The first time I saw King Krule, performing at an event for the now-defunct College Media Journal Music Marathon in New York hosted by the Fader in 2011, he seemed an excited and preternaturally talented teen guitar wiz on the rise. The then–17-year-old singer-songwriter, just weeks out from his first good marks at indie publications […]
Lil Baby revealed why he’s never gotten any tattoos in an interview with the New York Times. While answering a question about whether he foresaw rap as a career path, the Quality Control Music artist shared his reasoning for the lack of ink on his body. “I never saw me being a rapper,” he explained. […]
For the second time in the last week, Diddy has made it clear he intends to bring “true” R&B back. During one of his recent Instagram Stories, he expanded on what that would look like and how it will coincide with the Making The Band reboot. “I’m in the lab right now really on my […]
The ongoing blending of the music and podcast worlds — thanks to aggressive podcast investments from both Spotify and Sony Music Entertainment — has led to an interesting new hybrid marketing tactic: artists, from all genres and at all career stages, are now creating podcasts to promote their albums. In June 2019, the Pixies launched […]
High Fidelity’s full official playlist includes 133 songs, courtesy of the wide-ranging curation of the series’ music-supervision team. That amounts to nearly nine hours of music, spanning too many micro-genres to count, featuring a wide array of artists ranging from instantly recognizable (Bowie, Prince, Nina Simone) to “I don’t know it, but I know I […]
Pop Smoke’s “Dior” has debuted at No. 49 on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming his first solo track to earn a spot on the chart. The late rapper previously earned a Hot 100 entry with “GATTI,” a collaboration with Travis Scott from last year’s JACKBOYS compilation. The Brooklyn-bred artist was shot and killed during a […]
When the High Fidelity reboot was in preproduction — before Zoë Kravitz had even signed on to play Rob, a role made famous by John Cusack in the 2000 movie — music supervisors Manish Raval, Alison Rosenfeld, and Tom Wolfe of Aperture started making playlists. The producers made their own mixes, as did Kravitz once […]
Grimes is the archetypal modern internet citizen. She’s heard all the right records. She’s seen all the right films. She has great taste in video games and anime. She reads a lot and studies language and history. She has lofty ideas about where tech is headed. She got serious about wokeness and poptimism early on, […]
Best Coast’s last album, 2015’s California Nights, was the ultimate Best Coast album: crisp, guitar-driven music about love and getting high in California. But when a journalist recently asked front woman Bethany Cosentino how many songs on her band’s new album, Always Tomorrow, were about California, she recalls having to break the news that, this […]
While countless rappers have expressed their somber over the loss of Pop Smoke social media, Jay Gwuapo has taken the tributes a tad bit further with the release of his “Long Live The Woo” single. Over a ruminative, piano-driven melody, East New York native pours his soul into the Auto-Tune with lyrics like, “I could […]
Last month, basketball legend Kobe Bryant and his teenage daughter, Gianna “Gigi” Bryant, were tragically killed in a helicopter crash while flying over the city of Calabasas, California. Seven other people, including the pilot, were also killed in the crash. On February 24, the public was able to mourn and honor their lives with “A […]
RealStreetRadio – This week in Hip Hop, rising star Pop Smoke was shot and killed in Los Angeles. Also, Boosie Badazz caught heat over comments about Dwyane Wade’s transgender daughter and Birdman explained what it means for Drake to have an unlimited budget. Pop Smoke Passes Away Brooklyn’s Pop Smoke was murdered at a Hollywood […]
Brooklyn, NY – 22gz has sent his condolences to the late Pop Smoke’s family, despite the preexisting beef between the two Brooklyn rappers. 22gz – who claims he originated the Brooklyn Drill sound Pop Smoke also represented – took to Twitter to share his message. “All beef aside, I feel sorry for boy,” he wrote. […]
As the leader of the Chinese Hip Hop group Higher Brothers, Chengdu-based artist MaSiWei has garnered international acclaim. Last year’s Five Stars featured heavyweights like Denzel Curry, Ski Mask the Slump God, and Soulja Boy and solidified their crossover appeal. To kick off the new decade, every member of the group plans on releasing a […]
San Francisco, CA – Diddy was sidelined in San Francisco and forced to cancel an appearance for surgery on his left quadricep — but that didn’t stop him from plugging one of his latest ventures. Dressed in a hospital gown and blue hair net, the Hip Hop mogul spoke about the return of Making The […]
