New York, NY – Will Smith and Martin Lawrence are currently doing press rounds in support of their forthcoming Bad Boys For Life film. On Monday (January 13), the seasoned acting duo stopped by The Breakfast Club where Smith spoke candidly about his feelings surrounding Jada Pinkett-Smith’s relationship with the late Tupac Shakur. At one […]
RealStreetRadio – This week in Hip Hop, Drake and Future released the video for their much-anticipated “Life Is Good” single. Also, Lil Fizz and Apryl Jones reportedly broke up while French Montana continued his 50 Cent feud with papers allegedly proving his rival’s a snitch. Drake & Future Release “Life Is Good” Video View this […]
Lords Of The Underground are back with a new video for their comeback song “Insomniac” produced by Snowgoons. The track is the first single off So Legendary, the group’s first album in over a decade. Doitall, Mr. Funke and Lord Jazz haven’t released an LP together since 2007’s House Of Lords. To promote their fifth […]
Shaggy turned down a chance to be on Rihanna’s next album for a not-so-obvious reason. The dancehall artist opted not to appear on the pop superstar’s upcoming LP because he had to audition for a spot. “They approached me for the Rihanna project, yeah,” Shaggy told the Daily Star. “Thereâs a lot of great people […]
Key Glock is capping off the first month of 2020 with some new music. The Young Dolph protĂ©gĂ© is scheduled to drop a new solo project titled Yellow Tape on January 31. The upcoming release will be the Memphis-bred rapper’s first solo effort since 2018’s Glockoma mixtape. More recently, the Paper Route EMPIRE artist teamed […]
Boosie Badazz is saying sorry after pissing off the Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity by wearing the frat’s sweater despite not being a member. In an interview with TMZ, the outspoken rapper apologized but also said he wanted an apology for some of the harsh backlash he received. “I apologize to ’em, but I need some […]
Cook County, IL – A Cook County judge ordered Jussie Smollett‘s Google data to be turned over, just as the former Empire star has been barred from appearing on the show’s series finale. Special prosecutor Dan Webb obtained two search warrants as part of his investigation into Smollet, according to the Chicago Tribune. The warrants […]
New York, NY – Will Smith has been a Hollywood megastar for three decades â but he still loves to prove he remains the Fresh Prince whenever he clutches a mic. On Friday (January 10), Smith and his co-star Martin Lawrence made a guest appearance on Sirius XM Radio’s “Sways Universe” show to promote their latest film Bad […]
Nearly 10 months after Nipsey Hussle’s March 31 shooting death, his final album Victory Lap has reportedly been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The Grammy Award-nominated project was initially released last February and debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard 200, selling roughly 53,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. Following […]
The 17-year-old concertgoer who YGÂ booted off stage during San Antonio’s Mala Luna Music Festival for not yelling “Fuck Trump” is speaking out. Austin Joyner addressed the October 2019 incident Twitter on Friday night (January 10) and included a letter he wrote directly to the Compton-bred rapper. In his post, he accused YG of putting a […]
Miami, FL – Trick Daddy was reportedly arrested on Saturday morning (January 11) in Miami-Dade, Florida after what sounds like a wild night at the club. According to the Miami Herald, an officer responded to a report of a driver of a dark colored Range Rover was hitting signs and running red lights around 3:20 […]
One caused her pain, but enough about Grammys executive producer Ken Ehrlich. Last year was last year, and based Ariana Grandeâs social media accounts on Saturday, thereâs no hard feelings between her and the Grammys. Or at least, if there are, theyâre not hard enough to keep her from taking the awards showâs stage later […]
Los Angeles, CA – Smokepurpp recently stopped by the RealStreetRadio offices in Hollywood to talk about his career, which has evolved from uploading tracks on Soundcloud to working with Gucci Mane and Kanye West. During the conversation, Purpp revealed he removed a Kanye verse from his new album Deadstar 2 because he knew the song […]
50 Cent is evidently pleased Oprah Winfery is no longer executive producing a forthcoming documentary about Russell Simmons. On Friday (January 10), only hours after the news broke Winfrey had stepped away, the Power mogul headed to Instagram to express his gratitude toward the talk show queen. “Alright, alright, alright Oprah we love you, thank […]
And the ants are marching ⊠to victory! Dave Matthews Band have scored themselves a formidable win in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fameâs fan vote, clinching the top spot with just over 1 million votes. (The final day of voting was Friday, January 10.) The band is followed by Pat Benatar, the Doobie […]
