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With artists releasing songs at a fast and furious pace it’s difficult for the average hip-hop head to keep track of it all—no matter how tapped in they are. That’s why we created The Ones, a daily ...

The current #1 song in America isn't Memphis rap, but it wants to be Memphis rap so badly. Drake's new album Honestly, Nevermind is mostly a full-length exploration of house and club music styles, but ...

Still riding high on the acclaim of his 2021 album Duke Nukem, Memphis crunk standard-bearer Duke Deuce has shared the first preview of his forthcoming follow-up Crunkstar, coming soon. Out now on ...

In the closing days of 2019, a Memphis rapper named Duke Deuce blew up with a single called "Crunk Ain't Dead," and it ruled. Crunk is Duke Deuce's family business -- he's the son of '90s-vintage ...

Okayplayer spoke to Duke Deuce about falling in love with Linkin Park and Korn, Memphis horrorcore, working with producer Hitkidd and more. The Memphis resurgence has been a dominating factor in ...

Duke Deuce is already one of the hottest names in rap and it's all due to hard work and passion. The 27-year-old Memphis, Tenn. rapper was literally born into hip-hop, as his father is Duke Nitty, a ...

For Memphis rapper Duke Deuce, the COVID-19 pandemic couldn’t have come at a worse time. In late 2019, Deuce was riding high off the success of early singles like “Yeh” and “Crunk Ain’t Dead,” newly ...

On Tuesday (Feb. 27), Memphis, Tenn. rapper Duke Deuce shared a video on Instagram where he accuses up-and-coming Texas rhymer That Mexican OT of being a swagger jacker. In the video, which can be ...

Over the last decade, the ghostly influence of Memphis rap has been inescapable, from hit remakes of Three 6 Mafia classics like Rae Sremmurd’s “Powerglide” or ...