Kevin Durant has tapped IDK to help bring the authentic vibes to his forthcoming Showtime documentary. The Warner Records rapper will serve as both Music Supervisor and Composer on Basketball County: In The Water, Billboard announced Friday (May 8). The film will highlight basketball stars who were bred in the DMV and will be narrated […]
Meek Mill hasn’t been shy about expressing his contempt for Tekashi 6ix9ine. After the polarizing rapper dropped the comeback single “GOOBA” on Friday (May 8), Meek continued his vitriol with a scathing review of the track. “Shit superrrrr trashhhhhhhhhhh …. you gone up a 100 shots,” he wrote Twitter. “stop turn Durkio and nav back […]
Andre Harrell, the innovative music exec who founded Uptown Records and discovered a young Sean “Diddy” Combs, has died. He was 59. The news of Harrell’s death was announced during DJ D-Nice’s nightly Club Quarantine Instagram Live mix. The cause of Harrell’s death is currently unknown. Harrell’s vision helped bring the sounds of New Jack Swing […]
The 6ix9ine saga jumped through the looking glass last fall when he escaped federal racketeering and firearm charges by pleading guilty and appearing as the star witness for the prosecution during the trial against the Nine Trey Bloods â the set he shouted out throughout his meteoric rise to rap stardom, fueled by the thunderous […]
Los Angeles, CA – Ray J and Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood star Princess Love’s marriage is coming to an end, according to multiple reports. Almost four years after the couple tied the knot, Princess Love filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday (May 5). Problems between the two began to […]
Eminem will be the next guest on Lil Wayne’s recently launched Apple Music Show Young Money Radio. Shady made the announcement on Friday (May 8) Twitter. As noted in the caption, the show airs at 7 p.m. EST. “Set fire to the mic and ignite the crowd,’” he wrote alongside a promo photo. “Hittin’ #YoungMoneyRadio later to […]
Chika’s journey from viral Instagram rapper to Warner Music Group artist is nothing short of inspiring. What started as a secret hobby evolved into a full-fledged career â and she’s only getting started. But like the rest of the world, the Alabama native is in a temporary holding pattern as the coronavirus pandemic continues to […]
Can you believe that Tekashi 6ix9ine is coming back to music at a time when weâre all basically glued to the internet? The rapper, still adjusting to home confinement after receiving an early release from prison, has already dropped a new song and music video, âGooba.â Itâs his first track since his 2018 debut, Dummy […]
Grandma has needs, too â and she’s not afraid to admit it. On Thursday (May 7), a college student by the name of Odedra Scrivens uploaded a hilarious video to TikTok featuring her grandmother rating various celebrities and it quickly went viral. In the clip, grandma rates Dave East, Chris Brown, A$AP Rocky and more on […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine has returned with his first single and video â “GOOBA” â since being released from prison last month. Last week, the polarizing rapper announced something big was happening on Friday (May 8) and evidently, this is it. Prior to the video drop, 6ix9ine showed off a huge ad for the single in Times […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine is plotting his rap return at 3 p.m. EST on Friday (May 8). Hours before the (oddly) highly anticipated event, Meek Mill isn’t holding back about his feelings toward the government’s former star witness. In a series of tweets, the Dreamchasers boss laid into 6ix9ine and compared him to Nipsey Hussle’s alleged killer […]
After 17 years of waiting, itâs Hayley Williams Day, and she is here to make the most of it. The Paramore singer released her debut solo full-length album, Petals for Armor, on May 8, and has now thrown in a music video for single âDead Horse.â The video features many Hayley Williamses â in mirror […]
Kehlani dropped her new album It Was Good Until It Wasn’t on Friday (May 8) and naturally, music publications are talking about it. But what Drake can’t seem to wrap his head around is why they’d include his name in one of the headlines. Surely, Drake understands he’s one of the biggest artists in the […]
Ariana Grande subtly (and philanthropically) confirmed her relationship with Dalton Gomez in the music video for âStuck With U,â her coronavirus relief song with Justin Bieber. And if youâre thinking âDalton Gomez? Who?â Thatâs exactly what she wants. At the end of the music video, which featured sweet clips of fans, the Biebers, and other […]
In the before times, if youâd wanted to see Taylor Swift perform songs off Lover, you wouldâve not only had to shell out hundreds for a stadium show, but also had to drive to Boston or L.A. for one of two Lover Fest dates. With those shows postponed due to the coronavirus, Swift is now […]
