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Blue Chips is a monthly rap column that highlights exceptional rising rappers. To read previous columns, click here. The conventional rap album cycle died

If you’ve watched televised sports since late May, you’ve heard Solemn Brigham rap. His energetic voice soundtracks a Gatorade commercial

Trauma can be inherited, generationally compounded by relatives who pass on their pain through destructive action or the self-destructive coping

In this month’s edition of Blue Chips, our look at the best new hip hop of the month, we spoke with BabyTron

​​​​Blue Chips is a monthly rap column that highlights exceptional rising rappers. To read previous columns, click here. If you know Stockton,

Oakland-based producer Sndtrak is a rarity. In our interview, he tells how how these these talents are attracting major producers

EBK Young Joc may currently be behind bars on a gun charge, but even that’s not slowing his rap career down too much.

Blue Chips is a monthly rap column that highlights exceptional rising rappers. To read previous columns, click here. Artistic excellence isn’t

New York-based rapper Gabe ’Nandez is collaborating with rappers like billy woods, and he’s never been closer to breaking through

That Mexican OT is gearing up to be the next great rapper to hail from Texas. He is climbing the charts and bridging generational divides