Flatbush’s Sheff G has released a new mixtape titled One & Only EMPIRE. The project is the follow-up to his debut The Unluccy Luccy Kid, which dropped in September 2019. The Brooklyn drill rapper’s tape is comprised of 12 tracks. Sleepy Hallow and Young AP make guest appearances on the project. related news Sheff G […]
From her 2014 debut mixtape, Cloud 19, to her just-released sophomore effort It Was Good Until It Wasn’t, Kehlani‘s consistent growth has been tangible. Her lyrical content has gotten stronger as her accolades simultaneously mount up. Of course, fame has its downsides, too. Coming into stardom while still learning and growing on a personal level […]
Conway The Machine still has fans waiting on his debut album for Shady Records, but he’s maintaining a steady flow of new music in the meantime. After dropping the LULU EP with Alchemist in March, the Griselda Records MC links up with producer Big Ghost LTD for a collaborative project titled No One Mourns The […]
Boosie Badazz is finally addressing the issues he has with Webbie after refusing to talk about them in March. On Thursday (May 14), the Baton Rouge-bred rapper hit up Instagram and unleashed on Webbie, essentially calling him out for never reaching out while Boosie was behind bars. “U coulda call me nigga smh,” he began. “smh […]
Swizz Beatz loosely threw the idea around of contributing $1 million each to Hip Hop founders such as Kool Herc and Sugar Hill Gang while speaking to Joe Budden for Beatz’s Zone Radio earlier this week. Now, he’s doubling down and is clearly serious about making it happen. During an Instagram Live conversation with LL Cool […]
Before Run The Jewels were the power duo they are today, El-P was heading his own label Definitive Jux and simultaneously pumping out his own material. For the first time ever, his 2002 solo debut Fantastic Damage is available on all digital streaming platforms. “This album is raw and noisy and fucked up and exactly […]
Leave it to talk show host Wendy Williams to say what everyone else is likely thinking. During Wednesday’s (May 13) episode of Wendy @ Home, Williams condemned Future for having yet another child, this time with baby mama number six (seven, eight?) Eliza Seraphin. She believes any woman who would have sex with the 36-year-old […]
Tekashi, Tekashi, Tekashi — that’s the only name that seems to be popping up since the polarizing rapper made his return on Friday (May 8) with “GOOBA.” The 24-year-old Brooklyn native knows it too. “GOOBA” broke a YouTube record for most streams within a 24-hour period and his Instagram Live session reeled in a record-breaking […]
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If you thought Axl Rose was gonna stop publicly taunting Steve Mnuchin and the Trump Administration, then you were sorely mistaken. After prompting the Treasury Secretary to confuse the U.S. and Liberia last week, Rose and his bandmates have simply refused to take their foot off of the White House’s proverbial neck. Guns N’ Roses […]
Beckett Cypher, Melissa Etheridge’s son with former partner Julie Cypher, has died of causes related to opioid addiction. He was 21. Etheridge’s team announced Cypher’s death on Wednesday evening her official Twitter account. “We’re sad to inform you that Melissa’s son Beckett passed away and there will not be a Concerts From Home show today,” […]
Black Thought and Questlove’s Two One Five Entertainment production company has signed a first-look deal with Universal Television Alternative Studio and Universal Television, which is a subsidiary of NBCUniversal Content Studios. The two have been a part of the NBC family since 2009 when The Roots became the house band for Jimmy Fallon’s talk show. […]
Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta star Mo Fayne is facing federal charges of bank fraud. A press release from the United States Department of Justice on Wednesday (May 13) accuses the reality star, real name Maurice Fayne, of deceitfully obtaining a small business loan meant for COVID-19 relief. Instead of using the loan for its […]
New York City, NY – After a lengthy hiatus following 2009’s Perkins’ 14, award-winning filmmaker Craig Singer is releasing his new horror film 6:45 this fall. A gripping psychological thriller that loosely follows the concept of Groundhog Day, the movie features an eclectic cast, including Hip Hop star Remy Ma. “It was fun,” Remy says of […]
Boosie Badazz will soon be bringing his antics to reality television. In a recent interview with Vlad TV, the outspoken Baton Rouge rapper revealed he already has a show about his life in the can — an it’s going to be a really good one. “I got the best reality show you ever seen,” Boosie […]
