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Jackson (From GOT7) Drops Music Video and Premiers on WorldStar

He's known as the silly, but sexy rapper in the kpop group GOT7, but late on August 25th, Jackson Wang dropped his music video for his first solo song, " Papillon ," with a premier on WorldStarHipHop . That probably had a lot to do with Ben Baller, the controversial but popular jewelry maker who's known in the hip-hip community. Baller (a mentor for Jackson), is featured in the music video, as well as African-American dancers towards the end of it. The song itself is trappy and pretty hard core, and all in English. The music video shows Jackson stepping out of a helicopter with Ben Baller and a Black guy, then he starts his rap. "you got me feeling like a Papillon, Find it I shine like a diamond. Oh Lord, Oh Lord, I truly feel blessed. I been trapped inside but now I feel blessed. I'll break rules like Rick Ross'd be saying. Spit fire like flame tools, them burn it all. Money and fame don't define me....." "Do what you are told, say

Drake Praises Dumbfoundead in "Bad Rap" (Now on Netflix)

Before artist and battle rapper Dumbfoundead released his hot "We Might Die" album, or dropped the popular music videos for the tracks 'SAFE' and 'Harambe,' and the catchy but freaky visual for 'Water,' Dumbfoundead was sitting down with producer and director Salima Koroma and co-producer Jaeki Cho for a documentary with three of his friends called "Bad Rap." It premiered last year at the 2016 Tribeca Film Festival, but was just recently uploaded on Netflix. The documentary walks us through the journey he and fellow Asian-American artists Awkwafina, Lyricks and Rekstizzy were on, to break into the larger American hip-hop scene, as they navigated through the waters of culture appropriation (from the African-American community) and originality. Dumbfoundead has been known for his battle rap skills for a long time. In the film we get to re-experience his epic comeback battle (after a break) against Conceited (from Wild 'n Out)

Them AOMG Boyz -- Gray Covers Ed Sheeran & Loco drops new EP

A post shared by GRAY (@callmegray) on Aug 19, 2017 at 9:04pm PDT Who knew that producer Gray from AOMG could sing, like really sing, well enough to do a great cover of Ed Sheeran's "Shape of You." In a recent episode of South Korean's KBS' "Yu Huiyeol's Sketchbook," Gray sits next to Loco, with DJ Pumkin in the back, as Loco raps about food, but then the camera focuses on Gray who sweetly sings "Shape of You," as if he wrote the song himself. Gray, known as one of the quiet ones in the AOMG music label crew, isn't known for speaking English, but in this cover, he pronounces the words of the song perfectly. Also during this episode of "Sketchbook," Gray and Loco perform "Good" with fellow label mate ELO. Gray and Loco also perform "Summer Go Loco," the title track from Loco's new EP, which just dropped days ago on August 18. The four track album is a great deal too, co

Jackson from GOT7 mv Teaser for First Solo Single

Jackson Wang, the 23-year-old rapper from Hong Kong, who is currently in the South Korean kpop group GOT7, has released a teaser music video for his first solo single, "Papillon." In the video we see various objects, including a red hooded person entering a room, a floating deer head, and Jackson who we eventually see sitting at the head of a table with controversial jewelry artist Ben Baller on one side of him. A white horse and a black horse are behind Jackson. The teaser looks visually stimulating. The music for the video, has a nice hip-hop beat. You can check it out below. Not sure how the full mv will play out in the end, but it drops on August 26th. ........................ D-6. A battle with yourself begins. 一场与自己的“博弈” -August 26th- .................................................................... #jacksonwang #잭슨 #王嘉爾 #JacksonWangPapillon #Papillon #August26 #FirstSoloSingle #D-6 #TEAMWANG A post shared by Jackson Wang 王嘉爾 왕잭슨 (@jacksonwang8

ALBUM SPOTLIGHT: "Vida" from Millic and The Making of "YOU"

 Oh Baby It's You. Oh Baby It's You, You, You.   Your heart starts to beat deeper when Millic drops the beat on his first track of his debut album, "Vida,"   from HIGHGRND. The song is called "YOU," and it grooves you unexpectedly. The full nine track album dropped in early July and has been on repeat since then for INLet'sGo! Millic is a South Korean DJ and music producer. His album includes various artists from around the world, sounding like American R&B singers Usher, Eric Benet and Musiq Soulchild. The album has gotten popular from the track "PARADISE," with fellow members from the FANXY CHILD crew (Zico, Dean, Crush and Penomeco), with the music video racking up more than a million views so far. But the album itself is a masterpiece, with just about every song on the album capable of blowing you away, beginning with the first track, "YOU," featuring Ta-ku, from Australia, whom he says he met through Crush. Ta

FAMILY FUNK: Robert Randolph and the Family Band

Looking for a new group to jam to?  Robert Randolph and the Family Band is a funk and soul band led by guitarist Robert Randolph. Randolph is often called the Jimi Hendrix of the pedal steel guitar. He's been named one of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time by Rolling Stone .   Originally from New Jersey, the group, consist of family members, and first gained national attention with the release of their debut album, 'Live at the Wetlands' in 2002. The band followed with three studio recordings over the next eight years. Their latest album is called 'Got Soul,' and the group is currently on tour. Their stops can be found on their website here. Robert Randolph and the Family Band were recently featured on the Rachael Ray Show, take a listen.

Rapper Dumbfoundead in New Movie Co-Produced by Eminem

Hip-hop artist and battle rapper, Jonathan "Dumbfoundead" Park tweeted on Twitter on August 1, that he's in a new movie titled "Bodied." The film is directed by Joseph Kahn and co-produced by Eminem and Adi Shankar. It premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival on Sept. 7th. According to the festival's website, "Bodied" is a satirical battle rapper film ,  starring Anthony Michael Hall, Debra Wilson, and Calum Worthy with Dumbfoundead and fellow battle rapper Dizaster and others. It's based on a script by Toronto rapper Alex Larsen (Kid Twist) about a graduate student and his thesis on battle rap. Check out the intense trailer for the film below... Hey guys I'm excited to announce I'm in this movie @BodiedMovie directed by @JosephKahn and co-produced by @Eminem ! Premiering at @TIFF_NET https://t.co/21Ymb6FjhK — DUMMY (@dumbfoundead) August 1, 2017 Our #TIFF17 Midnight Madness Opening Night Film is @Jo