After one week of votes flooding to the site (twice as many as the last time) for the Reader’s Choice section of our Rapzilla.com Awards 2020, we finally have your results! Some of the winners you’d expect and some of them are surprising – at the end of the day, all were deserving. Take a look at the winners and let us know what you think. Stay tuned to this page for more results to be revealed over the week and our Staff Picks will be released soon. Artist of the Year Nominees: – Aaron Cole – Andy Mineo – […]

Think of some of the biggest cosigns in hip-hop history: Jay Z to Kanye, Dr. Dre to Eminem then Em to 50 Cent, Lil Wayne to Drake, and so on. It is a well-known fact, that in the hip hop world, notoriety comes by means of succession or more commonly put, “You need a cosign.” This has been a trend in society since the beginning of time….the Bible even gives credence to many individuals based on who they are connected to. The understanding is that connection breeds consistency and if you are cut from the same cloth, the expectation is […]

One of my fondest memories of being a kid was waking up to the smell of coffee as my grandfather read his Bible and prayed every morning. Somehow, despite him being my hero, I didn’t pick up on his love for coffee. However, many in Christian rap have! In fact, some have gone as far as to create, brand, and market their own coffee. Here are just a few. Propaganda – Terraform Propaganda has a love affair with coffee. For him, his day is filled with bars and brews. He has a special place on his website dedicated to informing […]

My first Bar Exam of 2021 is for a very respected and familiar name to CHH, Eshon Burgundy. His newest project, Don’t Shoot The Messenger charted on iTunes this last week at No. 4 for Hip-Hop Albums, so I’m excited to share my thoughts on it this week with you (and if you haven’t listened, you’re probably in the minority). For those of you unfamiliar with my bar exams, I am sharing all of my notes from my true first listen to the project. I provide in-depth thoughts and commentary on anything from flows, rhymes, beats, creative direction, track placement, and […]

It was Ruslan himself who sparked the idea of this article. After speaking to him through his open car window after the Indies Only Showcase at A3C back in 2019, he said, “Justin, I love what you’re doing with the Rapzilla news show.” Except, he had one caveat that he said with a smile, “I’m not on it enough.” When I got home, the wheels began turning. Ruslan is doing newsworthy stuff all the time. EVERY SINGLE DAY, I see a post on Twitter or Instagram of him doing something or someone sharing an interview he did. Guess what? Everything […]