Just because Bobby Shmurda and Kodak Black are serving jail time, it doesn’t mean they’ll miss out on holiday traditions completely. TMZ reports the incarcerated rappers will still be getting full Thanksgiving meals — complete with all the trimmings. Shmurda, who is located at New York’s Clinton Correctional Facility, will be served roast turkey with […]
Fans of Kendrick Lamar and Top Dawg Entertainment have been patiently waiting for word on any new music from the camp. REASON recently dropped his debut album New Beginnings, but fans still want more. Top Dawg Entertainment CEO Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith, may have stirred the pot as fans are getting worked up over behind-the-scenes footage he released […]
Macon, GA – Despite everyone talking about the shooting incident that took the life of Chicago rapper King Von on November 6, Quando Rondo has been keeping somewhat of a low profile. But now it looks like he’s ready to get back to work and leave it all behind him by announcing his first live show since […]
Los Angeles, CA – Even though Thanksgiving 2020 is anything but normal, HipHopDX is here with our usual highly curated roundup of this week’s hottest singles. Vibe out to SAINt JHN and Kanye, a solo a cut from Fivio Foreign, and also tune in to several high-profile collaborations highlighted by The Game and Lil Wayne’s […]
Macklemore â remember him? The “Thrift Shop” guy? The rapper partially responsible for The Heist, the album that basically mired the future rap G.O.A.T.’s coming out party? Right now, he’s probably at home somewhere outside of Seattle minding his own business, taking care of his two daughters, performing a little magic, hanging out with his wife and […]
Parliament-Funkadelic icon Bootsy Collins is holed up at his Ohio compound, the appropriately named Bootzilla Ranch. Located 30 minutes outside of his hometown of Cincinnati, the expansive property boasts an array of amenities, including a home studio and basketball court â music to Snoop Dogg’s ears. Before the music industry came to a screeching halt […]
Tributes continue to pour in for Chicago’s King Von after he was shot and killed outside of an Atlanta nightclub on November 6. One of those displaying her affection on social media is his ex-girlfriend Asian Doll, who’s now decided to get a tattoo of Von to pay respect to her former partner. The portrait […]
Grammy nominations are always going to spark debates with the limited number of spots available in each category, but many feel there have been some glaring omissions for the 2021 awards following Tuesday’s (November 24) announcement. 50 Cent, who’s never one to shy away from his opinion on popular culture, has voiced his issue with the […]
If Drake ever wants to star as Barack Obama in a film, the former president of the United States has his support. In an appearance on Complex’s 360 With Speedy Morman, 44 was asked whether he would give the Toronto actor-turned-musician his blessing to play a role as him — to which he welcomed with […]
Lil Wayne has long been a fan of JAY-Z. Weezy recently chopped it up with one of his favorite rappers today, Lil Baby, for Rolling Stone‘s Musicians on Musicians series. The two traded stories about albums that had a huge impact on their early lives and Weezy thought back to his teenage days as a rapper on […]
TAMPA BAY, FL – Tampa Bay rapper ACH NH was supposedly going to have a typical night of recording music on Thursday (November 19), but evidently he had other plans. According to the Tampa Bay Times, Ace â born Billy Bennett Adams III â was arrested on November 21 on two counts of premeditated first-degree […]
The third installment of Lil Wayne’s famed No Ceilings mixtape series might arrive sooner than once thought. After teasing the project’s arrival in August, DJ Khaled took the baton and raised the hype surrounding No Ceilings 3 on Wednesday (November 25) with a snippet of an upcoming Drake and Wayne collab. “They tried to put a ceiling […]
The Recording Academy rolled out the 2021 Grammy Award nominees on Tuesday (November 24) and sparked a contentious debate on social media. Fans were outraged The Weeknd wasn’t nominated for a single award despite releasing the No. 1 Billboard 200 album After Hours in March and Quality Control CEO Pierre “Pee” Thomas couldn’t believe Lil Baby’s […]
After delivering her long-awaited Roc Nation debut with Good News last week, Megan Thee Stallion stopped by Hot 97 on Tuesday (November 24) for a virtual album release party to discuss everything surrounding the Houston Hottie. On album opener “Shots Fired,” which fittingly samples Biggie’s “Who Shot Ya,” Meg didn’t waste any time in addressing the […]
Houston, TX – Juicy J is still eager to get in the Verzuz ring despite not having a challenger on the books. In preparation for the release of his upcoming album The Hustle Continues, the Three 6 Mafia legend checked in with Houston’s 97.9 The Box and made a case for kicking up dust on […]
