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We are finally to the Top 29 Hood Illustrated Hip Hop moments of this decade. A lot of these moments are my personal achievements; well to keep it 1hunid all of these are proud moments and situations in time that assisted in growing the brand and pushing me as an CEO to reach out and get out of the small space we often are confined…

Through this journey I've been  blessed to connect with a lot of artist at the beginning of their career and assist in growing their brand; although some may be mega superstars at a certain point in time HOOD…

HOOD Illustrated Magazine wanted to highlight some of our most interesting moments of the 2010's.  For those who may not know; in 2010 it was a turning point for HOOD Illustrated and ushered a new focus on brand expansion with a demographic focus on being the primary resource for…

** Ice cube Meet and greet @ Club Bleu w/ Bigg Von and Foz Entertainment. **

Hood Illustrated was able to connect with Bigg Von outside for an interview  before Ice Cube showed up to celebrate his birthday with fans and supporters of this #HipHopLegend.  Ice Cube main priority was to celebrate the tip off to the new season of his #Big3…

From the depths of the North North side of Lansing, Michigan @StayTrueRed and NoSleep Milli are coming out hard with their new heat "Type of Way" Powered by #AONEnt.@AllterrainEntertainmentLLC #AllorNothinEntLLC These solo artists teamed up and cooked up a new project scheduled to drop at the top of 2019.  

Make sure you tap in and see what this Midwest got to say by way of the Capital City #517. 

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HOOD Illustrated Magazine Presents: #NewMusicAlert Ray iLLa #Drip 

Its that season again; Ray iLLa is continuing his push to being that new artist that's consistently making those plays putting him and his movement on the radar of the tastemakers / movers and shakers not only in the Midwest but throughout the industry.  Residing from the Chi and with solid catalog of hits; We're aiming…

Tone F is hitting you with a NEW Freestyle promoting his upcoming project #GOOD4BUSINESS #MittenMayhemMedia captured this dope visual as the 4th nears new "FishGrease" prepares a follow up from this Summers release.

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Welcome 2 Tha Midwest .... HOOD Illustrated Magazine headed up north a little bit to lock w/ Michigan_Nook and put some shine on his latest smash hit "Dreadz N Bread" Feat. Tee Grizzley and SadaBaby.  Reppin' Saginaw, Michigan and bouncing back w/ a remix that has generated some additional steam from a track that had already started creating…

HOOD Illustrated brings you new music from TDE's flagship artist Jay Rock... Gearing up for his upcoming release; the label has released the Audio for his new single #Win !!!!!  Check out more music from @JayRock and the entire TDE roster. 

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CALLING ALL PODCAST AND JUST PEOPLE IN GENERAL

It’s going down Friday May 18, 2018 from 8pm-12am at 25900 Greenfield rd. suite 506 Oak Park mi 48237 as we celebrate #Urbanpodcastmonth. Come out and play “Jeopardy for the culture” and “Hip hop trivia” with The Connected Experience (@tcepod) Shoptalk Podcast (@shoptalkpodcast) Unsavory Antics (@unsavoryanticspod)…

Trump Tight Music Group Presents the new visual from A.N.T #TrumpTightMusicGroup titled "Release Date" A.N.T is known to the followers of HOOD Illustrated as he graced the cover of Issue No.7 which also featured MGK on his first Hip Hop Magazine Cover.  Over the years A.N.T has remained…

HOOD Illustrated Magazine x The Connected Experience Podcast ( @TCEPod ) have collaborated and created the 1st ever Digital Podcast Magazine Issue. This Special Edition publication features cover artist Premium Pete and serves as a backdrop to the Inagural Urban Podcast Summit taking place on January 17th in Detroit, Michigan. Also in attendance will be…

Midwest .... Stand Da F#ck up.  You already know Jeezy dropped some fire today with two new singles "Bottles Up" Feat. PDiddy and another #CertifiedHOOD banger "Cold Summer" Feat. Tee Grizzley.  The Snowman 2nd home is the Mitten if you don't already know w/ past situations with DBCO and lately his hit records have been coming "Str8 Outta Inkster" Michigan; One of the most slept on cities in the Midwest has been producing some great contributions to the rap game.  Today on October…

   The emcee known as "Gelo" has just released his new video for his track "Bands" and it is quickly becoming talked about. Apparently his first video release, I have to compliment the quality and editing. Fast paced and colorful, mostly shot with graffiti art as the back drop, it definitely held a close essence to real hip hop. The melodic song…

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