The Hip Hop community was up in arms after Chuck D and the rest of Public Enemy announced Flavor Flav had been kicked out of the pioneering group last month. What initially began as a legitimate disagreement over a Bernie Sanders rally erupted into Flav’s immediate dismissal. Suddenly, everyone was talking about it. #ChuckD was […]
Lilo Blues and Tony Konstone, the two talents that make up the Irish duo Hare Squead, are making it their mission to show listeners there is more to them and their music than just Hip Hop. “We do a lot more than just that,” Lilo Blues says in a phone conversation with RealStreetRadio. “I want […]
To celebrate the 25th anniversary of Ol’ Dirty Bastard’s solo debut, Return to the 36th Chambers: The Dirty Version, the late Wu-Tang member’s estate collaborated with Rhino Records for a remastered re-release featuring the original album material alongside unreleased tracks and instrumentals. Amazon Music also released a 16-minute documentary to commemorate the occasion as well. […]
The Hip Hop community is remembering Nipsey Hussle a year after he was fatally shot in front of his Los Angeles clothing store. Lauren London, widow and mother to his son Kross Asghedom, posted two photos to Instagram earlier this month leading up to the anniversary. “Honorable. Powerful. Beautiful You Are,” she wrote. “Miss you every […]
Oakland, CA – Most African Americans have found way their way in some sort of debate related to their skin tone at one point in their lives. Hip Hop vets Dee-1 and Murs have consolidated such an argument for their new video “2 Dark Skin, 2 Light Skin,” which is the second leading track behind […]
Los Angeles, CA – B-Real and his Dr. Greenthumb’s Marijuana Dispensaries have officially partnered with the vape company Grenco Science. The Cypress Hill MC will act as both a brand ambassador for the company and a collaborator on forthcoming cannabis vape products. “We’ve had a longstanding relationship, and to partner with B-Real in an official […]
If you have been oh, I dunno, fully asleep for the past several weeks, well, let’s just say you have some news to catch up on. But the main thing you’ve been missing is JoJo’s continuously superb presence on Instagram Live. First, she turned her 2004 hit “Leave (Get Out)” into the first social-distancing anthem. […]
When comedian Jon Daly started hyping up an upcoming shot-for-shot remake of the Rolling Stones’ “Start Me Up” music video titled “Cheer Me Up” on Twitter yesterday, I wasn’t sure if he was being serious or not. But Daly is no stranger to creating impressive musical parodies: Take, for instance, Papa John’s Misty, Lil Xan’s […]
TikTok has undoubtedly become the most prominent platform when it comes to elevating artists into new stratospheres of fame. It was the vehicle that propelled Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” into pop culture dominance. More recently, it gave rapper K Camp and producer Reazy Renegade notoriety, pushing the almost year-old song “Lottery” to heights […]
Young Chop has been attracting attention lately for all the wrong reasons. It started with dissing 21 Savage and snowballed into him taking shots at Jezzy, T.I., Diddy and JAY-Z. Now, the seasoned producer allegedly leaked his own sex tape, which found its way on to a thread. The Instagram clip clearly shows Chop in […]
Lil Wayne has famously been uninformed about the new generation of rappers, but one artist has made it onto his radar. During an appearance on Sneaker Shopping With Complex, Weezy casually referred to Lil Baby as his “favorite artist.” “On The Breakfast Club, I saw my favorite artist Lil Baby with the BAPE/Coach collaboration jacket,” […]
Lindsay Lohan didn’t want to speak too soon. Sure, she teased her long-rumored comeback single “Xanax” on Virgin Radio Dubai last August, and later posted a music video on Instagram in September, but the song quickly disappeared and never made it to Spotify. Now, in a Twitter video teasing new music, she’s officially saying “I’m […]
Netflix is putting up $100 million to help on-set professionals who are out of work because of the coronavirus, offering assistance to the film, television and music industries. The streaming giant announced the fund is to “help with hardship in the creative community.” The majority of funding will go toward the production teams and crews involved […]
Evidence is back with a video for the Graymatter-produced “Unlearning” single, his first solo release since his critically acclaimed 2018 album, Weather Or Not. Set inside his “natural habit” — a.k.a. his home studio — the Rhymesayers Entertainment staple kicks back with a spliff and gets to work. View this post on Instagram ready for new […]
Shortly after dominating both the Billboard 100 and 200 charts with the fervor contained on his fourth studio album, After Hours, The Weeknd is stepping back and giving a salute to those individuals who are tackling the coronavirus head-on. “When I started making this album, I never imagined it would be released as we face […]
