Los Angeles, CA – Scott Storch has handed out hits to numerous major artists throughout his nearly 30-year career, but there aren’t many of them he remembers as vividly as “Still D.R.E.” The 46-year-old iconic keyboardist drew from his memory bank in a recent video interview with HipHopDX and clarified Snoop Dogg’s claims that JAY-Z […]
Lil Wayne is scheduled to release a different version of Tha Carter V on Friday (September 25). The original project arrived in 2018 after years of delays and legal troubles and boasted 23 songs featuring artists such as Ashanti, Nicki Minaj and the late XXXTENTACION. Ahead of the forthcoming release, the tracklist for new Tha […]
Azealia Banks has popped up on Twitter again to make her disdain for Kanye West painfully obvious. On Wednesday (September 23), the wildly outspoken rapper went off on Ye in a series of tweets after he promised to give all G.O.O.D. Music artists his share of their masters. In one of her tweets, she insinuated […]
Chance The Rapper is feeling the wrath of Twitter after he compared Justin Bieber’s new album to the late Michael Jackson’s 1979 classic Off The Wall. Lil Chano made the inflammatory comment during an Instagram Live session with the pop singer earlier this month. “I feel like we should talk about how fire your album is,” […]
Kodak Black is still fighting for his freedom and his legal team has now turned to president Donald Trump for help. According to TMZ, Kodak’s lawyers Bradford Cohen and Jonathan Schwartz sent a petition to Trump asking for their client’s sentence to be cut immediately. The Florida rapper was sentenced to 46 months behind bars […]
As Kanye West continues to renegotiate his label deal, he’s temporarily turned his focus to business partners Gap and Adidas. Kanye is demanding a seat at the table in both companies’ board rooms before moving forward with either. “I’M WEARING JORDANS TILL I’M ON THE BOARD OF ADIDAS,” he tweeted early Thursday (September 24). I’M […]
A couple years have passed since Machine Gun Kelly and Eminem went back and forth with diss tracks, but it appears there’s still bad blood between them. In an interview with Howard Stern on Wednesday (September 23), the Cleveland rapper reflected on their feud and why he responded. “I don’t feel any type of way […]
Big Sean is keeping up the work rate despite only releasing his new album Detroit 2 this month. In the early hours of Thursday (September 24), Freddie Gibbs posted a video of himself in the studio alongside Sean Don and one of the busiest producers of the moment — Hit-Boy. The Indiana rapper’s 36-second clip […]
Anderson .Paak handles the directing on the video for his latest single. On Wednesday, Anderson .Paak dropped the video for his latest single, “Cut Em In,” featuring Rick Ross. The Hit-Boy produced song appears on the soundtrack for Madden 21. The video, directed by Paak himself, features a cameo from Vine star-turned-actor King Bach. Stream […]
Conway The Machine serves as NPR’s latest Tiny Desk performer. Conway The Machine has made his NPR Tiny Desk debut. The Griselda rapper brought fire to the booth — a dining booth that is — at a diner in Queens for his quarantine performance, where he proceeded to do a five-song set. Three of the songs performed were from […]
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YG has been in his Tupac bag lately and fans will apparently feel that heavily when they hear his new album. Talking to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe on Wednesday (September 23), the Los Angeles native explained how Pac influenced his forthcoming effort My Life 4Hunnid. “This album was highly influenced by Tupac,” he said. “This […]
According to DJ Drama, Travis Scott‘s 2014 mixtape Days Before Rodeo would have been a bit different if it wasn’t for Kanye West. In a new interview with FakeShoreDrive‘s Andrew Barber, the famed DJ revealed he’d locked in with La Flame to make the tape a Gangsta Grillz … until Ye convinced him not to. […]
YoungBoy Never Broke Again doesn’t consider DaBaby, Lil Baby or Roddy Ricch to be competition. During a TIDAL Check-In interview with Elliott Wilson, the Atlantic Records artist denied any rivalry when asked about competing with the aforementioned rappers. “It ain’t none of that,” he told Wilson. “You could never compete with a person. None of […]
With the original version of Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter V set to arrive on Friday (September 25), Young Money president Mack Maine has been hyping up the release on social media. On Tuesday (September 22), Mack posted two photos to his Instagram Stories that sparked rumors of another Drake and Wayne collaboration that will be include […]
