Alfred Banks has teamed up with Albert Allenback, a member of the Grammy-nominated band Tank And The Bangas, to form SaxKixAve. The New Orleans-based duo formally introduces themselves with the release of their debut project I Don’t Wear Suits. “I’m so happy to have this music out,” Banks tells RealStreetRadio. “This project marks me finally […]
It is possible to be born too early for the world to develop a language to understand the way that you move, and to be made to feel, throughout your formative years, like the difference between you and everyone else is a crime that warrants punitive action, an errant behavior or belief system you must […]
Westside Gunn has released Pray For Paris, a star-studded album featuring production by DJ Premier, Alchemist, Tyler, The Creator, DJ Muggs, Daringer and Camoflauge Monk, among others. “Pray For Paris is a modern-day Cavaraggio,” WSG tells RealStreetRadio. “The whole album from top to bottom is of the illest paintings ever created.” The Roc Nation-managed MC’s […]
OVO Sound’s dvsn has dropped their new album A Muse In Her Feelings. The project is Daniel Daley and Nineteen85’s first studio LP since 2017’s Morning After. The duo’s third album is comprised of 16 tracks. Guests include Future, PARTYNEXTDOOR, Summer Walker, Ty Dolla $ign and Snoh Aalegra, among others. View dvsn’s A Muse In […]
Ishmael “Butterfly” Butler is holed up at his Seattle home riding out the stay-at-home mandates as the coronavirus pandemic continues to ravage the globe. If he turns on the television, he’s inundated by Donald Trump’s daily press conferences, which he says is having a profound impact on him. “Watching what was already the absurd reality of […]
Teens can make anything cool. Their social-media superiority launched songs like âToosie Slide,â âOld Town Roadâ and âThe Boxâ to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and every day, pop songs like Dua Lipaâs âDonât Start Nowâ become templates for teens to dance, lip-sync, or act to. But the creative geniuses on TikTok are also […]
Even in the comfort of her own home, Kehlani just wants some privacy. Thatâs the theme of her new song and music video, âEverybody Business,â anyway. In the song, she takes aim at the press and the internet always speculating about her relationships. And she shot the video where they canât see her, in her […]
New York, NY – Iconic b-boy Crazy Legs (born Richard ColĂłn) is one of the true pioneers of Hip Hop culture. Speaking to the Bronx-based dancer feels like skimming through pages of a comprehensive Hip Hop encyclopedia. Dates, names and moments are seared into his memory and he recites them with a warm but precise conviction. […]
Thereâs almost always a winner in a breakup, and when you had a very big and very famous breakup, the public tends to be the unsolicited judge determining who that winner is. Insert Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, who in this house we respectively recognize as the Queen of Pop and the singer who put […]
Pop Smoke’s posthumous album isn’t the only project being developed in honor of the late rapper. Steven Victor, who served as Pop and Pusha T’s manager, revealed he’s working on a documentary to memorialize his client in an interview with Complex. “I’m working really, really hard on this Pop Smoke album,” Victor said. “And I’m […]
The audacity of Jamie xx to release a great new dance track while the clubs are closed and weâre all stuck in our homes. Guess weâll just have to improvise. The English producer and xx member formally dropped his song âIdontknowâ today, his first solo track since his beautiful first album, In Colour, in 2015. […]
New York, NY – There is no shortage of social media apps available in 2020, and it can be difficult, if not impossible, to keep up with them all. Today’s independent Hip Hop artists, however, know that social media is a key pipeline to success, as it’s a way to connect with both old friends […]
Actress Rita Wilson and her husband Tom Hanks were two of the first celebrities to go public with their COVID-19 diagnoses last month. While quarantined in Australia, where they’d been filming a movie, Wilson curbed her boredom one evening by reciting the lyrics to Naughty By Nature’s 1993 hit “Hip Hop Hooray” for her 1 […]
Ambezza has seen a bunch of industry doors open up thanks to his production work on Future and Drake’s multi-platinum selling hit “Life Is Good,” which was the first song in Billboard history to spend its first eight weeks at No. 2 on the Hot 100. Yet the German producer, who’s English is A-1, has […]
Much like Harry Stylesâs BFF Stevie Nicks, the fate and future of his former boy band One Direction has been embroiled in Rumours. Zayn Malik famously quit the band to go solo in 2015, and Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, and Louis Tomlinson put 1D on indefinite hiatus the following year. However, you may have […]
