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Wale is feeling the pressure. He is convinced he's got the city's hip-hop hopes and dreams on his shoulders, after all, and he even suspects the future of rap itself hinges on his fate.

The Grammy Award Winning Duo recently signed a label imprint deal with SRC/Universal Records and have been in the studio working with Nelly, Hurricane Chris, Bun B & Pitbull New York, NY a ' October 19, 2009 a ' Two-time GRAMMY award winning producers and recording artists, Play-N-Skillz have announced that they will release their highly ...

Digital News editor and not-so-shy-singer Tanya Ballard Brown guest-hosts this week's podcast of NPR's best arts and culture stories.

October 16, 2009 - Rap music may have started in the Bronx but in recent years, it has moved south.

Rap music may have started in the Bronx, but in recent years, the South has taken over the airwaves.

Turning the Screw: Chalie Boy, Royce da 5'9", Saigon, Soulja Boy, Jay-Z, Adam Yauch, 50 vs.

"GLC is going to sound totally sweet on this ..." Mix-tape DJ Mick Boogie's remix project Re-Living Thing - an authorized hip-hop reworking of Peter Bjorn & John's Vulture-approved Living Thing - was released yesterday.

Dallas-based rap/production duo Play-N-Skillz announced this week their new label deal with SRC/Universal for their own imprint, G4 Muzik.

The Houston native E.S.G. [click to read], a forefather emcee in the chopped and screwed movement, is getting ready to drop his new album, Everyday Street Gangsta , which will be released on September 29, 2009 by E1 Entertainment .

Plus: Bun B expands record label, plans joint tape with Young Jeezy, in Mixtape Daily.

With school at Jackson State back in session, Freelon's threw a massive welcome back party on Saturday, Aug.

I've already riffed on how sweet I think the Texas Testosterone Festival is gonna be this weekend: bball skills, Spartan 300, MMA fighting, poker tourneys, choppa customization, bikini and fit model contests yeah, pretty freakin' sweet.

Please forgive us - no main pick on Monday, and now an abbreviated version of Don't Sleep.

They're cool. They make fun of some guy for wearing a Fubu jersey. We automatically like them for it.

We heard a rumor bubble up a while ago about how a couple of the Houston Press Best Underground Hip-Hop nominees were supposed to be working on a group track together.

Once upon a time, before it was a shooting gallery, national news and the talk of Twitter, the first annual Trae Day celebration was just a rap concert and family festival.

Name: Bernard Freeman Reppin': Port Arthur, TX Breakthrough: Pimp C and Bun B formed UGK in the late 1980s and released their mission statement, Too Hard to Swallow , in 1992.

Welcome back to Five Spot. Every Friday, we'll examine a recent bit of music news and, sometimes awkwardly, tie it to a bit of Houston rap.

Last year, rapper Trae Tha Truth was recognized by the city of Houston for his work within the community by officially being granted his own day.

The Southern Fried Summer Jam features Bun B, Paul Wall, Slim Thug, Big Tuck, Tum Tum, Big Chief and many others.