Former Natural Elements member Ka speaks with ThisIs50′s Young Jack Thriller. The two speak on Brownsville, 50 Cent’s co-sign, and possibly signing with G-Unit.

Larry O & A Butta stop by Hip Hop Nation to chop it up with DJ Eclipse & Torae. Rap Is Outta Control airs every Sunday night 10pm-Midnight EST on Sirius XM’s Hip Hop Nation. “Tommy gun rat-a-tat / Fuck Tommy Boy, Natural E, they couldn’t handle that” – A-Butta

There was a short period in the mid-1990′s, when heads were so fed up with direction that major labels were taking with hip-hop music, that many artists just decided to put their stuff out independently. The indie hip-hop movement kicked into full swing, as artists on both coasts (and even in between), began releasing their [cont.]

HipHopSite: Why did you change your name from L-Swift to Swigga? Swigga: It’s just because my music is different now.  The things I get across now is different than when I was L-Swift.  I had that name in seventh grade.  For me to step it up to a new era of things, I felt I [cont.]