Fre$h (formerly Short Dawg) links with Wiz Khalifa for the XL and Chase Millie produced “Paul Masson”. “​After Wiz’s show, we came back to the studio. Trashed. I told XL and Chase Millie to load up any beat, I’ma one-take it. Held my word, then Wiz came in right behind me,” Fre$h told HotNewHipHop. “We drank everything but the Paul Masson, which later became the reason I didn’t remember doing a second song with Wiz the next day.” ​ ​

Marking the historic opening of the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Al, global music and entertainment platform, TIDAL partnered with the Equal Justice Initiative (EJI) to livestream the Concert for Peace and Justice. The show featured performances from The Roots, Dave Matthews Usher, Common, Brittany Howard from Alabama Shakes, and Kirk Franklin, plus a very special guest Stevie Wonder. Make sure to check out Stevie’s speech above as he challenges leaders to, “move the world forward for real.” The National Memorial for Peace and Justice is the nation’s first comprehensive memorial dedicated to racial terror lynchings of African Americans and the legacy of slavery and racial inequality in America. On a six-acre site atop a rise overlooking downtown Montgomery, the memorial uses sculpture, art, and design to contextualize racial terror and includes a memorial square with 800 six-foot monuments that identify thousands of racial terror lynching victims in the United States. EJI is inviting communities to acknowledge and confront their history of racial injustice by claiming monuments to install in their communities. The Legacy Museum is a one-of-a-kind narrative museum housing interactive media, sculpture, videography, and exhibits that immerse visitors in the sights and sounds of the domestic slave trade, racial terrorism, the Jim Crow South, and the world’s largest prison system. The museum is just a short walk from the memorial, on the site of a former warehouse where black people were enslaved in Montgomery, Alabama. The Peace and Justice Summit will present an exciting array of national leaders and advocates, including Michelle Alexander, Sherrilyn Ifill, Gloria Steinem, Marian Wright Edelman, Rev. William Barber, Ava DuVernay, Elizabeth Alexander, Vice President Al Gore, The Roots, Brittany Packnett, and many others. Sessions will run all day on Thursday, April 26, and Friday, April 27, at the Montgomery Performing Arts Center. A $25 Summit pass provides access to multiple talks and is now available for purchase here . ​

Scotty ATL releases a new video “Champagne Dreams” that is featured on his new #OTW EP that was released last week exclusively through Spinrilla. The project features 6 brand new tracks plus his buzzing new single “Ratchet”. The EP serves as an appetizer for his upcoming #UKWTFGO album that is due out in May.

There’s no stopping TDE at this point, you can only embrace the movement and what it’s brought to the culture as a staff, record label and as a motherf*ckin’ crew! You are almost required to bump all TDE as loud as possible after their recent stretch of hits. Unless its Sza and then her music is great being played at normal levels – like this song. Check out this new visual from SZA’s widely popular album, CTRL that goes right into a taboo topic: p####.

Boosie has plans to drop his Bigger and Badder Than Ever album so in the mean time he gives fans this 20-track project Boonk Gang Vol. 1 mixtape, where he raps over industry beats. ​

SahBabii, one of Hip-Hop’ newest talents, brings his hypnotic voice for the official video to “Outstanding” Ft. 21 Savage. On Twitter, SahBabii recently promised “a SahBabii summer,” and it’s shaping up to be with all the heat he has coming. Check this one out above!

