Austin, TX – Shortly after the Beastie Boys, Ozzy Osbourne and Trent Reznor announced they’d pulled out of the annual South By Southwest music festival, the Austin-based event has been canceled. According to a statement on the official SXSW website, the coronavirus is to blame. “We are devastated to share this news with you,” the […]
Los Angeles, CA – Back in the early 2000s, Jadakiss and Allen Iverson were heavily instrumental in fostering the NBA’s apparent relationship with the Hip Hop community through a pair of Reebok commercials that exemplified both of their talents. During a recent interview with RealStreetRadio, the Ignatius creator explained, if anything, their pairing was organic. […]
On February 8, 2020 Hip Hop fans and journalists celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of his second solo LP, Supreme Clientele. In the sphere of Hip Hop superstition, the âsophomore slumpâ is more feared among rappers than the curse of Lil B is to NBA players. But Supreme Clientele went the opposite way. […]
In a week, the ongoing contract dispute between Houston rapper Megan Thee Stallion and 1501 Certified Entertainment, the Texas indie record label that signed her in 2018, has rapidly devolved into one of the most lurid rap-label tiffs in recent memory. On Sunday, Megan told fans that 1501 was attempting to block the release of […]
Lil Uzi Vert has finally delivered his Eternal Atake album after years of delays. The project was expected to arrive later this month, but Uzi evidently felt his fans had been patient enough. He made the surprise announcement Twitter on Friday morning (March 6). “YALL READY TODAY IS TH DAY!!!” he wrote in all caps. “FUCK […]
In a certain world, you could sum up the mid-â90s with Stephen Malkmus, crying while drinking a martini, singing Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh. Malkmusâs group, Pavement, is still one of the great examples of what was thought possible with guitars and irony at the dawn of the internet. Decades later, we caught up with the joke, and […]
Austin, TX – The surviving members of the Beastie Boys â Mike “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horvitz â have been forced to pull of Austin’s annual South By Southwest music festival due to the coronavirus. The two Hip Hop pioneers were scheduled to participate in the film portion of the event to discuss […]
Dua Lipa has predicted the latest trend: canceling group-fitness classes over coronavirus concerns and getting well fit in the comfort of your own apartment/quarantine chamber. That has to be the reason why she released the âLetâs Get Physical Work Out Videoâ today, after already releasing a somewhat less interactive music video for her single, âPhysicalâ […]
Grafh has linked up with DJ Green Lantern to drop The Oracle 3 mixtape. The duo’s project arrives 12 years after the previous entry in the series. The 15-track tape features collaborations with Conway The Machine, Benny The Butcher, Bun B, Royce Da 5’9, KXNG Crooked, Rittz, JAG, Hopsin and Dope Gang Porter. Production is […]
Our most beloved talented musicians are positively obsessed with stringing fans along by releasing every imaginable type of project but new music. The latest to do so? Kendrick Lamar. And his nonmusic passion? It isnât menswear. It isnât a fragrance, or a memoir, or making a feature-length kung-fu film. Itâs ⊠global, multilingual, creative media […]
Miami, FL – It’s been nearly three months since Nick Cannon and Eminem engaged in a mostly one-sided beef. But naturally, it’s still a topic of conversation whenever the Wild ‘N Out host sits down for an interview. During a recent conversation with Miami’s 99 Jamz radio, Cannon suggested the situation was too much for […]
Megan Thee Stallion took to ESPN, a natural platform for any rising musical artist, to chat about her faith in the Houston Rocketsâ postseason performance. But for those abreast of her recent record-label drama, the ESPN talk-show appearance was also a sly takedown of 1501 Certified Entertainment label CEO Carl Crawford, a former MLB star, […]
New York, NY – 50 Cent appeared to get the last laugh after NYPD Deputy Inspector Emanuel Gonzalez â the cop who allegedly told his fellow officers to shoot the Power exec “on sight” â was demoted. Fiddy headed to Instagram on Wednesday (March 4) to gloat about the news. “Remember this guy Commanding officer […]
We can never hold that much of a grudge against the pop savant who gifted our planet with âOblivionâ and Art Angels, but Grimesâs relationship with billionaire industrialistâmad scientist Elon Musk has certainly alienated some of her fans. The very online singer-producer-dater-of-Musk knows this and addresses the political dissonance of her relationship in a recent […]
De La Soul and Tommy Boy Records had a very public dispute over contract negotiations last year. In a recent interview with Creative Loafing Tampa Bay, Posdnuos hinted a reconciliation with their original label was possibly in the works, but he didn’t outline the details of what that means. â(Tommy Boy) sort of came back to […]
