Even with the Academy of Country Music Awards pushed back to September due to the coronavirus pandemic, the show went on Sunday night, with dozens of stars performing on CBS’s concert special ACM Presents: Our Country. Gayle King hosted the event while musicians joined from their own homes for a night of equal parts inspiration […]
In aggressively 2020 news, beloved actress and singer Rita Wilson and hip-hop trio Naughty by Nature teamed up to officially release a joint remix of “Hip Hop Hooray,” the group’s 1993 hit. Rita Wilson hopped on the track after posting a video on Instagram where she updated the world on her COVID-19 symptoms by rapping. […]
Austin, TX – Quin NFN could have been on the road right now. The 19-year-old Austin rapper (real name Quinlan McAfee) was set to start his first tour with Lil Mosey on April 7. However, just like the ongoing coronavirus pandemic forced numerous student athletes to miss out on what should’ve been their first March Madness tournament, […]
The Academy of Country Music Awards, originally scheduled for this weekend, may have been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, but on Sunday night, CBS still managed to bring over twenty country music stars into your home, coming to you from their homes, studios and/or barns. AMC Presents: Our Country featured musicians like Brad Paisley, […]
At the end of February, pop star Duffy revealed on social media that her absence from public life, after finding success with her 2008 hit “Mercy,” was at least in part due to a traumatic incident in which she was allegedly raped and held captive. In a new personal essay, the Welsh singer writes about […]
The best music is music that captures a fundamental truth about the human experience, and the fundamental truth of Bad Bunny’s new surprise track is that, unless you’re already quarantined with your lover, no one can meet up for sex due to the self-isolation guidelines around COVID-19. Them’s the rules, and Bad Bunny is here […]
RealStreetRadio – This week in Hip Hop, Chuck D and Flavor Flav owned April Fool’s Day with their Public Enemy firing hoax and revealed to RealStreetRadio the important message behind the stunt. Also, Drake posted the first-ever photos of his two-year-old son, Adonis. Finally, Tekashi 6ix9ine was granted compassionate release amidst coronavirus concerns and will now […]
Hollywood, CA – Xzibit stopped by RealStreetRadio’s office to discuss his storied career before social distancing efforts were enacted to combat the coronavirus pandemic. During the conversation, the West Coast veteran recalled the glory days of his Golden State Warriors supergroup with Ras Kass and Saafir. “At the time, Ras Kass and myself were Southern […]
More than a year after launching their very own prison-reform alliance, Jay-Z and Meek Mill have donated more than 100,000 surgical masks to prisons and jails across the country to help combat the spread of the coronavirus. Per CBS News, the masks have been sent by the REFORM Alliance to locations such as New York […]
Genre-shifting titans T-Pain and Lil Jon went head-to-head in another edition of the popular Instagram Live battles on Saturday (April 4). With 280,000 viewers watching, the two upped the ante by sharing some unreleased songs during their clash. But what really stood out was the vibe of this battle, which felt like friends just playing […]
In these anxiety-ridden times, where can we turn for comfort? Music, of course! While everyone is more or less trapped in their residences for the foreseeable future, artists like Yo-Yo Ma, Liam Gallagher, Gloria Estefan, Lizzo, and the recovered Rita Wilson have been sharing their musical talents on social media in the hopes that it […]
English singer-songwriter Marianne Faithfull has been hospitalized after receiving a positive diagnosis for the coronavirus. Per Rolling Stone, the 73 year-old Faithfull (who, as a high-risk patient, has recently suffered from health issues such as breast cancer and hepatitis C) is seeking treatment at a London hospital. While her reps say she’s feeling well and […]
T-Pain and Lil Jon went head to head on Instagram Live last night — in the latest battle in an ongoing series organized by Swizz Beatz, in which two artists face off with their 20 biggest hits — and it was less of a vicious battle than it was a beautiful jam session between two […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine will be allowed to finish the remainder of his 24-month sentence at home. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer handed down the ruling on Thursday (April 2) after 6ix9ine’s legal team expressed concerns about the coronavirus putting his life in danger while behind bars. Complex spoke to his attorney Dawn Florio shortly after the Engelmayer […]
For anyone who thinks the MC game is crowded, the producer game is damn near Times Square on New Year’s Eve. Though it may seem impossible, it only takes one significant placement to change your life — just ask Philadelphia producer Dougie On The Beat. “I started off rapping,” the platinum producer tells RealStreetRadio. “My […]
