Future‘s 2016 joint mixtape with Metro Boomin and DJ Esco, Purple Reign, is now available to stream on Apple Music, Spotify and others. The Prince-nodding effort also sees production from Southside, DJ Spinz and Zaytoven and includes highlight tracks “Never Forget,” “Perkys Calling” and “Inside The Mattress.” In the past month, Future has brought several […]
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 […]
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 […]
The rapper who accused 2 Chainz of ripping off his music for the 2018 single “Proud” has reportedly dropped his lawsuit against the song’s creators. According to The Blast, Solomon Clanton (a.k.a. Slugga) dimissed his entire case against 2 Chainz, Offset and YG. All three were named defendants in a suit that alleged their collaboration […]
Fabolous is calling for a clarification of the Verzuz rules. On April 5, 2 Chainz posted a video to Instagram, challenging either Meek Mill or Fabolous to battle against him in the next installment of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s virtual competition series. “Fab got some dope ass girl records, but I got them trap records,” […]
Much like Harry Styles’s BFF Stevie Nicks, the fate and future of his former boy band One Direction has been embroiled in Rumours. Zayn Malik famously quit the band to go solo in 2015, and Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson put 1D on indefinite hiatus the following year. However, you may have […]
Drake has added his name to another spot in Billboard’s record book. The OVO Sound rapper’s “Toosie Slide” single debuted at the top of the latest Hot 100, tying Mariah Carey’s record for most No. 1 debuts on the chart. Carey originally set the record in 1997, earning her third No. 1 debut with “Honey” […]
As the world is upended, some things remain unchanged, chief among them men doing the least. Drake’s “Toosie Slide,” a song shamelessly created to be the next big TikTok hit, has debuted on top of the Billboard Hot 100. It replaces the Weeknd’s “Blinding Lights,” which in turn replaced Roddy Ricch’s “The Box” — two […]
Just Blaze and Samantha Ronson will headline an all-day open-format DJ showcase on Twitch in an effort to raise funds for COVID-19 first responders. Presented by Beatsource — a joint venture between Beatport and DJcity — the livestreamed fundraiser is set to go down this Saturday (April 11) from 12-8 pm PST. “With all the […]
New York, NY – Among the many iconic photos of 1990s Hip Hop legends such as Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur and Wu-Tang Clan that you’ve seen, there’s a good chance that Chi Modu snapped those camera shots. Earlier this week, the New York Post reported the veteran Hip Hop photographer is in a legal dispute with The Notorious B.I.G.’s estate in […]
New York, NY – Among the many iconic photos of 1990s Hip Hop legends such as Snoop Dogg, Tupac Shakur and Wu-Tang Clan that you’ve seen, there’s a good chance that Chi Modu snapped those camera shots. Earlier this week, the New York Post reported the veteran Hip Hop photographer is in a legal dispute with The Notorious B.I.G.’s estate in […]
New York, NY – Vast Aire revealed his mother and father were both battling serious health issues last month. But sadly his mother, Valerie Y. Grant, didn’t make it. On Wednesday (April 8), the Cannibal Ox MC told RealStreetRadio Grant died after suffering complications from a stroke. Grant passed away at The Mt. Sinai Hospital in […]
Young Thug is teaming up with Chris Brown for a collaborative mixtape. Breezy unexpectedly revealed the two were working on a joint project in an Instagram post on Monday (April 6). “ME AND THUGGA THUGGA @thuggerthugger1 Got a mixtape coming soon,” he wrote. Thugger confirmed the announcement by reposting Brown’s declaration on his own Instagram […]
An unfortunate societal side effect of the COVID-19 pandemic has been reported incidents of xenophobia. Hate crimes and attacks against Asian Americans have spiked so dramatically amidst the pandemic that the Asian Pacific Policy & Planning Council even launched a website to track racially-discriminatory incidents. According to the site, over 750 Asian Americans reported harassment […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine has been released from federal lockup early, and will serve the remaining four months of his sentence on home confinement because of coronavirus concerns, Manhattan Federal Court filings revealed on Thursday — the latest unexpected turn in the controversial Brooklyn rapper’s legal saga. Judge Paul Engelmayer decided to release him after his attorneys […]
Atlanta, GA – Just two weeks after he released his latest single “Stuck Together” featuring Lil Baby, Rich The Kid adds his fellow Atlanta-based rap superstar Future for a verse on the track’s new version. The song appears on Rich The Kid’s new album Boss Man which also dropped on March 12, the same day as the […]
