Princess Nokia has dropped two albums, Everything Is Beautiful and Everything Sucks. The LPs are her first new releases since 2018’s A Girl Cried Red mixtape. Everything Is Beautiful features 12 tracks, including a collaboration with Terrace Martin. Everything Sucks is comprised of 10 tracks with production handled by Chris Lare. related news Princess Nokia […]
With the backing ofĀ JAY-Z and Yo Gotti,Ā the social justice department of Roc Nation has filed another lawsuit against the Mississippi Department of Corrections. It marks the second suit they’ve filed this year. Team Roc ā the philanthropic arm of Roc Nation ā wants the “barbaric” conditions at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman addressed immediately […]
According to Clipse‘s former manager, Anthony “Geezy” Gonzalez, all those drug-dealing raps Pusha T and Malice spit were really based on Geezy’s own life of dope pushing since he was 15 years old. The group isn’t together anymore, though. Malice now goes by No Malice and has turned his life over to the Lord and […]
Remember the old days when yelling āRihannaās impact!ā didnāt mean another queen is delaying their album? Weāre old now. And so weary. And yet, SZA told Rolling Stone her highly anticipated sophomore album might not even be an album. āMusic is coming out this year for sure,ā she said. āAn album? Strong words.ā Okay, technically, […]
Ontario-based producer Elaquent has released hisĀ Forever Is A Pretty Long Time albumĀ featuring Oddisee, Blu, Cavalier and Guilty Simpson. The project features 13 tracks, including the previously released single “Airwalk” featuring Chester Watson. āIām fortunate to have a few Hip Hop veterans on my album, but it was important to me to have some fresh faces […]
Future has reportedly accused Eliza Seraphin, another mother to one of his many children, of referring to her 10-month-old baby girl Reign as a “check baby.” According to TMZ, Future’s legal team defined the term as “slang terminology describing a child conceived solely for the purposes of extorting monies from the father of a child […]
Here is a list of very, very important wicked things: āElphaba at the end of āAs Long As Youāre Mineā āHow smaht Matt Damon is in Good Will Hunting āāWicked Gameā by Chris Isaak, as covered by CĆ©line Dion Yes, you read that third one right. For a Spotify Singles session, CĆ©line Dion has recorded […]
The ongoing blending of the music and podcast worlds ā thanks to aggressive podcast investments from both Spotify and Sony Music Entertainment ā has led to an interesting new hybrid marketing tactic: artists, from all genres and at all career stages, are now creating podcasts to promote their albums. In June 2019, the Pixies launched […]
Pete Davidson is right about one thing. After his breakup with Ariana Grande, the world collectively rebounded with Thank U, Next. So, he figures, Grande got her double-album drop and now he gets his Netflix special, Alive From New York. In his set, sandwiched between the Dan Crenshaw controversy and 9/11 jokes, Davidson attempts to […]
Justin Timberlake couldnāt not be a part of the musical ensemble for Trolls World Tour, the sequel to 2016ās hit animated movie Trolls, after he kept moms dancing into 2020 with āCanāt Stop the Feeling.ā This time, heās brought SZA along for the ride. Thank God, honestly. āThe Other Sideā is a deeply infectious, groovy […]
While on a trip to Puerto Rico last June for the Puerto Rock Steady Music Festival, J Dilla’s mother Ma Dukes invited Dres to come by the house for a home cooked meal after the show. Of course, the Black Sheep MC happily obliged. As they broke bread together, she blessed him withĀ a rare, once-in-a-lifetime […]
New York, NY – As Run-DMC was on the journey to becoming the celebrated, pioneering Hip Hop group they are today, they had an ample amount of help from the people they grew up with in Hollis, Queens. Runny Ray, who was part of the Hollis Crew, would handle a host of duties for Rev […]
As friends, fans and loved ones continue to mourn the sudden deaths of Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna, LL Cool J sat down with Entertainment Tonight to discuss his relationship with the late L.A. Laker. During the interview, Mr. Ladies Love Cool James ā wearing hisĀ Rock The Bells jacket ā recalled discouraging Bryant […]
High Fidelityās full official playlist includes 133 songs, courtesy of the wide-ranging curation of the seriesā music-supervision team. That amounts to nearly nine hours of music, spanning too many micro-genres to count, featuring a wide array of artists ranging from instantly recognizable (Bowie, Prince, Nina Simone) to āI donāt know it, but I know I […]
Beep, beep, heavy load coming through. The boys of BTS ā RM, J-Hope, Jimin, Jin, Jungkook, V, and Suga ā crammed into James Cordenās magical self-driving SUV for their debut āCarpool Karaoke.ā Seriously, how often does James Corden get to use the back row of seats? And do you think they had to play rock, […]
