Over the last year or so EST Gee and 42 Dugg have grown to be two of rap’s newest and most promising names. Gee’s Bigger Than Life Or Death and Dugg’s Free Dem Boyz projects, which both arrived last ...

17 months is an eternity in the rap game. Legacies are defined, careers skyrocket while others fizzle, and fickle fans turn their attention to the next fresh wave of artists being championed by ...

Grammy-winning Compton native comes through with the assist on emerging Detroit rapper 42 Dugg’s new song, “4 Da Gang.” The track, which combines an uptempo, Detroit grunge rap beat with an ...

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared in the Spring 2021 issue of XXL Magazine, on stands now. Decades before he landed an awards show performance, picking up a mic wasn’t necessarily in the ...

You can't ignore your calling: When it's your time, its your time. During a stretch in solitary confinement while imprisoned, a then 20-year-old 42 Dugg decided to start writing rap songs to kill time ...

42 Dugg is coming. Much like The Wire’s larger-than-life stick-up character, Omar, the Detroit rapper announces his presence on a track with a simple signature whistle that can sound either welcoming ...

As an aging fan of rap music, it’s a matter of some comfort that 2 Chainz will always be older than me. 2 Chainz, currently 44 years old, does not rap like an older man, and he’s continuing to crank ...

The problem with rap duos is that many of them aren’t really duos at all. Sometimes two rappers with similar sounds and themes get together to make a collaborative album, such as Lil Durk and Lil Baby ...

Denby: 42 Dugg Detroit rapper 42 Dugg, born Dion Marquise Hayes, is known for his work with Lil Baby and Yo Gotti. He attended Denby High School, but later dropped out. Credit: Kahn Santori Davison ...

The Scorpions hit song "No One Like You" has been sampled in "4 Da Gang," the newest song by rappers 42 Dugg and Roddy Ricch. The Blackout album track, which was released in 1982, is used at the ...