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With the music industry closing in on itself, major labels downsizing and beginning to specialize on specific styles and genres of music, it has become more imperative for artists and labels to have a champion well versed in the "New Music Industry."

Jerry Doby,Topeka Music Examiner Jerry is Executive Editor of The Hype Magazine and a member of the Recording Academy (Grammy s), as well as a freelance publicist with more than 10 years experience in the urban music field. He is also a featured contributor for Yahoo! Voices Music. ...

With the music industry closing in on itself, major labels downsizing and beginning to specialize on specific styles and genres of music, it has become more imperative for artists and labels to have a champion well versed in the "New Music Industry."

Big Chan made her bones as part of Snoop Dogg's female group Doggy's Angels in the early 2000's. Signed to TVT Records at the time, the group had to change their name to Tha Angels because of the conflict with the television series Charlies Angels. Chan has since reinvented herself and become one of the...

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Recently, rap lyrics rubbed a large portion of the world community the wrong way...again! Maybach Music's Rick Rozay put together a set of verbal missiles which shocked, angered and galvanized many who heard his verse on Rocko's "U.O.E.N.O" single that blatantly (in the eyes of some), promoted drugging and raping women.

Philadelphia is noted for being a hot bed for new music. From the city of brotherly love comes the hottest rap group in Philly, Inner City Hustlers.

Ricky Donnell Ross is most known for his creation of a drug empire in South Central Los Angeles during the 1980s. His name still rings loudly worldwide, but now it comes from being connected to several of the biggest names in hip hop, Maybach Music Group's CEO Rick Ross aka Rick Rozay and Dr. Dre.

Chicago Hip Hop artist Blanco Caine intends to stir the pot and inform the Hip Hop masses about some still smoldering issues dealing with "White America." Blanco's highly anticipated release, "White America," hosted by DJ Supastar J Kwik and DJ Vic Lloyd, comes on the heels of Fox network journalist Bill O'Reilly's rants regarding the loss of "White Privilege."

Toronto Canada native rapper D'NME followed his newest mixtape release, "No Absence of Malice"release with the visuals for his latest single from the project entitled " The Stars " produced by Gino Colletti. This independent Canadian rapper, performer, recording artist and self-made entrepreneur has garnered over 1 million hits on YouTube for this new video and has logged nearly 3 million hits on his 9thlawENT channel.

Kanye West Gets Symbolyc One Beats Before Jay Z Hip Hop Weekly shared an exclusive excerpt with The Hype Magazine of their recent interview of mega producer Symbolyc One. The " Best Thing I Never Had" and " Power" producer recently discussed his new project, self-promotion and why Kanye West gets first dibs on his beats ...

D'NME - Can't Nobody Do It My Way ft. King Klutch & Kirsten Rea | @_DNME @StarforceHH Toronto rapper D' NME returns from his "Stars" success and tells his fans " Can't Nobody Do It My Way." His newest single is rising to the top all over the globe...Check him out!

Canada's rising hip hop star D'NME and his music are catching fire throughout the digital music world. His newest single, "Can't Nobody Do It My Way ," achieved nearly 1 million views on YouTube in less than a week and is materializing on high power urban music sites like StarforceHipHop.com and ThatCrack.com while gaining feature articles with digital magazine outlets like The Hype Magazine and Hood Stars Magazine.

Interview: @E40 Talk's with @DjSteelTv and @BossLadyTv | microphonebully.com. On the eve of the release of The Block Brochure: Welcome To The Soil Volumes 4,5,6, E-40 speaks with Simone "Boss Lady" Amelia and DJ Steel on Hip Hop Nation about working with 2Pac and his favorite memories of the late rapper.

Lawson-Montgomery is an independent record label based in Raleigh, North Carolina and is administered by Diamond Music Group (DMG), Inc., in Las Vegas, Nevada; distributed by INgrooves Music . The company's products are developed under the A&R guidance of Lavae McClinnahan.

Phenom Wess has a long love affair with hip hop dating back to the age of 8 where he performed in a hip hop talent show at the Jackie Robinson YMCA in San Diego. Facing the reality of economic difficulties to finance a music career and realizing his grades weren't good enough to get him...

Here is a new music video from J.Kidd titled "New Day." Check out the visual for the single and you can download the audio after the jump. http://youtu.be/bqcMtAdWeec Download - J.Kidd - New Day www.OfficialJkidd.com IG: @Official_jkidd Twitter: @Jkidd0518 FB: Facebook.com/jkidd518

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