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Kansas City rapper Krizz Kaliko can normally be found sharing the stage with fellow K.C. rapper Tech N9ne, killing it with his rapid fire raps. Since emerging with Tech’s label, Strange Music, Inc., he’s proven himself to be an irreplaceable member of the Strange Music family and a beloved artist beheld by countless fans. 

But it’s not just his rhyming skills that have attracted attention. He’s also an incredible singer with an astonishing vocal range, which he brilliantly showcases on his new R&B/pop album, GO. 

The 16-track effort is complete departure from his usual style, and has the listener wanting to dance and cry at the same time. The album evolved out of one of Krizz’s most difficult periods in life,

Problem has released his new mixtape Hotels 2: The Master Suite hosted by DJ Hed. The project is a sequel to his 2011 mixtape, which was also hosted by DJ Hed. Problem spoke to Complex who helped premiere the tape, about his reasoning behind a follow-up. 

“I want to show the growth that me and DJ Hed have made in the last five years with him now being a power player on L.A. radio and the success Tha Diamond Lane has achieved,” Problem said. “Also, the music I’ve been making is heavily influenced by the sexiness and new found independence of women, so we purposely geared the Hotels 2 campaign around them. We made the first one in my old manager’s bedroom, lol. So for this one to get a huge stage to be heard

Patrick Baril, better known as Statik Selektah, was born January 30, 1982 in Boston. Selektah is a DJ, record producer, and radio personality. In 2003 he created ShowOff Marketing, which has had clients such as Capitol Records, Universal Records, Reebok, G-Unit Records, Diddy’s Vote or Die campaign, and many others. Statik Selektah founded Showoff Records in 2010, as well as forming the hip hop group 1982 with Termanology. Along with dropping his own albums, he’s been a producer on a multitude of projects for other artists. While recording with rapper Freeway on Ustream, he announced a song off his next album, Population Control, called "Groupie Love" which featured Mac Miller. The track was included on the final release of Population Control, his fir

If you don’t already know who Iamsu is, then you must not be holding your fingers over the pulse of the Bay Area’s music scene. The Bay Area is solely responsible for artists including E-40, Too Short, Mac Dre, and countless others. There’s no arguing that the Bay has a sound and vibe all on it’s own, and Iamsu is further proof of that. Before getting Iamsu, born Sudan Ameer Williams, on the phone for this particular interview, I spoke directly to his mother who also happens to be his partner. Right off the bat, you can bet that anyone who keeps their mom close like that has a good head on their shoulders, since you’ll rarely find someone who supports and has your best interest at heart like your mom does. First impressions matter, and the first impressio

As an Australian-born woman living in New York City, Simone Amelia makes the transition to life in the big city look easy. With the same swagger as other leading ladies in Hip Hop, Amelia has seemingly mastered her new role as Content Director at The Source Magazine quickly, coupled with the same tenacity that got her there in the first place.  Affectionally referred to as “Boss Lady,” Amelia broke into the Hip Hop industry as founding editor of Australia’s first hugely successful commercial urban magazine, Urban Hitz, at the ripe age of 23. United States Hip Hop fashion distributors DrJays eventually took notice of the determined young journalist and soon she went from editing her magazine in Sydney to spearheading the operation as Online Content Manager of DrJ

Bryson Tiller just ended his 34 city T R A P S O U L tour this past weekend with a show in his hometown of Louisville. The singer received a special honor that day (March 12), as his hometown gave him a key to the city. They even went so far as to declare March 12 as Bryson Tiller Day. The Kentucky native got a special visit at his show from Detroit native Big Sean, who came to show support of Tiller. Tiller has spoken in the past about how he taught himself to sing at a young age. “[I listened to] a lot of R. Kelly,” Tiller told XXL. “My uncle used to play like 112, Dru Hill and all those super ’90s R&B groups. Then I got into Omarion. That’s when I was like, aight cool, I want to sing now. So I started teaching myself how to sing. I started mimicking w