The audacity of Jamie xx to release a great new dance track while the clubs are closed and we’re all stuck in our homes. Guess we’ll just have to improvise. The English producer and xx member formally dropped his song “Idontknow” today, his first solo track since his beautiful first album, In Colour, in 2015. […]
New York, NY – There is no shortage of social media apps available in 2020, and it can be difficult, if not impossible, to keep up with them all. Today’s independent Hip Hop artists, however, know that social media is a key pipeline to success, as it’s a way to connect with both old friends […]
After Nicki Minaj switched up her name on social media, fans thought her marriage might be on the rocks. But according to Page Six, all is well with the newlyweds. “Nicki Minaj is still with her man,” a source close to the artist reportedly said. “It’s just business as usual for her highness as she prepares to release […]
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,” […]
Actress Rita Wilson and her husband Tom Hanks were two of the first celebrities to go public with their COVID-19 diagnoses last month. While quarantined in Australia, where they’d been filming a movie, Wilson curbed her boredom one evening by reciting the lyrics to Naughty By Nature’s 1993 hit “Hip Hop Hooray” for her 1 […]
This January, in the midst of creating Yeezy couture; a compound in Cody, Wyoming; and putting on weekly Sunday Services, Kanye West lost close friend Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter accident along with eight other people in Calabasas, California. West threw an emergency midnight Sunday Service that night, and just three days later, […]
Ambezza has seen a bunch of industry doors open up thanks to his production work on Future and Drake’s multi-platinum selling hit “Life Is Good,” which was the first song in Billboard history to spend its first eight weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100. Yet the German producer, who’s English is A-1, has […]
It’s been exactly 10 years since the arrival of Wiz Khalifa’s trailblazing debut mixtape Kush & Orange Juice. To celebrate the critically acclaimed breakthrough project, Wiz is releasing a collectible vinyl edition Rostrum Records on Friday (April 17). The double LP release contains two cloudy green 180-gram discs and comes wrapped in ziplock shrink wrap […]
The major test of American Idol comes from its live aspects: Contestants perform in one take for a live audience, with the judges staring them down front and center. So the coronavirus pandemic throws the show for a real loop, especially with the top 20 preparing to perform for America’s votes for the first time. […]
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 […]
DJ Khaled, like many people stuck at home amid the coronavirus pandemic, is struggling to stay well-groomed. The We The Best Music Group founder lamented his shaggy look and laughed at his need for a haircut in an Instagram post on Monday (April 13). “THEY DONT WANT ME TO GET A HAIRCUT SMH !” he […]
Quaran-who? Armed with a face mask in his new album art, DaBaby is not letting the coronavirus pandemic stop him. The rapper just announced that his upcoming album, Blame It on Baby, is out this Friday, April 17. That’s seven months after his last album, Kirk, and just 13 after his debut album, Baby on […]
Damon Dash will reportedly have to pay a six-figure sum after losing a recent lawsuit. According to TMZ, the Hip Hop mogul has been ordered to cough up $300,000 plus interest to author Edwyna Brooks after she claimed they’d made a deal in 2015 for Dash to direct a mafia film called Mafietta that was based […]
What can’t Lady Gaga do? With ample free time after delaying new album Chromatica, the star put on her glasses to organize a star-studded first-of-its-kind coronavirus special, One World: Together at Home. She’s already brought together the three major late-night hosts to emcee and worked with Global Citizen to raise a nice $35 million for […]
50 Cent has a new book coming out called Hustle Harder, Hustle Smarter, which is undoubtedly packed with revelations on a wide range of topics. According to Page Six, there’s a part in the book where the television mogul admits Gayle King once confronted him over the negative comments he’s made about Oprah Winfrey over the years. […]
Kid Cudi has shared a new song titled “Leader Of The Delinquents.” It’s his first release since his 2018 joint album with Kanye West titled Kids See Ghosts. Long time collaborator Dot Da Genius links with Arkateqq to supply the beat. Cudi starts with a quarantine update before reflecting on self-destructive attempts to cope with life’s […]