While social distancing efforts have left some with extra free time, it appears Future is keeping himself entertained by breaking out his designer skateboard. Dressed in head-to-toe red — apart from his protective mask — the FreeBandz founder was seen practicing his shredding skills on a Chanel-branded board. In addition to skating, Future has stayed […]
Shortly after Chuck D dropped a bombshell about the future of Public Enemy, his group Enemy Radio — Chuck, DJ Lord, Jahi and the S1Ws — dropped a new album called Loud Is Not Enough. During a recent interview with RealStreetRadio, the P.E. frontman talked about the title of the album. “There’s a lot of people pumping […]
We bet your Zoom calls haven’t been as cool as this. For her appearance on James Corden’s “Homefest” Late Late Show special, Dua Lipa videoconferenced with bandmates and dancers to perform her social-distancing hit “Don’t Start Now,” off her just-released album Future Nostalgia. They did not show up, nor come out — because, after all, […]
Atlanta, GA – Future’s FreeWishes Foundation has teamed up with Atlanta Sewing Style to create custom masks for healthcare professionals and patients currently hospitalized due to the coronavirus pandemic — the appropriately dubbed #MaskOn Campaign. According to a press release, the Atlanta Sewing Style collective is comprised of over 500 sewists and designers who will […]
Drake is once again taking his talents behind the screen. The OVO Sound founder is set to executive produce a series based on Robert Greene’s best-selling book, 48 Laws of Power, for the soon-to-launch short-form video platform, Quibi. The series, which will have the same title as the book, will reportedly “detail the nature of power and how one […]
We don’t care who you are or what your credentials are to make a coronavirus hit — you’ve got nothing on the original, the Knack. The New Wave group’s 1979 debut hit, “My Sharona,” became a natural anthem for the coronavirus pandemic as “My Corona.” Now, a few members of the Knack have come back […]
Atlanta, GA – The saga continues for Future and Eliza Reign, his alleged sixth mother of an 11-month old daughter, regarding their two-year drama and subsequent child support case. Reign, whose real last name is Seraphin, and her attorney are attempting to have the “March Madness” creator to pay $53,754 per month for the baby […]
Drake and Future’s single “Life Is Good” has spent 10 weeks in the Top 5 of the Billboard Hot 100, but one of the double-platinum selling song’s producers hasn’t even spoken to the rap stars. In an interview with RealStreetRadio, Germany’s Ambezza detailed how he ended up producing the highest-charting song of Future’s career. Yet […]
When Eurovision announced its cancellation last week, we mourned our lost chance to ever hear main-stage performances of such future hits as “Think About Things (Daði og Gagnamagnið)” by Daði Freyr (of Iceland) and “SUPERG!RL” by Stefania (of Greece). The BBC won’t be leaving Brits high and dry, though, planning a one-night Eurovision-related program, Eurovision: […]
Oh, if you thought NPR’s Tiny Desk Concerts were stripped down before, welcome to Tiny Desk (Home) Concerts. Doing their part to stop the spread of the coronavirus, NPR is “taking a break from filming at the office,” per the show notes. That means no crowd of NPR employees, no messy bookshelves, and no skinny, […]
Like the rest of the world, Tyler, The Creator and A$AP Rocky are stranded at home while the coronavirus pandemic sweeps across the globe. To pass the time, plenty of artists have been utilizing Instagram Live to connect with their fans and peers. On Sunday (March 22), the Odd Future rapper and A$AP Mob member […]
As events get canceled and postponed right and left, Dua Lipa saw an opening and she took it. The performer, whose song “Don’t Start Now” has already become the perfect social distancing anthem (“Don’t show up, don’t come out” is the best advice for These Times), will now release Future Nostalgia a week earlier, on […]
Swae Lee may be practicing social distancing like the rest of the world, but that’s clearly not stopping him from catering to his fans. The Rae Sremmurd rapper hopped on Instagram Live and put on an undeniably energetic performance, complete with crowd surfacing — sans crowd. In a clip, Swae jumps all over the place […]
New York, NY – Tekashi 6ix9ine is facing yet another multi-million dollar lawsuit. According to Complex, an anonymous woman is suing the currently incarcerated rapper for a 2018 shooting incident that resulted in several injuries. On July 16, 2018, members of the Nine Trey Bloods Gang were filming a video in the Smurf Village apartment […]