Big Turks (Rome Streetz, Jamal Gasol and Lord Juco) teamed up with Rim Da Villin for a track called “Seven” on their self-titled debut LP. Months after its release, the trio has connected with producer Mr. Green to give the song the remix treatment. “I had been hearing about Rome Streetz for a minute, so […]
Philadelphia, PA – The Roots have joined Hip Hop legends such as Wu-Tang Clan and The Notorious B.I.G. in getting a street named in their honor. Philadelphia’s City Council has recognized a portion of East Passyunk Avenue as the official avenue of the Philly-bred band. Black Thought, Questlove and the rest of the group’s stretch […]
Los Angeles, CA – There’s a part on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp A Butterfly track “Wesley’s Theory” that finds Dr. Dre dolling out some valuable advice to the then-burgeoning MC. “Yo, what’s up? It’s Dre/Remember the first time you came out to the house?” he says. “You said you wanted a spot like mine/But remember, […]
Washington, D.C. – Pepsi celebrated Black History Month by presenting its inaugural Historically Better Gala at The Howard Theatre in Washington D.C. on Monday (February 24). The event was hosted by former 106 & Park host Terrence J, Power star Naturi Naughton and The Breakfast Club’s Angela Yee and DJ Envy. The gala honored the […]
Fat Joe and Dre are back with a video for “Hands On You,” one of 11 new songs on Family Ties.Ā Directed by Irv Gotti, the visual begins with Bryson Tiller and Jeremiah, who both contribute to the track, pulling up at Joe’s plush mansion. Along with Joe’s mystery woman, they all head out for a […]
More than a decade after her last album and many years of a completely retreating from the public eye, Welsh singer-songwriter Duffy revealed on social media on Tuesday the horrendous circumstances that lead to her anonymity in the 2010s: She was the victim of an abduction. āMany of you wonder what happened to me, where […]
When the High Fidelity reboot was in preproduction ā before ZoĆ« Kravitz had even signed on to play Rob, a role made famous by John Cusack in the 2000 movie ā music supervisors Manish Raval, Alison Rosenfeld, and Tom Wolfe of Aperture started making playlists. The producers made their own mixes, as did Kravitz once […]
Buffalo, NY – One of the more intriguing things about the iceberg that is Griseldaās journey ā which has culminated in a rather quick ascent over the past two years ā is the stories that lay just beneath the surface. One such timeline is producer Camoflauge Monk who has been part of the circle since […]
Noa James’ innate ability to communicate his feelings through not only the lyrics of his music but also the mood it sets is evident once again on his latest project. On Tuesday (February 25), the Inland Empire-based MC returned with The Love Was Never Hidden, a six-track journey into his emotional, mental and spiritual growth. […]
Following the NBA’s Hip Hop friendly All-Star Weekend, the heads at Bleacher Report and Mitchell & Ness have teamed up with a handful of prominent rappers to pay tribute to their hometown teams with a rather unique music-meets-basketball mash-up. On Tuesday (February 25), the NBA Remix Collection was introduced which features custom jerseys, T-shirts, hoodies, […]
Los Angeles, CA – Muuzictyme Entertainment Network ā the worldās premier black-owned, independent pay-per-view concert network ā is teaming up with RealStreetRadio 2019 Rapper of the Year DaBaby to launch their innovative new platform that brings live concert experiences to smartphones and smart TVs across the globe. View this post on Instagram YOU DONāT WANT […]
Tory Lanez has announced he’s moving on from Interscope Records. The Canadian rapper tweeted the news on Monday afternoon (February 24) while plugging his next project New Toronto 3.Ā “ITS OFFICIAL, NEW TORONTO 3 COMES OUT MARCH !!!!” he wrote in all caps. “AND AS SOON AS YOU HEAR IT … I HAVE OFFICIALLY FINISHED […]
Best Coastās last album, 2015ās California Nights, was the ultimate Best Coast album: crisp, guitar-driven music about love and getting high in California. But when a journalist recently asked front woman Bethany Cosentino how many songs on her bandās new album, Always Tomorrow, were about California, she recalls having to break the news that, this […]
Dame Dash was seen yelling at his children in a heated therapy session — or attempt at one — on an episode of WE TV’s Growing Up Hip Hop. In a clip from the show, the Hip Hop mogul repeatedly called his son Damon “Boogie” Dash Jr. and daughter Ava Dash “stupid” before labeling them […]
Last month, basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his teenage daughter, Gianna āGigiā Bryant, were tragically killed in a helicopter crash while flying over the city of Calabasas, California. Seven other people, including the pilot, were also killed in the crash. On February 24, the public was able to mourn and honor their lives with āA […]