Fans of Donald Glover — A.K.A. Childish Gambino — were able to rejoice on Sunday (March 15) when a surprise album from the elusive artist appeared online. But it turns out the celebration was only temporary. By Sunday night, the album was gone and disappointment from his fans set it. The 12-track project featured SZA, […]
Billie Eilish built a blockbuster in a bedroom, so it makes sense she’d record a Bond song on a tour bus. “We recorded the vocals in a bunk in the dark on the bus in a basement in Texas,” she recalls of the creation of “No Time to Die,” her song for the James Bond […]
Are you one of the people who is ignoring the World Health Organization’s advice to stay inside and engage in the practice of social distancing? Perhaps because you are a young person who takes vitamin supplements, the front man of a psycho-billy band, or an entrepreneurial rapper who loves strip clubs and as such think […]
Boasting 15 million players online, Call Of Duty: Warzone is one of the more popular video games out there and that fact isn’t lost on the likes of Quavo or NBA stars Paul George and Devin Booker. related news #DXCLUSIVE: Quavo Talks Martell Partnership, Migos 2020 & Their Greatest Song December 19, 2019 On Friday […]
As the saying goes, the show must go on, even in the face of a global pandemic. Ignoring every piece of available advice on how to stem the outbreak of the coronavirus, popular psychobilly band The Reverend Horton Heat has declared that they will not be cancelling any performances, simply because “they can’t stop rock […]
Despite several on-screen appearances and concert treks with pop-punk sensibilities, Machine Gun Kelly’s “Bullets With Names” single is a clear reminder he’s still rooted within rapping. The record also reveals he’s willing to play a game of rap-and-mouse with Eminem until the end of time. related news Young Thug Says MGK Murdered Eminem With “Rap […]
Jay Electronica’s debut album, A Written Testimony, which took a decade to finish, has made it to Tidal five full days ahead of schedule. On February 7, the elusive rapper popped out of nowhere to announce on Twitter that he had been in the studio with his mentor, Jay-Z, for the past 40 days and […]
If you think the coronavirus pandemic’s only affected massive festivals like SXSW and Coachella and big-scale tours like Billie Eilish’s and Cher’s, think again. As more metropolitan areas take necessary steps in an effort to contain the virus’s spread, thousands of smaller acts are having their entire year — and, in many cases, their only […]
Future set off some excitement on social media when he teased a project titled 56 Birdz on Thursday (March 12), but he was promoting his artists’ work as opposed to his own. The Freebandz representatives actually behind the mixtape are none other than Doe Boy and DJ Esco. The FBG duo’s new project is comprised […]
Bounce rapper Big Freedia is back with a new EP titled Louder. The project is the New Orleans-bred artist’s first release since 2018’s 3rd Ward Bounce EP. The Queen of Bounce’s latest work is comprised of five songs — including the title track “Louder,” which samples the 1990 Snap! single “The Power.” Guests featured on […]
Jack Harlow, who is signed to DJ Drama and Don Cannon’s Generation Now imprint, has delivered a new project titled Sweet Action. The EP-sized release serves as the follow-up to 2019’s Confetti mixtape, which dropped last September. The Louisville-bred rapper’s latest work is comprised of seven tracks. The project includes the Jetsonmade and Pooh Beatz-produced […]
With New York becoming the latest place to ban large gatherings (of more than 500, in the state’s case) and Live Nation and AEG — the two biggest live entertainment companies — pausing its international and domestic arena tours through at least March, concerts are looking to become significantly rarer in the coming days due […]
Santa Fe, NM – It’s a rare evening when two Hip Hop gods chop it up in front of an audience, allowing outsiders a sneak peek into the minds of two pioneering, creative geniuses. But that’s exactly what happened at SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico last Thursday (March 5) when Chuck D and Rakim sat […]
Def Jam labelmates Jadakiss and Pusha T dodged a bit of potential controversy earlier on when their lyrical murder collaboration in “Hunting Season” arrived adjacent to Pop Smoke’s still-unsolved homicide. related news Jadakiss Reveals Styles P Dissed JAY-Z On His Own Song February 29, 2020 With all the clarifications in order, the pair have since […]
Teens can make anything cool. Their social-media superiority launched songs like “Old Town Road” and “The Box” to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and every day, pop songs like Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” become templates for teens to dance, lip-sync, or act to. But the creative geniuses on TikTok are also discovering (and […]
