Adam Schlesinger, a Grammy- and Emmy-winning songwriter for the band Fountains of Wayne and the show Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, died today from complications related to the coronavirus, according to Variety. Schlesinger had been hospitalized for more than a week prior to his death, with his lawyer confirming on March 31 that he had been sedated and […]
Just when it seems like everyoneâs holding back on their new music, Troye Sivan provides. The pop star has dropped âTake Yourself Home,â his first solo follow-up to his 2018 breakout, Bloom, after posting on March 19 that he wanted to move up the release. âWEâRE GOING ROGUE,â Sivan wrote on Instagram, tagging his labels […]
EarthGang has brought their Mirrorland LP to life with the help of Strangeloop Studios. The Dreamville duo’s new video for “LaLa Challenge” introduces an animated world inspired by The Wiz, which also served as the inspiration for their 2019 album. Olu (a.k.a. Johnny Venus) and WowGr8’s psychedelic visuals show them living alongside animals, cyborgs, aliens […]
Billed as “an exploration of the culture and landmarks of the chicano and street art movement that cemented Mister Cartoon and Estevan Oriolâs status as behind-the-scenes Hip Hop legends,” the upcoming Netflix documentary LA Originals takes a deep dive into the two Chicano artists’ road to success. On Wednesday (April 1), the streaming giant released the […]
I havenât been able to read a book in three weeks. Watching a two-hour movie is an exercise in extreme willpower: Can I watch three scenes in a row before checking my phone for news? Maybe two and a half? During conversations, I find myself trailing off mid-thought, imagining, in great detail, the circumstances of […]
At this point, just about every concert has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic â and if itâs not, you really shouldnât be going anyway. As artists scramble to figure out what to do next, many have started livestreaming concerts on social media from their homes, empty venues, or wherever they can while they […]
Even during a pandemic, it looks like April Foolsâ Day â and the fools who take it a bit too far â carries on. As much as we didnât want to admit to ourselves, someone was bound to make a joke about the coronavirus, and Jaejoong of K-pop group JYG was the one who took […]
Look, look, look: Thereâs a camera. And thereâs a camera. And thereâs a camera right there. Youâre on a prank show! If you donât remember signing up, itâs because you didnât. Chuck D and Flavor Flav took it upon themselves to pull a little hoax on the public by pretending to split up in order […]
We are living in dark and uncertain times â some, perhaps, might consider this a âghost storyâ â so let us offer a balm: the musician Moses Sumney, and his sublime music video for âCut Me.â Released Tuesday, it serves as the perfect entry into the drug that is his voice: It whines and soars […]
The entertainment industry is on pause as the world battles the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Globally, there are over 790,000 confirmed cases of coronavirus, identified as COVID-19. In the United States, that number has risen to over 160,000 in a matter of weeks. In an effort to prevent spreading the virus, many concerts, festivals, film and […]
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 […]
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 Bastardâs solo debut, Return to the 36th Chambers: The Dirty Version, the late Wu-Tang memberâs 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. âWeâve 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, letâs just say you have some news to catch up on. But the main thing youâve been missing is JoJoâs continuously superb presence on Instagram Live. First, she turned her 2004 hit âLeave (Get Out)â into the first social-distancing anthem. […]
When comedian Jon Daly started hyping up an upcoming shot-for-shot remake of the Rolling Stonesâ âStart Me Upâ music video titled âCheer Me Upâ on Twitter yesterday, I wasnât sure if he was being serious or not. But Daly is no stranger to creating impressive musical parodies: Take, for instance, Papa Johnâs Misty, Lil Xanâs […]
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 didnât want to speak too soon. Sure, she teased her long-rumored comeback single âXanaxâ 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, sheâs officially saying âIâm […]
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” â a.k.a. his home studio â 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 havenât been as cool as this. For her appearance on James Cordenâs âHomefestâ Late Late Show special, Dua Lipa videoconferenced with bandmates and dancers to perform her social-distancing hit âDonât Start Now,â off her just-released album Future Nostalgia. They did not show up, nor come out â because, after all, […]
March has been illuminating. Weâre learning what weâre made of and what we can and canât do without. A pandemic is the rare situation that requires governments and citizens to act in concert in order to ensure each otherâs 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 weâre 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, […]