THOMSON, ILL. – Kodak Black remains behind bars following his 2019 arrest at Miami’s Rolling Loud Festival for charges regarding him falsifying forms when attempting to purchase firearms. Kodak has had a treacherous time in prison but finally received a new release date over the weekend. According to DJ Akademiks, the Florida rapper is set […]
Joyner Lucas ended up squashing his years-long feud with Logic when the former adversaries teamed up for “Isis” in 2019. The Worcester, Massachusetts rapper took to Facebook on Sunday (November 15) to explain Logic wasn’t his first choice to collaborate with on the ADHD standout. “Eminem was originally supposed to be on ‘ISIS,’ Joyner wrote […]
Buffalo, NY – Griselda is family â literally. Benny The Butcher and Westside Gunn are cousins while Conway The Machine is Westside’s brother. So when Benny was shot outside of a Houston Walmart on Saturday (November 14), Westside was presumably extremely concerned about his cousin’s well being. On Monday (November 16), a day after it […]
Philadelphia, PA – Meek Mill has apparently upset a handful of local rappers in North Philadelphia. On Sunday (November 15), the Roc Nation affiliate fired off a handful of tweets urging them to put their beefs behind them in the wake of King Von and Mo3’s recent murders. “Iâll get all the main big artist […]
50 Cent exploded onto the scene with his 2003 debut album Get Rich Or Die Tryin’,” which included the multi-platinum single “In Da Club.” Written by 50, Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo and co-produced by Dre and Elizondo, the song debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 in January of that year. The accompanying […]
EXCLUSIVE – Trippie Redd is set to appear on a brand new episode of FUSE’s Made From Scratch this week. The cooking series finds various artists cheffing up some of their favorite childhood dishes with various family members. Here, Trippie gets in the kitchen with his mother to cook some spaghetti. On Monday (November 16), HipHopDX […]
50 Cent is among the many artists offering their prayers for singer Jeremih, who’s currently hospitalized with COVID-19. On Sunday (November 15), the rapper-turned-television mogul provided an update on Jeremih’s condition via Instagram, explaining he appeared to be on the mend. “Thank you for praying for my Boy @jeremih,” 50 wrote in the caption. “he is responsive […]
Jim Jones stirred up some controversy in February when he claimed being a rapper is “more dangerous” than being a soldier. But in the wake of King Von and Mo3’s recent murders and the Boosie Badazz and Benny The Butcher shootings over the weekend, the Diplomats OG apparently thought it was time to reiterate his previous […]
The story of Tekashi 6ix9ine is as polarizing as it gets in rap. Since 2018, 6ix9ine went from a burgeoning rapper on the Billboard charts to facing life in prison on racketeering charges. Hulu decided to turn his life’s story into a documentary titled 69: The Saga of Danny Hernandez, which hit the streaming provider on Monday […]
Megan Thee Stallion is on the verge of dropping her debut studio album, Good News, on Friday (November 20). The release almost feels like the crowning jewel in what was a particularly trying year for the 300 Entertainment artist â not just because of COVID-19, civil unrest and an unruly Donald Trump â but also […]
Houston, TX – Benny The Butcher is on his way home. Less than 48 hours after he was shot in the leg outside of a Houston Walmart in an attempted robbery, the Griselda MC was filmed hobbling toward a private jet, crutches in hand. The situation could’ve played out much worse and frankly, Benny is […]
King Von has posthumously earned his first Top 5 album on the Billboard 200 of his career in the first week of tracking since his death earlier this month. According to Billboard, Welcome To O’Block, Von’s EMPIRE debut, sold roughly 44,000 total album equivalent units in its second week on the chart to land at No. 5. […]
Lil Uzi Vert once said he’ll “leave this earth” at the age of 27 during a 2016 interview with Nardwuar, but it looks like fans might have misunderstood what he meant. In a series of tweets on Sunday (November 15), the rapper revealed he was actually referring to taking drugs, rather than dying at that […]
Jeezy is going up against Gucci Mane in the next Verzuz battle, instead of the previously confirmed opponent — T.I. With the two Atlanta natives having a contentious past, Freddie Gibbs decided to chime in with his anticipation for the upcoming face-off. Taking to Instagram, the Indiana-bred MC posted a photoshopped WWE image of himself as the […]
The iconic music store is back, just in time for the resurgence of vinyl. 14 years after shuttering most of its brick and mortar locations in the US and abroad, Tower Records appears to have caught a second wind. Earlier this week the legendary music store relaunched as an online shop. And it’s already filling […]
