The longstanding beef between Jim Jones and French Montana is apparently over. On Thursday night (April 16), the two veteran rappers had a conversation on Instagram Live that ended up with two taking a trip down memory lane. French shared a clip of the reunion on his Instagram page that found the Diplomats MC recalling […]
Kelly Rowland is craving some coffee. In her first single since 2019âs anti-bullying song âCrown,â Rowland sings an ode to âcoffee and sex in the morning.â âHmm, they say morninâ wood do a body good, babe,â she sings. âClearly you agree, donât be tryinâ to leave / Stay here with me.â Oop! So, thatâs why […]
As if it needs to be said, there wonât be many festivals this year, with cancellations creeping into the summer and others being pushed out of sight to the fall for time being. But fret not, because two perennial festival favorites dropped new music â and both to raise money for the response to COVID-19. […]
Fiona Apple FaceTimes me on a recent Friday afternoon from a bright-pink futon inside her Venice Beach home, her hair in a long braid, wearing giant headphones, a cozy green sweatshirt, and no makeup. The first thing she says is that sheâs nervous. âIâm like, Oh, shit,â she says, laughing. Her nerves are understandable. Apple, […]
Fetch the Bolt Cutters is like nothing Fiona Apple has done before, but the album is still recognizable as something only she could create. Itâs purposefully unvarnished, a raw export from the inside of her brain: Her voice stretches and loops, morphing into Vipassana chants and spooky, surreal yelps; in the middle of one song, […]
YFN Lucci has joined in the trend of using the COVID-19 pandemic for a project’s title. The Atlanta-bred rapper adds to the growing list of coronavirus-themed releases with his Corona Pack EP. The Warner Records artist’s new project is comprised of six tracks and arrives less than two months after his HIStory: Lost Pages mixtape. […]
Compton’s Buddy has linked up with OverDoz member Kent Jamz to release a new project titled Janktape Vol. 1 on RCA Records. The LP serves as the follow-up to Buddy’s debut album Harlan & Alondra, which dropped in 2018. The West Coast duo’s collaborative effort is comprised of 10 songs, including the lead single — […]
Veteran producer RJD2 has dropped The Fun Ones, his first studio album since 2016’s Dame Fortune. The 14-track LP is largely instrumental but also includes vocals from Homeboy Sandman, Aceyalone, STS, Khari Mateen and Jordan Brown. “The Fun Ones is a collection of tunes that were made with the intention of making songs that got […]
Goodie Mob member Khujo Goodie has dropped a new solo album titled Echoes Of A Legend. The LP arrives a few months after his Feed The Lions Vol. 1 compilation. The Dungeon Family MC’s latest LP includes 15 tracks. CeeLo Green, Big Gipp, T-Mo Goodie, Daz Dillinger, B-Real and Big Mike are among the guests […]
Alfred Banks has teamed up with Albert Allenback, a member of the Grammy-nominated band Tank And The Bangas, to form SaxKixAve. The New Orleans-based duo formally introduces themselves with the release of their debut project I Don’t Wear Suits. “I’m so happy to have this music out,” Banks tells RealStreetRadio. “This project marks me finally […]
Cypress Hill frontman B-Real has joined forces with Berner for a collaborative album titled Los Meros. The West Coast rappers previously linked up on the Prohibition series, which released its last edition in 2016. The weed-friendly duo’s new LP features contributions from Rick Ross, Wiz Khalifa, Xzibit, Paul Wall, Ty Dolla $ign, Dave East, Everlast […]
It is possible to be born too early for the world to develop a language to understand the way that you move, and to be made to feel, throughout your formative years, like the difference between you and everyone else is a crime that warrants punitive action, an errant behavior or belief system you must […]
Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler is holed up at his Seattle home riding out the stay-at-home mandates as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the globe. If he turns on the television, he’s inundated by Donald Trump’s daily press conferences, which he says is having a profound impact on him. “Watching what was already the absurd reality of […]
R.A. The Rugged Man currently lives in Berlin, Germany, roughly 4,000 miles away from his hometown of Long Island, New York. As the story goes, he wound up there because of a girl. In 2013, while on tour with Redman, Masta Ace, Onyx and Wordsworth, he met the future mother of his children at the merch […]
Fredo Bang has released his new mixtape Most Hated on Def Jam Recordings. The project serves as the follow-up to 2019’s Pain Made Me Numb. The Baton Rouge-bred rapper’s latest tape includes 12 tracks. Moneybagg Yo, Lil Baby, Tee Grizzley, YNW Melly and CeeFineAss make guest appearances on the project. Check out Fredo’s Most Hated […]
