Big Mike

For the latest 'This or That?' we travel South for a debate that might have helped open eyes in the mid-2000's, when hip-hop at large seemed to think Lil' Jon and D4L were the only Southern artists worth talking about (and s--ting on). Michael Santiago Render, or Killer Mike, pulled a 'Live At The BBQ' in 2001 when he caught the beat running on OutKast's 'The Whole World,' quickly making a name fo

This week’s sample flip is Al Green’s ‘What A Wonderful Thing Life Is,’ a track so full of emotion that it’s odd more producers haven’t plucked those strings for their own beats. Naturally, Kanye is the kind of visionary to touch all kinds of Al Green joints...

A Danbury, Conn. hip-hop DJ and his half-brother were arrested for music piracy last Wednesday (June 8), following a two-year investigation pinpointing them for selling illegal music over the 'Net. Michael "DJ Big Mike" Wilcox, 33, and his half-brother Stephen Sabato, 21, were busted after hours of surveillance and various interviews with potential accomplices lead police to the duo... R