New Joint: "Oxymoron" - Nametage & Nameless featuring Black Milk

Nametag and Nameless team up with fellow Detroit native Black Milk to bring us this new joint, entitled "Oxymoron" which is pretty dope. With appearances by Motor City vets Black Milk, Guilty Simpson, Miz Korona and such youngsters as Mahd and Jahshua Smith alike, 'For Namesake' continues to cement Nametag & Nameless as one of Detroit's fastest rising talents.

Cop this track off iTunes

Nametag: itsnametag.com | Soundcloud | @ItsNametag

Black Milk: @black_milk

Soulja Boy Interview With The Wall Street Journal

Peep this video of Soulja Boy's interview at the Wall Street Journal. In this clip, Soulja Boy discusses details of his come up in the rap music business, collaborating with artists such as 50 Cent, Kid Cudi and Kanye West as well as his use of the social platform Twitter for staying relevant.

Fabolous Approached By Twitter For Book Idea On Trending Topics

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Fabolous recently sat down with an interview with King Sway on MTV. The rapper discussed details of a possible book deal in the works for Twitter regarding his powerful influence on starting trending topics. Those would be some valuable secrets!

50 Cent on Impact of Twitter, Recent Beefs & Soulja Boy

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Here's a clip of 50 in a recent interview discussing details about his upcoming project and the recent beef between Soulja Boy and Fabolous on Twitter.

Industry Rappers Continue To Beef Through Twitter

Let the shit-talk through social media begin! Actually, it's all been going on for some time now. "Twitter-Beef", as the phrase has been coined, is popping up more often on blogs and other hip hop media outlets.

Take for example the newly publicized "Twitter-beef" between young rap artist Soulja Boy and veteran rap recording artist Fabolous. No doubt, this all has to do with that hoe Kat Stacks! (LOL)

Despite what started the feud, it seems the more industry rappers who become involved in their own social networks usually end up in some type of conflict through a misunderstanding or just flat out saying something to catch media attention.

Read about the Soulja-Boy/Fabolous debacle here on AllHipHop.com

Rap Mogul 50 Cent & Celebrity Blogger Perez Hilton Beef On Twitter

You'd think after Perez Hilton got knocked in the eye socket with a shot from Will.I.Am's bodyguard, he'd lay low for a while. And he did. But now dude is caught up in a "beef" with rap music business mogul 50 Cent, who knows how to stay relevant.

Apparently 50 saw that Perez tweeted something about him being a "douche bag" and the two continued to tweet punchlines at one another through the social media platform Twitter.

Now, this may seem like non-sense and not necessarily "newsworthy", right? Wrong. Any publicity is still publicity regardless. Plus, you could learn a thing or two from how artists use these "publicity stunts" to keep themselves in the eye of the media and thus the fans. Smart marketing from one of the best if you ask me, only he should focus just as much on his music as well.

Read the article on All Hip Hop: http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/09/06/22369651.aspx

Hip Hop Producer D.Shuts Making Beats With Eyekhon Entertainment

Drew Schoettler (a.k.a. D.Shuts) has been making hip hop beats for about seven years now, using programs ranging from Logic Studio to Ableton Live and Propellerhead Reason. His beats are usually made around the artists preference, yet this producer has a creative tendency to experiment as well, varying in Pop, Hip-Hop, Rap, and R&B styles.

Recently, D.Shuts decided to pursue his dream in music by attending the LA Recording School in October of 2010 to study recording arts, certifying him as a recording engineer. D.Shuts also plans to move and live in L.A. permanently.

Music is the life for D.Shuts, taking over all other things as top priority. The music he creates takes lots of time and effort to produce. Mixing down each of the instrumentals to give them that album quality sound, and equalizing the track to provide the perfect balance of all instruments, acoustic or digital.

If the beats on his website, http://www.reverbnation.com/dshuts, are not what your looking for, then email him at shuts5175@hotmail.com to inquire about producing a different style or sound that would be suitable for your music needs. D.Shuts works with anyone and everyone and will do all he can to provide his artists with the perfect sound.

More from D.Shut:
http://twitter.com/_DShuts
http://www.reverbnation.com/dshuts

Soulja Boy Deletes Twitter Account? Rapper Back Online For 2 Million Fans

Young rapper/producer Soulja Boy recently received a lot of extra promotion online and in the hip hop media. How did the young artist pull this off? He made changes to his Twitter account, which many perceived to have been deleted.

Shortly after the whole Twitter-world was flooded with trending topics regarding the rapper's disappearance from the social network. Word spread that the young star was no longer had an account on line. Soulja Boy put that noise to bed after his account was changed, he released this statement.

"Shoutout to all the media sites that posted I deleted my twitter becuz of a dumb ass trending topic lol basic asses thanks for the promo,"

After gaining over two million followers on the social platform, Soulja Boy is undoubtedly one of Twitter's most popular users. This young artist has utilized this social network more effectively then most.

