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King of the Dot is launching a battle rap season with Twitch

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge May 17, 2021May 11, 2023

Last September we wrote about a partnership between Twitch and battle-rap league King of the Dot, which involved the latter’s Grand Prix 2020 tournament. Now the companies are working together again, […]

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BPI highlights growth of rap and hip-hop in the UK

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge April 15, 2021May 11, 2023

Hip-hop’s cultural status was well established before streaming came along, but the new music format has put the afterburners on the genre’s commercial clout. New research published by British industry […]

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BPI yearbook highlights growth for British rap artists

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge April 20, 2020May 11, 2023

British music body the BPI releases its annual All About the Music yearbook today, and to promote the launch it’s talking about some of the findings around rap / hip-hop in […]

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Rappers take centre stage in the livestreaming video battle

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge February 12, 2020May 11, 2023

There’s something of a talent war going on in the livestreaming video space, with several gaming stars (Ninja, most prominently) being tempted away from Twitch by big-money offers from Microsoft’s […]

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Clouty wants fans to place bets on rap predictions

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge January 16, 2020May 11, 2023

Startup Clouty says it’s the world’s “first music betting platform”, offering music fans the chance to gamble in “contests about the latest releases and predictions in the rap game”. According to its […]

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Soundcharts algorithm aims to predict breakout stars of 2020

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge December 12, 2019May 11, 2023

Which rap artists are going to break through in the UK next year? Take a bow Aitch, Jay1, DigDat and 17 others featured in a list published by analytics firm Soundcharts. […]

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SoundCloud-Rap deaths spark renewed debate about wellbeing

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge December 11, 2019May 11, 2023

The death of artist Juice WRLD earlier this week is still raw in the minds of his fans, friends and the teams that worked with him. It’s important, as in […]

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Apple rebrands its flagship hip-hop playlist as Rap Life

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge July 22, 2019May 11, 2023

However deliberate it was when they were originally created, Spotify’s playlists have got one thing very right in the current streaming age: RapCaviar, Viva Latino and others have become strong […]

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British DJ Charlie Sloth confirms he’s joining Apple Music

Avatar photo by Stuart Dredge January 15, 2019May 11, 2023

Hip-hop DJ Charlie Sloth left the BBC’s Radio 1 under a cloud last year, having invaded the stage at an industry-awards ceremony when another broadcaster won the category he was […]

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Aloe Blacc thinks songwriters need more dollars from streaming services

by Music Ally Blog November 8, 2014May 11, 2023

Musician Aloe Blacc is the latest to speak out about streaming royalties, in an op-ed piece for Wired that trains its sights squarely on Pandora. “The abhorrently low rates songwriters […]

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Tinie Tempah gets new app to let any fan rap along to his new album

Avatar photo by Music Ally February 6, 2014May 11, 2023

British agency We Make Awesome Sh. is the company responsible for Rap Demonstration, an innovative iPhone app released yesterday for Tinie Tempah

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Rap Genius founder attacks criticism over rap translations

Avatar photo by Music Ally July 24, 2013May 11, 2023

With nearly 10m monthly visitors and a $15m funding round last October, annotated lyrics site Rap Genius is on a roll, and recently added rock, poetry and news verticals. It has faced criticism too, with suggestions that it’s a site trying to translate rap for white people, and thus racist

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