While some will always see reggae artist Shaggy as merely the genius insisting it wasnât him having sex butt-naked on the bathroom floor in front of your very eyes (it was some sort of infidelity optical illusion!), the Jamaican musician is, in fact, a critically-acclaimed two-time Grammy Award winner for Best Reggae Album thanks to […]
Neil Peart, the idiosyncratic drummer and lyricist of prog-rock band Rush, has died at age 67, according to family spokesperson Elliot Mintz. Peart died in Santa Monica, California, on Tuesday, after a battle with brain cancer. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Peart joined bandmates Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson in 1974. On albums like Fly by […]
New York, NY – During his time on a recent episode of Drink Champs, Memphis Bleek described his part in the infamous Nas and JAY-Z beef and recalled feeling like he could take on Nas in the booth. “I was on fire at that time! Feeling myself, nuts hangin’ in the hood,” he recalled. Besides being […]
Los Angeles, CA – Mally Mall has found himself on the wrong side of the law once again. According to TMZ, the veteran producer has been accused of drugging and raping 26-year-old fitness and clothing model Quashay Davis. She says she met up with Mally at his Los Angeles home last January to discuss her fitness […]
Rumors of an upcoming Eminem album have been swirling for months â and it turns out there’s a good reason for that. According to producer S1, Slim Shady has indeed been cooking up lots of new material in the studio. During a recent interview with HHNM, the seasoned beatsmith talked about some of his upcoming […]
Detroit, Mi – As fans of bubbling Detroit rapper Ty Farris will attest to, his No Cosign Just Cocaine series has undoubtedly become his calling card. Currently No. 1 on Bandcamp in the underground Hip Hop category, the third (and likely not final) installment of the series carries the torch with the same endurance as Rocky […]
People typically love a good diss track and over the years, there have been plenty to keep Hip Hop fans entertained â from Drake vs. Pusha T and Machine Gun Kelly vs. Eminem to, more recently, Nick Cannon vs. Eminem. Now, it looks like Drake wants to go to war with Kanye West. On his […]
The path to Selena Gomezâs third album has been beset on all sides by hardships. Gomez has fought a battle with lupus that led to intensive therapy, kidney transplant surgery, and cruel internet speculation about fluctuations in her weight. There were makeups and breakups with high-profile exes Justin Bieber and the Weeknd, whose Purpose and […]
Atlanta, GA – The A3C Festival & Conference and iHipHop Distribution have reconvened for the ninth installment of their annual compilation series. Simply titled A3C Volume 9, the project will also commemorate A3Câs 15-year anniversary as a festival rooted in showcasing emerging artists from across the country. To kick off the annual series, the masterminds behind A3C Volume 9 […]
Thereâs no such thing as too much information on Selena Gomezâs new album, Rare. Itâs been nearly five years since her last album, Revival, and frankly, we have a lot to catch up on. In the last half-decade, Gomez has gotten back together with Justin Bieber, dated the Weeknd, battled with her mental and physical […]
Rapsody has resurfaced with a new video for “Afeni” featuring Grammy Award-winning R&B singer PJ Morton, one of 16 tracks on the women-empowering EVE. The song, which is named after Tupac Shakur’s mother Afeni, begins with a video clip of ‘Pac spitting part of “Keep Ya Head Up” acapella style at Marcus Garvey School in […]
Nelly fans are probably going to want to saddle up and book their ticket to Bonnaroo. The 2000s rap staple will be performing his entire debut album Country Grammar at the four-day music festival in June. Comprised of hits such as “Country Grammar (Hot Shit),” “E.I.,” “Ride Wit Me” and “Batter Up,” Country Grammar was released 20 […]
Fame, at least lasting fame â the your-work-goes-down-in-history kind, often accompanied by fat royalty payments â is a club that thinks of itself as an unbiased meritocracy, blind to everything but aesthetic innovation and popular success. Itâs never quite worked out that way. When we look at the past, we still see generations of great […]
If anyoneâs looking for a particularly devastating song to do for karaoke in front of an ex, I recommend Halseyâs latest single. In âYou should be sad,â she sings âIâm so glad I never, ever had a baby with you/Cuz you canât love someone unless thereâs something in it for you.â Damn! Halsey made yeehaw […]
Ozzy Osbourneâs collaboration-heavy new album, Ordinary Man, features some semi-likely collaborators. Post Malone, Slash, the drummer from the Red Hot Chili Peppers that looks like Will Ferrell. But on the title track, Ozzy is sharing the mic with none other than Sir Elton John. Whodathunkit? In the 70âs, these two working together would most likely […]