You gotta love the consistent and strategic video releases by Pusha T, as they have kept the momentum for his latest album, Darkest Before Dawn, rolling.

Although Kanye West was MIA, King Push managed to snag A$AP Rocky and The-Dream for a new clip to their song, “M.P.A.”, a tale of three very powerful and dangerous vices. Watch the video up top.

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By now you’re probably extinguishing whatever it is you play music on, after hearing Pusha T’s latest project, King Push – Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude. With that said, take a second (or 22 minutes) to check out the album’s accompanying short-film, Darkest Before Dawn.

Directed by Kid Art, Darkest Before Dawn, not only features music from the album, but also vividly paints the picture that might be in your head while listening to it.

Way to close out 2015, Push.

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With Pusha T’s album, “Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude,“ releasing tomorrow, he’s wasted no time to announce his next move, the Darkest Before Dawn Tour. Kicking off in March, the Virginia rapper will be traveling across the country (and Vancouver) until early April during his 22 date tour. Tickets for Pusha T’s Darkest Before Dawn Tour are available here.

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Pusha T took to The Daily Show with Trevor Noah to debut the Kanye West produced “Sunshine”. It serves as the outro to the album King Push- Darkest Before Dawn: The Prelude, featuring Jill Scott. They annotated the track on Genius the other day, you can check the lyrics out here. Peep his performance below.

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There were some very familiar faces in the building including Lil Bibby and Karen Civil, as well as co-star, Rotimi from G-Unit and Power fame. If you couldn’t make it out, we got you covered with this soft photo recap, courtesy of Calligrafist.

Both the album and the accompanying film are scheduled to be released December 18th.

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King Push stopped by Beat 1 Radio to chop it up with Zane Lowe about many different subjects ranging from Pusha’s upcoming film Darkest Before Dawn, his project slated to drop April of 2016 entitled King Push, and his duties as the G.O.O.D. Music hefe. They also discuss his new album Darkest Before Dawn (The Prelude), as well as his new track “M.F.T.R.” featuring The Dream.

The acronym stands for “More Famous Than Rich”, which is exactly how Pusha T feels about most of these people in the game who stunt on social media without having the credentials to back it up. Boi-1da laces Push and The Dream with an instrumental that fits the duo perfectly. To put it simply, it’s a banger.

He even previewed the lyrics on Genius a few days prior to dropping the audio, the same move he made with the first track off the album called “Untouchable”. Needless to say, he is sparing no expense and leaving no stone unturned to make sure that his projects are at a high-level quality for his fans. Listen to the world premiere and full interview below.

Update: Pusha just dropped the CDQ via Youtube. Let the flames burst through your speakers.

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Pusha T’s “King Push: Darkest Before Dawn” receives the visual accompaniment with the first official film trailer. Directed by Kid Art, “DBD” has the ominous feel of a hustlers’ ambition, documenting the triumph and pitfalls of life in the streets. “Darkest Before Dawn” indirectly exemplifies Pusha T’s biopic of sorts, starring himself and “Power” actor Rotimi. King Push has historically been one of the better storytellers in the culture’s history, but hey, a congruent film can only make the story that much more real.

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