Whether or not you personally celebrate Easter, we can all come together as one today to watch Andrea Bocelli just absolutely knock one out of the park.On Sunday, the famed Italian opera singer and an organist performed a concert, titled “Andrea Bocelli: Music for Hope,” from an empty Milan Cathedral, singing songs including “Panis Angelicus,” […]
RealStreetRadio – This week in Hip Hop, DJ Premier and RZA went head-to-head — virtually — in an epic Instagram Live battle. The Hip Hop community also lost two burgeoning rappers: Shoreline Mafia affiliate Mac P Dawg and Philadelphia’s model-turned-rapper Chynna. Finally, Tory Lanez‘s Quarantine Radio suffered a short-lived ban on Instagram. DJ Premier & […]
Q-Tip celebrated his birthday on Friday (April 10) but ended up giving fans a gift of sorts Instagram. While thanking his followers for the birthday well wishes, the legendary MC/producer unveiled the titles of three albums he’s got in the works. “Thank u for all the bday love… but I have something to share w […]
Naughty By Nature opens up their music vault with the release of the Forgotten Quarantined Archives. The trio’s new EP features songs the group says have been “in the stash for years.” Treach, Vin Rock and DJ Kay Gee’s latest project includes seven tracks and guest appearances by Anthony Hamilton and Tah G Ali. Production […]
What began as a simple challenge by Brazilian DJ Nyack has blossomed into a full-blown movement dedicated to the influence of the legendary DJ Premier. “[DJ Premier] inspired many of us, so I decided to pay homage with this video,” Nyack wrote on Instagram, nominating DJs such as Skratch Bastid and X-Ecutioners member DJ Boogie […]
N.O.R.E. is pretty busy with his Drink Champs podcast nowadays, but he’s still finding time to make new music. The veteran rapper has linked up with Grammy Award-winning production team J.U.S.T.I.C.E. League for a collaborative EP titled Patio Furniture. The Capone-N-Noreaga MC’s five-track project is the follow-up to 2018’s 5E album. Raekwon, Dave East, Emanny, […]
New York, NY – Of all the musical genres in the 21st century, country music seems to be the least receptive to a Hip Hop crossover. So one can imagine the surprise when country music star Skyler Clark — whose best-known song is, perhaps, 2016’s “Beer Season” — appeared on a rap track called “Country […]
Toosii — the New York-born, Raleigh-based upstart who’s been commonly mistaken for DaBaby‘s younger brother — is gearing up to become the next rap star out of North Carolina. After spending the last two years touring with DaBaby, Polo G and Summer Walker, Toosii released his debut studio album, Platinum Heart, this February. An entirely solo 13-track effort, the […]
Salt-n-Pepa became a trending Twitter topic on Saturday night (April 11) after Lifetime premiered the first trailer for its upcoming biopic about the groundbreaking Hip Hop duo. The forthcoming film is a three-hour saga chronicling the journeys of Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton — from their roots as nursing students at Queensborough Community College […]
Instagram – After being postponed on Sunday (April 5), it appears that a new date has been set in stone for the highly anticipated battle between legendary producer/songwriters Teddy Riley and Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds. In a lengthy Instagram post that began by thanking fans for their birthday wishes, 62-year-old Babyface noted that the two will […]
It’s Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds’ birthday today, and he’s celebrating by challenging Teddy Riley to an Instagram Live musical battle. Well, technically, he’s re-challenging the producer and songwriter to an Instagram Live musical battle. The pair were supposed to square off on Sunday, but Swizz Beatz, who’s been organizing IG Live “Verzuz” battles, announced that the […]
We are in the thick of the coronavirus quarantine now, with schools likely to remain closed for the rest of the school year, and your rendition of Frozen II has gone from “Idina Menzel would be proud” to “Who is strangling that parrot to the tune of ‘Into the Unknown’?” You’re no Adele Dazeem, but […]
The world might be in shambles, but life is apparently still good for Future. In an interview with XXL, the Atlanta superstar hopped on a $15 million yacht to discuss his upcoming album Life Is Good. “It’s about life and being good and just enjoying life,” Future said. “So many tragedies and catastrophes and everything is going […]
J Stone targeted Wack 100 Instagram on Thursday (April 9), accusing the longtime music manager of essentially being a coward during an alleged confrontation with the late Nipsey Hussle. “Aye @wack100 you a Bitch in Real Life!!” he wrote. “And to keep it all the way 100, Nigga Nip hopped out on yo ass, got in yo […]
As the world remembers Fountains of Wayne member and songwriter Adam Schlesinger, who died April 1 due to COVID-19, the band’s singer Chris Collingwood wants them to look beyond “Stacy’s Mom,” their biggest hit. “I tried to talk him out of ‘Stacy’s Mom,’” Collingwood tells Rolling Stone in a long-ranging interview. “He was too good […]
