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Pioneering Rap Group Whodini Loses Member Ecstasy — Here's How Their Music Will Live Forever
Whodini member John “Ecstasy” Fletcher has passed away. On Wednesday (December 23), Whodini’s de facto leader Jalil Hutchins shared a Facebook post that read, “Pray for our family. Today is a dark day.” While the post was purposely vague, closer inspection of the comment section revealed Ectasy has indeed passed on. Several Hip Hop luminaries […]
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DDG Offers Advice To BfB Da Packman & TikTok Rappers: 'That Spam Shit Don't Work'
BfB Da Packman broke out with his Tiger King-themed “Free Joe Exotic” 2020 single featuring Sada Baby, but it wasn’t always easy for the Flint, Michigan native. Packman used to flood various social media platforms with his music in hopes of turning his rap dreams into a reality. Fellow burgeoning Michigan rapper DDG was one […]
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Kid Cudi Breaks Hot 100 Record With Shortest Song To Ever Chart
A simple Kid Cudi hum has been known to send fans into a state of euphoria. According to Billboard, Cudder’s cosmic “A Beautiful Trip” made Billboard chart history this week as the shortest song to ever land on the Hot 100. Just cracking the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 100, the Man on the Moon […]
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Rick Ross Shuts Down Clarksdale, Mississippi Walmart For The Holidays — & Gets Props From The Rock
Clarksdale, MS – Rick Ross is getting in the holiday spirit — at a Clarksdale, Mississippi Walmart. On Tuesday (December 22), video footage of the Maybach Music Group founder spreading his wealth to local shoppers hit the internet and finds Ross in Santa mode as part of multiple toy drives. In one of his Instagram […]
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Big Sean Announced As Detroit Pistons New Creative Director Of Innovation
Big Sean’s comeback year has been one for the books. He dropped his long-awaited album Detroit 2, which went No. 1 on the Billboard 200 chart and delivered some hard-hitting features on tracks with Benny the Butcher, Lil Wayne, Nas, Megan Thee Stallion and more. Now Sean has even more reason to celebrate his remarkable […]
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MC Eiht Warns Young Rappers Flaunting Their Wealth Alienates Their Fanbase: 'The Struggle Is Real'
Exclusive – During a week that saw DaBaby cop a new Mercedes Maybach, Saweetie get a new Bentley from her Migos boyfriend Quavo and DaniLeigh cruise around with DaBaby in a red Lamborghini, rap artists flaunting their wealth on social media seems to be at an all-time high. As fate would have it, MC Eiht’s […]
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50 Cent Calls For Lil Wayne & Drake Verzuz Battle
Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s Verzuz platform has become the marquee event during the COVID-19 pandemic. Fans have been throwing out all types of battles they want to see on Verzuz — and many of them include 50 Cent. Some of the requested battles fans want to see 50 take part in are against JAY-Z, Ja […]
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Amber Rose Promotes OnlyFans Account With Nude IG Photo
Amber Rose joined the likes of Tyga, Cardi B and Swae Lee on OnlyFans at the end of September Now, she’s promoting her account in the most Amber Rose way possible. On Tuesday (December 22), the famously bald Slut Walk founder uploaded a nude photo of herself in the bathtub with a carefully placed emoji over […]
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Juice WRLD Affiliate The Kid LAROI Surpasses Lil Uzi Vert’s Spotify Monthly Listeners
Somehow, some way, 17-year-old Australian rapper The Kid LAROI has reeled in more monthly listeners on Spotify than chart-topping rapper Lil Uzi Vert. In an Instagram post shared by Akademiks, Lil Uzi sits at 20,303,821 monthly listeners while The Kid LAROI boasts 20,977,560. Ak wrote in the caption, “Brehs…. is it safe to say #thekidlaroi may […]
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Travis Scott Puts On Cactus Jack Holiday Toy Drive In Houston With Help From Baby Stormi
