Tekashi 6ix9ine is preparing his comeback and the hour appears to be nigh. According to Akademiks’ social media postings, 6ix9ine has pinpointed Friday (May 8) at 3 pm EST to mark his return to Instagram Live and premiere new music. It will mark the first time he’s publicly spoken since September 2019, where he testified […]
Check in on your friends during quarantine, they say â maybe even make a song with them. Thatâs what longtime friends Justin Bieber and inventor of staying home Ariana Grande have finally done, anyway, releasing their first collaboration âStuck With Uâ in the name of quarantine. The song comes a year after Bieber broke his […]
Lil Tjay looks to move past his recent social media shenanigans with the release of his State Of Emergency EP. The project is his follow-up to 2019’s True 2 Myself, which was his debut album for Columbia Records. The Bronx-bred rapper’s new EP includes seven tracks. Jay Critch, Fivio Foreign, Jay Gwuapo, Sheff G and […]
Lil Durk is working on a collaborative album with Metro Boomin, but he’s providing fans with some new music to enjoy in the meantime. The OTF leader has released Just Cause Y’all Waited 2, a 15-track LP featuring Lil Baby, Polo G, G Herbo and Gunna. “It was just an idea we came up with […]
E-40 has put out an incredible amount of music over the last decade, dropping 19 full-length albums since 2010. The Bay Area Hip Hop legend is dialing it back a bit though with the release of The Curb Commentator Channel 1 EP. The veteran MC’s new project only contains five songs, making the project more […]
Kehlani’s sophomore album It Was Good Until It Wasn’t has arrived. Three years after dropping her debut SweetSexySavage, the Oakland native returns with a 15-track LP. The Atlantic Records artist’s new project features collaborations with Tory Lanez, JhenĂ© Aiko, Masego, Lucky Daye and James Blake. The album follows 2019’s While We Wait mixtape, which was […]
NAV has released Good Intentions, his third studio album for XO Records. The LP is his follow-up to 2019’s Bad Habits, which was his first project to reach No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The Canadian rapper/producer’s latest work features 18 tracks. The album includes collaborations with Travis Scott, Future, Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug, […]
Could there be a baby on the way for Nicki Minaj? While interacting with fans during an impromptu Twitter Q&A on Thursday (May 7), Nicki responded to someone directly asking if she was expecting. At one point on the “Say So (Remix)” with Doja Cat, the Barbz believe Nicki whispers she’s pregnant. Unfortunately, the “Anaconda” rapper’s […]
MixedByAli hopped on Instagram to commemorate the many accomplishments of Nipsey Hussle with a photo of his plaques — ranging from the gold-certified single “Hussle & Motivate” and Kendrick Lamar-collaborated “Dedication,” to his Grammy-nominated debut album, Victory Lap. “You did it bro @nipseyhussle!” Ali, who mixed the album, captioned the post. View this post on Instagram You did […]
Atlanta, GA – 2 Chainz has reportedly reopened his Atlanta-based restaurants, while the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation predicts a 140 percent increase in coronavirus deaths in Georgia by August. Gov. Brian Kemp allowed for restaurants to resume their dine-in service on April 27 and, despite initially postponing the reopening, 2 Chainz fully opened both […]
There’s a new Jay Electronica sighting. The ever-reclusive rapper popped up on Paul Epworth’s “Love Galaxy” this week along with English producer and singer Lil Silva. âThe title was meant to be a little bit ironic,” Epworth told NME about the song. “I guess I was trying [to] find this kind of weird Meters, Steve Miller […]
Pioneering U.K. artist Ben Chijioke â better known as Ty â has reportedly passed away. According to The Voice, the Nigerian British MC succumbed to the coronavirus on Thursday (May 7). The 47-year-old was initially admitted to the hospital with medical complications related to COVID-19 last month. Upon arrival, he was soon put in a […]
San Francisco rapper, producer, and poet George Watsky just made history for a good cause, livestreaming a run to break the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous freestyle rap and raise money for his tour and crew, who were sidelined during the tour for his new album Placement as venues across the country shuttered […]
DaBaby gave one upcoming rapper the experience of a lifetime during a recent errand. A young fan by the name of City Boy The Rapper appeared on Baby’s Instagram Story on Thursday (May 7), telling the camera his name as he handed Baby his mixtape. When Baby asked how much City Boy was selling his […]
Trap Manny is calling Lil Tjay’s alleged bluff after the State Of Emergency rapper said he’d been to the Bronx looking for A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. Video of his supposed venture to Highbridge surfaced online earlier this week. “Come outside nigga,” Tjay says in the clip. “What the fuck you talkin ’bout nigga?” View […]