Snoop Dogg added a new wrinkle to his already extensive résumé in music, earning his first Top 5 entry on the Hot Latin Songs chart. The West Coast legend’s “Que Maldición” collaboration with Banda MS de Sergio Lizárrga debuted at No. 4. “I’ve always been a fan of banda music, and the collab just felt […]
Hip-hop lost a visionary thinker and a lifelong tastemaker over the weekend in the late Andre Harrell, founder of the seminal hip-hop label Uptown Records, home to a number of the architects of the new-jack-swing revolution of the ’80s and ’90s and an integral stepping stone for black music icons like Sean “Puff Daddy” Combs, […]
Even Chrissy Lampkin had to laugh at a meme poking fun at her and longtime boyfriend Jim Jones’ delay to walk down the aisle. The meme joked the COVID-19 lockdown will be in effect until Jones finally marries her. After it went viral earlier this week, Lampkin shared it to her page on Tuesday (May […]
While Rihanna has spent the pandemic saving the world, Ariana Grande is spending it like the rest of us — waiting for a new Rihanna album. “I’m really glad that she’s putting in so much effort. It means a lot,” Grande told Zane Lowe of the wait for R9, in an interview promoting her Justin […]
The coronavirus pandemic has thrown a wrench into 2020, but the year presumably means a lot to Wu-Tang Clan. Multiple members are celebrating album anniversaries, including the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard. ODB’s classic Return To The 36 Chambers: The Dirty Version was remastered for a deluxe edition, which was re-released in March to honor the […]
As the Verzuz platform heats up on Instagram Live, Swizz Beatz is brainstorming with his peers to come up with the next potential battle. During a recent Live conversation with Joe Budden for Beatz’s Zone Radio, the veteran producer threw around the idea of pitting Rakim against Big Daddy Kane in a “verses only” battle. […]
Boosie Badazz has sparked controversy once again. In his latest incident, the Baton Rouge-bred rapper has elicited outrage for bragging about getting a “grown woman” to perform oral sex on his underage son and nephews. “Ain’t finna get my son no muthafuckin’ shit out here,” he said in an Instagram livestream. “I’m training these boys […]
Snoop Dogg is stepping up to the plate as a potential Verzuz challenger for JAY-Z. On the heels of DMX calling out Hov for a battle, the D-O-Double-G contends he’s the appropriate opponent for an Instagram Live clash with the Roc Nation boss. During an interview with Fat Joe, Snoop explained why — in his […]
Lil Dicky a.k.a. Dave Burd’s foray into television is a huge hit for FX Networks. The comedic rapper’s Dave series is now the company’s most-watched comedy series, surpassing a viewership record previously held by Donald Glover’s Atlanta. Dave, which finished airing its first season in April, has attracted an average episodic audience of 5.32 million […]
For over a decade, Hayley Williams sold gale-force emotional reckoning as the lead singer of Paramore, one of the most successful bands on the forefront of the mainstream emo revolution of the middle aughts. Hard-charging riffs carried her sweeping vocals and incisive lyrics across the country, building the band’s profile through endless touring. Paramore stayed […]
Pioneering, flamboyant, eccentric — Little Richard was all these things, and then some. And just as his anarchic performances suggested, the late legend was just as wild away from the piano, living a life full of sex, drugs, spirituality, generosity, sex, bravado, kindness, and some more sex. The immediate outpouring following his May 9 death […]
As the planet reels in anxiety and grief, Matty Healy sounds surprisingly calm, almost as if he’d expected this, or certainly hadn’t been entirely surprised by it. “It is a very, very odd time,” he says over the phone from the recording studio in the English countryside where he’s been quarantining with the drummer-producer George […]
SmokePurpp and a woman who appears to have been romantically involved with him are at odds, and they’re taking the issues to social media. On Saturday (May 9), both Purpp and the woman, who seems to go by Jessie, used their respective Instagram Stories to call each other out, with Jessie admitting that she was […]
The music community was in mourning last week when the news of Andre Harrell’s death started to circulate. DJ D-Nice first announced his passing during an Instagram Live session and his passing was later confirmed by the New York Times. The Uptown Records founder, who was responsible for launching the careers of megastars such as […]
Irv Gotti has issued a public service announcement of sorts. The main takeaway — stop giving 50 Cent attention. Over the weekend, the Murder Inc. co-founder blasted the television mogul for claiming he owed Southwest T money. He implored his roughly 667,000 Instagram followers to essentially stop feeding trolls, especially when there are much more […]