The nearly mythical debut album from Jay Electronica is about to become a reality. According to a tweet from TIDAL, the streaming service has coordinated three listening parties for the album — titled A Written Testimony — in New York, Los Angeles and New Orleans. “It’s time,” the tweet reads. “We’re giving @JayElectronica fans an exclusive first […]
A lot of rappers say they love anime, but Lil Uzi Vert is the rare artist who deserves a series of his own. The Philly star is short in stature with a massive personality, a shit talker who’s also in touch with his feelings, a sharp dresser with a flair for colorful hair. Like a […]
Megan Thee Stallion has started a new social media dance challenge based on her song “Captain Hook,” which arrives on the heels of Eminem’s popular #GodzillaChallenge. “#captainhookchallenge Y’all want the music video,” she wrote on Instagram. View this post on Instagram #captainhookchallenge Y’all want the music video ? A post shared by Hot Girl Meg […]
Even before the slime-green roots made their grand debut, Billie Eilish has long favored a boxy, oversize fashion aesthetic while out in public — a choice that she previously explained is not to avoid being sexualized as a young female musician, but rather because, simply, she’s more comfortable wearing baggy clothes. During the opening of […]
New York, NY – The Weeknd returned to Saturday Night Live to perform two tracks from his upcoming album After Hours, which drops on March 20. The diamond-selling singer performed the LP’s lead single “Blinding Lights” and debut a song titled “Scared To Live” during his appearance on Saturday (March 7). Weeknd sported a bloody […]
With massive gatherings like South by Southwest canceling or contemplating cancellation in the wake of the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, the idea of seeing a musician in a slight smaller venue doesn’t sound so terrible to us. Hopefully Justin Bieber fans feel the same way, as the singer has just moved several of his upcoming tour […]
New York, NY – Since announcing his plans to executive produce recently murdered Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke’s posthumous album, 50 Cent has been on an earnest campaign to bring the late artists project to life. View this post on Instagram i’m on the move listening to Pop smoke, i decided i’m gonna executive produce and […]
Lil Uzi Vert has finally delivered his Eternal Atake album after years of delays. The project was expected to arrive later this month, but Uzi evidently felt his fans had been patient enough. He made the surprise announcement Twitter on Friday morning (March 6). “YALL READY TODAY IS TH DAY!!!” he wrote in all caps. “FUCK […]
In a certain world, you could sum up the mid-’90s with Stephen Malkmus, crying while drinking a martini, singing Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh. Malkmus’s group, Pavement, is still one of the great examples of what was thought possible with guitars and irony at the dawn of the internet. Decades later, we caught up with the joke, and […]
Anthony “Geezy” Gonzalez, former manager of Clipse, has revealed the subject of Pusha T’s song “S.N.I.T.C.H.” – himself. In a sit-down interview with DJ Vlad, Gonzalez explained the line “Covered his own tracks, he didn’t care that/We had a legacy he killed, I got to wear that” is “definitely” about him. Before confirming the rumor, […]
Los Angeles, CA – Family-oriented, creative, artistic — just a few words 147 Calboy uses to describe himself during an interview with RealStreetRadio on the heels of his Long Live The Kings EP release. The Chicago-raised, Atlanta-based artist discusses what it’s like to have a viral hit single, setbacks and his upbringing. “Early life was cool,” […]
Florida-based rapper $NOT has dropped his first album titled – Tragedy +. The 300 Entertainment signee’s new LP arrives fresh off the end of his North American tour with Jasiah. The up-and-coming artist’s debut project features 12 tracks, including his breakthrough single “GOSHA” produced by YZ. Wifisfuneral, a fellow member of the Florida Hip Hop […]
The Demi Lovato Come Back Tour continues. After over a year out of the limelight due to a relapse in July of 2018, Demi Lovato has spent 2020 reclaiming her space as one of pop music’s most talented vocalists. It began with an emotionally devastating and vocally flawless performance of her ballad “Anyone” at the […]
We can never hold that much of a grudge against the pop savant who gifted our planet with “Oblivion” and Art Angels, but Grimes’s relationship with billionaire industrialist–mad scientist Elon Musk has certainly alienated some of her fans. The very online singer-producer-dater-of-Musk knows this and addresses the political dissonance of her relationship in a recent […]
It’s the year 2020 and the prodigal Dixie Chicks have finally returned, no thanks to George W. Bush and his ilk. Their new Jack Antonoff-produced single and music video, “Gaslighter,” dropped today, ahead of the May release of Gaslighter, the first new Chicks album in 14 years. Naturally, we have a landslide of feelings about […]