Austin, TX – Another major music festival has joined Rolling Loud and the string of others that have postponed or canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic. A spokesperson for Texas-based Hip Hop festival JMBLYA announced on Wednesday (April 1) that the eighth annual event has been postponed from May 1-3 and is rescheduled […]
Jim Jones has responded to 50 Cent’s Instagram post about his affiliation to the Tekashi 6ix9ine trial. During the October 2019 hearing, a recording of the Dipset MC allegedly saying, “[Tekashi] not a gang member no more. He was never a gang member. They going to have to violate shorty because shorty is on some […]
On Wednesday night, Chance The Rapper dropped something weāve (apparently) all been waiting forā¦ a mix tape a list of his favorite character actors. Yes, The Big Day rapper and host of Punkād on Quibi took to Twitter to provide some insight into how heās been spending his quarantine – watching a ton of movies […]
Cozz, REASON and Childish Major rob cardboard cut-out versions of J. Cole and Top Dawg Entertainment boss Anthony “Top Dawg”Ā Tiffith in Dreamville’s new visual for “LamboTruck.” The track finds the three artists swapping tongue-in-cheek bars, lamenting their respective label woes. Taking matters into their own hands,Ā TDE’s REASON and Dreamville‘s Cozz finally decide to jump each […]
Dreamville singer Ari Lennox had an “idols become rivals” moment when she found herself in an Instagram back-and-forth on Wednesday (April 1) with the legendary Snoop Dogg. Lennox’s struggle-filled wig tutorial made its way onto The Shade Room when Snoop made a swiping comment, “Grow your own hair what happened to those days,” accompanied with […]
50 Cent learnedĀ Tekashi 6ix9ineĀ could possibly get out of prison any day now due to coronavirus concerns on Wednesday (April 1). But Fiddy, who once referred to the embattled rapper as his “son,” thinks 6ix9ine going to have to explain why he decided to turn government witness. On Wednesday afternoon, the For LifeĀ producer shared a post […]
New York, NY – Gucci Mane’s 1017 Eskimo artist Yung Mal has a bright 2020 ahead. Fresh off the release of his 6 Rings project, he will undoubtedly be one of the leading voices on the upcoming Cold Day In Hell compilation album. To booster his own album, he’s recruited director Qasquiat (of Lil Uzi […]
Just when it seems like everyoneās holding back on their new music, Troye Sivan provides. The pop star has dropped āTake Yourself Home,ā his first solo follow-up to his 2018 breakout, Bloom, after posting on March 19 that he wanted to move up the release. āWEāRE GOING ROGUE,ā Sivan wrote on Instagram, tagging his labels […]
Ahead of its April 6 air date, the official trailer for Chance the Rapper‘s hosted and executive-produced Punk’d Quibi series has arrived. The MTV show will return in the form of bite-sized episodes, which star unsuspecting celebrity guests like Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Nas X, Migos, French Montana, Ty Dolla $ign, Adam Devine, Scott Disick […]
O.T. Genasis is making his first foray into the movie business. The platinum-selling rapper has landed a role in the upcoming film Dutch directed by Preston Whitmore. “MY FIRST MOVIE -Dutch coming 2020!” O.T. wrote on Instagram. “-Super excited to announce that I have joined the cast in @Dutchthemovie produced by @Mannyhalley coming soon! Be […]
New York, NY – Tekashi 6ix9ine could be out of prison any moment now due to coronavirus concerns. According to Page Six, the embattled rapperĀ could be released from prison as early 5 p.m. Wednesday (April 1) if the Manhattan federal court judge overseeing his case agrees. In a letter sent out Wednesday, Judge Paul Engelmayer […]
Look, look, look: Thereās a camera. And thereās a camera. And thereās a camera right there. Youāre on a prank show! If you donāt remember signing up, itās because you didnāt. Chuck D and Flavor Flav took it upon themselves to pull a little hoax on the public by pretending to split up in order […]
We are living in dark and uncertain times ā some, perhaps, might consider this a āghost storyā ā so let us offer a balm: the musician Moses Sumney, and his sublime music video for āCut Me.ā Released Tuesday, it serves as the perfect entry into the drug that is his voice: It whines and soars […]
The Hip Hop community was up in arms after Chuck D and the rest of Public Enemy announced Flavor Flav had been kicked out of the pioneering group last month. What initially began as a legitimate disagreement over a Bernie Sanders rally erupted into Flav’s immediate dismissal. Suddenly, everyone was talking about it. #ChuckD was […]
The Hip Hop community was up in arms after Chuck D and the rest of Public Enemy announced Flavor Flav had been kicked out of the pioneering group last month. What initially began as a legitimate disagreement over a Bernie Sanders rally erupted into Flav’s immediate dismissal. Suddenly, everyone was talking about it. #ChuckD was […]
Lilo Blues and Tony Konstone, the two talents that make up the Irish duo Hare Squead, are making it their mission to show listeners there is more to them and their music than just Hip Hop.Ā “We do a lot more than just that,” Lilo Blues says in a phone conversation with RealStreetRadio. “I want […]
An 11-year-old cancer patient named Elijah was virtually visited by his three favorite artists — Drake, J. Cole and The Weeknd — a week before he passed away. His cousin Michael Watson II confirmed the sad news on Instagram and shared clips of Elijah’s FaceTime conversations with the three stars on Sunday (March 29). “Over […]
Los Angeles, CA – B-Real and his Dr. Greenthumb’s Marijuana Dispensaries have officially partnered with the vape company Grenco Science. The Cypress Hill MC will act as both a brand ambassador for the company and a collaborator on forthcoming cannabis vape products. āWeāve had a longstanding relationship, and to partner with B-Real in an official […]
If you have been oh, I dunno, fully asleep for the past several weeks, well, letās just say you have some news to catch up on. But the main thing youāve been missing is JoJoās continuously superb presence on Instagram Live. First, she turned her 2004 hit āLeave (Get Out)ā into the first social-distancing anthem. […]
The Netflix documentary Tiger King has been making headlines around the globe as its popularity soars ā but Bun B clearly isn’t a fan. After a controversial video of the show’s star Joe Exotic surfaced online, the UGK legend had to speak out. On Tuesday (March 31), Bun shared a clip of the video in […]
New York, NY – JAY-Z and Rihanna are providing help during the coronavirus pandemic. Hov’s Shawn Carter Foundation and RiRi’s Clara Lionel Foundation have teamed up for a $2 million donation to assist COVID-19 relief efforts in New York and Los Angeles. “In times of crisis, it is imperative that we come together as one […]
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 […]
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,” […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]