JAY-Z’s name is consistently thrown around in Hip Hop G.O.A.T. conversations, a title he’s rightfully earned over the past 25 years and across 14 studio albums. On Friday (April 3), super producer 9th Wonder made sure to remind everyone the billionaire Hip Hop mogul wrote seven songs from The Blueprint album in a single weekend. “We […]
Atlanta, GA – Following up on his recent single “Okay” SwaVay has released his B4DALBUM EP ahead of debut album under Metro Boomin’s Boominati Worldwide label. On Thursday (April 1), the “Dog Food” rapper shared a message with fans on the eve of the release of the project revealing the “internal issues,” he while working on the […]
New York, New York – With a resumé boasting records with Cardi B, YBN Cordae, Seven Streeter and more, Atlantic Records’ Vice President of A&R, Yaasiel “Success” Davis is an accomplished veteran of the music industry, with a plethora of knowledge and accolades to show for it. Having been in the business since the early […]
Like many celebrities, Pink was able to get tested for coronavirus in a timely fashion, after she and her child started to exhibit symptoms last month, a diagnosis the singer revealed on Instagram Friday. Like pretty much everyone, she’s now enraged that celebrities can get tested in a timely fashion while most can’t, an inequity […]
It was the dog-end days of the 1960s. Psychedelia still hung like a haze in the air; Altamont’s bad taste lingered with it. Dylan was doing who knows what, the Beatles had broken up. The Black Panthers were both preparing for war and being entertained in Leonard Bernstein’s Park Avenue apartment. Four students were gunned […]
At Bill Withers’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony in 2015, what was initially meant to be a tribute to him turned into the late soul legend’s final public performance. Withers, who died of heart complications earlier this week, had joined Stevie Wonder and John Legend onstage for performances of “Lean on Me” […]
By the time it ended last year, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend had gifted 157 songs to the world. A lot of the musical credit goes to Grammy- and Emmy-winning composer, songwriter, and producer Adam Schlesinger, who died on April 1 at age 52 from complications of COVID-19. Schlesinger collaborated on all of the show’s memorable songs with […]
Drake‘s TikTok-aimed single “Toosie Slide” dropped on Friday (April 3) and with it, the platform’s potential next viral dance challenge. The “Toosie Slide” was already a dance movement before the song even arrived. On Saturday (March 29), a group of social media stars and dancers named Toosie, Hiii Key, Ayo and Teo shared a snippet of the track along […]
Legendary soul singer-songwriter Bill Withers died from heart complications this week, leaving behind a catalogue of music with the enduring power to connect people. Never has that been more apparent than just these past few weeks, as people across the world have been singing his 1972 classic “Lean on Me” to spread positivity during the […]
Hieroglyphics MC Tajai and super producer The Architect have linked for a new single called “Zero Sum Game.” It marks the inaugural single from the duo’s forthcoming BLACK/TEC album, which will arrive sometime this month 2020 Clear Label Media Group. Along with the release, they’ve also dropped a black-and-white visual — shot by fellow Hiero […]
In this week’s edition of We Regret to Inform You During a Pandemic, the world recently learned that rapper M.I.A. is an anti-vaxxer. The outspoken dance music icon tweeted on March 25, “If I have to choose the vaccine or chip I’m gonna choose death,” in a seemingly unprompted reference to coronavirus. When Twitter user […]
Los Angeles, CA – Despite erroneous reports claiming MC Eiht has the coronavirus, the West Coast gangsta rap legend is currently hospitalized with pancreatitis, as confirmed to RealStreetRadio. The Compton’s Most Wanted OG shared an Instagram photo of himself at the hospital rocking a mask, which he’s likely required to wear due to the high number […]
Talk to a person of a certain age about the state of R&B for long enough, and you’re likely to hear them say the genre’s changed. It isn’t what it used to be. The singers are getting more and more reckless and raunchy. They’re right and wrong. The era that’s spawned songs like Jhené Aiko’s […]
View this post on Instagram In our Superlative Session with @vanessacarltonactual, she advised everyone to "stay the eff home" and "don't walk anywhere." Especially not a thousand miles 😉 Watch her perform "I Know You Don't Mean It," "Miner's Canary," "Die, Dinosaur," "A Thousand Miles," and one of her favorite @carole_king songs, "It's Too Late." […]
RealStreetRadio Premiere – Diar Lansky and ethemadassassin have linked up for a new video called “Stand Tall.” Shot by Dirty Diggs at the world famous Vortex Studios in Hollywood, the two MCs are filmed in their creative element as they spit about perseverance and adversity. Diar and E, who first met in the summer of […]