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Step Brothers

INTERVIEW: Starlito & Don Trip Talk Why Rappers Still Sign to Cash Money & Post Malone’s Supposed Culture Appropriation

Originally posted on HipHopDX 5/17/2017

When two accomplished solo rappers come together to record an album together, the outcome isn’t always cohesive. That’s not the case for Tennessee MC’s Starlito and Don Trip. Fresh off the heels of their third collaborative album, Step Brothers THREE, the Memphis and Nashville representatives stopped by the #DXLive set to discuss where they slot their latest album amongst their other group projects, Starlito’s time on Cash Money, and whether or not Post Malone’s platinum, chart-topping single “White Iverson” divulged in the culture appropriation realm. 

“I put my all into everything I’m doing and with the Step Brothers project, that’s even more [of a] collective so if we was gon’ go in subpar we’d be wasting each other’s time on top of our own time,” Don says emphatically.

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Siya

INTERVIEW: Siya Reveals She Had The “Crazy In Love” Beat Before Beyoncé

Originally posted on HipHopDX 12/20/2016

Could you imagine your 2003 without Beyoncé’s then biggest hit of her career? According to Sisterhood of Hip Hop star and Brooklyn MC Siya, that was almost a possibility.

“I had that muthafucking Beyoncé ‘Crazy In Love’ beat before Beyoncé had it. I spit a freestyle to it in a meeting, maybe at Sony or some shit,” Siya recalled during her recent #DXLive segment. “They fell in love with me. They were like, ‘Alright this is it. Can we put you in a dress? Can you rap about boys?”

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