Lil Wayne has famously been uninformed about the new generation of rappers, but one artist has made it onto his radar. During an appearance on Sneaker Shopping With Complex, Weezy casually referred to Lil Baby as his “favorite artist.” “On The Breakfast Club, I saw my favorite artist Lil Baby with the BAPE/Coach collaboration jacket,” […]
Niagara County, NY – Kodak Black has reportedly been sentenced to another 12 months in prison. According to an Instagram post from one of his Florida attorneys, Bradford Cohen, the Pompano Beach native’s sentence will be served concurrently with his current 46-month federal sentence. “Some good news and some frustration in regards to @kodakblack,” Cohen […]
Young Chop has been attracting attention lately for all the wrong reasons. It started with dissing 21 Savage and snowballed into him taking shots at Jezzy, T.I., Diddy and JAY-Z.Ā Now, the seasoned producer allegedly leaked his own sex tape, which found its way on to a thread. The Instagram clip clearly shows Chop in […]
Lindsay Lohan didnāt want to speak too soon. Sure, she teased her long-rumored comeback single āXanaxā on Virgin Radio Dubai last August, and later posted a music video on Instagram in September, but the song quickly disappeared and never made it to Spotify. Now, in a Twitter video teasing new music, sheās officially saying āIām […]
Evidence is back with a video for the Graymatter-produced “Unlearning” single, hisĀ first solo release since his critically acclaimed 2018 album, Weather Or Not. Set inside his “natural habit” ā a.k.a. his home studio ā the Rhymesayers Entertainment staple kicks back with a spliff and gets to work. View this post on Instagram ready for new […]
Netflix is putting up $100 million to help on-set professionals who are out of work because of the coronavirus, offering assistance to the film, television and music industries. The streaming giant announced the fundĀ is to “help with hardship in the creative community.” The majority of funding will go toward the production teams and crews involved […]
New York, NY – The entire premise for the REVOLT TV show Drink Champs is set up for potential disaster. N.O.R.E. and his co-host DJ EFN sit around getting drunk with their guests and some interesting things can happen. During a recent interview with former NBA star Lamar Odom, it looked like N.O.R.E. and Odom […]
Shortly after dominating both the Billboard 100 and 200 charts with the fervor contained on his fourth studio album, After Hours, The Weeknd is stepping back and giving a salute to those individuals who are tackling the coronavirus head-on. “When I started making this album, I never imagined it would be released as we face […]
March has been illuminating. Weāre learning what weāre made of and what we can and canāt do without. A pandemic is the rare situation that requires governments and citizens to act in concert in order to ensure each otherās well-being. But we live in a bifurcated nation. One half supposes it can live without the […]
We bet your Zoom calls havenāt been as cool as this. For her appearance on James Cordenās āHomefestā Late Late Show special, Dua Lipa videoconferenced with bandmates and dancers to perform her social-distancing hit āDonāt Start Now,ā off her just-released album Future Nostalgia. They did not show up, nor come out ā because, after all, […]
The latest TV sensation of the year that has supplanted the currently dormant entertainment industry is Netflix documentary series Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, Madness. Cardi B tweeted on Friday that she would take her unremitting support for the show a step further by starting a GoFundMe account to raise funds for the show’s incarcerated zookeeper […]
No matter where we are, no matter how long the coronavirus outbreak lasts, no matter whether weāre a member of K-Pop supergroup BTS or not, we can all keep our sanity intact by doing the same thing: methodically rehearsing BTS dance routines while in quarantine. Your boys stopped by The Late Late Show With James […]
The ‘Gram – The Instagram Live beat battle between heavyweight producers Boi-1da and Hit-Boy on Friday (March 27) set social media on fire and caused many of its viewers including Timbaland and Swizz Beatz to discuss who got next. Alchemist and TIDAL Chief Content Officer Elliott Wilson spoke about Instagram Live producers’ beat battles during […]
DJ Nu-Mark is combating the coronavirus blues by revisiting old mixes and putting them on his Bandcamp page. Last week, the Jurassic 5 turntablist shared the 2011Ā Take Me With YouĀ mix featuring two roughly 39-minute parts. As he explained on Instagram, “‘Take Me With You’ is a mix incorporating international genres….Cumbia, Samba, Calypso, Salsa, Afro-Cuban, Afrobeat, […]
Fresh off the release of his cinematic debut album Carolina Narco, South Coast Money Group rapper Blacc Zacc has released a short film of the same name. The 17-minute mini-movie is directed by FoolWiththeCamera and goes into immense detail about the positives (money, cash, clothes) and negatives (retaliation, revenge and get back) of street life. […]
