On January 21st Kendrick Lamar headlined a concert at Warehouse Live with his Special Guest Schoolboy Q and the rest of Black Hippy family (Jay Rock and Ab Soul). Their performances took over Warehouse Live with one of the most phenomenal shows of the year so far in Houston . Before the show one of [...]

    Toxin Magazine had the chance to sit down with one of Houston’s hottest up and coming hip hop artist on the Scene right now. That goes by the name of Sho Stoppa. Sho Stoppa has generated a pretty impressive buzz amongst the social media networks over the past few years! especially via twitter. [...]

Philidelphia Native Jade Aslton isn’t your typical song bird. She’s a Singer/Songwriter/VJ/guitarist/ & Hype Girl.  She started her music career at 14, going by stage name Jasmine Jai. Now 24, Jade Alston (which is her real name) has a number of pretty sick acomplishments under her diamond studded belt. Jade Alston has done music projects [...]

DJ L.I.A.M. dishes on his upcoming events and his humble electro past. In doing so, he introduces Toxin to a new Sub-genre Moombahton/Moombahcore. Moombahton is “Dutch House pitched down to 108 BPMs.” also: containing chopped vocals, layered a cappella vocal tracks, extended and enhanced build-ups and the introduction of new drums and percussion elements. He [...]

Ri-Ri has put out the video for her single, “We Found Love” FT. Calvin Harris! According to Pynk Magazine, dropping the video came lots of criticism from her use of drugs and alcohol throughout the video to most notably the scene of her male interest tattooing the word “mine” on her butt. Critics seem more [...]

Student at Georgia State University, Edward “Prohaize” Minta caught my eye with visuals to his song “Right Side of my brain”. Prohaize is originally from Ghana, off the west coast of Africa. He got his name “Prohaize” because he transgresses over obstacles with ease or as he refers to it, “A Pro at getting high [...]

Introducing our newest contributing writer, Dominique. This is here first article with Toxin Magazine and might I add, very talented at that. – Taqkiiyawna “Young, Handsome, and Gifted.” Those Three words describe an artist that resides from Houston Texas. He started making music at the age of 15. He was never the type to express [...]

Phlo Finister. Fashion editor for Persona Magazine and Stylist for girl group Elektrik Red, Ibn Jasper, Rich Hill and Melyssa Ford. Finister has modeled for names such as Brian Lichtenberg, American Apparel, Maxine Dillion, and Rojas. Besides being fashionably correct, Phlo has recently dropped a pretty dope mixtape entitled, Crown Gold. In which i’m currently [...]

(Photo Credit: The Houston Press) Last Night, Houston’s front-runners came together and put on a major event. Young Money’s Short Dawg and the leader of Houston’s new school, Propain put together, The Drankenstien & Dangerous Minds Concert. The show was held at Houston’s best location for concerts, no other name comes to mind, The Warehouse [...]

Iggy Azalea is Taking The rap game to another level.The born and raised Australian  Rapper Has the internet going crazy with her over flowing seductive vibe ,stylish image, and her ridiculously enchanting flow.If you haven’t Downloaded her mixtape yet, don’t waste another second! you can download it off of her website at izzyazalea.com it’s the [...]

ASAP Rocky, the kid from Harlem, NY just released a nice track titled “Purple Swag.” The cut carries a beat like it’s from the South, a nod to Houston’s Rap scene. Laced with a cali-stlyed flow and the beat which is on point with the current SWAG era. Dope swagged out video, dope track, gold [...]

New York rapper/singer Theophilus London’s debut album, Timez Are Weird These Days was released this past week, July 19th. Theophilus’s star is quickly rising, he’s put in serious studio and stage time along the way. The Trinidad-born, Brooklyn-raised musician released numerous critically acclaimed EPs and mixtapes in the past years, including 2009′s,”This Charming Mixtape,” which [...]

As you all may know, Toxin Magazine is based out of The great state of Texas, Houston to be exact. There is so much talent in this city, some fortunate to be here, and some have passed on. Personally, im a fan of the old school Houston music, i.e the original greytapes. One song that [...]

Kendrick Lamar is definitely a rap artist that is on the come up! he has generated a major buzz across the nation, and i must say myself that i was anticipating  on his debut album entitled section.80″ that recently dropped on 7-3-11.This album definitely proves that Kendrick is a lyrically gifted mc,and is not afraid [...]

