nature than a person." That's one of the first things Doctur Dot says to MASS APPEAL in the latest edition of Open Space. Over the last few years, he and Johnny Venus, collectively known as EarthGang, have become a standout act within Atlanta's vast rap ecosystem.