HOUSTON, TX – On the heels of Travis Scott’s first annual turkey drive, he returned to Houston on Tuesday (December 22), playing Santa Claus to put on his Cactus Jack Foundation’s holiday toy drive. With some help from his two-year-old daughter Stormi, La Flame and his foundation ended up helping out more than 2,000 Houston natives […]
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Quavo Announces 'Culture III' Is Coming At The Top Of 2021
It’s been quite some time since Migos dropped a full-length project. Culture II dropped in 2018 and fans have been waiting for their Quarantine Mixtape Quavo teased on Twitter in April. The mixtape was supposed to be the lead-up to Culture III, but those plans may be over as Quavo has given an update on their next […]
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DaBaby Cops New Birthday Maybach Amid Retirement Talk: 'I Won't Be Rapping In 5 Years'
DaBaby was a trending Twitter topic on Tuesday (December 22) as the chart-topping rapper turned 29. To celebrate, he copped himself a brand new Mercedes Maybach GLS 600, which comes with a base price of $161,500. At the same time, he also showed off a squeaky clean vintage muscle car outside of an Eddie V’s seafood […]
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Beyoncé's BeyGOOD Foundation Donating $500K To Families Facing Eviction
Beyoncé is putting her wealth to good use over the holidays by donating $500,000 to people losing their homes to eviction after the housing moratorium expires. Through her BeyGOOD foundation, the 39-year-old superstar announced the pledge via the organization’s website on Tuesday (December 22), which will go towards both families and individuals going through difficult […]
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Playboi Carti Accused Of Stealing From Rock Band: 'Cease & Desist Mr. Rapper Boi'
Playboi Carti fans were elated on Monday (December 21) when he announced his long-awaited Whole Lotta Red album would be released on Christmas Day, but he might have found himself in a spot of legal trouble in the process. Lead vocalist of rock band Falling In Reverse, Ronnie Radke, has accused the rapper of stealing […]
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G Herbo Accused By Instagram Influencer Omi In A Hellcat Of Snitching To Help Fraud Case
G Herbo is facing federal fraud charges after his alleged involvement in a $1.5 million fraud scheme based in Boston. Instagram influencer Omi In A Hellcat says the FBI raided his home, seized his possessions and hit him with tax evasion charges, but he’s blaming Herbo for snitching on him and he believes it’s over […]
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Cupcakke Sets Her Sights On Sukihana With “The Gag Is”
The two have gone back and forth since Cupcakke dropped her “How to Rob” remix. Earlier this week, Chicago MC Cupcakke took a page out of 50 Cent’s book and remade “How to Rob,” where she (somewhat jokingly) sent shots at dozens of artists in the rap game, including upcoming Atlanta artist Sukihana. Almost immediately […]
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Best Songs of The Week: ft. Madlib, Little Dragon, and More [Playlist]
The Round-Up playlist is Okayplayer’s weekly haul of the best songs in the worlds of hip-hop and R&B. This week’s set features new music from Madlib, Conway The Machine, DJ Muggs, cupcakKe, Little Dragon, and more. Scroll through selections from our latest sequence below and subscribe to Okayplayer’s Spotify channel today. Rigz and Futurewave – “Sheridan […]
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25 New Albums You Should Listen To Right Now (Dec. 18th)
The best new albums of this week include projects from legends, new guns, and quality veterans. We’re going to sound a bit redundant here, but holy shit a lot of new music dropped today. It is New Music Friday and unless you have hours of free time, it’s almost impossible to wade through all the […]
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Goldlink and Ari Lennox Cover Fela Kuti’s “Sorrow, Tears & Blood”
The new Goldlink track appears on Global Citizen’s Stand Up compilation. On Friday, DMV natives Goldlink and Ari Lennox teamed up to cover Fela Kuti’s 1977 track “Sorrow, Tears, and Blood.” The track was produced by Raphael Saadiq as part of Global Citizen’s Stand Up compilation album, which Saadiq executive produced. Stream the track below. “It was an […]