Big Hud drops a massive collaboration with Dallas, TX rappers Yella Beezy and Lil Ronny MothaF. Produced by Marz Beats, “Got My Own” is set to appear on Big Hud’s LP, Big Dawg Johnson, due out late 2018. Returning with his first release since his last mixtape titled OYBA hosted by DJ Holiday, Big Hud has been behind-the-scenes building a production team of writers and producers. So far the team has placed tracks with Money Man, Too Short, Lucas Coly, Gunna, Lil Pump & Rittz to name a few. ​ https://soundcloud.com/bighud214/got-my-own-ft-yella-beezy-lil-ronny-mothaf/s-XxPKv

​Excelling by making real friends rather than rap friends, 22 year old rapper Key Nyata doesn’t care about climbing the social ladders of Hip-Hop. After being featured in XXL at 18 years old, former Raider Klan member and child prodigy Key Nyata has traveled a long road, seeing the the ups and downs of the rap game yet he’s still persevering to this day. Now Key Nyata says this will be his last project, aptly titled It’s A Long Game. The final effort will feature guest verses from Denzel Curry, Slim Guerilla and worldly production from a Snubnose, PHX, Genshin, DJQJ, Othasyde, and Key himself. “I wanted to take it back to the roots,” Key Nyata explained. “Back to the era where I per say made all my fans, to the era where I was truly immersed in my music, like back when I was with the Raider Klan. I had to go back and get a couple of the homies from that time period; Denzel Curry, my boy Slim Guerilla and some production from several close homies.” Previously mentored by Vince Staples, Raider Klan ringleader SpaceGhostPurrp and Seattle mainstay Nacho Piccasso, Key Nyata has spent roughly ten years in the rap game perfecting his craft and getting advice from mentors. “Vince Staples took me under his wing and was really instrumental in making me a better artist when I was young around 14 or 15. I was on one of his first projects producing, but he used to just challenge me to make a few beats and he really wanted me to sharpen up, that’s like my big bro to this day,” KeyNyata said. “Then with me being one of the first members of Raider Klan, I was integral to getting some of the first members in there. When I got in, it was only me, Purp, his family from Miami and Denzel Curry – we were the two youngest ones in clique.” Key Nyata was always surrounded by Hip-Hop culture growing up in Seattle. With both parents having had their own ties to the game, Key Nyata was destined to be a rapper and started writing at an early age after being exposed to the world of Hip-Hop from his parents. “My dad was friends with E-40 and the Click and whenever they would do shows in Seattle, they would be around the house playing dominoes so I was always around Hip-Hop culture. My mom is from Long Beach and grew up in high school around Snoop and Warren G and she loved Hip-Hop so I always had Hip-Hop in my life,” Key Nyata explained of his upbringing. Carrying out his family traditions Key Nyata mixes the classic West-Coast sounds of the 90’s with bars from today for a funky juxtaposition the rap game is primed to embrace. But there’s more to this story. “This is my final project going as Key Nyata. I don’t want to say too much about the future just yet, but if you know me, you know what’s going on,” Key Nyata explained. “To the world I will cease to exist if not for just a little bit of time. Anyone that listens to my music will know what I’m doing right now.” ​https://soundcloud.com/keynyata/sets/its-a-long-game

Rising rapper and slasher Justin Snow unleashed his self-directed “Fortnite” music video co-directed by Greg Myers this past Friday April 6th. In the video Justin Snow’s moodus operandi is #PrettyGirlsGetSlain, which is his twisted metaphor for intercourse. The video’s concept plays like a slasher film fantasy for women who are attracted to the bad guys, continuing themes from previous horrific visuals like those fromSnow’s Body Count project. In the short film, women are essentially role playing their favorite fantasy with a horror movie villain. Recruiting beautiful unsuspecting victims, Snow has raised eyebrows with his blood-splattered polaroid pictures and NSFW films which air regularly on his IG page, gaining attention from the XO movement and other industry insiders. As such Snow’s Instagram feed has become widely popular as he metaphorically slays beautiful women also drawing attention from the likes of Playboi Carti, Rich The Kid, Ian Conner, A$AP Bari, Uno the Activist and more. ​ ​ ​

Want to know how much it cost to book Wiz? Well just one listen to this song and you got a good idea if you’re looking for a quote. While Wiz does smoke out in this visual, he keeps it clean for the most part in this trippy-tropical visual. This song may possibly be on Wiz’s Rolling Paper 2 according to the YouTube description. ​

Harlem rappers Vado and Dave East link up for a new remix to Drake’s track “Nice For What.” Its rumored the two may have a joint album on the way, but in the mean time enjoy with as they rap over one of the hottest songs in the country.

