Playboi Carti has his first No. 1 Billboard 200 album. According to Billboard, the Georgia-bred rapper’s highly-anticipated Whole Lotta Red topped the chart with over 100,000 total album-equivalent units earned in its opening week. The album’s sales were mostly driven by streaming, earning more than 90,000 streaming equivalent album units thanks to 126 million on-demand streams of […]
Quavo may have been ahead of the game when it came to shooting your shot on Instagram but as far as Clubhouse, he’s not accepting any invites anytime soon. “I’m not doing clubhouse,” the Migos rapper wrote on Sunday (January 3). “I don’t want to be on a 54 way.” I’m not doing clubhouse… I […]
Young Thug’s comments on the Million Dollaz Worth Of Game podcast continue to get him in hot water, this time with people in the United Kingdom. During a portion of the interview with Gillie Da Kid, Thugger was asked about his love for Florida rappers and what grabs his attention. “It’s just that struggle, like Zoe […]
Trippie Redd isn’t letting his issues with Toosii or Popp Hunna slide. Trippie has been hounding the North Philadelphia rapper on social media after old court documents surfaced online alleging Popp snitched after witnessing a murder when he was 14. After dragging Toosii into the fray, who indirectly declared Trippie had “bitch traits,” Trippie again […]
Benzino’s disdain for Eminem and his loyal legion of fans has been well documented over the years. But the former co-publisher of The Source magazine and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta personality has been on a certifiable rampage over the last several days, firmly aiming his vitriol toward Slim Shady, Royce Da 5’9 and now, Joyner […]
Lil Durk is presumably beaming after the second-week sales numbers for The Voice arrived this week. After all, 6ix9ine was rubbing the modest 24,000 total album-equivalent the project earned in its opening week in the Chicago rapper’s face, not realizing it was simply for one day of sales. On Saturday (January 2), Durk gave himself the title […]
Just three days after releasing the single, 50 Cent is back with a video for the NLE Choppa and Rileyy Lanez-assisted single “Part Of The Game,” the theme song for the forthcoming Power spin-off, Power Book III: Raising Kenan. Premiered on Saturday (January 2), the Eif Rivera-directed visual begins in the streets of New York City with the […]
Despite the raging COVID-19 pandemic, Eminem stayed incredibly productive in 2020 and is carrying that momentum into 2021. On Saturday (January 2), Marshall Mathers shared a clip of his latest video “Gnat” and announced a new contest in conjunction with director Cole Bennett’s Lyrical Lemonade multimedia company, giving fans a chance to win several Slim Shady-related […]
Like the rest of the world, 50 Cent caught the first glimpse of Nicki Minaj’s three-month-old son on Saturday (January 2) when she shared several photos of him on Instagram. But apparently the Power mogul doesn’t think Nicki’s “Papa Bear” nickname suits the child and decided to change it. Shortly after the photos started making […]
Royce Da 5’9 and former Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta personality Benzino have been locked in a war of words since Tuesday (December 29) — and after a brief respite, it appears the battle is back on. Benzino resumed their beef on Friday (January 1) when he — once again — insisted Nickle Nine is […]
Boosie Badazz continues to reference his shooting in Dallas last November by taunting his shooter at every turn. In a social media clip shared on Saturday (January 2), the Baton Rouge rapper can be seen pulling on a blunt while previewing new music. “Hit me in my leg but it should have been my head, […]
Abilene, TX – 03 Greedo has spent two years locked behind bars in a Texas prison for drugs and weapon charges. Now he’s joined thousands of incarcerated individuals in Texas who’ve tested positive for COVID-19. A message was shared on Greedo’s Instagram account on Friday (January 1) asking for prayers. “Please keep, 03 Greedo in […]
Snoop Dogg’s rift with Eminem continues to spill over into the new year. An Eminem fan page posed a question about whether or not Snoop was being “disrespectful” when he said last July he wouldn’t consider Em among his top 10 rappers of all-time. Not long after the post went up, Snoop chimed in via […]
Ashanti‘s ordeal with COVID-19 appears to be behind her. The Grammy Award-winning singer took to Instagram on Friday (January 1) to share news she had tested negative for COVID-19, nearly three weeks after her positive test postponed her Verzuz celebration with Bay Area native Keyshia Cole. “Feeling grateful,” the “Rain On Me” singer wrote. “My […]
Rick Ross recently questioned 50 Cent’s mic skills as his television empire with STARZ grows and rap career continues to be etched in distant history. Instead of directly responding, the Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ legend is letting said mic skills do the talking — with a duel promotion of his latest series update, Power […]
