David Ma

One of the saddest scenes in the modern world is an immigrant apologizing for their accent to someone who speaks only one language.

he’s eternally internationally known. rip.

@VicSpencer underrated voice

Shouts to Opio of Souls of Mischief. This is what it’s all about.

Thelonious Monk hitting tricky dance moves before sitting down to unleash a piano solo during a performance of "Evidence"

RUN-DMC's "Raising Hell" was rap's first platinum album, it's first real blockbuster. On its 40th anniversary, @paulxt wrote about "Walk This way," the early routines, and the exact point of convergence between commerce and unmonetizable hip-hop culture. powmag.net/p/run-dmc-rais…

I compiled a playlist of the best Bay Area rap from the 80's til now... every city, style, and era that shaped the culture. You can add it on Spotify, SoundCloud, or YouTube: fanlink.tv/historyoftheba…

@FES700 💯

Niggas act like they paying homage to Mac Dre but really they just stealing.

NEW HIERO LP “All Said and Done” drops 9/3/26!!! hieroglyphics.com for details!!!

Wasn’t putting my purse on the ground for anything or anyone.

Thirty minutes before The D.O.C. lost his voice, the police let him go. He had been pulled over drunk in Beverly Hills. The officers saw NWA's gold records in his backseat, took pictures with him and sent him home. Half an hour later he fell asleep at the wheel on the Ventura Freeway, crashed face-first into a tree and was thrown through his rear window. He spent 21 hours in surgery. When he woke up, he couldn't speak. His debut album No One Can Do It Better had just sold over a million copies. He was 21 years old. Dr. Dre came to the hospital and told him the hard truth. "Don't rap." So instead he wrote. He ghost-wrote Straight Outta Compton, Eazy-Duz-It, The Chronic, Nuthin But a G Thang. He convinced Dr. Dre to go solo when Dre himself didn't believe in it. He co-founded Death Row Records. He mentored Snoop Dogg on songwriting when Snoop only knew how to freestyle. The biggest albums in West Coast hip hop history have his fingerprints all over them. His name is on almost none of them. He said it himself years later. "Had I kept my voice, I might not be here today." --- 📌 Sources: Rolling Stone · Complex · Wikipedia · Ambrosia for Heads · Vice

Excited to announce the first single from my full length album with @BrianEnnals! Peep "Aldente" now and the full length album "Boatshoes" drops july 17th. Pre orders available now blockheadnyc.bandcamp.com/album/boatshoes

“People have beautiful things to say about you, but you must die first.” — Fyodor Dostoevsky

Future Development by @DelHIERO Re-issue Limited edition blue & green vinyl is available for pre-order at HHV and @ImpressedRecs In stores worldwide on June 26th, 2026

Shoutout to the super underrated producer Sir Jinx 🫡

first rapper to sue his landlord for contraction of the hantavirus elucid.bandcamp.com/track/colony-2