DMV’s very own Lambo Anlo hooks up with fellow DMV artist Fat Trel to bring you his new visual for “4U”. The song is the second single by Lambo Anlo and the first of many more to come in 2018. 

Brooklyn, New York and Jackson, Mississippi connect as Maino links up with Lil Cezer for a new single titled “Cold As Ice.” Produced by Lil Menace. ​

No matter how much you love Supreme, the New York street wear brand that has seemingly taken over the world, you probably don’t love it as much as Riff Raff does in his new video for “Supreme Shopping.” An ode to Wednesday morning shopping, the Daniel Kelly-directed visuals find Riff Raff turning up in a small boutique as he raps about his riches. “Hundred pushups 8 a.m./Diamonds jumping out the gym/Pastel pink bag MCM/Polar bear up under chin/Frosted flakes across my face,” Riff Raff spits on the Slick LaFlare produced track.

Scotty ATL returns with his first new project of 2018, the #OTW EP powered by Spinrilla. The project features his new, viral single “Ratchet” as well 6 brand new, exclusive tracks. Production comes courtesy of Zaytoven, Cory Mo, Twan Da God, Chefry Kitchen and more. The EP serves as a warm-up for Scotty’s anticipated #UKWTFGO album that is due out in May.

Baltimore’s own Tate Kobang knows how to cook up a banger and boy did he do it again. Introducing his new single “No Type” from his forthcoming album, Tate conjures up the perfect club anthem as the weather is starting to turn. The uptempo, head-nodding instrumental comes courtesy of Tate himself, as well as YG! Beats and Millz Douglas. Tate follows his typical formula of making fun, relatable music that anyone listening can appreciate. He also lets us know when it comes to women, he doesn’t have a specific “type”. With a lot in store including a ton of new music and videos, his upcoming shoe drive, and much more, Tate Kobang has every intention of making 2018 a memorable year. So far, he’s doing everything necessary to make sure that happens. ​

Chicago up and coming artist Young Nero is cooking up with legendary producer Scott Storch as the two have teamed up for Nero’s newest single “Beyond.” The track is the first single off Nero’s upcoming LP entitled Super Saiyan which will be produced as well by Scott Storch and is dropping later this year. Check it out as Nero brings the edgy Chicago style with Storch’s melodic vibe and his signature virtuoso sound through the keys.

Lil Pump unleashes his brand new single and video for “Esskeetit” today. Pump’s multi-million dollar signing sent the world in a craze after Lil Pump’s RIAA double-platinum “Gucci Gang” topped the charts across North America and the world. To date the video has surged to reach over 2 Billion audio and video streams, and over 650,000 equivalent album sales. Lil Pump’s self-titled debut dropped in October of last year and entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #3,  emerging as the #1 streaming album first-week.   ​ ​

Looking at the cover art featuring a photo of Christian and his dad backstage at a Bad Boy concert in the 90’s, there’s no doubt about it, King Combs is a 90’s Baby just like his album title proclaims. This is his first collection of songs to be released and you can hear how he captures his East Coast upbringing, while blending it with his current West Coast lifestyle. You may have seen him stuntin on the ‘Gram recently for his b-day party, dancing with friends and partying, but this 20-year old is a multifaceted artist and he’s doing it with a personal touch through his delivery. Check it out below!: ​

If there’s one person on Kanye’s G.O.O.D. Music label that always keeps the fans wanting more, its gotta be Kid Cudi. With so few releases and such a distinct sound, Cudi seems to always draw the attention of Hip-Hop fans. After his Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’ album from 2016, we havent heard much until now! Check his new single below that appear part of the Rampage soundtrack.