Demi Lovato cried seeing her 27th birthday cake and it wasnât just because cake is a heavenly food. The singer and Quibi host revealed on The Ellen Show that her previous management team would âcontrolâ her diet so much that she was never allowed to have things like birthday cake. Their control, which included removing […]
Young Dolph has made it quite clear he’s ending his career as an artist after clearing out his Instagram account and hinting at hanging up his trapper microphone. “I’m done doing music so I can go kick it with my son,” Dolph told Complex on Wednesday (March 4). Thursday (March 5) also marks the Memphis […]
Harris County, TX – Following Megan Thee Stallion’s impromptu Suga announcement, Carl Crawford and 1501 Certified Entertinamnet have rushed to demand an emergency court hearing to try and prevent the project’s impending release. The Houston Hottie is currently planning to drop her debut album this Friday (March 6) — a move that was made possible by […]
Statik Selektah is partnering up with Mass Appeal Records for his next album. According to Billboard, the veteran producer has inked a deal with Nas’ label for his upcoming LP titled The Balancing Act. “Mass Appeal and I have always seen eye to eye with how Hip Hop should be represented, and this album is […]
Lil Baby just dropped the video for the Lil Wayne-assisted single “Forever.” The two rappers deliver floss-heavy performances over an epic orchestral-inspired trap beat in the flashy heaven-and-hell themed video. Lil Baby can be seen rocking a sweatsuit with a flame pattern throughout the video while Weezy dons a dramatic trench coat. Both rappers stunt […]
Swae Lee channels a nostalgic ambience in his latest infomercial-themed music video for “Someone Said” days after its release (February 28). The Rae Sremmurd member recreates late-night commercials on an elderly lady’s television set as she falls asleep. In the vintage-styled visual Swae advertises a greatest-hits album with his boy-band, operates a sex hotline, and […]
Itâs the year 2020 and the prodigal Dixie Chicks have finally returned, no thanks to George W. Bush and his ilk. Their new Jack Antonoff-produced single and music video, âGaslighter,â dropped today, ahead of the May release of Gaslighter, the first new Chicks album in 14 years. Naturally, we have a landslide of feelings about […]
Jadakiss chose to delay his Ignatius album last week following the death of Pop Smoke, but The LOX MC is back in promo mode with the LP due out on Friday (March 6). Ahead of the project’s release, Jada shared the official tracklist on Wednesday (March 4). The veteran rapper’s fifth solo album is comprised […]
San Diego, CA – Public Enemy frontman Chuck D and the other members of Public Enemy Radio â Jahi, DJ Lord and the S1Ws â announced Flavor Flav was dismissed from the pioneering Hip Hop group last week. The move followed Flav’s perceived outrage over the Public Enemy name being used to promote a Bernie […]
The entertainment industry has rapidly responded to the CDCâs warning that Americans should brace for a coronavirus outbreak. Globally, there are over 90,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, identified as COVID-19, primarily in mainland China, where it originated. In the United States, the number has risen to at least 130 confirmed cases. In an effort to […]
Oh, so youâre a connoisseur of ballet? Name every member of BTS, then. After the release of their new album Map of the Soul: 7 and the music video for âOn,â Jungkook, RM, J-Hope, Jin, Jimin, V, and Suga are back with another music video that will almost definitely shatter YouTube. For âBlack Swan,â the […]
50 Cent vowed to take responsibility for finishing Pop Smoke’s last album on Sunday (March 1). The 20-year-old Brooklyn rapper was shot and killed during a home invasion in the Hollywood Hills last month, putting a swift end to his burgeoning career. On Tuesday (March 3), the For Life exec hit up Instagram and revealed Pop […]
Short film for Eternal Atake âBabyPlutoâ ?? Watch here ? pic.twitter.com/ZSsgJsQU19 — BABY PLUTO ?âïž?Âź (@LILUZIVERT) March 4, 2020 Lil Uzi Vert has released the trailer for his long-awaited second album, Eternal Atake, and delivered on the intergalactic imagery he has hinted at in cryptic tweets about the project. Directed by Gibson Hazard and featuring […]
If you thought your Valentineâs Day was bad, just take a look at Harry Styles. The former One Direction member was robbed at knifepoint in London on February 14, luckily escaping unscathed. Styles, whoâs about to tour his album Fine Line, opened up to Howard Stern about the altercation, clarified that, hey, there was way […]
1501 Certified Entertainment CEO Carl Crawford was apparently blindsided by Megan Thee Stallion claims the label was holding her music hostage after she attempted to renegotiate her contract. On Monday (March 2), a Texas federal judge granted Meg a temporary restraining order against both Crawford and 1501 ordering they “do nothing to prevent the release, […]