After years of speculation, Da Brat finally confirmed her sexuality on Instagram after her fiancĆ©e Jessica Dupart surprised the veteran rapper with a new Bentley. During a recent conversation with The Ricky Smiley Morning Show, she explained why she kept their relationship quiet for so long. āI always been an advocate from privacy pretty much […]
Los Angeles, CA – Offset is one of the many celebrities involved in Quibi, a new short-form streaming service launching on April 6. The Migos rapper is hosting a car series called SKRRT With Offset, which dropped its first trailer on Monday (March 30). The preview highlights some of the show’s guests, which include his […]
Tory Lanez’s New Toronto 3 is scheduled to drop in April. The Canadian rapper/singer shared the project’s release date and cover art social media on Monday (March 30). “#NEWTORONTO3 April 10th,” he wrote on Twitter. #NEWTORONTO3 April 10th āļø pic.twitter.com/IEhtYC8gmu — Tory Lanez (@torylanez) March 30, 2020 Lanez previously indicated his third entry in the […]
Miami, FL – Nearly a year ago, 3oh BlackĀ had been chosen by the people of the Internet as next to blow up out of the DMV area off the strength of his viral hit “All Talk.” View this post on Instagram @popeyeslouisianakitchen I Need Cutline Access From Now On ??? #NowItsJustMe A post shared by […]
The-Dream’s Instagram Live battle with Sean Garrett has opened up JAY-Z’s vault. TIDAL has dropped a previously unreleased demo of Hov’s “Holy Grail” after The-Dream previewed the song during his “Battle of the Songwriters” clash with Garrett. “Holy Grail” features Justin Timberlake and appears on the 2013 album Magna Carta Holy Grail. But the demo […]
Ice CubeĀ just might have the cure to fill the NBA season void ā a reality show version ofĀ the BIG3Ā made with the producers of Big Brother. On Monday (March 30), Cube responded to the host of ESPN’s The JumpĀ Rachel Nichols’ interview with former Boston Celtics’ teammates Paul Pierce and Kendrick Perkins who were discussing the show’s […]
The Weeknd’s After Hours album keeps getting longer. After dropping a deluxe edition of the LP on March 23, the diamond-selling singer has delivered three more bonus tracks. While the initial expanded version of After Hours added remixes and a live version of “Scared To Live,” Weeknd’s latest batch of songs are original creations. The […]
Gucci Mane has announced a new compilation album titled Cold Day In Hell,Ā which will arrive on his Atlanta label 1017 Eskimo Records. Guwop shared the ice and snow-themed cover art for the project on his Instagram, which features dollar bills, snowflakes and menacing polar bears in front of the Atlanta skyline. Bold text at the […]
New York, NY – A defendant in the Tekashi 6ix9ine racketeering case, Kooda B, will be temporarily released from prison over coronavirus concerns. According to Complex, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer acknowledged at least four inmates at the Metropolitan Correctional Center where he’s in jail have contracted the coronavirus. Because Kooda has asthma, “the MCC has […]
Okay, fine, we canāt even be mad at Rihanna right now. The singer has provided yet another non-update on R9 while talking to British Vogue, adding to a long list of swerves. But last week alone, Rihanna donated $700,000 worth of ventilators to Barbados and $5 million to various organizations fighting the coronavirus pandemic, so […]
Boosie Badazz’s Instagram antics have turned him into a living, breathing meme — and now he’s using the content in his music. After his “put your pussy lips on Live, I’ll give you $1000” quote went viral, the Baton Rouge-bred rapper transformed the clip into a new single titled “Pussy Lips On Live.” The opinionated […]
The coronavirus TV specials began in full force last night as Elton John hosted the āLiving Room Concert for Americaā on Fox. Taking the place of the canceled iHeartRadio Music Awards (and co-sponsored by the network), the hour-long musical event came to you live from many celebrity homes as a tribute to medical workers. The […]
The Weeknd has claimed the top spot on both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts. Weeknd’s After Hours LP debuted at No. 1 after selling 444,000 album equivalent album units in the U.S. for the week ending on March 26, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Concurrently, hisĀ “Blinding Lights”Ā single continued its Hot 100 ascent and […]
Paris, France – Just as Pop Smoke’s career was starting to take off, the 20-year-old Brooklyn native was gunned down at a private residence in the Hollywood Hills during a suspected home invasion. In the wake of his death, his earned his first Billboard Hot 100 placementĀ and 50 Cent vowed to executive produce andĀ finish his […]
Coachella, CA – As the coronavirus pandemic wages on, parents have been forced to homeschool their children. One father in particular, JesĆŗs Ramos, decided to switch things up a bit and give his daughter Bailey a Hip Hop lesson on Biggie and 2Pac ā instead of learning about the War of 1812. In an Instagram […]