| The Rap-Up: Week of April 11, 2022 | April 11, 2022 |
The Rap-Up returns with Donald Morrison's recommendations for the week featuring Young Slo-Be, Sauce Walka, Bankroll Freddie and more.
Los Angeles rap duo OTM are really outside.
Parallels between the unsolved murders of Drakeo The Ruler and Mac Dre can tell us a lot about how police approach solving these killings and why most of them never receive closure at all.
| The Rap-Up: Week of January 31, 2022 | January 31, 2022 |
Donald Morrison's Rap-Up returns featuring new tracks from Peysoh, Javn2900, Orock and more.
| The Meditative Grind of Long Beach’s Reaper Mook | October 26, 2021 |
On 'For The Pagne,' Reaper Mook breathes new life into well-worn “rise & grind” rap platitudes.
| Big Sad 1900 Puts On For West LA’s La Cienega Heights | September 23, 2021 |
Big Sad has gained a large and sturdy following, bridging the gap between New LA and the gangbanging, G-Funk era of the 90’s.
| Therapy With BFB Da Packman | July 30, 2021 |
BFB Da Packman joins Donald Morrison to talk about everything from addiction and family, to conspiracy theories and Jeffrey Epstein.
| $uede Is So Much More Than the “Mexican Kodak” | July 26, 2021 |
The Huntington Park rapper adds a fresh spin on West Coast gangster rap.
| The Super Saiyan SoundCloud Rap of ssjishmael | June 1, 2021 |
The Cincinnati-based rapper's trap ballads pump fresh blood into a familiar internet aesthetic. He's managed to be everywhere and nowhere at the same time.
| Who Killed Mac Dre? | May 11, 2021 |
Over 1,200 documents from the Kansas City Police Department help shed light on one of hip-hop’s biggest mysteries.