Kash Doll knows fans are pressed about her real age and she loves it. Google lists the Detroit native with a March 14, 1992 birthday, which would make her 28. Some seem to think she appears to be a bit older, however, and she’s only added fuel to the rumors by consistently giving different ages […]
Armani Caesar caused a stir on social media when she posted photos of herself getting cozy with YFN Lucci on Tuesday (September 22). After the pictures sparked dating rumors, the Griselda Records artist clarified her relationship status via Twitter on Wednesday (September 23). “I’m single relax,” she wrote. I’m single relax… — Armani Caesar (@ArmaniCaesar) […]
Louisville, KY – When the Louisville, Kentucky mayor announced the Louisville Police Department declared a state of emergency ahead of the grand jury’s decision in the Breonna Taylor case earlier this week, some took that as a bad sign. If the LPD officers responsible for her death were going to be charged with her murder, […]
Lil Baby is fully amused that he can get Fivio Foreign‘s face tattoos with a new Instagram filter. The My Turn rapper tried out the filter on Tuesday night while riding in his Rolls Royce and seemed to enjoy adding the new ink to his face for the moment. “What the fuck your face tat […]
Las Vegas, NV – Blac Youngsta was asking for trouble prior to the shooting that occurred during Moneybagg Yo’s birthday party on Tuesday (September 22). The Memphis-bred rapper hopped on Instagram to challenge someone to a shootout the same day shots were fired outside the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. “Where you pussy-ass […]
Lupe Fiasco looks to put the focus back on his own music by releasing a new track called “BBQ Chicken Thighs” via Instagram. The song arrives after the veteran MC found himself debating Kendrick Lamar’s lyricism once again on social media. The latest Instagram release from Lupe is produced by his longtime collaborator Soundtrakk. The […]
Las Vegas, NV – Moneybagg Yo says he was not the target of the shooting that went down at his Las Vegas birthday party. The incident went down Tuesday night (September 23) outside of the Aria Resort & Casino in Sin City, where both Moneybagg and his girlfriend Ari Fletcher were in town to celebrate […]
Anyone well versed in rap folklore is aware 50 Cent was shot multiple times at close range in 2000. But perhaps a lesser known fact is the orthopedic surgeon who treated the Get Rich or Die Tryin’ legend sued 50 after he allegedly skipped out on a roughly $32,000 bill. The problem? The doctor only sued […]
Kanye West has been on a mission to unshackle himself from his multiple Universal Music Group/Sony contracts. One of his major points of contention has to do with owning his master recordings, which he believes is something that should be afforded to every artist. On Wednesday (September 23), Kanye vowed to return his portion of all […]
Bryson Tiller is revisiting his breakthrough album Trapsoul by releasing a deluxe edition of the project. The RCA Records unveiled his plans via Twitter, declaring he would drop the expanded version of his debut LP on Friday (September 25). “Before we get into my new album, I wanna celebrate with this special edition of my […]
Top Dawg Entertainment rapper REASON dropped a new single earlier this week called “The Soul Pt. 2” ahead of his forthcoming album. The track came with a blatant Logic diss in the second verse that ultimately landed on Logic’s radar. “N-ggas pronounce my name wrong, tell me that I ain’t did much,” he raps. “See y’all […]
Future’s Freebandz artist FXXXXY passed away earlier this month but no cause of death was immediately revealed. Now, an IGA spokesperson has shared a press release explaining the Dallas-bred rapper died due to complications from a routine medical procedure. “We are all deeply saddened by the sudden and unexpected passing of FXXXXY and offer our […]
Fat Joe’s Instagram Live show The Fat Joe Show is on a roll. After fielding high profile guests such as Faith Evans, Jermaine Dupri and Royce Da 5’9, the Diggin’ In The Crates OG chopped it up with Big Sean, who released Detroit 2 at the top of the month. During the conversation, Fat Joe […]
Fresh off the release of Detroit 2, Motor City rapper Big Sean sat down with Fat Joe for his Instagram Live series The Fat Joe Show. During their conversation, Sean Don revealed who’s in his Top 5 Rappers of All Time List. Toward the end of the nearly 90-minute interview, the Terror Squad OG asked Sean to name […]
Powder Springs, Georgia – Anderson .Paak is taking things back to high school with his new music video. On Wednesday (September 23), the Aftermath artist shared a film for his latest single “Cut Em In,” which stars Rick Ross as his best buddy causing trouble around the school grounds. In the visual, .Paak and Ross […]