JAY-Z’s Roc Nation and Random House are teaming up to launch a literary publishing partnership titled Roc Lit 101. According to Variety, the company’s first wave of releases are expected to arrive in the summer of 2021, as readers can expect Roc Lit 101 to deeply explore an array of subjects with a unique lens including […]
Atlanta, GA – Offset celebrated his 29th trip around the sun by hitting up Atlanta’s Allure Gentlemen’s Club with friends on Monday (December 14). As always, he partied in style and his wife Cardi B went above and beyond with his birthday gift. The “WAP” rapper surprised her husband with a rare Lamborghini Aventador SVJ […]
Kid Cudi returned on Tuesday (December 15) continuing the Man on the Moon III visual series with the Nabil-directed “Heaven On Earth” video, which picks up where last week’s “She Knows This” leaves off. Another clip featuring Will and Jaden Smith from 2006’s The Pursuit of Happyness sets the tone. An unresponsive Cudder is seen floating […]
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E-40 and Too Short joined The Breakfast Club on Monday morning. On Sunday night, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz announced that E-40 and Too Short would face off in the latest Verzuz battle. In the wake of Ashanti and Keyshia Cole’s battle being postponed, the two Bay Area titans stepped in. On Monday, they joined The […]
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2020 is coming to its end (think God, right?), but even though the year got on our nerves it gave us time to explore new music, and artists were able to focus on creating dope tunes for us. This year was extremely good for Latin artists who took over mainstream charts and rose to superstars […]
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The new Channel Tres album i can’t go outside is out now. On Thursday, Los Angeles-based artist Channel Tres released his latest EP, i can’t go outside. The project features a pulsing track with Tyler, the Creator called “fuego.” Stream the new track below. In preparation for the project’s release, Channel Tres joined Apple Music’s Zane Lowe […]
The producer joined Rick Rubin on a new episode of Broken Record for a career-spanning interview. Pharrell is the latest guest on Rick Rubin‘s consistently insightful Broken Record podcast. Dialing in over a Zoom line, the pair of hitmakers discussed Pharrell’s Virginia roots, the origins of The Neptunes, the producer’s biggest hits (and perceived misfires.) Towards the […]
Lizzo’s weight and body type have often stolen the spotlight away from her immense musical talent — and it looks like that isn’t changing anytime soon. On Monday (December 13), the Grammy Award-winning artist found herself a trending Twitter topic after she shared a pair of TikTok videos revealing she’d just completed a 10-day smoothie […]
SAINt JHN and Lil Uzi Vert have the night of their lives in the music video for their collab, “High School Reunion, Prom.” The visual is newcomer director Taylor Foor’s debut, and makes for the first of three videos he’ll be directing for the “Roses” singer. In the clip, nods to the characters in JHN’s […]
Post Malone and Jack Harlow will be taking part in Bud Light’s first-ever New Year’s Eve livestream. Bud Light Seltzer Sessions Presents New Year’s Eve 2021 will go down live from Park MGM in Las Vegas at 10:30 p.m. EST and will also feature Steve Aoki. In a statement, Harlow confirmed his set will include […]
Less than a month after releasing his CHOMP EP, Russ is already looking ahead to the next one. In a new interview with Ebro Darden on Beats1, the New Jersey native toyed with the idea of showing his range by following up the rap EP with an R&B-based effort that features Keyshia Cole, Kehlani and […]
Following the release of his new album, 2 Chainz has teamed up with YouTube for a new series as part of their #YouTubeBlackVoices Fund initiative. The Money Maker Fund consists of five episodes airing from Monday (December 14) through Friday (December 18), and features HBCU students and alumni pitching their business ideas to 2 Chainz, […]
Machine Gun Kelly‘s Aston Martin was stolen from his Los Angeles home earlier this month, but luckily, it’s been recovered with no damage. TMZ reported that cops spotted the purple whip when it drove past them on Sunday night (December 14). When they got a chance to follow up and search for it, they found […]
