Rising Detroit rapper BabyTron dropped Bin Reaper 2, his first Bin Reaper tape since 2019. Driven by Halloween themes (see “Half-Blood Prince”,”007’”, “Green Lantern”, “Frankenstein”, etc.), spliced with quick-witted retro references, BabyTron’s punchline-heavy raps are more refined than ever. Poised to be his breakout project the tape features Lil Yachty, Krispylife Kidd, ShittyBoyz, and RTB MB.
RUN THE JEWELS ANNOUNCE NEW BEER & BEVERAGE RELEASES, INCLUDING A SERIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BLACK CRAFT BREWERIES
PROCEEDS TO GO TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO EXPAND DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN THE CRAFT BEER COMMUNITY
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RUN THE JEWELS ANNOUNCE NEW BEER & BEVERAGE RELEASES, INCLUDING A SERIES IN PARTNERSHIP WITH BLACK CRAFT BREWERIES
PROCEEDS TO GO TO ORGANIZATIONS WORKING TO EXPAND DIVERSITY AND INCLUSIVITY IN THE CRAFT BEER COMMUNITY
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https://runthejewels.com/beer/
Run The Jewels, the lauded duo of Killer Mike and El-P, have announced plans to once again expand their infiltration of the beverage industry via a new series of collaborative beers slated for Fall of 2021. In an effort to support and expand inclusivity within the craft beer community the duo have partnered with Black-owned craft breweries and events for a distinctive trio of offerings, with some slated to be debuted at festivals celebrating Black brewers and artists. The new line of beers includes the just-released “Never Look Back,” a premium rice lager brewed in collaboration with nonprofit Beer Kulture at Green Bench Brewing Co in Florida, “All Due Respect,” a molasses and corn grits strong ale brewed in collaboration with Proximity Brewing and Spaceway Brewing that will be released at Black Brew Culture’s Blacktoberfest on October 8th in Durham, NC, and “Blockbuster Night, Pt. 1,” a danky IPA with terpenes brewed in collaboration with Brew Gentleman Brewery of Braddock, PA that is set to debut at Barrel and Flow Fest on September 10th and will also be available for sale online, as part of a Barrel and Flow set, at Tavour.com as part of DigiFlow, the virtual coverage of the fest. Putting money back into the communities where these beers were made is an important component for the duo: a portion of all proceeds from “Never Look Back” will benefit Beer Kulture, a nonprofit dedicated to promoting equitable hiring practices in the brewing industry, while a portion of proceeds from the sale of “All Due Respect” will support Blacktoberfest, and 50% of proceeds from “Blockbuster Night, Part 1” will benefit local Pittsburgh charities serving the children and the arts, including Steel City Arts Initiative.
The new slate of beers underscores the continued growth of Run The Jewels’ beverage ambitions, as they chart a course toward producing their first self-released beers in addition to other planned beer, spirit, and coffee collaborations. Among their other impending releases are a new IPA brewed in collaboration with Brooklyn’s Interboro Spirits & Ales (one of the duo’s early brewing collaborators, with whom they made the award-winning “Stay Gold” IPA), and a new collaboration with Cerveza Minerva in Mexico City slated for this November, the Oh Mama Juicy IPA. And for a very new kind of RTJ libation, they’ll soon be dropping The Ground Below, a cold brew coffee made in collaboration with Chicago’s Dark Matter Coffee that will be available at the Dark Matter booth at Riot Fest on September 17th and to be made available for nationwide shipping at www.darkmattercoffee.com. These all follow in the footsteps of their recent hard seltzer collaboration with Chicago’s City Water “Ooh La La” and last year’s ultra ambitious global collaboration “No Save Point” IPA, for which the duo teamed with 13 esteemed breweries from across the world. More info on all the aforementioned can be found at Run The Jewels dedicated beer site.
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Beer Kulture Through their work, Beer Kulture has advanced and created opportunities that foster diversity, equity and inclusion within the craft beverage space. Since 2017, Beer Kulture has been a community resource and has demonstrated commitment to the work necessary to advance the Kulture forward.
Blacktoberfest the event is a festival created by Mike Potter, Sheena Lester and Royce Shockley of Black Brew Culture, and in this second-year display of craft beer and culinary excellence, it spans two continents with over 100 Black-owned establishments coming together to spotlight their passions and talents. It's an annual collection of curated activations mixed with traditional festival-style booths that hopes to serve as a new standard for combining entertainment, education and community economics. BBC's 2021 celebration is about honoring the diaspora and welcoming the brilliance of Black people, across the globe, through the vehicle of craft beer.
Black Brew Culture, which was founded by Potter in 2015, aims to make the craft beer industry as diverse as its appreciative consumer audience by showcasing the genius and flavor Black brewers bring to it, in America and across the world. The group's B.L.A.C.K. Beer Initiative is a unique initialized approach to the whats, wheres, hows and whys of helping the Blacks-in-craft-beer landscape expand.