Offset had some choice words on Twitter just moments after his wife got into it with Wiz Khalifa. “N-ggas be hoes !!!! Smh,” the Migos rapper wrote in a tweet on Tuesday (November 24). Niggas be hoes !!!! Smh — OFFSET (@OffsetYRN) November 24, 2020 The post came less than twenty minutes after Cardi B […]
After launching his own cannabis line MONOGRAM just last month, JAY-Z has been named Chief Visionary Officer of two cannabis companies. They’re all in the same family, though. Hov has teamed up with Subversive Capital Acquisition Corp. and will oversee brand strategy for the two cannabis brands they just acquired, Caliva and Left Coast Ventures […]
Drake has some choice words about the Grammys after The Weeknd called them out for being “corrupt.” In a post to his Instagram Story on Wednesday (November 25), Drizzy urged his peers to stop investing so much emotion reacting to the snubs that have continued to happen and likened the Recording Academy to a stubborn […]
Charleston, SC – Boosie Badazz isn’t letting a healing gunshot wound stop him from getting to the bag. Fresh out of the hospital after being shot outside of a Dallas strip mall, the Baton Rouge native shared a flyer for a performance on Thanksgiving (November 26). Boosie will appear alongside rapper Renni Rucci at a […]
The Grammys has dozens of Hip Hop artists in their feelings and Cardi B is no exception. Amid defending her own honor against Wiz Khalifa on Tuesday (November 24), the multi-platinum superstar also had to contend with her angry fanbase, who went from being mad at The Recording Academy for the hit single “WAP” not […]
Megan Thee Stallion fans have immediately taken to her #BodyOdyChallenge and it’s bringing twerkers out across multiple social platforms. The song “Body” lives on Meg’s new album Good News, and she premiered the video for it along with the album’s release on Friday (November 22). The #BodyOdyChallenge was birthed from the choreography in the video […]
The Alchemist is living on a high right now after receiving a Grammy nomination for Alfredo, his critically-acclaimed collaborative album with Freddie Gibbs. He’s not letting an unsurprising fumble from the Recording Academy ruin his moment either. The latest Grammy flop comes in the form of a hilarious mix-up on Alchemist’s artist page on the official […]
When Future dropped his thirteenth mixtape, Monster, in 2014, the Atlanta rapper was on the cusp of a breakout year. The mixtape elevated Future further into the spotlight and set the bar for the series of album-quality mixtapes that would follow with Beast Mode and 56 Nights—a period many believe was the best of Future’s […]
Los Angeles, CA – Snoop Dogg is showing off his cinematic narration skills in Ty Dolla $ign’s John Wayne Western-style video for “Spicy” featuring Post Malone. Though he doesn’t appear on camera, The Doggystyle architect lends his vocals throughout the James Larese-directed video, setting to tone for the futuristic, action-filled dystopian plot focused on Dolla […]
Playboi Carti fans have been waiting well over two years for his new album after constant teasers of Whole Lotta Red, but based on his activity this week, it looks like it could finally be dropping soon. The Atlanta native took to Instagram on Tuesday (November 24) to announce a new collaboration with Kanye West. […]
Lil Wayne is giving back again this holiday season. Weezy F. Baby is hosting Tunechi’s Turkey Give-A-Way on Tuesday (November 24) in his hometown of New Orleans, which will donate Thanksgiving turkeys to 500 different households across the Big Easy. “Tomorrow Iâll be giving back to the people and city that raised me!” he wrote […]
Jay Electronica uploaded Act II: The Patents of Nobility to TIDAL, but it was quickly scrubbed from the streaming service days later. Jay’s once-shelved album is now expected to arrive on his Discord channel at some point, which he teased earlier this week. One surprise he mentioned on the platform would be the inclusion of unreleased […]
Despite the controversy surrounding Megan Thee Stallion this summer, the Roc Nation artist has been on a remarkable run. She broke streaming records, performed at the 2020 BET Hip Hop Awards and partnered up with brands such as Revlon and Fashion Nova for lucrative deals. But arguably her biggest win is grabbing two No. 1 Billboard […]
With Playboi Carti’s impending album Whole Lotta Red possibly weeks away, the often elusive rapper has been more active on social media â but that’s not exactly a good thing, at least not for the mother of his child Iggy Azalea. On Tuesday (November 24), the former couple engaged in a brief Twitter spat that […]
Lil Wayne and Denise Bidot appeared to publicly call it quits in early November after just a brief, whirlwind romance. But judging by their recent social media activity, the former couple might’ve recently reconciled. On Monday (November 23), Wayne shared an Instagram post announcing an upcoming charity event and received three red heart emojis from […]