Exclusive – Pete Rock just unleashed his new album Petestrumentals 3, his first official sample-free endeavor and follow-up to 2015’s Petestrumentals 2. Aided by the immense talents of Jack White’s drummer Daru Jones, guitarist Marcus Machado, bassists MonoNeon and Christopher McBride, keyboardist BigYuki and vocalist Jermaine Holmes, the 14-song project harnesses Rock’s innate love for jazz and […]
NEW YORK, NY – The Diplomats are synonymous with New York City. With Dipset bleeding orange and blue, upscale streetwear brand KITH called on Jim Jones, Cam’ron and Juelz Santana to reunite and put together a freestyle inside the world’s most famous arena for the New York Knicks x Kith collaboration’s campaign. Kith reunited Dipset […]
Megan Thee Stallion decided to prank her friends this weekend by tricking them into eating dog biscuits. A video of the Roc Nation artist was uploaded to Twitter on Sunday morning (December 12) and it didn’t take long for it to start making the rounds. In the clip, Megan begins by explaining the dog treats […]
Too $hort revealed he’d formed a supergroup with Ice Cube, Snoop Dogg and fellow Bay Area legend E-40 during an interview with MC Serch earlier this month. While speaking to The Breakfast Club on Monday (December 14), Short and fellow guest E-40 talked about their impending Verzuz battle and also touched on the OG foursome. […]
Diddy is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his genre-blending Last Train To Paris album on Monday (December 14). The Bad Boy boss went to the vault to share unreleased footage from studio sessions working on the project with the likes of Kid Cudi, Busta Rhymes, Jay Electronica and more. In the clip featuring Cudi, the […]
Rick Ross has erected his own rap Mount Rushmore: The Miami Edition and naturally, it consists of himself and two other legendary Florida rappers. On Sunday (December 13), Rozay posted an Instagram post featuring himself, Trick Daddy and JT Money. He wrote in the caption, “THIS PICTURE GOING ON MY WALL” and tagged Maybach Music […]
Pop Smoke collected another posthumous accolade this week. SoundCloud revealed their 2020 Playback series, which saw the streaming platform name the late Brooklyn rapper as SoundCloud’s Top Artist for 2020. Pop’s catalog received over 191.5 million streams in the calendar year. “We celebrate the life and work of Pop Smoke as our Top Artist,” SoundCloud […]
The Roots’ de facto leader Black Thought has been in full throttle mode for most of 2020. After dropping Streams of Thought Vol. 3: Cane & Able in October, he’s also contributed to tracks with Common, Statik Selektah and British singer Liam Bailey. That’s in addition to leading The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon‘s backing […]
Rumors of a B-Side to Eminem’s Music To Be Murdered By album began making the rounds on social media over the weekend. The chatter picked up steam after fans spotted director Cole Bennett, who was behind Shady’s “Godzilla” video, in Detroit’s 8 Mile area. A heavily bearded Eminem was then captured in front of a green […]
Compton, CA – Roddy Ricch has been one of the biggest success stories of 2020 off the back of his Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial album and songs like “The Box” and DaBaby‘s “Rockstar” topping the charts, but he hasn’t forgotten where he came from. On Saturday (December 12), he decided to give back […]
Despite Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine being authorized for emergency use across the U.S. on Friday (December 11), one person who won’t be taking it is NLE Choppa. The Memphis-bred rapper took to Twitter on Sunday (December 13) to urge his 931,000 followers to avoid the vaccine altogether. “Stay away from the vaccines,” he wrote on his […]
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The Verzuz showdown has been postponed. Ashanti has revealed that she’s tested positive for COVID-19 ahead of tonight’s Verzuz battle with Keyshia Cole. The singer took to Instagram to break the news. “Hey y’all I can’t believe I’m saying this but I tested positive for COVID-19,” Ashanti wrote. “I’m ok and not in any pain,” she added before […]