Hypefresh Originals

Blacc Sam has turned down offers that reached into the high 20s of millions of dollars from Netflix and Disney’s Onyx Collective for the Nipsey Hussle documentary, according to comments he made during an August appearance on The Breakfast Club. “It was upwards of 20, high 20s ,” Sam said. “And it’s not a money play.” He added that no amount of money would...

In an era when producer tags can make or break a beat’s identity, few have landed with quite the same ironic force as “Lauren, dinner’s ready.” That everyday British domestic call — recorded by her mother as a joke — has become the unexpected sonic signature of Lollypopbeatz, the 25-year-old London producer whose dark, hard-hitting Chicago-style trap instrumentals continue to rack up streams and social...