The protégé has always been a privileged position Hip-Hop. With one word, an artist at the top of his game can place all eyes on an artist and declare him next in line to the carry on a tradition of fame, fortune and artistic excellence. Sweet work if you can get it, right? Unfortunately, when it […]

Up and coming white rapper Mac Miller is getting a lesson that the music business is a business first. He is being sued by legendary rapper/producer Lord Finesse for unauthorized use of Finesse’s 1995 song “Hip 2 Da Game.” Lord Finesse filed a $10 million lawsuit against Mac Miller for using the instrumental for his […]

Back in the day, if you were an aspiring rapper and wanted to get a deal, there was no internet to post your entire discography of songs recorded on your laptop to.  You had to have a demo tape.