Swae Lee and Mike Will-Made It’s 2021 almost ended in tragic fashion. The pair spent Friday (January 1) traveling in a Ferrari 812 Superfast before losing control and crashing. The multi-platinum Atlanta producer shared photos of the crash with a thankful message to be alive. “ME & SWAE WILLY MADE-IT OUT THIS MF ALIVE w […]
21 Savage is already winning the new year by becoming Hip Hop’s first meme of 2021. Numerous fans shared the meme of 21’s head super-imposed next to the numbers 2 and 0 to signify what the new year meant. Sure enough, 21 caught wind of the meme and shared it on his Instagram page on […]
If there’s one thing to highlight about UK Hip Hop star Giggs, it’s his penchant for stepping out of his box and collaborating with all different types of American rappers. The “KMT” rapper has done songs with Swizz Beatz, Theophilus London, GASHI, 2 Chainz, Drake and more and continued the trend on his latest mixtape […]
Uncle Murda straight up stole the rapper Skillz's idea to discuss all of the year's happenings in an end of the year rap up song. The two actually went back and forth about it a while back. Murda dropped his “Rap Up 2020” song about an hour and a half into the New Year and […]
On the first day of the new year, Skillz has delivered his annual Rap Up to recap the insanity that was 2020. The Virginia-bred wordsmith gets into COVID-19, Lil Wayne endorsing Donald Trump, protests, Kanye West’s antics and more in the 9-minute clip, summarizing it all by adding, “Throw It In The [Trash].” View […]
Kash Doll isn’t about to let French Montana slander happen on her watch. Proof that pettiness was not left behind in 2020, a tweet went viral that named Montana along with Lil Xan, Trippie Redd and 6ix9ine as rappers who shouldn’t be brought into the new year. Once the Coke Boys rapper’s rumored new boo […]
Los Angeles, CA – Tyler, The Creator is never a slouch on the mic when it comes to collaborations that align him with his superstar rapper friends. With tracks like his 2015 Cherrybomb album-cut “Smuckers,” featuring Lil Wayne and Kanye West or his “Potato Salad,” collab with A$AP Rocky, he’s amassed ample evidence to back […]
The unexpected news of MF DOOM’s death is still reverberating throughout the Hip Hop community. On Thursday (December 31), DOOM’s wife Jasmine revealed the enigmatic MC — famous for rocking his MetalFace mask — had died on Halloween, a day when it’s customary to wear one. Among the hundreds, even thousands of condolences flooding social […]
Uncle Murda returned on New Year’s Day with his annual “Rap Up 2020” putting the year’s happenings in perspective. The New York rap veteran recaps a tumultuous 2020 by giving his thoughts on a myriad of topics including the losses of NBA icon Kobe Bryant, Black Panther actor Chadwick Boseman, Pop Smoke, King Von and […]
While fans found humor in the planets aligning to dole out superpowers to the masses on December 21st, nobody used their superpowers more than in 2020 than Hit-Boy, HipHopDx’s 2020 Producer Of The Year. The 33 year old humble superproducer delivered a long list of 2020 credits that included full albums with Nas, Benny The […]
ORCHARD PARK, NY – The original Buffalo Bills “Shout” anthem is getting a Griselda-dripped rework ahead of the 2020 NFL postseason. Benny The Butcher shared a rework of the chant with a preview of the rugged Bills-themed track on Friday (January 1) to kick off the New Year. Benny The Butcher x Buffalo Bills https://t.co/jSbfSaJFsb […]
On Jack Harlow’s debut album That’s What They All Say, the curly-haired rapper teamed up with his fellow Kentucky natives Bryson Tiller and the late Static Major for a smooth, R&B-tinged lovefest on “Luv Is Dro.” For Harlow, linking up with two of his idols was something he’d planned on doing for quite some time. […]
Los Angeles, CA – Dr. Dre and Nicole Young’s impending divorce was made public in June when she filed court documents asking for a dissolution of their 24-year marriage. But according to docs obtained by The Daily Mail, they’d split up months before Young filed the paperwork and were apparently having trouble moving on. In Dre’s […]
Los Angeles, CA – Everyone seems to have something to say about 50 Cent lately, and none of them are good things. Now, in the newest segment of his exclusive interview with HipHopDX, Ja Rule airs out his mortal enemy for allegedly being a pathological liar and sets the record straight regarding an age-old tall […]
Up and coming rappers like Staten Island’s own CJ can benefit from an older rap veteran reaching out to them. Earlier this month, a video of the “Whoopty” rapper receiving a chain and having dinner with French Montana made its rounds on social media, and everyone thought CJ had just signed a deal with Coke […]