Lil Durk put forth a banner 2020 and took his artistry to another level in the process by banking his first Grammy nomination, releasing two projects and numerous standout features. With just one day of sales last week, Durk’s surprise The Voice album debuted at No. 47 on the Billboard 200 and should earn a […]
Just one week after Whodini member John “Ecstasy” Fletcher passed away, the pioneering Hip Hop community has suffered another monumental loss. On Wednesday (December 30), DJ Premier shared an Instagram post mourning the death of Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones, better known as “Ozone” from the quintessential Hip Hop films Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. “One Of Our Greatest […]
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit America, Blueface improvised by joining the celebrity OnlyFans wave and created a quarantine reality show with Blue Girls Club, which saw a diverse clique of women living at his house and caused all sorts of entertaining drama. One girl that earned the respect of Blueface was Chrisean Rock, who is best […]
Eminem surprised Saturday Night Live fans earlier this month when he popped up during a spoof of his own “Stan” video. Starring SNL actor Pete Davidson, the skit featured a deranged Santa Claus-obsessed man name Stu who’s begging for a Playstation 5. When letter after letter to Santa goes unanswered, he hops in his car […]
XXXTENTACION’s breakout single “Look At Me!” turns five years old on Wednesday (December 30), which gave fans another reason to celebrate the polarizing late rapper’s legacy. The abrasive track’s original SoundCloud artwork featured a white kid who was sniffing a lit blunt up his nose. Complex caught up with the now 17-year-old, who knew X […]
The rapper with “bitch traits” Toosii was previously talking about turned out to be Trippie Redd. The “Love Cycle” artist first posted a video on his Instagram Story on Saturday (December 26) to call out a “rap n-gga” who stuck his nose in business that didn’t belong to him. âI had a rap n-gga text […]
There have been whispers of a new Kendrick Lamar album for a minute now, and his recent confirmation as the headlining act of a forthcoming festival has fans speculating it may finally be the time. The 2021 Roskilde Festival in Denmark announced Wednesday (December 30) that K.Dot will headline their show that’s going down from […]
Cardi B is trying to get lit on New Year’s Eve…but she’s not trying to deal with the inevitable hangover that comes with it. Taking to Twitter on Wednesday (December 30), the “WAP” rapper asked her followers to help with some remedies, and responses ranged from ridiculous (“lots of xanax !”) to wild concoctions that […]
Mustard has contracted COVID-19. In a post shared to his Instagram Story on Wednesday (December 30), the superstar producer revealed his diagnosis and asked for a prayer from his 2.5 million followers. âTested positive for covid send a prayer up for ya boy…â he wrote. View this post on Instagram A post shared by The […]
DJ Paul is teaming up with Young Buck in 2021. In a post shared to his Instagram on Tuesday (December 29), the Three 6 Mafia member announced a collaborative effort with his fellow Tennessee native is en route. “Who Ready???” he wrote. “#TheyGonSeeTennessee Full Project Goin DownâŒïž 2021 Lookin Better Already!!! Itâs Goin Down As […]
Lil Yachty’s face is going to be seen in a ton of grocery stores come 2021. Lil Boat adds to his myriad of diverse collaborations by teaming up with Reese’s Puffs to get his own cereal box with the General Mills brand. Yachty joins Travis Scott, who slapped his figure across a Reese’s Puffs cereal […]
All Money In Records rapper J Stone was a recent guest on The Bootleg Kev Podcast where he spent extensive time talking about the imprint’s late founder Nipsey Hussle. At one point during the conversation, Stone was asked if there was any type of posthumous project in the works and although he skirted around the question […]
DDG is ending 2020 on a high note. On Monday (December 28), the 23-year-old Michigan native alerted his 3.9 million Instagram followers his single “Moonwalking In Calabasas” had landed at No. 98 on the Billboard Hot 100, his first single to chart. The track has been remixed twice â once with Blueface and once with […]
Most Tekashi 6ix9ine fans are aware he has a 5-year-old daughter named Saraiyah with ex Sara Molina, but many may not know about his second child. Layna, the mother to his 2-year-old daughter Briella Iris, blasted the rainbow-loving rapper for neglecting fatherhood and never meeting their child in a scintillating Instagram post over the weekend. “DANIEL […]
Run The Jewels â the politically charged duo of Killer Mike and El-P â are back with a new visual for “walking in the snow,” one of 11 tracks on their critically acclaimed Run The Jewels 4 album. Directed by Chris Hopewell, the same man behind the camera for the RTJ3 track “Don’t Get Captured,” […]