Memphis, TN – When it comes to creating a sound, Grammy-nominated super-producer, Tay Keith, is highly sought after. The Memphis producer built his name up producing for Blocboy JB, and has since then gone on to devise renowned beats for BeyoncĂ©, Drake, Travis Scott, Eminem and more. Pulling back to his Memphis roots, Tay Keith […]
When Pretty Ricky made their debut in 2004 with their platinum-selling single “Grind With Me,” the group from the 305 were instant fan-favorites for their raunchy, sensual take on Hip Hop and R&B. The song led the group to ink a deal with Atlantic Records, and from there, Pretty Ricky exploded onto the mainstream, becoming […]
Los Angeles, CA – As most Americans continue to abide by the nationwide stay-at-home orders, the need for exercise seems more paramount. The possibility of actually disappearing into the couch as we type away on our laptops or dive into our 10th Netflix binge of the week almost seems plausible. That’s where celebrity trainer and author Mark […]
Diddy held his nine-hour Team Love Dance-A-Thon Instagram Live on Easter Sunday (April 12). A number of his celebrity friends popped in during the session, including DJ Khaled, Drake, Snoop Dogg, LeBron James and Lizzo. While Lizzo was on camera, she attempted to start twerking, but Diddy quickly stopped her, saying, “Whoa whoa whoa whoa. […]
RealStreetRadio – This week in Hip Hop, DJ Premier and RZA went head-to-head — virtually — in an epic Instagram Live battle. The Hip Hop community also lost two burgeoning rappers: Shoreline Mafia affiliate Mac P Dawg and Philadelphia’s model-turned-rapper Chynna. Finally, Tory Lanez‘s Quarantine Radio suffered a short-lived ban on Instagram. DJ Premier & […]
What began as a simple challenge by Brazilian DJ Nyack has blossomed into a full-blown movement dedicated to the influence of the legendary DJ Premier. “[DJ Premier] inspired many of us, so I decided to pay homage with this video,” Nyack wrote on Instagram, nominating DJs such as Skratch Bastid and X-Ecutioners member DJ Boogie […]
Toosii — the New York-born, Raleigh-based upstart who’s been commonly mistaken for DaBaby‘s younger brother — is gearing up to become the next rap star out of North Carolina. After spending the last two years touring with DaBaby, Polo G and Summer Walker, Toosii released his debut studio album, Platinum Heart, this February. An entirely solo 13-track effort, the […]
Wu-Tang Clan luminary Method Man and his son PXWER have linked up on wax for the first time ever on the 2nd Generation Wu remix “New Generation.” Along with inTeLL, the son of U-God, Meth and PXWER effortlessly swap bars over YODI and intelligent’s dark, keyboard-laced beat. “It’s dope to work with my pops,” PWXER […]
JAY-Z’s âEmpire State of Mindâ was a culture-defining anthem for New York. The song went 5x-platinum and took home two Grammys but according to Alicia Keys, the collaboration almost didnât happen. The Grammy Award-winning singer spoke with Ebro Darden for Beats 1 and revealed a few mishaps nearly kept the song from taking flight. âFor a […]
Polo G continues his 2020 run with his new single, “DND.” The WayneOnABeat-produced track also arrives with a moody visual and serves as the latest offering from Polo’s next album. In the Jordan Wozy-directed clip, the Chicago native puts his phone on “Do Not Disturb” mode and isolates himself from his peers. related news Interview: […]
The world might be in shambles, but life is apparently still good for Future. In an interview with XXL, the Atlanta superstar hopped on a $15 million yacht to discuss his upcoming album Life Is Good. âItâs about life and being good and just enjoying life,â Future said. âSo many tragedies and catastrophes and everything is going […]
What happened to âCheetah girls, cheetah sisters?â âAmigas, cheetahs, friends for life?â All those lyrics that an entire generation of people has ingrained in their brains instead of basic math? The Cheetah Girls â Raven-SymonĂ©, Adrienne Bailon, Kiely Williams, and Sabrina Bryant â have parted ways since delighting millions in their Disney Channel Original movies […]
As Nicki Minaj once prophesized, you do indeed âgotta keep an eye out for Selener.â In her music video for Rare deluxe single âBoyfriend,â Ms. Gomez goes full Hustlers, courting multiple guys and spiking their drinks with a purple elixir so she can take them home. Side effects may include tripping out of your mind […]
The Weeknd has stepped forward to clarify his remarks about inspiring Usher’s 2012 single “Cllimax.” After Diplo, who produced the song, admitted he drew from the sonics of The Weeknd’s 2011 debut mixtape House of Balloons, Weeknd jumped online to pay homage to Usher and state there was no beef. “Of course media blows things out of proportion […]
There are two types of celebrity feuds: regular beefs, and what Arrested Development once deemed boyfights. Taylor and Kanye? Thatâs a feud. Cuomo brothers? Boyfight. Usher and the Weeknd arenât brothers, so thatâs a plain old feud. Noel and Liam Gallagher? Textbook boyfight. Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Liam Gallagher has been trying to get his […]