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Welcome to the final edition of 'The R.A.W Report' of 2023, right here, on the R.A.W Media Blogger site!!!  Bringing you our top picks of the biggest, and best, Rap releases and Pro Wrestling events from the past week!!!  Check out our top Rap And Wrestling picks for this week -  RAP •  Blu & Nottz - Afrika (Stream + Purchase) •  Planet Asia & Midaz The Beast - And 1 Rap Shit (Stream + Purchase) •  Foule Monk & Sleep Sinatra - Windward (Stream + Purchase) WRESTLING •  Impact Wrestling 'Final Resolution' (Results + Recap) •  GCW 'Highest In The Room 2' (Results) •  NXT 'Deadline' (Results + Recap)

Benny The Butcher teams up with, the always phenomenal, Stove God Cooks for his brand new single/video 'One Foot In'. The Hit-Boy produced track is also the latest drop from Benny's upcoming Def Jam debut 'Everybody Can't Go' that's set to arrive in early 2024!!! As you'd expect from a Benny and Stove collaboration this is nothing but raw bars, from two of Hip-Hop's finest, over another dope Hit-Boy production!!! Check out the video here -  Benny The Butcher & Stove God Cooks - One Foot In (Official Video)

New York's legendary Saigon teams up with, Swedish producer, Fredro for a brand new single, and video, for the old school flavoured 'Lyrical Genius' featuring, another NYC legend, Grandmaster Caz!!!  The two New York legends, from two different era's, continue the culture's 50th anniversary celebration going with a track that we can only describe as pure and classic Hip-Hop!!!  The single also acts as the lead track from Saigon and Fredro's collaboration album '23: The Jordan Era' which is set to drop in March 2024 through the iconic Payday Records!!!  Check out the video here -  Saigon & Fredro - Lyrical Genius (featuring Grandmaster Caz) (Official Video)

Shadowstar Boxer continues his 'MR. NOBODY: Verses' singles series with the latest drop 'Supah Friendly'!!! The short, but hard hitting, single has Boxer teaming up with Kubes, on this occasion, for some lyrical exercise as Boxer verbally assaults the competition with bars that would make the hardest MC's tap out!!! Stream + Purchase here -  Shadowstar Boxer & Kubes - MR. NOBODY: Verses, Vol. 3 - Supah Friendly (Stream + Purchase)

Welcome to another edition of 'The R.A.W Report', right here, on the R.A.W Media Blogger site!!!  Bringing you our top picks of the biggest, and best, Rap releases and Pro Wrestling events from the past week!!!  Check out our top Rap And Wrestling picks for this week -  RAP •  AZ - Truth Be Told (Stream) •  Elzhi & Oh No - Heavy Vibrato (Stream) •  Czarface - CZARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (Stream) WRESTLING •  HOG Wrestling 'The Darkest Hour' (Results) •  GCW 'C'mon Dude' (Results + Recap) •  Pro Wrestling NOAH - The Best 2023 (Results)

R.A.W Media's Bean Lebouc continues his 'Legends Of Indy Wrestling' series by catching up with one of the indy scenes most respected names King Kaluha to reflect on what is was like, during that time, on the independent wrestling scene.  Bean Lebouc - Before we get started for those who many not know King Kaluha tell us a bit about yourself and how you got started in the Pro Wrestling business?  King Kaluha - I started out as Mike Kaluha and began my training in 1992.  When I started there weren’t many wrestling schools. I was a high school, and college, athlete and I got serious about wrestling when I got up to around 235lb.  I spoke to a sports agent, at my gym, and he talked about getting into wrestling however he had no contacts but I eventually ended up meeting up with Larry Sharpe who had the Monster Factory.  I ended up meeting a bouncer who was opening a school closer to me. His name was Concrete Cowboy and he did some indy work in the Penn...

After non-stop fan requests, Ghanaian rapper, Lyrical Joe finally makes an appearance on Tim Westwood TV for an absolutely phenomenal freestyle session!!!  Lyrical Joe is considered one of Ghana's greatest Rap artists and he shows why he's held in such high regard here!!!  Check out the video here -  Lyrical Joe - Tim Westwood TV Freestyle (Video) Editor's Note - We, at R.A.W Media, do not condone the allegations, of sexual misconduct, made against Tim Westwood. This published post is strictly to support the featured artist (Lyrical Joe). This is not for the support of Tim Westwood (the person).

If, like us, you're bit of a nerd for Pro Wrestling action figures (they're not toys!) then the WFD (Wrestling Figure Database) is the top spot for you!!! Covering every major promotion that ever released their own action figure line such as WWF/E, WCW, ECW, AEW, TNA/IMPACT, AAA, CMLL, NJPW and many, many more!!! The database also includes unreleased figures, and lines, as well as prototypes that never even made it to production!!! Even if you're not a collector the WFD is a real treat for all Pro Wrestling fans in general!!! Check out the WFD website here -  WFD (Wrestling Figure Database)

Charles Hamilton and Bean Lebouc team up for a brand new project titled 'THE RE:IMAGINED MR. HAMILTON' through 'United Elementz' Bandcamp and released in association with 'The Talented Mr. Hamilton'!!!  The 5-track EP has Bean adding his own 'Re:Imagined' spin to the Talented Mr. Hamilton's tracks to create a completely different vibe to them.  Bean takes advantage of Charles unique, rough, vocal recording process to bring out a deeper feeling to Charles material.  For those who don't know Charles Hamilton is one of Hip-Hop's most creative, and talented, minds!!!  He was a real standout during Hip-Hop's phenomenal 'Blog Era', in the late 2000's/early 2010's, alongside the likes of J. Cole, Wiz Khalifa, Wale and more!!!  Charles managed to secure a deal with Interscope Records that saw him drop a number of, critically acclaimed, mixtapes but also, unfortunately, left a number of unreleased albums as well due to ...

Welcome to another edition of 'The R.A.W Report', right here, on the R.A.W Media Blogger site!!!  Bringing you our top picks of the biggest, and best, Rap releases and Pro Wrestling events from the past week!!!  Check out our top Rap And Wrestling picks for this week -  RAP •  Busta Rhymes - BLOCKBUSTA (Stream) •  CJ Fly & Stoic - PIRANHA (Stream) •  Living Legends - The Return (Stream) WRESTLING •  WWE 'Survivor Series: WarGames' (Results + Recap) •  AEW 'Rampage/Collision Special' (Results + Recap) •  WrestleCade 'Supershow' (Results + Recap)