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This weeks spotlight artist is DJ Shadow, born Joshua Paul Davis on June 29, 1972, in Davis, California. He is a music producer and DJ and was a major figure in instrumental Hip-Hop. His debut album Endtroducing….. gained him much recognition and today his personal record collection consists of over 60,000 records. In the game since 1989, DJ Shadow began experimenting with a four-track recorder in high school. He became a DJ for the campus radio at UC Davis, KDVS. From there his career kicked off and he began working with various labels and artists.

Early on he worked with London-based Mo’ Wax record label. His “In/Flux” single was described as “trip-hop,” a term coined by Mixmag&rsq

Snoop Dogg has given us another taste of his upcoming "COOLAID" album with "Kush Ups," a suitably laid back track featuring Wiz Khalifa.

"Kush Ups" is the third track that Snoop Dogg has premiered off of "COOLAID," following performances of "Legend" and "Fireworks" (both produced by Swizz Beats,) on Jimmy Kimmel Live last week.

"Kush ups, bout to roll a whole book up. Lookin' for me, I was at the crib doing kush ups," Wiz raps as he and Snoop relax with some expensive cars and super models. The video was directed by Dan Folger, who previously worked with Wiz on the "Decisions" video.

Snoop Dog and Wiz Khalifa's mutual love affair with Mary Jane will continue this su

BET has announced that they will present a special tribute to Prince at their upcoming awards show.

According to Rolling Stone, The Roots, Janelle Monae, D'Angelo, and Sheila E will all take part in the special tribute to Prince, who tragically passed away last April.

BET announced news of the tribute performance today, June 7th, which was also Prince's birthday.

BET earlier mocked the Billboard Music Award's tribute to Prince, which featured performances by Madonna and Stevie Wonder, in a since deleted tweet from their official Twitter account. “Yeah, we saw that. Don't worry. We Got You,” the tweet said. The Roots' Questlove later defended the Billboard tribute.

By Michael Lacerna for RAPstation

The Streets of Compton, a new A&E miniseries airing on Thursday, June 9th, will offer viewers a gritty glimpse into the Southern California city.  Narrated by The Game and featuring music from his companion soundtrack, the miniseries will explore how the city notorious for its crime transformed into an artistic nexus that produced some of the most important works of music of the last 50 years.

After being jettisoned into the forefront of American consciousness by NWA, the esteemed rap group recently memorialized in the Hollywood blockbuster Straight Outta Compton, the city of Compton went on to produce a number of other hip hop luminaries such as The Game and Kendrick Lamar.  With its unwavering examination of life in Compton, the minise

Today, June 7th, is Prince's birthday. On what should've been The Artist's 58th birthday, we thought we'd take a look back at what made him such a legend.

Prince Rogers Nelson was born on this day in 1958 to a songwriter father and a jazz singer mother. His father had performed under the stage name Prince Rogers, a name he passed onto his son -- yes, Prince's actual real first name is Prince.

Prince got signed at 17, and not long after he released his first album, For You, which Prince produced, arranged, composed, and also played 27 different instruments on. As evidenced by the outpouring of love that followed news of his death, Prince

Jurassic 5 has released its first new song in nearly a decade, a welcome return from the Los Angeles crew. Titled “Customer Service,” the track was produced by DJ Nu-Mark and features samples of Edwin Birdsong’s “The Spirit Of Do..Do” with all four emcees seamlessly swapping verses over a funky bass line. Despite their long hiatus, Cut Chemist, Soup, Marc 7, Chali 2na, Nu-Mark, and Akil sound like they haven’t missed a beat. After reuniting at Coachella in 2013, they hit the road as a collective once again, something Chali 2na said would “never happen.” Thankfully, J5 isn’t going anywhere any time soon—except on a European tour. They kick off the run July 2 in Ireland and wind up in Loveland, Colorado August 5, t