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How 168 Million Streams Earned Aloe Blacc just $4000

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  How 168 Million Streams Earned Aloe Blacc just $4000

  Guest Blogger | November 7, 2014

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  Lorenzo Ice Tea Thomas exits 99 Jamz in Miami

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  Exclusive: One on One with Rapsody

  Sebastien Elkouby | October 29, 2014

    The great thing about my job is that I get to write about Hip Hop artists I genuinely admire. There’s no editor forcing me to spit out some...

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  Seb’s Top 5 Hip Hop Picks

  Sebastien Elkouby | October 20, 2014

  Seb’s Top 5 Hip Hop Picks where I pick my top 5 favorite Hip Hop related items for that month. This can include artists, videos, songs, events, books,...

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  RapRehab ‘Where Consciousness Lives’

  Rap Rehab | October 19, 2014

  Rap Rehab is the premier online destination for fresh, thought-provoking coverage of the music industry, hip hop culture, current events and race.