It seems like the Godfathers of rap are running out of hard-knock fodder for their gangsta rhyme schemes. Yeah, it’s kinda tough to rap about the streets when your kids have their own shows on MTV (Snoop Dogg’s Fatherhood & Run DMC’s Daddy’s Girls).

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Arguably, rap music is rooted in the Blues. Hardship is an essential ingredient to the anthems of the genre.

If you’re hungry for new music, check out Rapper K-Naan originally from the slums of Mogadishu, Somalia. Read the full story