Toxin is happy to introduce to you an extremely talented up and coming rap artist that goes by the name of Jarrell. Jarrell is a Houstonian that is on a mission to revive hip hop and bring back that intellectual feeling that  has been slowly fading away from the hip hop culture. We are proud [...]

Clearly this is the “a-milli” of 2011, remixes from everybody, Jojo, Chris Brown, Teyana Taylor and Lil B to name a few. BTW the visuals make the song 20 times better. I’d like to see Aubrey do a movie. Him and Shia lebeouf maybe? Besides running the Rap game, he’s super talented on screen as [...]

Where theirs talent, i mean seriously diverse talent…Toxin will be there to fan the flame…i’ve been wondering who the producer behind Nicki Minaj’s “Your Love” was, turns out he’s the same guy who produced Trey Songz “Unusual”. Pop Wansel’s his name and he happens to be the son of iconic Philadelphia songwriter Dexter Wansel who’s [...]

JoJo has been my girl since she stepped onto the R&B scene back in 2004, i mean she was only 13 and she countinued to set boundries. im anticipating her fourth studio album, Jumping Trains, bring back real talent girl! Listen to her remake of Drake’s latest song, “marvin’s room.” A drunken phone call from [...]

Lola Monroe once known as “Angel Lola Luv”, has been clawing her way onto the rap scene along side some of hip hop’s infamous femme felines. Truly making a mark after retiring from commercial modeling in 2007 she officially transitioned into Lola Monroe. Its said that Lola pays homage to the late and iconic singer, [...]

Growing up i SO wanted a jeep wrangler not the overrated pink barbie jeep but something like the one my girl rasheeda has in this vid. Check her out. Remake of Soulja Boy’s – Pretty Boy Swag. “Boss bitch swag” a remake she did prior to her “boss bitch swagg” is the remake to Young [...]

Have you ever just wanted to reverse time just to feel the rush of meeting the love of your life for the first time?….. Here’s partial lyrics to a band that’s squeezing its way into my hearts play list. The Script – For the first time. Watch the 15 min video that paints a beautiful [...]

The Oakland,California artist Ka’ra Kersey expresses her love for smoking as well as the Bay Area environment in this eccentric, free flowing visual for her single “Fuchsia glaze” stay tuned for the bonus chopped & screwed addition to the track at the end of her video.To stay updated on her latest music follow Ka’ra Kersey [...]

J Davey is a multi-genre duo fro Los Angels whose brilliant sound can be descried as alternative hip hop,neo soul,jazz,and new wave.This underground phenomenon is currently on their “New World Culture Tour” promoting for their highly anticipated sophomore album for more information on j Davey go to jdavey.com .Here is the visual for the current [...]

This Houstonian has the club rockin with his new single “flaunt it ” check him out and follow him on twitter @shostoppatx he has a lot of good music coming soon so be on the look out!!!

Man what can i say, A pair of dope artists collaborating to put together this feel good track. Song Entitled “Make Me”, By @KillaKyleon featuring @_jackfreeman & The video was shot by: @DjYoungSamm. Houston Let’s get it. This is Real Music. Toxin is anticipating Killa and Jack’s coming projects. #NP

Killa Kyleon continues to drop heat. I mean scorching hot, fry an egg on the sidewalk hot, hip hop music. Not only is Killa a Houston native, this man has the whole city behind him. His mixtape “Candy Paint and Texas Plates 2″ is coming soon. Watch his freestyle to this years biggest club hit, “Walk around the [...]

Louisiana Cash is back with another banger entitled Big Dawg, featuring Houston’s own Kiotti, (personally one of our favorite people in the world.) Follow Louisian Cash : @Louisianacashtv and Kiotti: @Kiotti Video directed by @Djyoungsamm

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Anticipating the re-release of his EP, Nostalgia, Ultra. The single “Novacane” was released to iTunes on May 31, 2011, and the album will be available on July 26, 2011.

The Weeknd is a toronto based singer who adds his own style and flare to the R&B genre. A major upgrade to the watered down sound of today. Abel Tesfaye is the name his madre provided him with, and talent was definitely passed down through papa’s chromosomes. At 20 yrs, The Weeknd’s been acknolwledged by [...]