OVO Sound’s dvsn has dropped their new album A Muse In Her Feelings. The project is Daniel Daley and Nineteen85’s first studio LP since 2017’s Morning After. The duo’s third album is comprised of 16 tracks. Guests include Future, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Summer Walker, Ty Dolla $ign and Snoh Aalegra, among others. View dvsn’s A Muse In […]
Tech N9ne has completed the rollout of his ENTERFEAR album. The Strange Music boss has delivered the full 19-track LP after first giving fans a preview with his Level 1 EP in November 2019. The veteran MC’s latest project features collaborations with Krizz Kaliko, Flatbush Zombies, King Iso, NavĂ© Monjo and more. Michael “Seven” Summers […]
Westside Gunn has released Pray For Paris, a star-studded album featuring production by DJ Premier, Alchemist, Tyler, The Creator, DJ Muggs, Daringer and Camoflauge Monk, among others. “Pray For Paris is a modern-day Cavaraggio,” WSG tells RealStreetRadio. “The whole album from top to bottom is of the illest paintings ever created.” The Roc Nation-managed MC’s […]
DaBaby is back with a new album titled BLAME IT ON BABY. The LP is the follow-up to KIRK, which was his first project to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The Interscope Records artist’s third studio album features 13 tracks. Guests include Future, Megan Thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch, Quavo, A Boogie Wit Da […]
Like a bolt out of the blue, BeyoncĂ© came in out of nowhere and made a surprise drop in appearance on ABCâs Disney Family Singalong. âIâm very proud to be a part of the Disney family,â BeyoncĂ© said without ever mentioning the live action Lion King. âAnd to help present the Disney Songbook Singalong in […]
Whatâs the only thing better than one Ariana Grande? Six Ariana Grandeâs, of course. And thatâs precisely what we got Thursday night during ABCâs Disney Family Singalong when Ariana took on the love song âI Wonât Say Iâm In Loveâ from the classic film Hercules. Wearing Megaraâs signature purple, Ariana not only sang lead vocals […]
O.T. Genasis went on a rant about Keyshia Cole smelling like “fish sticks” earlier this week. Once she fired back, he attempted a half-baked apology but simultaneously issued a threat. Shortly after her sister Neffeteria âNeffeâ Pugh threw in her two cents, now her brother Sean Cole is speaking out. On Wednesday (April 15), Sean shared […]
R. Kellyâs Brooklyn Federal Court trial for racketeering and sexual-misconduct charges has been moved from summer to late September, as the coronavirus shutdown has caused delays in the court system. During a telephone conference Thursday afternoon, Judge Ann M. Donnelly recognized that the July 7 trial date likely wasnât realistic, and scheduled jury selection for […]
The reviews are in for Playboi Cartiâs new song â@ MEH,â and one particularly important critic does not seem to be a fan. âJust Meh .,â Lil Uzi Vert tweeted, along with the cover art, on April 16. Uzi has been watching Carti over the past week, possibly waiting to make good on a promise […]
Broward County, Florida has produced some of the most promising young talents in the âsoundcloud eraâ of Hip Hop. From Kodak Black to Ski Mask The Slump God, and most recently, YNW Melly, there appears to be something in the water in Broward. While Ghostluvme hails from the same place, his sound is nothing like […]
Teens can make anything cool. Their social-media superiority launched songs like âToosie Slide,â âOld Town Roadâ and âThe Boxâ to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and every day, pop songs like Dua Lipaâs âDonât Start Nowâ become templates for teens to dance, lip-sync, or act to. But the creative geniuses on TikTok are also […]
Lil Uzi Vert evidently loves to give Playboi Carti a tough time. Last month, Lil Uzi vowed he would drop a piece of music as soon as a mysterious “HE” dropped. And now, Twitter thinks the elusive “HE” is, in fact, Carti. Aight Uzi…. youâre up. pic.twitter.com/RbHTNQ60hU — RealStreetRadio (@RealStreetRadio) April 16, 2020 Shortly after […]
Summer Walker and London On Da Track reportedly broke up over a month ago. According to BOSSIP, the news was first revealed by The Neighborhood Talk on Wednesday (April 15). A source close to the couple said the 24-year-old singer is “taking this time to focus on herself,” while heâs “working with other artists.” Despite […]
Even in the comfort of her own home, Kehlani just wants some privacy. Thatâs the theme of her new song and music video, âEverybody Business,â anyway. In the song, she takes aim at the press and the internet always speculating about her relationships. And she shot the video where they canât see her, in her […]
The tale of Jussie Smollett is complicated. The fallen Empire star was arrested for allegedly plotting his own hate-fueled attack last January and has been dragged through the mud ever since. Now, more details have reportedly emerged regarding his relationship with one of the Osundario twins who was allegedly part of the whole scheme. According […]