When I speak with Caleb Landry Jones about his debut album, The Mother Stone, heâs talking on his flip phone from his family home in Texas. He doesnât use folksy turns of phrase or an overabundance of yâalls, but the Texas in his voice sneaks up when gerunds cut off at just the ânâ and […]
 Terry “Southwest T” Flenory is getting out of prison any day now after being granted a compassionate release over coronavirus concerns. As soon as 50 Cent caught wind of his impending release, he immediately started trolling the likes of Irv Gotti, Diddy and Jeezy about money they allegedly owe the Black Family Mafia kingpin. But […]
When Hayley Williams began making music, she insisted on being part of a band, fighting Atlantic after the label wanted to sign her solo. âThere was a heated conversation with a team of people in which I said I would be just as happy to play these songs in Taylorâs basement for the rest of […]
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have surfaced with a new project called The Diamond Mine Sessions, an Amazon Music exclusive. Recorded at the legendary Diamond Mine Studios in Queens, the three-track effort features the musical stylings of funk/soul band El Michels Affair and fresh interpretations of Bandana cuts âPalmolive,â âGat Damnâ and âFreestyle Shit.” âMadlib is the greatest […]
Black Mafia Family kingpin Terry âSouthwest Tâ Flenory â Demetrius “Big Meech” Flenory’s brother â is expected to get out of prison early due to COVID-19. Although he’ll be on house arrest, 50 Cent is looking forward to his release, hoping it will have Irv Gotti a little scared. After teasing Diddy and Gotti over Southwest […]
Youâll never know just how much we miss in-studio Kellyoke covers on The Kelly Clarkson Show. But in the meantime, Kelly has been delivering with her weekly performances from her Montana ranch, this week covering Rosemary Clooneyâs 1952 rendition of âYouâll Never Know.â Itâs exactly the retro escapism we need right now â the whole […]
The entire world knows Wu-Tang Clan ain’t nuthin’ to fuck with â and Method Man is making sure it stays that way. On Wednesday (May 6), the athletically inclined MC share an Instagram post of himself executing a 435-pound deadlift, all while listening to Warren G’s “Regulate.” At the same time, Meth promoted his new Tical […]
50 Cent has responded to allegations he taught Tekashi 6ix9ine how to hide money. On Thursday morning (May 7), the television executive re-shared an article about Sara Molina, 6ix9ine’s ex-girlfriend and mother of his daughter, and essentially copped to the lesson. ‘ “yeah she will never find it, and iâll show them my Taxes right after […]
Brunswick, GA – Georgia resident Ahmaud Arbery was on a jog in Brunswick on a brisk February morning when two white men â Gregory J. McMichael and Travis J. McMichael â started chasing him down in their truck. The father and son duo reportedly believed the 25-year-old black man, who was unarmed, was responsible for several […]
Atlanta, GA – Clifford “T.I.” Harris and Killer Mike donned masks and gloves to serve over 500 meals to families affected by COVID-19Â on Wednesday (May 6). The two Hip Hop heavyweights â adhering to the CDC safety guidelines â posted up outside of Bankhead Seafood Market, which Tip and the Run The Jewels MC bought […]
This being America, perhaps you thought two consenting adults would enjoy the freedom to name their progeny whatever the hell they want. Your baby your choice, be it Kale or Lakynn or Gunner or Insta or just a collection of numbers and symbols chosen seemingly at random. Apparently, though, Big Government would like to rein […]
Jamo Gang — the trio of Ras Kass, J57 and El Gant — are releasing their debut album Walking With Lions on Friday (May 8). But before the LP officially drops, the group gives RealStreetRadio readers a chance to stream the entire project a day early. “Every song on this album is us giving 110 […]
Lloyd Banks was once adamantly against social media for reasons that still baffle 50 Cent to this day. According to an audio excerpt from 50 Cent‘s new book Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter that was released on April 28, Fif detailed his former G-Unit artist’s aversion to the budding platforms at the time. In the piece, […]
French Montana is still coming for his credit. After Swae Lee disputed French’s claim about how “Unforgettable” came to be, French talked to Billboard and argued Swae’s follow-up — the Rae Sremmurd single “Guatemala” — didn’t fare as well as their collaboration. “If I didn’t structure [“Unforgettable”], then what happened when they put out ‘Unforgettable Pt. 2’ […]
Suicide Squad producer Steve Mnuchin has, frankly, had enough of your complaints about the economy and being unemployed and needing more than one stimulus check to survive, and heâs decided to take that out on [checks notes] Axl Rose? On Wednesday night, Guns Nâ Roses front man Axl Rose exercised his first amendment right on […]