Ahead of his Instagram Live battle against DJ Premier, RZA admitted his pivot to the television and film industry has left him “kind of out of the [musical] culture.” “You don’t hear a lot of production from me, a lot of songs,” the Wu-Tang Clan leader told Complex on Thursday (April 9), two days before […]
What happened to “Cheetah girls, cheetah sisters?” “Amigas, cheetahs, friends for life?” All those lyrics that an entire generation of people has ingrained in their brains instead of basic math? The Cheetah Girls — Raven-Symoné, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, and Sabrina Bryant — have parted ways since delighting millions in their Disney Channel Original movies […]
As Nicki Minaj once prophesized, you do indeed “gotta keep an eye out for Selener.” In her music video for Rare deluxe single “Boyfriend,” Ms. Gomez goes full Hustlers, courting multiple guys and spiking their drinks with a purple elixir so she can take them home. Side effects may include tripping out of your mind […]
The Weeknd has stepped forward to clarify his remarks about inspiring Usher’s 2012 single “Cllimax.” After Diplo, who produced the song, admitted he drew from the sonics of The Weeknd’s 2011 debut mixtape House of Balloons, Weeknd jumped online to pay homage to Usher and state there was no beef. “Of course media blows things out of proportion […]
Logic has been radio silent when it comes to social media and that’s very much by design. On Friday (April 10), Mr. Bobby Tarantino provided an update for his fans and explained he’s been buried in work. He also noted the arrival of his baby boy who his wife, Brittney Noell, delivered sometime this year. […]
There are two types of celebrity feuds: regular beefs, and what Arrested Development once deemed boyfights. Taylor and Kanye? That’s a feud. Cuomo brothers? Boyfight. Usher and the Weeknd aren’t brothers, so that’s a plain old feud. Noel and Liam Gallagher? Textbook boyfight. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Liam Gallagher has been trying to get his […]
Pedro Almodóvar has a score to settle (from the comfort of his Madrid apartment). The director used his latest “Quarantine Diary,” translated and published by IndieWire, to let go of a weird interaction he and his Pain and Glory star Antonio Banderas had with Madonna back in 1990. The filmmaker recalled inviting Madonna to a […]
Stephen Colbert continued to pay tribute to John Prine on The Late Show on April 9, bringing on Dave Matthews to perform a song by the late songwriter, who died April 7 at 73. Matthews sang “Speed of the Sound of Loneliness,” off Prine’s 1986 album German Afternoons and later performed by Prine with Nanci […]
When G-Unit was at its peak, you would have been hard-pressed to go somewhere with Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and the squad and not see a variety of ancillary and affiliate rappers tagging along for the ride. One such rapper was Trav, who stuck by the rapper throughout physical altercations, drama with fashion affiliates, and […]
NPR has adapted to the COVID-19 pandemic by presenting “at-home” editions of its Tiny Desk Concert series. Black Thought, the second artist to participate in the new makeshift version, has upped the ante by debuting three tracks as part of his set. The Roots MC premieres “Thought Vs. Everybody,” “Yellow” and the Portugal. The Man-assisted […]
Have you ever seen the moon bark back at the dog? Have you ever had orgasms in the double digits, digits, digits, digits? Only one of these important questions is asked during “SexBeat” – the new song featuring the old “Yeah” trio Usher, Lil Jon, and Ludacris which dropped at midnight on Friday, April 10. […]
Brooklyn, NY – Fred The Godson revealed he was in the hospital battling COVID-19 earlier this week. According to News 12 Brooklyn, his prognosis is grim. Doctors reportedly told his wife “he might not make it.” “It was just like — he’s gone and he’s gonna die, that’s it,” LeeAnn Jemmott said. “I don’t even […]
Ohio’s YSN Flow has released his major label debut Flow $ZN. The up-and-coming artist’s new mixtape arrives courtesy of Universal Music Group’s Republic Records. The teen rapper’s first full-length project is comprised of 12 tracks, including a remix of his breakthrough single “Want Beef?” His tape features collaborations with Lil Tjay, Quando Rondo, YSN Jayo […]
Did the Strokes know something we didn’t? At midnight on Friday April 10, the NYC rock band released their first studio album in 7 years, aptly titled The New Abnormal. After headlining Governor’s Ball in 2019 and debuting a new song “The Adults Are Talking,” the Strokes began dropping hints at a New Year’s Eve […]
Tanya Morgan is planning to release an album this summer, but the duo isn’t making their fans wait until then for new music. Donwill and Von Pea have dropped the Be Right Back EP as an appetizer to the main course coming later this year. “We recorded this EP about two weeks ago and it […]