Nowâs not the best time to end up in the hospital for any reason. That said, weâre grateful that Brian May hasnât tested positive for the coronavirus right now. But we are sorry that the Queen guitarist, who was staying at home and minding his business, has âmanaged to rip my Gluteus Maximus to shreds […]
Earlier this March, Kehlani was scheduled to meet with her record label. She was preparing to put out her second album â her first since having a baby and a return to her R&B roots. There was a plan to open on Justin Bieberâs Changes tour, along with a number of dreamy solo dates. Executives […]
Although Slaughterhouse, arguably one of the most talented Hip Hop groups ever assembled, is no more, two of its former members have decided to continue with the collaborations. On Thursday (May 6), Joell Ortiz and KXNG Crooked revealed that they had been cooking up a full-length album by the name of H.A.R.D. and rolled out […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine is preparing his comeback and the hour appears to be nigh. According to Akademiks’ social media postings, 6ix9ine has pinpointed Friday (May 8) at 3 pm EST to mark his return to Instagram Live and premiere new music. It will mark the first time he’s publicly spoken since September 2019, where he testified […]
Check in on your friends during quarantine, they say â maybe even make a song with them. Thatâs what longtime friends Justin Bieber and inventor of staying home Ariana Grande have finally done, anyway, releasing their first collaboration âStuck With Uâ in the name of quarantine. The song comes a year after Bieber broke his […]
E-40 has put out an incredible amount of music over the last decade, dropping 19 full-length albums since 2010. The Bay Area Hip Hop legend is dialing it back a bit though with the release of The Curb Commentator Channel 1 EP. The veteran MC’s new project only contains five songs, making the project more […]
Lil Durk is working on a collaborative album with Metro Boomin, but he’s providing fans with some new music to enjoy in the meantime. The OTF leader has released Just Cause Y’all Waited 2, a 15-track LP featuring Lil Baby, Polo G, G Herbo and Gunna. “It was just an idea we came up with […]
Pioneering U.K. artist Ben Chijioke â better known as Ty â has reportedly passed away. According to The Voice, the Nigerian British MC succumbed to the coronavirus on Thursday (May 7). The 47-year-old was initially admitted to the hospital with medical complications related to COVID-19 last month. Upon arrival, he was soon put in a […]
There’s a new Jay Electronica sighting. The ever-reclusive rapper popped up on Paul Epworth’s “Love Galaxy” this week along with English producer and singer Lil Silva. âThe title was meant to be a little bit ironic,” Epworth told NME about the song. “I guess I was trying [to] find this kind of weird Meters, Steve Miller […]
San Francisco rapper, producer, and poet George Watsky just made history for a good cause, livestreaming a run to break the Guinness World Record for the longest continuous freestyle rap and raise money for his tour and crew, who were sidelined during the tour for his new album Placement as venues across the country shuttered […]
Trap Manny is calling Lil Tjay’s alleged bluff after the State Of Emergency rapper said he’d been to the Bronx looking for A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie. Video of his supposed venture to Highbridge surfaced online earlier this week. “Come outside nigga,” Tjay says in the clip. “What the fuck you talkin ’bout nigga?” View […]
When I speak with Caleb Landry Jones about his debut album, The Mother Stone, heâs talking on his flip phone from his family home in Texas. He doesnât use folksy turns of phrase or an overabundance of yâalls, but the Texas in his voice sneaks up when gerunds cut off at just the ânâ and […]
When Hayley Williams began making music, she insisted on being part of a band, fighting Atlantic after the label wanted to sign her solo. âThere was a heated conversation with a team of people in which I said I would be just as happy to play these songs in Taylorâs basement for the rest of […]
Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have surfaced with a new project called The Diamond Mine Sessions, an Amazon Music exclusive. Recorded at the legendary Diamond Mine Studios in Queens, the three-track effort features the musical stylings of funk/soul band El Michels Affair and fresh interpretations of Bandana cuts âPalmolive,â âGat Damnâ and âFreestyle Shit.” âMadlib is the greatest […]
Youâll never know just how much we miss in-studio Kellyoke covers on The Kelly Clarkson Show. But in the meantime, Kelly has been delivering with her weekly performances from her Montana ranch, this week covering Rosemary Clooneyâs 1952 rendition of âYouâll Never Know.â Itâs exactly the retro escapism we need right now â the whole […]