FADER decided to grab K.Dot & Danny Brown to grace the cover of their #78 issue. Kendrick’s cover story can be viewed here, Danny Brown’s here.
Hip-Hop’s hottest class, well some of them, cover the latest issue of The Source Magazine. Issue available on newsstands later this month.
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Ms. Minaj is riding cloud 9 right now. The YM Queen snatches the February/March cover for VIBE Magazine. Nicki also has a lil something to say regarding the naysayers! Pink Friday: Roman Reloaded hits April 3rd
“I felt like I had something to prove to everyone who said a female rapper could not make an album unless she was talking about her pussy. And so I went above and beyond to prove that I could not talk about sex and not talk about my genitalia and still have a successful album. And I proved that. And now my time for proving things to my critics is over. I don’t really need to prove anything to anyone else anymore.”
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For the issue we asked Barneys creative-ambassador at large and author Simon Doonan to interview pop super-star Nicki Minaj. We love Nicki’s unique style and unconventional look and Simon has devoted his career to celebrating fashion odd-balls and women who push the envelope (see his book Wacky Chicks). They had a short and sweet interview and discussed reality TV, Rick Santorum and Minaj’s style idols.
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XXL takes it to Brooklyn for their March issue as they once again pay tribute to one of the greatest to ever do it. Issue hits stands Feb 7th.
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The Source is rapping up 2011 with giving Man Of The Year honors to Rick Ross and Rookie Of The Year honors to Big Sean. Interesting if I must say so myself. Feeling like two other candidates deserved the spots? Hit that comment section up, BITCH!
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So apparently Mr. Jackson thinks hip hop at the present time is a bit confused. Hmmm, interesting. XXL just unleashed some interesting excerpts from Fif’s cover story where he discusses the current state of hip-hop, finding inspiration, who he’s competing against and of course, Lil Wayne.
50 Cent: The whole culture, I think, is a little…confused. It’s not what I fell in love with, you know? So my job is to make a album that doesn’t have any holes in it, that is a representation of all of the elements I fell in love with. So, like, I look at artists to find what I like about them or why they’re hot or why they exist. And then you see that we’re creating momentum. We’re creating synthetic heat for new artists to generate interest and revenue. So the sales is some shit that ain’t really hot. You see what I’m saying? Like, the actual business of music is saying, “Oh, he’s hot!” and “Let’s try and do something to market it and sell it.” But there’s some shit that’s organic that’s out there that you see, like, without record-company assistance. People are gravitating to it.
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The Uncaged Bird, ok I’m sorry. Clifford Harris. Ok, I’ll behave. The KANG hits the cover of the December/January Year End issue of VIBE Magazine (Yelawolf and Em cover the other side). Catch on your newsstands December 9th.
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Simba covers this month’s issue of RESPECT Magazine which hits stands November 29th. Cole World: The Sideline Story is in stores now.
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Em & Wolf get year end cover privileges over at VIBE Magazine. What an incredible way to end the year. Could you imagine a joint mixtape with these two? SHIT! Check out excerpts from the interview which was done by Erik Parker.
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