In anticipation of his forthcoming album “Black Market,” Rozay continues to deliver the goods.  Today he lets go of the enticing and lordly visual for “2 Shots,” which exhibits plenty of riches, a fly lady on his side, and overall, his imperial lifestyle. The tracklisting for “Black Market” was released earlier this week and I have to say, the boss has a dope lineup of features on the project.  Be sure to cop that on Dec 4, to hear Rick Ross rock with Mary J. Blige, Nas, Future, John Legend and more.

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Be sure to peep the highly praised producer’s latest genius project as well as his newest visual with RJ and Skeme below.

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Curren$y

Over the weekend, I had the pleasure of seeing a lot of creative artists perform live at the Fillmore for AMC’s Bodega in Charlotte, NC. The hip hop festival brought out a range of acts like Rashaun Hampton, Brio Ankh, 2chea The Zombie, Baby Jesus, Preme, YB, James Malik, Shac from da 3, Mar Reynolds, and even Bankroll Bird (who’s“True Story” video was recently posted on WSHH ).

These rappers didn’t just rap their singles and get off stage, but they actually PERFORMED. Whether it was jumping on stage with their supporters, sharing wise words, telling a story behind their name, or getting off stage with their mic to go into the audience, they did just that.  While watching them on stage, you could tell it was all just love. Even when each performer was done, they stayed on stage with their same exact energy to pass along to the next artist. Even though they all come from similar areas of Charlotte, no one’s sound or message was the same and that’s what made each artist stand out from the next . Rather you were familiar with their sound or not, they made sure that you would remember them for one thing if not another. After hours of multiple performances, the moment that everyone had been anticipating finally came. Curren$y was finally in the building and ready to shut down the festival performing singles like “Smoke Sumthin”, “Sixty-Seven Turbo Jet”, “ A Lil’ Sumthin”, “Elevator Musik” ,and more.

While doing his thang on the mic, he didn’t shy away from making a couple jokes in between nor from dedicating one of his songs to one of the audience members who got kicked out for having marijuana in his possession(aka having the ganja on deck). After the show, me and my director went backstage to await for an interview but sadly there was a little miscommunication. Nonetheless Curren$y, his management (Sam and Mousa) were great people and without them, witnessing a great performance wouldn’t have been possible. Hopefully we’ll continue to witness more greatness coming from Curren$y (*cough cough* and an interview sometime soon) as well as out of the “New Atlanta”, Charlotte.

[All photos were shot and taken by David Wept]

Rashaun Hampton X Shac from da 3

Preme X 2hea The Zombie

Bankroll Bird

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Looks like Kevin Gates is in a giving mood. Today, (via WSHH) he decides to deliver new videos for “Perfect Imperfection“, “Plug Daughter,” and “John Gotti,” turning them into a short film, directed by Philly Fly Boy. “Luca Brasi 2″ in the streets now.

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(via WSHH)

Fresh off the Rodeo Tour with Travi$ Scott, Young Thug hops on a tour bus and gives us the flashy and energetic new visual for “Check,” another song rumored to appear on Thugger’s upcoming debut album, “Carter 6.”

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