Barrel and Flow Fest Why Barrel and Flow? “To honor what we see as interconnected and important sectors of Black arts. To celebrate Black arts and artists. And to express and share how collective art is greater together than the sum of their individual parts. Through the barrel flows this collective creativity of music, visual art, and culinary art. Our collaborations and aims of economic empowerment for the Black community continue, just as significant and necessary as ever, with global aspirations and national amplifications.”
https://www.barrelandflow.com/
Today, multiplatinum rapper Lil Tecca reveals the slick and cinematic music video for his explosive new track “Repeat It” feat. Gunna via Galactic Records/Republic Records.
In the visual, Tecca turns up in a purple world. He cruises at high speeds hanging out the window of a luxury ride, raps to the camera as special effects pop off around him, and links up with Gunna for a climactic sequence, illuminating their chemistry together. Once again, he delivers a larger-than-life video reflective of his outsized persona.
Right out of the gate, “Repeat It” has amassed over 6 million global streams and counting in addition to scoring widespread critical acclaim.
Hyping anticipation for the official release, Tecca initially previewed the track on Instagram, and it impressively has generated over 1.5 million views. On the official version, he lights up a piano-driven beat with his nimbly spun wordplay. Meanwhile, multiplatinum superstar Gunna rolls through with his signature drip, igniting the production.
It follows up his anthemic “Money On Me,” which has already amassed over 5 million streams and counting. In addition to plugs from Revolt TV and more, HotNewHipHop observed, “Tecca floats as he sing-raps tales of paradise and the benefits of the lavish lifestyle.”
Everything just sets the stage for his anxiously awaited new album and one of the year’s most-anticipated sequels, We Love You Tecca 2, coming soon.
Watch Tecca repeat his dominance in 2021…
His single “Never Left” has gathered over 116 million streams to date and serves as his ninth Hot 100 hit. Lyrical Lemonade hailed it as “an absolute banger in every sense of the word,” and Rap Radar raved, “Lil Tecca’s back like he’s ‘Never Left’.” The Musical Hype praised the flows as “compelling, energetic, and rhythmic,” while HotNewHipHop added it “proves that his melodic instincts are still sharp.”
Following a standout set at Rolling Loud - Miami, he takes the stage at Lyrical Lemonade – Summer Smash August 20 and Rolling Loud – Los Angeles December 14-15.
Posting up over 7 billion streams and claiming multiple platinum certifications, Lil Tecca has quietly cemented himself as one of rap’s most vital rising superstars. In 2020, his full-length debut album, Virgo World, bowed in the Top 10 of the Billboard Top 200 and yielded two Hot 100 entries—namely “Dolly” with Lil Uzi Vert and “When You Down” feat. Lil Durk with Polo G. Thus far, the record has clocked over 300 million streams and counting. HotNewHipHop praised it as “a great starting point for the 18-year-old.” Tecca first exploded with his platinum-certified mixtape, We Love You Tecca, and his breakout quadruple-platinum single “Ransom” in 2019. He reeled in acclaim from New York Times, Billboard, HYPEBEAST, Complex, and many others in addition to selling out shows on his first headline run, the We Love You Tecca World Tour. He launches into his next chapter with lots of new music in 2021.
WAYNE’S LATEST ALBUM SINCE THE CHART-TOPPING AND CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED THA CARTER V
“Lil Wayne’s long-delayed ‘Tha Carter V’ reminds us why he’s one of the greats. It’s an album full of fire and passion from an artist who doesn’t have anything left to prove.” – Rolling Stone
“After six years, Wayne delivers with a strong return. He’s confident, lithe and lucid. There’s still the hunger, the rapid-fire wordplay that he does with ease.” - Billboard
NEW YORK (January 24, 2020) – The multi-platinum, Grammy Award-winning music mogul Lil Wayne announced his highly anticipated 13th solo studio album, symbolically titled, Funeral,will be released Friday, January 31st via Young Money Records/Republic Records. Ahead of the album’s release, fans can pre-save Funeral HERE and purchase merch HERE.
Funeral follows the massive success of Lil Wayne’s long-awaited, RIAA-certified platinum album, Tha Carter V, which debuted at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard 200 with the second-largest streaming week for an album of all time. Hailed by critics and fans alike, Variety said, the album has “the crunch of the Southern trap and ropey rap-rock sounds that Wayne pretty much started in the first place.” Pitchfork noted, “The long-delayed album captures Wayne how we want to remember him: openhearted, word-drunk, and exhilarated by the possibilities of his own versatility."
This past year, Wayne teamed up with blink-182 for an electric, co-headlining tour across North America. Last week, Wayne partnered with ESPN in celebration of the College Football Playoff National Championship game to release the catchy track “Playoff” feat. Poppy H, Corey Henry & The Treme Funktet.
Almost 4 years ago today Cleveland rapper Machine Gun Kelly payed tribute to the legendary Detroit rapper Eminem on the steps of St Andrews Hall, a place where Eminem got his start, before MGK's show at the same venue. Check the video out below.