A lot of rappers are trying to make their mark in the hip hop game, and DX Next is their chance to get their name out and their music heard. HipHopDX has put the DX Next stamp of approval on the likes of Guilty Simpson, Torae, AC, Western Union, John Sportin and more. You could be next!

Young Dre The Truth Thursday, December 04, 2008 - Andrew Kameka | Comments: 3

Growing up in cities across the United States, Young Dre The Truth has been exposed to enough cultures to consider himself “Hoodnational.” The Los Angeles-rooted emcee has bounced through New Orleans, cruised through Miami, and received a first-hand education in L.A. gang culture. He has since gone global through his affiliation with Electronic Arts, one of the world’s largest video game makers. Backed by EA’s Artwerk music label, Dre has placed his music in the ever-popular Madden and NBA Live series, gaining access to the millions of gamers who mash buttons to those titles every day. New artists are constantly struggling to gain attention, but the latest DXNext entrant has...

Tynisha Keli Thursday, November 27, 2008 - Adam Thomas | Comments: 46

You can’t judge a book by its cover. If you need a quick refresher, take a look at Tynisha Keli. The budding Warner Brothers singer has the look of a person fresh out of the Pop singer factory. The truth however, is that the New Bedford, Massachusetts transplant has live a lot of life within the 23 years she has been alive, yielding some true Soul. DXnext sat down with "TK” to get her outlook on a couple of things, and the results may surprise. We get her perspective on just where she gets her musical vivacity, about the vitality of her genre, where she wants to take...

Get Money Gang Records Thursday, November 20, 2008 - Tanya M. Fowlow | Comments: 22

Earlier this year Chicago rapper Twista introduced his very own label, Get Money Gang (GMG). The imprint’s inaugural project, Mobstability II: Nation Bizness, released under Koch by the Speedknot Mobstaz didn’t live up to the crew's iron-clad reputation, but it seems as though two of the newest signees still believe that GMG is the place to be. With rappers creating their own labels as soon as they make a quick bit of cash off their own deals, one has got to wonder if newer artists are signing with hopes that they’ll be able to catch an easy ride or if they really have what it takes. In this interview with...

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