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“No Drake.” This was a strict law between me and my friends in college. The Canadian crooner was an easy target for our ridicule — a...

What does a hip-hop old head look like you ask? Is he the 49-year-old man on a basketball court wearing knee socks and an Everlast...

On New Year’s Eve 2020, the death of the iconic MC/producer MF DOOM was announced by his wife. He had apparently passed two months prior...

It’s long overdue that we at Lampin’ pay homage to Curren$y, known interchangeably as Spitta. Nev parses through the Jet Life CEO's vast...

In the 1993 classic A Bronx Tale, Calogero famously narrates, “the saddest thing in life is wasted talent.” Yet, talent is enigmatic, and...

When Freddy Adu was drafted by D.C. United as a 14 year-old prodigy in 2004, American soccer fans were celebrating like the GI’s...

I’m embarrassed as I write this. I just listened to Vic Mensa’s new album V TAPE, and an artist who I completely wrote off years ago has...

EDIT: I wrote this about three months ago. The content that follows is just as irrelevant now as it was then. __________ Day 12 of...

Fetti. Bandana. Alfredo. The only rappers in the past 20 years with equal three-album runs are Kendrick Lamar, Kanye West, and Pusha T...

The power to steal a scene as a supporting actor is reserved for a select few. Jerry Stiller was one of them. The world was saddened to...

We’re in a time where sports are virtually nonexistent. Media outlets like ESPN and Bleacher Report are reaching further for content than...

I feel like I grew up alongside you. I was 16 when my best friend Patrick showed me The High Life in 2010 during our zero period Trig...

There's no doubting that both Kobe Bryant and LeBron James have some of the most dedicated Stan groups of any athlete, both living or...

*This article is intended for those who have seen the first four series of Netflix’s Bojack Horseman in their entirety. However, I hope...

A few weeks ago, Hall of Fame second baseman and notoriously bad color commentator Joe Morgan wrote a letter to Hall of Fame voters...

I know, I know. You’re probably thinking, “Nev, you’re from the Bay Area, if you’re going to write about a regional rapper, why not do...

That's right ladies and gentlemen (or however you identify yourself as), Lampin' is back and — excuse the cliché — better than ever. We...

Bryson Wallace is an up-and-coming MC originally from Bakersfield, CA, but currently reps the Bay Area. Nev sits down to talk to the jazz-in

We at the Lampin' Blog preview this year's highly anticipated NBA Finals. LeBron and KD going at it as the two best players in the N

"And music still on MTV..." - Bowling for Soup, 2004 The media giant MTV was spawned in 1981 as a medium to incorporate visual elements...