The producer spins a lean and lucid set for the first-ever live-streamed (and free) edition of Adult Swim Festival. Adult Swim Festival may have come and gone, but there are some crucial remnants of the two-day program archived for your enjoyment. The bill for the network’s first-ever live-streamed (and free) edition served up spectacles for […]
The Griselda rapper is one-and-done with Shady Records. After dropping his major-label debut with the Interscope imprint just last month, Westside Gunn is already parting ways with Shady Records. The rapper announced his departure from the label on today’s episode of The Joe Budden Podcast. “I’m off Shady. I’m actually a free agent,” the rapper told […]
The pop star was a surprise guest during Thundercat’s set at the first-ever live-streamed edition of Adult Swim Festival. Ariana Grande miraculously appeared to perform with Thundercat last night. Backed by DOMi on keys, JD Beck on drums, and a kaleidoscopic graphic of Aqua Teen Hunger Force‘s Meatwad in full float, the pop star joined […]
The former Bad Boy rapper has been elected to a parliamentary position in his home country. Shyne appears to be following in his family’s footsteps. According to Billboard, the former Bad Boy rapper has been elected to a parliamentary position in Belize, where his sister, Denise “Sista B” Barrow, currently heads the Queen’s Square constituency and […]
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Atlanta, GA – Jeezy was expected to go up against T.I. in the Season 2 opener of Verzuz on Thursday (November 19) but according to Gucci Mane, that’s no longer the case. On Saturday (November 14), the 1017 Records boss fired off an Instagram post that put himself firmly in Tip’s role â with no explanation. “Tell […]
Dallas continued to mourn fallen rapper Mo3 on Friday (November 13). Hundreds gathered outside of Dallas’ City Hall for a prayer vigil and balloon release to honor the Shottaz Reloaded artist, who was gunned down on I-35 on Wednesday (November 11). “That’s my favorite rapper,” Neffertiti Robinson, a fan of Mo3’s told CBS DFW. “I […]
Dallas, TX – Gun violence has been ripping through the rap community in recent weeks. Not long after King Von and Mo3 were killed, Boosie Badazz was in Dallas to attend a vigil for Mo3 when he was reportedly shot outside of a strip mall called Big T’s. According to TMZ, police sources said the […]
Atlanta, GA – Blac Youngsta and his Heavy Camp crew took a new meaning to the term walkthrough. The Memphis rapper and his team walked through Atlanta’s Lenox Square Mall on Friday (November 13) and without warning, proceeded to make it rain in the mall. The entire event was captured on Instagram Live as Youngsta […]
Despite all the clout-chasing he did on the campaign trail for Donald Trump, Lil Pump didn’t vote in the 2020 presidential election. In fact, the 20-year-old “Gucci Gang” rapper isn’t even registered to vote. According to The Smoking Gun, Pump, real name Gazzy Garcia, doesn’t appear as a registered voter on Florida’s voter rolls. The […]
As America continues to see a record surge of cases in regards to COVID-19, the Hip Hop community has joined forces to uplift singer Jeremih, who according to his peers, is battling the virus. The Chicago singer has been off social media since October 30 and on Saturday (November 14), numerous peers of his from […]
Exclusive – CeeLo Green, Khujo, T-Mo and Big Gipp â collectively known as Goodie Mob â made their triumphant return on Friday (November 13) with Survival Kit, their first album in seven years. The 16-track project reunited several of the Dungeon Family members, including Outkast’s AndrĂ© 3000 and Big Boi who appear on “No Cigar” […]
Shyne is set to continue the Barrow family’s political lineage in the country of Belize. The former Bad Boy star won the Mesopotamia seat in Belize City for the House of Representatives on Wednesday (November 11). While his father, Prime Minister Dean Barrow is set to be replaced by John Briceño, Shyne’s sister Denise “Sista […]
Westside Gunn has officially left Shady Records. During a recent appearance on The Joe Budden Podcast, he told Budden, Mal and Rory, the Griselda member was asked what his current label situation entailed and Westside confirmed what seemed to be the inevitable â he did, in fact, part ways with the Eminem-helmed imprint. “Um, I’m off […]
YoungBoy Never Broke Again is back with his fourth project of 2020, and he’s got another one on the way in the form of a joint project with Rich The Kid. YoungBoy dropped his Until I Return mixtape as a surprise earlier this week, but it only was available on his YouTube account. The project […]