Joey Ech

2 weeks ago | 929nin.com | Joey Ech

After 2024 proved to be a pivotal year for hip-hop in many ways, an uptrend in sales numbers for the rap game is carrying over into 2025, with some of the genre's top acts at the helm. Lil Baby kicked off the year in January fresh out the gate with , his first album in nearly three years.Moving 140,000 equivalent album units in its first week, the 15-track LP marked the Atlanta rapper's fourth consecutive project to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

2 weeks ago | xxlmag.com | Joey Ech

Following a year in 2024 that proved to be pivotal for hip-hop in many ways, an uptrend in sales numbers for the rap game is carrying over into 2025 with some of the genre's top acts at the helm. Lil Baby kicked off the year in January fresh out of the gate with his first album in nearly three years, WHAM.Moving 140,000 equivalent album units in its first week, the 15-track LP marked the Atlanta rapper's fourth consecutive project to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart.

1 month ago | 929nin.com | Joey Ech

Ye's most recent series of seemingly random tweets have taken an even darker turn. The apparently unhinged rapper-producer has laid out plans for his own funeral. While deep in the throws of yet another maniacal X rant on Thursday (April 10) that included over 200 tweets, Ye took a brief break from anti-Semitism and apologizing to Jay-Z in exchange for a moment of morbidity.

1 month ago | xxlmag.com | Joey Ech

Ye's most recent series of seemingly random tweets have taken an even darker turn. The apparently unhinged rapper-producer has laid out plans for his own funeral. While deep in the throws of yet another maniacal X rant on Thursday (April 10) that included over 200 tweets, Ye took a brief break from anti-Semitism and apologizing to Jay-Z in exchange for a moment of morbidity.

1 month ago | 929nin.com | Joey Ech

As streaming personalities become more intertwined with hip-hop culture by the day, N3on has emerged as one of the most go-to streamers among rappers. The 20-year-old Houston native seemingly has nerves of steel when mixing it up with rhymers from all corners of the game. He also has zero qualms about creating controversy. N3on, born Rangesh Mutama, got his start by streaming videos of himself playing video games on YouTube at 12 years old, much to the chagrin of his parents.