Pharoahe Monch’s once shelved album Internal Affairs is available now on streaming platforms. After years of being out of print due to a lawsuit, the veteran MC’s debut LP can be legally heard on DSPs such as Spotify and Apple Music as of Monday (August 31). “Available On All Streaming Platforms.. for the first time,” […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine is apparently fielding offers left and right to beef with other rappers on social media. On Monday (August 31), the now-brown haired rapper popped back up in Los Angeles and claimed he was being offered another $5 million to spar with an “unnamed rapper” who’s likely Lil Durk. In a clip uploaded to […]
T.I. and Young Thug have a new collab on the way. Taking to Instagram on Sunday (August 30), Tip shared photos of himself and Thugger at a studio and revealed they’ve been cooking up. And if you let the Grand Hustle CEO tell it, it’s going to be another banger. “Oh Nvm us…just a couple […]
Earlier this month, legendary R&B songstress Stephanie Mills made a video calling out both Kanye West and Nick Cannon after Cannon openly supported Kanye’s Presidential aspirations. When the two men got the chance to sit down at Kanye’s Wyoming ranch to record an episode of Cannon’s podcast over the weekend, they offered up their respective […]
Viral phenom Yung BBQ got a major co-sign when Missy Elliott showed love to the dancer recreating 1997’s “The Rain (Supa Dupa Fly)” video. Missy heaped praise on the Instagram clip, which featured BBQ running out in the actual rain in her own version of the iconic artist’s trash bag outfit. “Hold all the way […]
Big Sean is back with another taste of his forthcoming Detroit 2 album. On Monday (August 31), the Grammy Award-winning rapper came through with a new visual for “Harder Than My Demons,” which follows “Deep Reverence” featuring the late Nipsey Hussle and “Don Life” with Lil Wayne. The video adheres to the heaven and hell theme […]
Former Love & Hip Hop: New York personality Tahiry Jose is speaking out about her allegedly violent relationship with ex Joe Budden. In a new interview with Hollywood Unlocked, the 41-year-old former video vixen/entrepreneur opened up about some very dark days during her relationship with The Joe Budden Podcast host. But first, she provided an update […]
Gossip reports have claimed Eminem’s stressing over Mariah Carey’s memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, but she says Slim Shady has nothing to worry about. In a profile for Vulture, Carey dismissively reacted to a question asking if her brief relationship with Em is covered in the book. The diamond-selling singer implied the Shady Records […]
Lloyd Banks evidently isn’t interested in any internet shenanigans. These days, rappers are often better known by their online antics rather than their actual music — and Banks clearly doesn’t want any part of it. Two days after Rick Ross taunted Banks in one of his Instagram Stories, the former G-Unit affiliate has responded via […]
Nas secured the highest-charting debut on the Billboard 200 dated September 5. The veteran MC’s new album King’s Disease entered at No. 5, becoming the 10th Top 5 solo effort of his career. King’s Disease sold roughly 47,000 album equivalent units in its first week with 18,000 of those copies coming from pure album sales. […]
MC Eiht has returned with another DJ Premier collaboration called “Honcho” but this time, he’s brought Conway The Machine along for the ride. Boasting classic low riders, blunts and plenty of “gangsta shit,” the video for the track arrived on Monday (August 31) and firmly puts the spotlight on Eiht’s ability to spit nothing but […]
YG has announced a release date for his forthcoming fifth studio album My Life 4Hunnid. According to a press release, the Compton-raised rapper plans to unleash the project on October 2 via Def Jam Recordings. Ahead of its release, YG has shared a raunchy video for one of the album’s singles “Equinox” featuring fellow 4Hunnid rapper […]
R&B queens Monica and Brandy will face off in a Verzuz battle on Monday night (August 31), over 20 years since “The Boy Is Mine” shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. 2 Chainz, who was in his early 20s when the song came out, has already decided on a winner. In an Instagram Stories […]
Jermaine Dupri is a visionary. In 2016, he brought together several aspiring, unsigned rappers of all ages for The Rap Game, a reality television series centered around discovering rap’s next big thing. Now in its fifth season, the Lifetime show has produced a few success stories, including Mulatto and J.I. (the Prince of New York) who are currently […]
Big Sean is back with another taste of his forthcoming Detroit 2 album. On Monday (August 31), the Grammy Award-winning rapper came through with a new visual for “Harder Than My Demons,” which follows “Deep Reverence” featuring the late Nipsey Hussle and “Don Life” with Lil Wayne. The video adheres to the heaven and hell theme […]
