Both Earth Wind & Fire and The Isley Brothers have left an irreversible mark on the entertainment industry due to their extensive contributions to music over the years. On Sunday night, fans were debating who would win a Verzuz battle between Earth, Wind & Fire and the Isley Brothers on Twitter. A Verzuz I need […]
Madlib’s latest album, Sound Ancestors, is out next month via the Madlib Invazion imprint. Check out the first single, “Road of the Lonely Ones,” now. Madlib is getting the new year started with yet another collaborative album. The producer has just released a new song called “Road of the Lonely Ones.” The song is a […]
Rowdy Rebel is back home after his release from prison on Tuesday (December 15), and he’s already ready to stir the pot. In a video shortly after he walked out of the Ogdensburg Correction Facility, the “Computers” rapper stood on top of a car as he laid claim to the coveted title of King of […]
Fredo Bang is not pleased with PornHub’s latest move. The popular adult video website purged millions of videos in the last week after making the decision to limit uploads to verified users, calling it āthe most comprehensive safeguards in user-generated platform history” in a statement. But it’s also an extreme inconvenience, according to Fredo. “This […]
Chicago rapper JusBlow600, who’s signed to Lil Durk’s Only The Family imprint alongside the late King Von, was reportedly arrested last week. According to The Times of Northwest Indiana, JusBlow600 ā real nameĀ Justin M. Mitchell ā was extradited back to Chicago where he’ll face a murder charge and six additional felonies. In addition to the […]
Charlotte, NC – DaBaby was apparently craving some fast food goodness on Sunday night (December 13) and decided to roll through a McDonald’s drive-thru. But the chart-topping rapper got more than he bargained for when the employee manning the window started spitting a freestyle for him. Unbeknownst to DaBaby, the man serving his food turned […]
Bun B is standing tall on his initial sentiments about Tory Lanez following the Toronto native’s incident with Megan Thee Stallion. The legendary Houston rhymer sat down with HotNewHipHop on Monday (December 14), and he was asked about speaking out against Lanez in August. According to Bun, he has no regrets about standing up for […]
Rick Ross will headline Rolling Loud’s third live stream of the pandemic-stricken year, ‘Home For The Holidaze.’ The event goes down Tuesday (December 15) at 6 p.m. ET through Rolling Loud’s Twitch channel and will also feature performances from Pouya and Fat Nick, Robb Bank$, Hotboii and more. As usual, it will feature interviews and […]
The one and only Murs has returned with a new album called Love & Rockets Vol. 2: The Declaration.Ā To coincide with the release, the Living Legend and former host of HipHopDX’s The BreakdownĀ has also shared a video for “The D.O.C.,” one of 12 tracks on the DJ Fresh-produced project. Directed byĀ Justin Marmorstein, the visual begins […]
Exclusive – T.I. may be the charismatic host of his own expediTIously podcast, but every once in awhile he’ll sit down for an interview where he’s answering the questions. During a recent Zoom conversation with HipHopDX, the Hustle Gang CEO touched on a myriad of topics, including his marriage to Tameka “Tiny” Harris and intuitively […]
Phora isn’t too happy with what seems to be the promo run for Playboi Carti’s highly-anticipated album Whole Lotta Red. On Monday (December 14), images of the album’s title and its alleged release date of December 25 spray-painted on walls and billboards in various locations started circulating on Twitter. One of those billboards happened to […]
Chance The Rapper is often the butt of internet jokes, which only seemed to intensify after the release of his 2019 albumĀ The Big Day.Ā The project, which received a dismalĀ 2.3 ratingĀ from HipHopDX, was trashed by critics and eviscerated by his once loyal fans. But during a recent video interview with Hot 97’s Ebro Darden and Peter […]
OGDENSBURG, NY – Rowdy Rebel was released from prison on Tuesday (December 15), according to Complex and a search of theĀ Department of Corrections and Community Supervision website. The “Computers” rhymer had been locked up in the Ogdensburg Correction Facility since 2016 but was first arrested alongside Bobby Shmurda and 13 other GS9 members in 2014 […]
Los Angeles, CA – Swae Lee is asking his 8.9 million Instagram followers for their assistance. On Monday (December 14), theĀ Rae Sremmurd rapper issued a cry for help to his Instagram Stories after he apparently lost his hard drive at the Los Angeles International Airport. He also put up a handsome reward for its safe […]
Los Angeles, CA – Playboi Carti’s grotesquely delayed Whole Lotta Red album is supposedly on its way, his latest announcement of an intergalactic guest feature adds tenfold to the hype surrounding the project. Following a recent pop-up appearance with Kanye West, the purported executive producerĀ of the album, Carti linked with Kid Cudi and gave the […]
Akademiks is once again at the center of a contentious e-beef, this time with Ebro Darden and Hot 97’s Peter Rosenberg. After Rosenberg referred to the media personality as a “talentless hack” during a recent episode of Ebro In The Morning,Ā Rosenberg took his thoughts on Akademiks to YouTube and said he’d have no problem fighting […]
T-Pain has long been considered one of the innovators of bringing Auto-Tune to the mainstream in the late 2000s, leading rappers like Kanye West and Lil Wayne to use it prominently in their music. According to Diddyās engineer Matt Testa, the Hip Hop mogul saw T-Pain as the architect of the movement and even asked […]
JAY-Z’s Roc Nation and Random House are teaming up to launch a literary publishing partnership titled Roc Lit 101. According to Variety,Ā 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 TheĀ 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 albumĀ i can’t go outside is out now. On Thursday, Los Angeles-based artist Channel Tres released his latest EP,Ā 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 insightfulĀ Broken RecordĀ 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 ā 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 Yearās 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 […]