Raleigh, NC – Like everything in the free world, J. Cole and Dreamville’s growing festival has to be put on ice due to the growing concern of COVID-19 across the globe. On Friday (March 13), the Grammy-nominated team released a statement just hours before Donald Trump declared a national emergency. related news J. Cole Announces […]
JAY-Z and Roc Nation raised some eyebrows when they announced a partnership the National Football League last August. Many felt it was a slap in Colin Kaepernick’s face, who’d fought tirelessly to bring awareness to police brutality by kneeling during the national anthem and was seemingly blacklisted by the NFL for doing so. But on […]
If you think the coronavirus pandemicâs only affected massive festivals like SXSW and Coachella and big-scale tours like Billie Eilishâs and Cherâs, think again. As more metropolitan areas take necessary steps in an effort to contain the virusâs spread, thousands of smaller acts are having their entire year â and, in many cases, their only […]
Jay Electronicaâs debut album, A Written Testimony, which took a decade to finish, has made it to Tidal five full days ahead of schedule. On February 7, the elusive rapper popped out of nowhere to announce on Twitter that he had been in the studio with his mentor, Jay-Z, for the past 40 days and […]
Somethingâs got Jay-Z in his bag. The rapper works through his feelings on nearly every song on his protĂ©gĂ© Jay Electronicaâs decade-in-the-making debut album A Written Testimony. He confronts the idea of his own death, mourns loved ones, and tries to inspire others â all in-between flexing. Despite what some of his other lyrics say, […]
As Kamaiyah gets ready to embark on her Got It Made Tour, the Bay Area MC has dropped a fresh visual for “Whatever Whenever.” The track is one of 10 new joints from her latest album Got It Made, which arrived last month. Directed by Stripmall, the visual kicks off with Kamaiyah spitting her first […]
As the legal matters with her longtime collaborators Salt-N-Pepa remain on ice, DJ Spinderella is taking the necessary steps to move past the trauma. In an upcoming episode of OWN’s Love Goals, the Brooklyn-bred rap legend sat with her comedian boyfriend Quenton “Q” Coleman, Benzino and Althea Heart among other couples, and expressed her personal […]
Denver, CO – Post Malone took the stage at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on Thursday night (March 12) as planned â despite widespread panic over COVID-19. As a result, the platinum-selling artist is receiving a healthy dose of backlash for not canceling the performance. “A giant fuck you to @PostMalone for holding a […]
Twitter – As millions of people across the globe remain paralyzed by COVID-19, Jay Electronica unveiled his debut album, A Written Testimony, on Friday (March 13), giving Hip Hop fans something to smile about. In addition to Travis Scott and The-Dream, who are the only two guests noted on the tracklist, JAY-Z is all over the 10-track […]
In 2019, Mariah Carey won the TikTok dance challenge where users danced to her song âFantasyâ ⊠by dancing to her song âFantasy.â Now, sheâs started a new âFantasyâ challenge, involving less choreography and much more WHO-guideline awareness. On Friday, Mariah posted a TikTok of her and her adorable twins, Moroccan and Monroe, washing their […]
The Beastie Boys Story rollout is in full swing. Ahead of its theatrical release next month, Apple TV + has shared the first official trailer for the Spike Jonze-directed documentary. The clip begins with old footage of Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz rapping “Paul Revere” acapella style while Michael “Mike D” Diamond and the late Adam “MCA” […]
Mandy Moore is in the midst of staging her comeback into the music world, parlaying her occasional musical dabblings on This Is Us into a revival of her IRL music career. Last year, she debuted her first new song in years, âWhen I Wasnât Watching,â and on Thursday she performed it on The Tonight Show […]
Lil Uzi Vert just went back-to-back. A week after releasing his highly anticipated album Eternal Atake, Lil Uzi Vert just dropped another album. Eternal Atake (Deluxe) – LUV vs. the World 2 is both a deluxe version of his recent drop and a sequel to his 2016 mixtape, Lil Uzi Vert vs. the World. Unlike Eternal […]
Mass Appeal artist 070 Phi has dropped a 10-track project titled My Father’s Gun. The New Jersey-bred rapper’s latest work is the follow-up to last year’s Outside EP. “Been 7 summers since my mom kicked everybody out,” he wrote on Twitter. “Thats where the project My Fathers Gun came from. Me understanding why. But after […]
Future set off some excitement on social media when he teased a project titled 56 Birdz on Thursday (March 12), but he was promoting his artists’ work as opposed to his own. The Freebandz representatives actually behind the mixtape are none other than Doe Boy and DJ Esco. The FBG duo’s new project is comprised […]