New York, NY – As a member of the Diplomats, Jim Jones became a household name in the early 2000s. He carved out a successful solo career following Dipset’s reign at the top but took some time to grow his business ventures like his Vampire Life clothing line, his CAPO-Saucey Farm and Extracts collaboration, and his […]
Jadakiss’ upcoming album Ignatius was all locked and loaded with a Pusha T feature but in an ironic and eerie twist, the song mirrors the circumstances shrouding Pop Smoke’s recent murder and the Good Music President is distancing himself from the lyrical killing spree. “‘Hunting Season’ was a request that IcePick Jay (RIP) always had […]
New York, NY – In a time when life feels fragile and love can seem fleeting, there are signposts reminding us that life holds immeasurable meaning and love can last a lifetime if we have vision and faith and accrue the tools to sustain what we hold dear. Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons is a living […]
Chance The Rapper was in a nostalgic mood on Thursday (February 20) as a lot of people are on the unofficial #ThrowbackThursday weekly holiday — and he wasn’t going to let anybody ruin it. The Chicago philanthropist decided to share a video clip on Instagram featuring a much younger Lizzo interviewing him for a Minneapolis-based […]
Run-DMC’s contributions to Hip Hop are immeasurable. Growing up in Hollis, Queens, Joseph “Rev Run” Simmons, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels and the late Jason “Jam Master Jay” Mizell never could’ve predicted the global impact they’d have on the culture. Thirty-six years after throwing their black bowler hats in the ring with their 1984 self-titled debut, the […]
RealStreetRadio Premiere – J.PERIOD has made the seemingly impossible, possible and cleared the seemingly un-clearable. Last year, the tenured DJ/producer received the green light to re-release his two-part mixtape, J. PERIOD Presents…The Best Of Lauryn Hill (Fire & Water), exclusively on Apple Music. After debuting The Best Of Lauryn Hill (Vol. 1: Fire) earlier this month, J.PERIOD is back […]
A long time ago, back before Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber got back together, before Trump was elected, and before we had TikTok to tell us what songs are good, Selena Gomez performed “Feel Me” on her Revival Tour in the summer of 2016 and fans were hooked. The unreleased track lived on solely through […]
Wanna learn a new language? Click on BTS’ new “kinetic manifesto” video for “ON,” scroll through the comments, and pick a language. Any language. Fans across the the globe are freaking out over BTS’s new album Map of the Soul: 7 and visuals with the “ON” “Kinetic Manifesto Film: Come Prima.” Give the Army some […]
YoungBoy Never Broke Again has released his Still Flexin Still Steppin mixtape. The Baton Rouge-bred rapper revealed the tracklist on Thursday (February 20) with an Instagram post. Consisting of 14 fresh cuts, the project features Quando Rondo as its sole guest. Previously released singles include the Vadebeatz-produced “Fine By Time” and “Knocked Off” produced by […]
Charlotte, North Carolina MC Deniro Farrar has resurfaced with a new EP called Sole Food, which arrives roughly a year after the Re-Up EP. The cover art depicts a shirtless Deniro sitting outside in a chair as his signature dreads are shaved off. The health conscious rapper talked about his decision to change his lifestyle in […]
Early Wednesday morning, up-and-coming Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed at the home he was renting in the Hollywood Hills. Real name Bashar Barakah Jackson, Pop Smoke was on the forefront of Brooklyn’s exploding drill movement, paving the way with hits like “Welcome to the Party” and “Dior.” His second mixtape Meet the […]
In the wake of Pop Smoke’s murder earlier this week, many artists have provided their various takes on the tragedy. On Wednesday (February 19) – only hours after the news broke — dead prez MC stic headed to Instagram with his own “RIP” post alongside a unique perspective on the state of Hip Hop culture. The […]
Los Angeles, CA – Pop Smoke’s murder this week was initially assumed to be a botched robbery but now, TMZ reports surveillance footage on the Hollywood Hills home where he was shot and killed suggests a targeted hit. People who have viewed the tape said four men arrive at the home around 4:30 a.m. local […]
Early Monday morning, Bashar Barakah Jackson, better known as the Brooklyn rapper Pop Smoke, was shot and killed in Los Angeles following a home invasion. He was 20 years old. At the time of his death, Jackson had been making music for less than 18 months; nevertheless, he’d become perhaps the most unmissable young rap […]
Los Angeles, CA – Shortly after Pop Smoke was shot and killed at a Hollywood Hills home on Wednesday morning (February 19), people started accusing his best friend Mike “Mike Dee” Durodola of setting him up. Durodola was staying with the 20-year-old Brooklyn rapper at the time of the shooting. However, Durodola is adamant he […]