A Week In Hip Hop #121

Jay Rock talks Redemption album on Sway In The Morning. Subscribe to Sway's Universe for More http://bit.ly/SubscribeSU Watch the Best of Sway In The Morning http://bit.ly/BestOfSITM Check out More From Sway's Universe http://swaysuniverse.com http://twitter.com/swaysuniverse http://instagram.com/swaysuniverse http://facebook.com/swaysuniverse

In 2012, Brooklyn MC Joey Bada$$ dropped his debut mixtape '1999' at only 17 years old. At the time, free mixtape sites like DatPiff were a major distribution platform for hip-hop artists. Now, the music industry has moved on to streaming services and the Pro Era rapper recently celebrated the project's six-year anniversary by bringing it to Spotify, Apple Music, TIDAL, and Google Play.

June 18, 2018 | Sidney Madden -- Before Khalid performed "Location," his debut single that's now four-times platinum, at the Tiny Desk, he told the audience the story of how he wrote the track during his senior year of high school not knowing where music would take him.

P Money brings us his latest Road Rage freestyle over a grimey instrumental produced by Gallah ! Studio version out now on all digital platforms Spotify - https://open.spotify.com/album/2OaqiWSyIQt4Du5MltNrNr?si=brzw_9CiSr2IS3fpT8aPhQ iTunes - https://itunes.apple.com/gb/album/road-rage-2/1388516968?i=1388516973

One cloudy afternoon in L.A., Ron-Ron The Producer pulled up to Amoeba Records, removed his eyeglasses, and tied a black T-shirt over his face. He then proceeded to pull three random records-by The Pasadenas, Herbie Hancock, and Eyes and Arms of Smoke.

Das EFX goin in with a legendary freestyle back in 1995! First time released Westwood throwback.

Nipsey Hussle stopped by HOT 97 to talk to Nessa about his debut album Victory Lap and the tour. He also talked about being a student of the game, ownership, being optimistic, learning about Puff's biggest mistake, the biggest misconception about him, gang culture in LA, YG, Kanye and FDT, blogs misreporting a beef with 21 Savage, his STEM program and love for Lauren London.

DJ Mister Cee mixes while Big Daddy Kane breaks down these bars for Funk Flex at HOT 97. SUBSCRIBE: http://bit.ly/HOT97Subscribe More @ http://www.hot97.com or the HOT 97 App: http://bit.ly/HOT97APPWORLDWIDE INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/hot97 TWITTER: https://twitter.com/HOT97 FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/HOT97OFFICIAL

MONTREALITY interview with Maxo Kream - the realest sh*t he ever wrote (0:00) - evolution of trap music, soundcloud rap (1:37) - favorite cartoons, Rugrats conspiracy theories (3:18) - video games, GTA (4:36) - the true definition of a G (5:37) - FREDO SANTANA (7:09) - romance (8:45) - his message to the youth (10:04) Follow MONTREALITY https://Facebook.com/MONTREALITY https://Instagram.com/MONTREALITY https://Twitter.com/MONTREALITY https://MTLITY.com http://triggamaxo.com https://twitter.com/MAXOKREAM https://instagram.com/maxokream https://soundcloud.com/maxo-kream https://youtube.com/user/KreamCliccTV https://facebook.com/maxokreamofficial Directed, Produced by : MONTREALITY Editor : Guillaume Landry Sound : James Benjamin Animation : Rhymezlikedimez Music : Meltycanon Closed captions : Joseph Dexter

Big Narstie goes in depth with Target to talk about his early career, raving to garage & grime, Uncle Pain, his break into music, Craig David and loads more!

Joey Bada$$ x The #AmerikkkanaTour (U.S) - Erasode #5 Thank you to everyone who came out to support Joey and the team on the #AmerikkkanaTour (U.S)! Visual by @filmsbylevi Follow Joey Bada$$ https://twitter.com/joeybadass https://www.instagram.com/joeybadass https://www.facebook.com/fckingbadass/ https://soundcloud.com/joeybadass Follow Pro Era https://twitter.com/proera https://www.facebook.com/ProgressiveEra https://www.instagram.com/proerarecords/ https://soundcloud.com/proeraradio Website: http://theproera.com Shop: http://shop.theproera.com/

Black Thought's been basking in overdue props lately. The viral Hot 97 freestyle that sent the Internet into a tizzy six months ago made him something of an anomaly - a hip-hop vet, 30 years into his career, finally recognized for being at the top of his game.