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Critic's Notebook

Zillionaire Doe Drops Second Mixtape Since Signing to Yo Gotti’s CMG Records

By Eric DiepAugust 15, 2025

After weathering the storm, Zillionaire Doe emerges from the streets a king with 14 new tracks.

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Features

Kaash Paige Enters a New Chapter of Creative Freedom With Rostrum Records

By Alex GonzalezAugust 13, 2025

After leaving the major label system, Paige talks to us about moving back to Dallas and her new EP Kaashmychecks.

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Critic's Notebook

BigXThaPlug Shares Release Date for Country Album, Drops Ella Langley Collab

By Eric DiepAugust 8, 2025

The Dallas rapper’s next album, I Hope You’re Happy, is ready to give ’em hell later this month.

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Critic's Notebook

Molly Santana’s Night of Wonders Kept the Mosh Pits Going in Dallas

By Eric DiepAugust 7, 2025

The Los Angeles-based rapper delivered starry rage rap for the youth at The Cambridge Room at House of Blues.

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Concerts

Doechii’s North American Tour Coming to Dallas at Toyota Music Factory

By Eric DiepAugust 4, 2025

The Grammy Award-winning Florida rapper and singer is bringing her relentless rapping and melodic tunes to Dallas this fall.

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Critic's Notebook

Montana 700 Puts in Overtime for New Mixtape The Greatest of All Traps

By Eric DiepJuly 31, 2025

Dallas rapper Montana 700 drops his second project of 2025, featuring YFN Lucci, Loe Shimmy, Zillionaire Doe and more.

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Critic's Notebook

Branoofunck Talk Formation, Sundays at the Armoury and Shaping Deep Ellum’s Sound

By Eric DiepJuly 30, 2025

Branoofunck’s drawing crowds of young and not-so-young 2000s hip-hop lovers to the happiest dance floor in Deep Ellum.

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Features

The Art of Resistance: Cameron McCloud, Yolanda Cruz and The Daydreamers on Rallying Dallas

By Darby MurnaneJuly 28, 2025

In a summer of No Kings protests and anti-ICE demonstrations, DFW’s music scene showed support through solidarity.

Critic's Notebook

Watch HeadHuncho Amir Eat Rudy’s Chicken and Hit Up SMU in ‘New Dallus’ Video

By Bryson "Boom" PaulJuly 28, 2025

As HeadHuncho Amir tours with EST Gee, he’s returning to Dallas this weekend. Listen to his single showcasing our city.

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Critic's Notebook

Hustleman Quise Is the Latest New Dallas Rapper to Sign With a Major Label

By Eric DiepJuly 28, 2025

Hustleman Quise joins HeadHuncho Amir, Montana 700 and Zillionaire Doe to push the New Dallas movement forward.

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Critic's Notebook

‘The Way It Is’ Reignited: Keyshia Cole’s 20th Anniversary Tour Lights Up Dickies Arena

By Aria BellJuly 27, 2025

Keyshia Cole is celebrating her debut album The Way It Is with support from Tink, Keri Hilson and Elijah Blake

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Critic's Notebook

Scuttino Found Himself in Dallas, But Monroe Is Still Home

By Eric DiepJuly 22, 2025

Last week, we linked up with the Oak Cliff rapper to discuss his new eight-track EP after getting an early listen.

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Critic's Notebook

Dallas Fans Get the Clipse Reunion Show They’ve Waited Decades For

By Vanessa QuilantanJuly 16, 2025

Clipse’s Let God Sort Em Out tour comes through Dallas, remedying a 2009 show cancellation at The Granada.

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Critic's Notebook

Yella Beezy Being Called ‘Biggest Rapper From Texas’ Is a Reach

By Eric DiepJuly 16, 2025

Yella Beezy responded in the comments, correcting that he was a student of the game and that he was ‘one of the greatest.’

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Critic's Notebook

UPDATE: Watch BigXThaPlug’s First Performance in Germany Before He Heads to Wireless Festival

By Eric DiepJuly 13, 2025

BigXThaPlug is the biggest, the largest, and he’s bringing Texas rap to Germany before touching down in London.

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Features

Hashi Senjoo Is Preserving the Classic Texas Sound by Connecting Dallas and Houston

By Jamisha DanielsJuly 10, 2025

The Dallas rapper values the South’s position in hip-hop: ‘Arkansas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas, that’s our base.’

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Features

New Orleans for Essence Festival: Is a Last-Minute Trip Worth It?

By Adelle PlatonJuly 7, 2025

An Essence Festival first-timer weighs the pros and cons of a spur-of-the-moment getaway to The Big Easy.

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Features

El Paso Rapper Krystall Poppin’s Morningside Heights Is a Love Letter to Texas

By Alex GonzalezJuly 4, 2025

“I’ve been lucky enough to have the support of my city for a while now,” she says, who released her new album last month.

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Critic's Notebook

Webbie’s Fourth of July Show at Club Vivo Was Beautiful Nostalgia

By Eric DiepJuly 4, 2025

We spent the first few hours of Independence Day singing ‘I-N-D-E-P-E-N-D-E-N-T’ with the Baton Rouge rapper and his people.

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Critic's Notebook

Watch Drake Visit a Texas Dive Bar and Take Shots

By Eric DiepJune 30, 2025

The Canadian rapper is a newly minted Texan, hitting up The Alibi Bar in Chappell Hill for drinks with his new neighbors.

Features

The D.O.C. and LilJuMadeDaBeat’s Fireside Chat: What We Learned About Dallas’ Influence on Hip-Hop

By Jamisha DanielsJune 28, 2025

The hip-hop producers touched on everything from Dallas culture to the music business at the South Dallas Cultural Center.

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Critic's Notebook

BigXThaPlug and Shaboozey Shut Down Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge for New Song “Home”

By Eric DiepJune 26, 2025

BigXThaPlug and Shaboozey share another collaboration after weeks of teasing the song on social media.

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