Jack Harlow had one of the most unpredictable runs of 2020. When Harlow dropped his Sweet Action EP in March his following of fans blew up thanks to the buzzing single “WHATS POPPIN.” He doubled-up on that success with the remix that featured DaBaby, Tory Lanez and Lil Wayne that went No. 2 on the Billboard […]
November witnessed multiple shootings in the rap community, two of them fatal. King Von was shot and killed in Atlanta on November 6, Mo3 was gunned down on a Dallas interstate on November 11 and both Benny The Butcher and Boosie Badazz were shot in the leg in two separate incidences on November 14. In […]
Young Thug is one of the most influential Hip Hop figures of the 2010s. In an interview with Million Dollaz Worth of Game podcast released on Monday (December 28), Thugger explained his reasoning for being a versatile genre-blending artist because strictly staying in the rapper lane restricts how far one can take their artistry. “I […]
Travis Scott already has the platinum touch when it comes to making music but paired with Drake, he knocks it out of Astroworld. So it comes as no surprise their diamond-certified “SICKO MODE” collaboration has just crossed a major streaming milestone. According to Chart Data, the single has amassed over two billion streams, making it […]
Mario Judah’s larger than life persona and husky frame wasn’t always the case. Judah took to Instagram on Tuesday (December 29) to share a few throwback photos from the days he roamed the halls of his middle school and military barracks, which found him looking much thinner than who we see now. âSay hi to […]
SAINt JHN’s debut project Collection One was a proper introduction to the Brooklyn rapper in 2018. It brought a whole new wave of fans who were taking a liking to JHN’s genre-bending sound despite him being in the game for over eight years at that point. He announced Collection Two shortly after that, amping up […]
Eminem has been pumping out album after album since 1996 and managed to parlay that relentless work ethic into a diamond-selling career. In 2020, Slim Shady hasn’t slowed down, releasing his 11th studio album Music To Be Murdered By in January and Music To Be Murdered By: Side BÂ just last week. The latter boasted 16 […]
Flo Milli made a name for herself as one of 2020’s breakout rookies in Hip Hop. She finishes off the year with a major feather in her cap, as Rihanna named her the latest ambassador for RiRi’s Savage x Fenty lingerie line. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Flo Milli […]
BeyoncĂ© is bidding farewell to an intense year with an icy commemorative token. The superstar singer’s cousin Angie Beyince revealed Bey gifted her girls with gold ‘Fuck 2020’ necklaces in an Instagram post on Monday (December 28). The pendant features ‘2020’ encrusted with diamonds and stretched to look like a hand giving the middle finger. […]
DDG‘s looking to hit a milli on his new video “Let You In.” The Michigan native released the LewisYouNasty-directed visual on Sunday (December 27) and pushed his followers to make his successful 2020 even better with one million YouTube views. “Did you watch this yet?” he wrote. “even if you did, go watch it again, […]
6ix9ine is relentless when it comes to trolling Lil Durk â even when he’s on a self-imposed social media diet. After suggesting the Chicago rapper was exploiting King Von’s murder to sell his new mixtape The Voice earlier this week, the controversial rap figure hopped back into Akademiks’ Instagram comments on Tuesday (December 29) to once […]
Charlamagne Tha God doesn’t feel Drake reigns supreme in the music industry any longer, and Kevin Durant finds that sentiment hilarious. In a new episode of his Brilliant Idiots podcast, Charlamagne explained he wasn’t interested in Drizzy’s forthcoming Certified Lover Boy album because he feels like Drake has oversaturated the market. To the radio host, […]
Young Buck was reflecting on his career in a new interview with VladTV, and revealed that 50 Cent allegedly blocked him and G-Unit from cashing out on the millions he received from his deal with Vitamin Water. According to Buck, 50 consistently would pull deals from him, Banks and Yayo for arbitrary reasons and then […]
Chris Brown has some things to get off his chest. In an Instagram Story post on Monday night (December 28), the singer went off about the music industry and anyone who thinks he’s not putting out quality work. He also showed love to the up-and-coming acts and then ended on a spiritual note. âSay what […]
J. Cole hasn’t dropped a full-length solo album since 2018’s KOD, but it looks like the highly anticipated follow-up The Fall Off, its precursor The Off Season and another mixtape called It’s A Boy could be arriving in the near future. On Tuesday (December 29), the elusive MC popped up to share a rare Instagram post that featured an […]