Nashville’s Jelly Roll has released a new album titled A Beautiful Disaster. The LP marks his first full-length project since Whiskey Sessions II, which dropped in April 2019. The southern rapper’s latest album includes 12 tracks. Tech N9ne, Krizz Kaliko, Lil Wyte and Struggle Jennings are among the LP’s contributors. related news Tech N9ne, Krizz […]
Bounce rapper Big Freedia is back with a new EP titled Louder. The project is the New Orleans-bred artist’s first release since 2018’s 3rd Ward Bounce EP. The Queen of Bounce’s latest work is comprised of five songs — including the title track “Louder,” which samples the 1990 Snap! single “The Power.” Guests featured on […]
Alabama’s own Chika has released her major label debut Industry Games. The seven-track EP is her first project for Warner Records following her signing in 2019. “I think that I fleshed out a lot more about myself with this project,” she told The Recording Academy. “You get more of my thought process, and the way […]
Jack Harlow, who is signed to DJ Drama and Don Cannon’s Generation Now imprint, has delivered a new project titled Sweet Action. The EP-sized release serves as the follow-up to 2019’s Confetti mixtape, which dropped last September. The Louisville-bred rapper’s latest work is comprised of seven tracks. The project includes the Jetsonmade and Pooh Beatz-produced […]
Detroit’s Clear Soul Forces are saying goodbye with the release of their new album Forceswithyou. The 10-track project is Ilajide, Noveliss, L.A.Z. and Emile Vincent’s final LP as a group. “This is the album where our synergy was on full display,” Vincent said in a press statement. “We truly recorded in a groove.” related news […]
Jay Electronica has finally delivered his debut album after years and years of delays. Titled A Written Testimony, the project features 10 tracks and guest appearances from The-Dream and Travis Scott. TIDAL was expected to host three listening parties in New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans for the album on Thursday (March 12), but they […]
While you stock the 300 canned good items you bought at the grocery store and find a place for the 10 packages of toilet paper now in your home, listen to a gift from Lin-Manuel Miranda. Because he knows youâre all very stressed about the pandemic, Miranda dropped an unreleased song from Hamilton, since he […]
These are uncertain times for the music industry. Amidst growing fears regarding the coronavirus, which has now reached over 130,000 cases worldwide, many concerts and festivals have been canceled or postponed, including Coachella and SXSW. But Glastonbury, one of the largest outdoor festivals in the world, is still planning to go on as scheduled this […]
With New York becoming the latest place to ban large gatherings (of more than 500, in the stateâs case) and Live Nation and AEG â the two biggest live entertainment companies â pausing its international and domestic arena tours through at least March, concerts are looking to become significantly rarer in the coming days due […]
At a time where coronavirus panic has caused travel restrictions, closed schools, music festival cancelations and sport season suspensions, Lupe Fiasco hopped on Instagram to share some calming thoughts about the growing pandemic. âIn the midst of all of this going on, just remember that the coronavirus is you,” he said on Thursday (March 12). “What […]
Fort Lauderdale, FL – YNW Melly was in a Fort Lauderdale, Florida courthouse on Wednesday (March 11) where the gravity of his situation didn’t appear to phase him. Dressed in prison black and whites, the 20-year-old rapper sat shackled in the courtroom with a giant smiled plastered on his face as a team of lawyers […]
Santa Fe, NM – It’s a rare evening when two Hip Hop gods chop it up in front of an audience, allowing outsiders a sneak peek into the minds of two pioneering, creative geniuses. But that’s exactly what happened at SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico last Thursday (March 5) when Chuck D and Rakim sat […]
New York City, NY – As concerns over the coronavirus continue to grow, Diddy has canceled the final two in-person casting calls in Charlotte and New York City for MTV’s Making the Band reboot. The Bad Boy Records founder, who was also set to appear at the New York City auditions, informed his Instagram followers […]
Def Jam labelmates Jadakiss and Pusha T dodged a bit of potential controversy earlier on when their lyrical murder collaboration in “Hunting Season” arrived adjacent to Pop Smoke’s still-unsolved homicide. related news Jadakiss Reveals Styles P Dissed JAY-Z On His Own Song February 29, 2020 With all the clarifications in order, the pair have since […]
Due to the spread of coronavirus, Live Nation has instructed its foreign and domestic tours to all return home. Billboard reports that, as of Thursday, Live Nation âtold employees it is hitting the pause button on current touring arena shows through the end of the month.â Outside of select shows Thursday and Friday night, all […]