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Mixtape Monday: Moor Mother x billy woods, WateRR x Dirty Diggs, Ohbliv, Nation GVNG + More
Moor Mother x billy woods, WateRR x Dirty Diggs, Ohbliv, Nation GVNG and more deliver this Mixtape Monday. Moor Mother and billy woods are up first with BRASS, WateRR teams with Dirty Diggs for Wizard Of The Crystal 2, Ohbliv serves up Spirit Medicine and Nation GVNG drops their self-titled album. DJ Suspect follows with […]
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A Hit is a Hit: A Definitive Guide to The Sopranos and Hip-Hop
Please support this thing of ours by subscribing to Passion of the Weiss on Patreon. Only Oumar Saleh knows what happened to the Russian. Late in the first season of The Sopranos, we get introduced to rap mogul Massive Genius in “A Hit is a Hit.” Throughout the episode, Genius butts heads with Hesh Rabkin […]
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Method Man Says Wu-Tang Clan is “The Nirvana of Our Time”
Method Man recently joined the Jemele Hill is Unbothered podcast. On the latest episode of Spotify’s “Jemele Hill is Unbothered” podcast, legendary rapper and actor Method Man joined Jemele Hill to talk his role in the new Power Book II: Ghost series, his love for comic books, Wu-Tang Clan and more. Stream the full episode below. The […]
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Pharrell Says Michael Jackson Turned Down ‘Justified’ Songs, Wanted N.O.R.E. Beats
Pharrell spoke about working with legendary artists on the latest episode of Drink Champs. On the latest episode of N.O.R.E.’s Drink Champs, legendary producer Pharrell Williams stopped by to talk his illustrious career. The two spoke about working with Snoop Dogg, why he initially didn’t understand the appeal of “Beautiful,” and more. Stream the full episode […]
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How RPG Games Inspires Open Mike Eagle & His Music
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Megan Thee Stallion Shades Men Being 'Mad' At Her WAP: 'It Just Comes From A Place Of Fear & Insecurity'
After dominating chunks of the 2020 Hip Hop conversation (as well as the Billboard Hot 100 and its equivalent in several countries), Megan Thee Stallion isn’t resting on the platinum plaque earned from her “WAP” collaboration opposite Cardi B. In an interview with GQ UK published on Monday (December 20), the Houston-bred rap star dismissed […]
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Ja Rule Recalls JAY-Z & DMX Murder Inc. Supergroup Failing — Much To His Benefit
Former Murder Inc. mastermind Irv Gotti made countless now-infamous moves to reach the pinnacle of the rap game during the New York-based label’s heyday back in the early 2000s — like his efforts to block 50 Cent’s record deals until he signed with Dr. Dre and Eminem. Now, Ja Rule is shedding light on the […]
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Trippie Redd Mocks Soulja Boy Mercilessly On Instagram: 'Shut The Fuck Up!'
Although Soulja Boy may not have been responding to Drakeo The Ruler during his latest Instagram rant, Trippie Redd was definitely talking about him during his. Following Big Draco’s December 19 spill where he went hoarse defending his legacy against rapper Johnny-come-latelies, the Pegasus rapper didn’t mince his words while giving his opinion on the […]
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Young Guru Promises Future JAY-Z Front Row Seats To Jamla Members — Here's Which Artists To Look For In 2021
Young Guru‘s close ties to JAY-Z haven’t proved beneficial to fellow members of his Jamla Records label home … yet. In a tweet on Tuesday (December 22), Durham, North Carolina rapper Swank tweeted he was jealous of anyone who’d ever seen Hov live, prompting Guru to retweet the post with a promise to make it […]
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6ix9ine & Legal Team Vow To 'Vigorously' Fight New Robbery Lawsuit
6ix9ine is being sued by the victims of an April 2018 robbery that he orchestrated and filmed – but he’s ready to fight. On Tuesday (December 22), TMZ reported that publicists Seketha Wonzer and Kevin Dozier filed suit against the polarizing rapper for his part in the incident outside of a New York City studio, […]
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