HipHopDx Interviews

Up NeXt By DX: WillThaRapper

Emcee represents Washington DC's Capitol Heights and recently dropped a Christmas mixtape.

Up NeXt By DX: OnCue

Upcoming "Perfectly, Tragically, Flawed" project will be executive produced by Just Blaze.

Up NeXt By DX: SpiffyUNO

Expect great things from this South Central based emcee.

Jay Pharoah Getting Serious For Rap Career: "No Nick Cannon Bars!"

The year 2016 will go down as the year of the Jay Pharoah liberation. It also marks the first time he came to grips that Lil Yachty was a thing.

Up NeXt By DX: Prophecy

Kanye West, Jay Electronica, Diddy are called inspirations by the rapper representing the West Side.

All Eyez On Memes: Social Media Questions MTV's Top 10 Hottest MCs In The Game List

And you thought the reaction to this year's Freshmen List was bad.

Trapo’s Roots Run Deep

"Shade Trees" is one of the most slept-on projects of 2016 but its organic growth just means a brighter future for the Wisconsin rapper.

Up NeXt By DX: Quiz

Representing that IE.

Taboo Asked Police “Where Is The Love?” During Standing Rock Protest

EXCLUSIVE: The Black Eyed Peas member and Hip Hop Caucus’ Rev. Yearwood discuss Hip Hop’s involvement in the pushback against the North Dakota Access Pipeline.

Wiz Khalifa, Michael Blackson, Too $hort, French Montana & More Praise Snoop Dogg At Fusion's All Def Roast

Exclusive: We also talked to the Boss Dogg himself.

Saba: The Westside Chi Shepherd

With the tremendous growth shown on Chance The Rapper's glowing "Coloring Book" and his own recently released "Bucket List Project," it's only a matter of time before the masses cite Saba's name in the continued storyline of Chicago rap greatness.

Up NeXt By DX: Jeff Prophete

27-year-old found inspiration in everyone from Tupac to Lil Bow Wow.

Native American Rap Legend Litefoot Has Some Stern Words For Rappers Appropriating His Culture

EXCLUSIVE: The actor and rapper has had the reservation scene on lock for the past two decades without much notice. He spoke with DX about his successful indie grind, why Hip Hop lacks prominent Native artists, and the controversial North Dakota Access Pipeline.

Up NeXt By DX: Mvstermind

Recent video "Mali Moolah" has already been getting love on both the internet and small screen.

Meet Female Rapper Cola White: Hip Hop's True Keyser Söze

EXCLUSIVE: This Bay Area/Los Angeles transplant didn’t want to deal with rap misogyny. So, for that, you’ll never see her face.

Deniro Farrar & The Rebirth of Hip Hop Healthiness

Eating and living healthy all but comes with the territory of being a rap star these days but for Deniro Farrar, he knew a change had to come and this is how it altered his mentality and his music.

Up NeXt By DX: Graze

Set to release "My Side of Town" sometime in next January and follow up later on, expect great things from the L.A. representer.

Inside Paul Wall & TV Johnny's Multi-Million Dollar Grillz Enterprise

If you thought grillz would die out ten years ago, you wasted time thinking while Paul Wall and his longtime business partner TV Johnny got rich off of their custom mouth jewelry. Watch as HipHopDX editor-at-large Shirley Ju gets them to spill the secrets of their ever growing empire.

Scotty ATL Survived A Violent Year In Atlanta

EXCLUSIVE: Scotty ATL releases his “Daily Bread” mixtape and talks about the finished EP and tour plans he had with Bankroll Fresh before his murder.

Russell Simmons, Chuck D, DMC & More Examine Beastie Boys' "License To Ill" Impact

Thirty years later, all that stands is a Great American Rap Album.