We caught up with Trinidad Jame$ out in Hollywood, California, where he now resides, to discuss his unsuspecting "comeback," being written off in hip-hop, giving back to the community, and the weirdness of fame.

Palm trees make California. From the ATL to L.A. and L.A. to the Bay, Trinidad Jame$ is making the rounds bigging up the left coast. From the song’s hook and title, it appears that California’s native trees inspired the polarizing rapper’s latest song “Palm Trees.” The last time we saw Trinidad Jame$, he was going head-to-head on CNN with […]

Migos are still trappin’ out the bando. Migos and Trinidad Jame$ team up on a trapped-out banger titled “Stankin’.” “Medusas, shining/ designer, Ralph Simon,” raps Trinidad. “She blow my phone up, like n*gga call me/ she want a man, but bitch it’s not me,” he continues. Migos and Trinidad Jame$’s latest collaboration with be featured on Atlanta’s […]

ILOVEMAKONNEN was virtually unknown to the masses until last “Tuesday,” when Toronto rapper Drake blessed his ILOVEMAKONNEN EP banger “Club Going Up On A Tuesday” with a remix. Well, ILOVEMAKONNEN is back with a new track addressing all the folks who “Doubted” him with fellow Atlanta rapper Key! on backup. “So many people scouting me, […]

Atlanta rapper Trinidad Jame$ is “doing him.” Just days after announcing he was dropped from Def Jam Records, the “All Gold Everything” rapper dropped a new track titled “Doin’ Me” (clearly). Trinidad gets introspective about his overnight success and the perils of the music industry on the Raak-produced song. “Sometimes I wish, I wish I […]

It’s been a great couple of years for the Atlanta-based Think it’s a Game entertainment. Last year they had Trinidad Jame$; this year they have Rich Homie Quan. Check out this new Vlog from Think it’s a Game entertainment CEO, Fly, as he preps Quan’s birthday party. [YouTube] R. Kelly heads out to the West Coast […]

This is intense. Brooklyn rapper Maino blasted Trinidad Jame$ over his recent “The South runs NY” comment, and things quickly escalated. Maino warned Trinidad that if he ever saw the “All Gold Everything” rapper in New York City, it would be a “problem,” and well, Trinidad began to “clarify” his controversial statement. Earlier this week, Maino called […]

According to Trinidad Jame$, you’re not going to talk to him crazy. The Atlanta rapper stirred up controversy during his performance at Converse’s CONS Holiday party in Brooklyn on Tuesday. The “All Gold Everything” rapper made an interesting statement, saying southern rappers “run New York City.” In response to all the hate he’s received over […]

After Trinidad Jame$ went on his strange anti-Brooklyn tirade last night at a show in Brooklyn, Maino took to Twitter to respond. Not with raps, either, but with threats. Here’s a rundown of Maino’s rage throughout the day: S/O to all the NY niggas who let this Rotten Teeth nigga @TrinidadJamesGG disrespect us lastnite! #whathappened — […]

It hasn’t been the best year in the world for New York City rap. First, Kendrick Lamar crowned himself the king of the town on Big Sean’s “Control.” And now, Trinidad Jame$ is coming at NYC’s neck. Last night, Jame$ performed at Converse Rubber Tracks. During his set — which was probably just “All Gold Everything” and that other […]