Sometimes Hip Hop can move at a pace too frantic for even the most devoted fan to keep up with. Albums and mixtapes are released at breakneck speed, careers are made and broken with the swipe of a pen, and somewhere in between all the madness actual music (the quality of which vacillates between excellent and god awful) is being made. Twitter provides a nice summary of everything 140 characters at a time. And if you’re the type that would rather not be bothered with stepping into the Twitterverse to catch up on the latest in Hip Hop, we’ve filtered through the top rapper’s tweets and consolidated all the week’s events into one convenient feed.
This week, the internet reacts to the death of Sean Price, release of Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre and CyHi The Prynce talks his Kanye West diss.
Sean Price Dies At 43
Hip Hop lost a legend over the weekend when Sean Price was found dead in his sleep according to his wife. The 43-year-old was a Boot Camp Clik member, released several well recieved albums on Duck Down Records and served as HipHopDX’s guest editor in October 2012.
Dr. Dre Releases First Album In 16 Years
Dr. Dre announced a few weeks ago that he was scrapping Detox and making Compton: A Soundtrack By Dr. Dre his third and final album.
Internet Responds to OVO Set
Drizzy’s headlining set for OVO won the internet Monday night as the final blow to his beef with Meek Mill.
Taylor Swift Brings Out Fetty Wap
During a tour stop in promotion of her multiplatinum album 1989, Taylor Swift brought out Fetty Wap himself to perform “Trap Queen.”
CyHi The Prynce Tweets About “Elephant In The Room”
For some, CyHi The Prynce’s “Elephant In The Room” went harder than the year’s most popular beef. According to some recent Tweets, the track doesn’t actually feature any real shots directed at Kanye West and Pusha T.
RIP Sean P , love what you did with Blu Cantrell , still bumpin that “Temperature” on a daily.