Demi Lovato may be on the cover of the May issue of Harper’s Bazaar, but the real story here is which teen stars she is, and isn’t, still friends with. So let’s run through. Ariana Grande? “I love the fact that Ariana and I have such a supportive friendship because it’s hard to find,” Lovato […]
This is so exciting that we actually heard our pork rolls screaming from the fridge while gelling their hair. The New Jersey Pandemic Relief Fund announced on Tuesday that the state’s two foremost music royals, Bruce Springsteen and Jon Bon Jovi, will be coming together for a benefit show to raise money to “fight the […]
“Easy does it,” Kid Cudi urges on his new single “Leader of the Delinquents,” and the message couldn’t come at a better time. The rapper dropped his new song, his first solo music since his 2016 album Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin,’ and his first release since Kids See Ghosts, his collaboration with Kanye that spawned […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine’s legal team promised their client wouldn’t be engaging in questionable online behavior, but it looks like the polarizing rapper isn’t heeding their recommendations. After making his grand return to social media on earlier this month, he’s now trolling Tory Lanez during the Toronto native’s Instagram Live show, Quarantine Radio. On Monday night (April 13), 6ix9ine […]
Los Angeles, CA – Bryson Tiller fans received a pleasant surprise from the True To Self singer, who gifted fans with the full version of a leaked track after stumbling upon it himself. related news After Years Of Infighting, Pretty Ricky Are Back To Their Panty-Dropping R&B Jams April 13, 2020 In a tweet on […]
Memphis, TN – When it comes to creating a sound, Grammy-nominated super-producer, Tay Keith, is highly sought after. The Memphis producer built his name up producing for Blocboy JB, and has since then gone on to devise renowned beats for Beyoncé, Drake, Travis Scott, Eminem and more. Pulling back to his Memphis roots, Tay Keith […]
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 […]
When Pretty Ricky made their debut in 2004 with their platinum-selling single “Grind With Me,” the group from the 305 were instant fan-favorites for their raunchy, sensual take on Hip Hop and R&B. The song led the group to ink a deal with Atlantic Records, and from there, Pretty Ricky exploded onto the mainstream, becoming […]
Westside Gunn informed fans about his own COVID-19 diagnosis Instagram on Sunday (April 12). The Griselda Records leader detailed his experience with the coronavirus and explained why he kept the information from the public for weeks. “I have a confession to Make I’m a Corona Survivor,” he wrote. “I didn’t want anybody feeling sorry for […]
In case you were unaware, the world celebrated a holiday on Sunday, April 12: the 15th anniversary of The Emancipation of Mimi, Mariah Carey’s supposed comeback album (though you could argue she was never gone), which featured such hits as “We Belong Together” and “It’s Like That.” It coincided with another holiday, Easter, a.k.a. The […]
Los Angeles, CA – As most Americans continue to abide by the nationwide stay-at-home orders, the need for exercise seems more paramount. The possibility of actually disappearing into the couch as we type away on our laptops or dive into our 10th Netflix binge of the week almost seems plausible. That’s where celebrity trainer and author Mark […]
Adult Swim Singles has shared a new song from R.A. The Rugged Man, which serves as the 23rd entry in the 2019-2020 program. Titled “Dragon Fire,” the track is the latest single from the Long Island MC’s forthcoming album All My Heroes Are Dead and features contributions from Ghostface Killah, Masta Killa and Kool G Rap. All My […]
Diddy held his nine-hour Team Love Dance-A-Thon Instagram Live on Easter Sunday (April 12). A number of his celebrity friends popped in during the session, including DJ Khaled, Drake, Snoop Dogg, LeBron James and Lizzo. While Lizzo was on camera, she attempted to start twerking, but Diddy quickly stopped her, saying, “Whoa whoa whoa whoa. […]
Few performers were more tied to the career of folk songwriter John Prine, who died April 7 due to COVID-19, than Bonnie Raitt. Her 1974 performance of Prine’s “Angel From Montgomery” turned the song into the standard it is today, and she’s often performed it with Prine. Raitt posted a video message from her home […]