Read more:
Soulja Boy Deletes Twitter Account
http://allhiphop.com/stories/news/archive/2010/06/27/22279772.aspx
Soulja Boy Back Online
http://foreign.peacefmonline.com/entertainment/201006/52792.php

How do you think Soulja Boy's actions always keep him in the eye of the media? Was this a smart move? Does this young man exemplify the characteristics of the new breed of rap artist-entrepreneur? Share your thoughts with us!

Cold & Hungry: Indie Rap Artist Richard Rich Trying To Break Through

Richard Rich is an unsigned rap artist out of New York City, just trying to get on! This 23 year old indie rapper is putting himself out there, promoting his music online through YouTube and other various social media networks.

Spending many hours alone in the recording studio and online promoting his music independently, this rap artist is determined to break though and grab your attention!

Peep the new track from Richard Rich "We See The Same Stars" (prod. Abstrcct). Download the first Richard Rich mixtape, entitled "Cold and Hungry".

Check out more from Richard Rich:
Richard Rich on Blogspot
Richard Rich on Facebook
Richard Rich on Twitter
Richard Rich on YouTube

Are you feeling this artist and his rap music? Leave your feedback down below and let us know!

Hip Hop Heads World Wide Shut Down Twitter With Lakers Celebration

Don't you find it funny how deeply rooted hip hop is in to EVERYTHING?! From sports to social media, all the hip hop heads who were tweeting about the Lakers victory in the NBA Finals completely shut Twitter down due to over capacity.

Even big names such as Snoop Dogg, The Game and many others were online tweeting their love for the Lakers. That's the power of HIP HOP!

Rap Artist Entrepreneur Chamillionaire Talks Twitter & Rap Music Business

Check out this interesting video interview with artist-entrepreneur Chamillionaire. In this short video clip, the Grammy-Award winning/Platinum-selling artist shares his thoughts on how using Twitter is good for your music business!

D-Block Member Sheek Louch Signs New Solo Record Deal With Def Jam

Rap recording artist and D-Block group member Sheek Louch has recently signed a new record deal with Def Jam. As with any news in the modern day rap music business, this announcement was made to all music fans via the Twitter page of Sheek Louch (http://twitter.com/REALSHEEKLOUCH).

"Ya boy just signed a new deal...y'all can call me Donnie Def Jam now!!"

While fellow Lox group members Jadakiss and Styles P have been pursuing ventures of their own at this time, the group was rumored to re-sign with Diddy at Bad Boy. However, this puts the kibosh on that option.

As for the other Lox and D-block members, Jadakiss just released his latest mixtape "The Champ Is Here 3". Styles P is on a grind of his own, having written his very first street-novel entitled "Invincible", which is published by Random House and will be released on June 1st.

Are You Following ? Trading Rap Music For Tweets Is The New Trend!

The new trend in the industry is definitely trading for tweets! It is truely amazing how fast this practice is spreading and becoming a very popular marketing strategy for musicians and recording artists of all genres.

You've probably already seen or experienced this in action, maybe someone you are following has asked you to re-tweet their latest promotion (i.e., latest mixtape or album release) in exchange for a free digital copy ?

Social media is the ultimate way for recording artists in the rap music business to capitalize on simple techniques to create awareness. This can be done easily by providing your music fans with some type of incentives to follow you and receive your updates.

Even mainstream bands such as Pearl Jam, are offering free music for users to re-tweet their posts (Source: Digital Music News). A very popular band, they have quickly utilized this strategy for their own benefits as well, gathering quite the loyal following.

Don't forget to follow your boy RTiculate and this Rap Music Biz blog on Twitter!

Charades of Chris Brown Continue, R&B Artist Leaves Twitter Followers Hanging

Chris Brown has 172,000+ followers on Twitter. Scratch that, the R&B singer had 172,000 followers, until he ditched them after another one of his rants. Chris Brown posted a tirade of tweets whining about being "black balled" by the big chain Wal-Mart, who Brown accuses of not-carrying his new album on store shelves for the holiday season.

Really, these problems should be addressed behind closed doors between suits and corporate robots. However, the combination of social technology these days mixed with celebrity youth is a recipe for these types of indiscretions. Chris Brown, clearly emotional, if perhaps was older and more experienced would not have caused such a rant in front of his followers.

This type of fore sight can help keep you out of these type of "foot in mouth, head up ass" situations one can get caught in as an artist in the music industry. A stunt to promote, or draw attention, can be very effective as a music marketing strategy for your brand and/or product. However, it can also back fire.

Almost like inviting a "lucky music fan" on stage for a little tango, when she could crush you ! Ha ha, this picture gets me every time. Look at dude's face on the left, with the orange hair, hilarious.