We bet your Zoom calls haven’t been as cool as this. For her appearance on James Corden’s “Homefest” Late Late Show special, Dua Lipa videoconferenced with bandmates and dancers to perform her social-distancing hit “Don’t Start Now,” off her just-released album Future Nostalgia. They did not show up, nor come out — because, after all, […]
March has been illuminating. We’re learning what we’re made of and what we can and can’t do without. A pandemic is the rare situation that requires governments and citizens to act in concert in order to ensure each other’s well-being. But we live in a bifurcated nation. One half supposes it can live without the […]
No matter where we are, no matter how long the coronavirus outbreak lasts, no matter whether we’re a member of K-Pop supergroup BTS or not, we can all keep our sanity intact by doing the same thing: methodically rehearsing BTS dance routines while in quarantine. Your boys stopped by The Late Late Show With James […]
DJ Nu-Mark is combating the coronavirus blues by revisiting old mixes and putting them on his Bandcamp page. Last week, the Jurassic 5 turntablist shared the 2011 Take Me With You mix featuring two roughly 39-minute parts. As he explained on Instagram, “‘Take Me With You’ is a mix incorporating international genres….Cumbia, Samba, Calypso, Salsa, Afro-Cuban, Afrobeat, […]
The-Dream’s Instagram Live battle with Sean Garrett has opened up JAY-Z’s vault. TIDAL has dropped a previously unreleased demo of Hov’s “Holy Grail” after The-Dream previewed the song during his “Battle of the Songwriters” clash with Garrett. “Holy Grail” features Justin Timberlake and appears on the 2013 album Magna Carta Holy Grail. But the demo […]
Miami, FL – Nearly a year ago, 3oh Black had been chosen by the people of the Internet as next to blow up out of the DMV area off the strength of his viral hit “All Talk.” View this post on Instagram @popeyeslouisianakitchen I Need Cutline Access From Now On ??? #NowItsJustMe A post shared by […]
Tory Lanez’s New Toronto 3 is scheduled to drop in April. The Canadian rapper/singer shared the project’s release date and cover art social media on Monday (March 30). “#NEWTORONTO3 April 10th,” he wrote on Twitter. #NEWTORONTO3 April 10th ☔️ pic.twitter.com/IEhtYC8gmu — Tory Lanez (@torylanez) March 30, 2020 Lanez previously indicated his third entry in the […]
The Weeknd’s After Hours album keeps getting longer. After dropping a deluxe edition of the LP on March 23, the diamond-selling singer has delivered three more bonus tracks. While the initial expanded version of After Hours added remixes and a live version of “Scared To Live,” Weeknd’s latest batch of songs are original creations. The […]
Okay, fine, we can’t even be mad at Rihanna right now. The singer has provided yet another non-update on R9 while talking to British Vogue, adding to a long list of swerves. But last week alone, Rihanna donated $700,000 worth of ventilators to Barbados and $5 million to various organizations fighting the coronavirus pandemic, so […]
Boosie Badazz’s Instagram antics have turned him into a living, breathing meme — and now he’s using the content in his music. After his “put your pussy lips on Live, I’ll give you $1000” quote went viral, the Baton Rouge-bred rapper transformed the clip into a new single titled “Pussy Lips On Live.” The opinionated […]
The coronavirus TV specials began in full force last night as Elton John hosted the “Living Room Concert for America” on Fox. Taking the place of the canceled iHeartRadio Music Awards (and co-sponsored by the network), the hour-long musical event came to you live from many celebrity homes as a tribute to medical workers. The […]
The Weeknd has claimed the top spot on both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts. Weeknd’s After Hours LP debuted at No. 1 after selling 444,000 album equivalent album units in the U.S. for the week ending on March 26, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Concurrently, his “Blinding Lights” single continued its Hot 100 ascent and […]
Say what you will about Frank Ocean, but the man knows great timing when he sees it. Frank previewed two new singles, “Dear April” and “Cayendo,” back in October, during a broadcast of his Beats 1 radio show “blonded RADIO.” Now, in our time of need, Frank is back with the full versions of the […]
Forget about that bodacious snake! Britney Spears’s infamous “I’m a Slave 4 U” performance at the VMAs was 19 years ago, and harks back to a simpler time when women could cuddle with reptiles and/or rock an exquisite cut-out dress outside the confines of their home. But perhaps this newfound Tiger King fact about the […]
Quarantine has Drake even more in his feelings than usual. He’s reaching out to his ex, Rihanna, over multiple Instagram Lives, posting videos of rain clouds, and Monday morning, he shared a heartfelt tribute to his family — including his son, Adonis Graham. The rapper posted several photos of his son, one of his parents, […]