Former Love & Hip Hop: New York personality Tahiry Jose is speaking out about her allegedly violent relationship with ex Joe Budden. In a new interview with Hollywood Unlocked, the 41-year-old former video vixen/entrepreneur opened up about some very dark days during her relationship with The Joe Budden Podcast host. But first, she provided an update […]
Gossip reports have claimed Eminem’s stressing over Mariah Carey’s memoir The Meaning of Mariah Carey, but she says Slim Shady has nothing to worry about. In a profile for Vulture, Carey dismissively reacted to a question asking if her brief relationship with Em is covered in the book. The diamond-selling singer implied the Shady Records […]
Lloyd Banks evidently isn’t interested in any internet shenanigans. These days, rappers are often better known by their online antics rather than their actual music — and Banks clearly doesn’t want any part of it. Two days after Rick Ross taunted Banks in one of his Instagram Stories, the former G-Unit affiliate has responded via […]
Nas secured the highest-charting debut on the Billboard 200 dated September 5. The veteran MC’s new album King’s Disease entered at No. 5, becoming the 10th Top 5 solo effort of his career. King’s Disease sold roughly 47,000 album equivalent units in its first week with 18,000 of those copies coming from pure album sales. […]
MC Eiht has returned with another DJ Premier collaboration called “Honcho” but this time, he’s brought Conway The Machine along for the ride. Boasting classic low riders, blunts and plenty of “gangsta shit,” the video for the track arrived on Monday (August 31) and firmly puts the spotlight on Eiht’s ability to spit nothing but […]
YG has announced a release date for his forthcoming fifth studio album My Life 4Hunnid. According to a press release, the Compton-raised rapper plans to unleash the project on October 2 via Def Jam Recordings. Ahead of its release, YG has shared a raunchy video for one of the album’s singles “Equinox” featuring fellow 4Hunnid rapper […]
R&B queens Monica and Brandy will face off in a Verzuz battle on Monday night (August 31), over 20 years since “The Boy Is Mine” shot to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. 2 Chainz, who was in his early 20s when the song came out, has already decided on a winner. In an Instagram Stories […]
Jermaine Dupri is a visionary. In 2016, he brought together several aspiring, unsigned rappers of all ages for The Rap Game, a reality television series centered around discovering rap’s next big thing. Now in its fifth season, the Lifetime show has produced a few success stories, including Mulatto and J.I. (the Prince of New York) who are currently […]
Rising R&B singer Giveon opened eyes with his appearance on Drake’s Dark Lane Demo Tapes‘s “Chicago Freestyle” as well as his Take Time EP which was released in March. Now the Long Beach native is the face of Spotify’s Are & B, the streaming platform’s first flagship R&B playlist. On top of being the face […]
Yonkers, NY – Jadakiss, Sheek Louch and Styles P returned to full form on Friday (August 28) when they released Living Off Xperience, their fourth group studio album after over 20 years together. For the Rock Davis-directed video for the single “Bout Shit,” the veteran trio call up their Yonkers OG DMX to help blaze […]
This week in Hip Hop, a global tragedy struck the entertainment world as most of the culture grapples with the Jacob Blake shooting in Wisconsin. The latest act of blatant police brutality caught by cell phone bled into the sports world, shuttering several scheduled games. All the while, Internet Money, The LOX and Jaden Smith […]
Lil Tjay is the latest rapper to allege that Tekashi 6ix9ine’s camp apparently has a scheme in order to keep his name in headlines. The Bronx born Tjay shared on his Instagram stories Sunday (August 30) that the ploy 6ix9ine’s camp used to bait Lil Durk into trolling happened to him and the same price […]
Megan Thee Stallion is back to giving fans a few bars on Instagram. The Houston hitmaker shared the freestyle clip to her Instagram page on Sunday (August 30), one day after a virtual concert where she highlighted victims of police brutality and gun violence. “Tic tac toe, I X this bitch, if a hit dog […]
Brandy and Monica’s highly-anticipated Verzuz Instagram Live celebration takes place on Monday (August 31) and for the both of them, it’s the end to a long-discussed beef between the two. Speaking with Entertainment Tonight, Monica says the feud will be finally put to bed after the event Monday night, which will be simulcasted on Apple […]
After being accused of offering Lil Durk a whopping $3 million to engage in a troll battle for album promo, Tekashi 6ix9ine has found a new way to raise awareness for his upcoming Tattle Tales album. Which means collaborating with the ostracized Canadian singer Tory Lanez, who has been keeping relatively quiet after Megan Thee […]