For many artists, making the transition from young, abrasive, goofy name-dropper to a fully appreciated virtuoso doesn't happen overnight. Hopsin splashed onto the genre’s radar in 2012, when he ...

Independence in hip-hop has become as much a marketing ploy as it is a means for survival, but one of the more recent artists to prove that you can be major without a major label deal is Hopsin. After ...

It’s a new day for Hopsin. Well, technically it’s a new night. During a recent interview in front of a Downtown LA coffee shop around 8 p.m., without the aid of his signature whiteout contact lenses, ...

West Coast rapper Hopsin returns with the fifth edition of his “Ill Mind of Hopsin” series. This time, the 27-year-old focuses on educating kids younger than himself on how they’re doing it wrong.

Hopsin, a respected lyricist and indie rapper, has threatened to leave Funk Volume, a label he started seven years ago. According to missives he wrote on various social media accounts, the California ...

After garnering attention from his first album, Raw, and earning a spot on the 2012 XXL Freshman List, Los Angeles-based Hopsin has released his third album, Knock Madness. The rapper — known for his ...

Hopsin has done well in Colorado, playing to packed rooms in Denver and elsewhere for several years now. But something strange happened at his scheduled January 30 show at the Aggie Theater. He was ...

Hopsin had a rough weekend while touring in Australia. Apparently, the Los Angeles rapper was arrested and jailed while in Sidney. On Sunday (Sept. 4), the 31-year-old rapper went on his Instagram ...

Hopsin, digital release; streaming here. "You been brainwashed by a fake life," the L.A. rapper with the freaky white eyes rants about the misspent youth of kids who take the rap lifestyle way too ...

2020 is a year for breaking from institutions. Yet musicians have been questioning traditional labels for years. According to a February 2020 MIDiA Consulting report called "The Changing Nature of ...