Los Angeles, CA – Fresh off of the release of his latest album Shake the Snow Globe, Russ stopped by The Rap Pack podcast for an in-depth conversation with hosts Carl Chery, Trent Clark and Jon Tanners. View this post on Instagram the culture eats its own and it’s very sad…hyenas. FULL INTERVIEW IN BIO […]
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 […]
It’s been 11 years since we had a new episode of Making the Band, so naturally it is due for a revival. MTV announced today that the show will return, this time being led by choreographer and producer LaurieAnn Gibson and the sons of Sean “Diddy” Combs. The young heirs Christian Combs, Quincy Brown, and […]
Glendale, CA – Good Times actress Ja’Net DuBois, who played beloved neighbor Willona Woods, passed away peacefully in her sleep at her Glendale home on Monday (February 17). She was 74. Kesha Fields, DuBois’ youngest daughter, told CNN the accomplished theater and music performer’s death was unexpected. Janet Jackson, who co-starred with DuBois on Good […]
Los Angeles, CA – In the wake of Pop Smoke’s shooting death, Blueface has issued an ominous warning to artists who come to sunny Los Angeles looking for fame and fortune. On Wednesday (February 19) — only hours after the news of Pop Smoke’s murder broke — Blueface vocalized his feelings about it in one […]
Los Angeles, CA – Jadakiss recently stopped by RealStreetRadio headquarters in the heart of Hollywood to discuss a myriad of topics, including the current state of rap and his time with Def Jam Recordings. During the conversation, the LOX MC also touched on working with The Notorious B.I.G., his favorite rapper. “Just the way he could […]
Matty Healy and the boys from the 1975 have returned with another single from their upcoming album, Notes on a Conditional Form, out on April 24. “The Birthday Party,” the third cut off the forthcoming project, takes us on a digital detox. In the music video, co-directed by Ben Ditto and Jon Emmony, an animated […]
New York, NY – The glory days of Hip Hop were alive and well at 10 Corso Como New York’s exclusive exhibit with Getty Images, Beat Positive, a visual survey of some of the most important photographs in Hip Hop between 1981 and 1993. Getty Images curator Shawn Waldron dug through previously unseen archives and found scores […]
Pomona, CA – Rap rookie JAHMED is repping his Cali hometown Pomona to the fullest in his crispy new visual “FIAT.” While no Italian automobiles actually appear in the Polygon-directed video, the black-and-white cinematography gives viewers a glimpse into his Inland Empire hood, as well as his Left Coast lyrical stylings, that is reminiscent of […]
The ripple effects of Pop Smoke’s murder have continued to impact the rap community. The rising artist was shot and killed in a Hollywood Hills home on Wednesday morning (February 19) around 4:30 a.m. local time. Hours after Redman, Juicy J, The Game and a slew of other high profile artists took their shock to […]
New York, NY – Cardi B‘s bestie Star Brim was caught up in a federal sweep of New York Bloods Gang subset, 59 Brims on Tuesday (February 18), NBC 4 reports. The Southern District of New York identified Star, born Yonetter Respass, in the indictment among 17 other defendants in the case of Cardi’s alleged […]
Bone Thugs-n-Harmony have teamed up with Buffalo Wild Wings for a hilarious new ad spot. The commercial, which arrived on Wednesday (February 19), stars Layzie Bone, Krayzie Bone, Flesh N Bone, Wish Bone and their longtime manager Steve Lobel who are caught in a debate. Krayzie is convinced Bone Thugs needs to change their name […]
Music fans will not be burned again. In a post-Fyre Festival world, no one wants to believe the new Lovers and Friends Festival is real. And who can blame them? If you can’t trust Ja Rule, whose whole claim to fame is a song called “I’m Real,” who can you trust? Enter Snoop Dogg. The […]
Royce Da 5’9 was seemingly in a celebratory mood on Tuesday (February 18) when he announced Eminem’s Music To Be Murdered By had been certified gold by the RIAA. The Bad Meets Evil MC shared a photo of Shady holding a shovel and donning a fedora — in true Music To Be Murdered By form […]
Up-and-coming rapper and leader in the Brooklyn drill movement, Pop Smoke, was killed Wednesday morning. According to Fox LA, the rapper, born Bashar Jackson, was in a Hollywood Hills home owned by Real Housewives of Beverly Hills star Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave and her husband around 4:30 a.m. when two men wearing masks and hoodies broke […]
Neil Young is now officially an American citizen, and you know what that means: He has the God-given rights to bear arms, have a fair trial by jury, and write scathing open letters to his leaders in the Helvetica font. He chose to do the latter this week about Donald Trump, a man he has […]
Los Angeles, CA – Burgeoning rapper Pop Smoke was reportedly shot and killed during a home invasion on Wednesday morning (February 19). According to TMZ, the 20-year-old Brooklyn native was at a Hollywood Hills home when two men dressed in hoodies and masks broke into the house around 4:30 a.m. local time. Police said the men […]
Pop Smoke was shot and killed at a Hollywood Hills home on Wednesday morning (February 19). The blossoming Brooklyn rapper was only 20 years old at the time of the shooting and had just begun to hit his stride as an artist. Police say two men wearing hoodies and masks broke into the home around 4:30 […]
Houston Rockets James Harden and Russell Westbrook grace the March 2020 cover of GQ, in the process paying tribute to Outkast’s iconic Stankonia photo shoot. Shortly after the cover was unveiled on Tuesday (February 18), Big Boi gave it two thumbs up and tagged GQ‘s Editor-In-Chief Will Welch to ensure he was aware of his approval. […]
Five years is an eternity. In the fictional Earth of David Bowie’s The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders From Mars, it was enough time for the entire planet to die. Here on Earth Prime, it has been enough time for everything to go kind of awry, for hurricanes, wildfires, diseases, and […]
Dwyane Wade’s recent interview with Good Morning America stirred up plenty of controversy after the retired NBA star opened up about his transgender child. He explained to GMA‘s Robin Roberts his son, born Zion Wade, knew at 3 years old that he didn’t feel right in his own skin. So he ultimately began living as […]
The Weeknd is pivoting yet again from sad boy to goth boy with his new single, “After Hours,” the title track off his new album. The single, which clocks in at a hefty six minutes, arrives on the heels of his album title announcement, which dropped on Twitter last week. This all comes well after […]
Commerce Township, MI – Former Shady Records artist Obie Trice caught a break on Tuesday (February 18) when he was charged with a misdemeanor in a case where he was originally facing felony assault. According to WXYZ Detroit, the Motor City rapper was accused of possession of an unregistered firearm following a December 2019 shooting. […]
The folk goddess, the cheekbone icon, the Joni Mitchell has eschewed public life ever since suffering a brain aneurysm in 2015, minus showing up to a select few events that celebrate her greatness. And while Mitchell’s health continues to be a major source of speculation for fans (she was rumored to have lost her speech […]
Lizzo may not have won the Best International Female Solo Artist trophy at the 2020 BRIT Awards, but she still had a phenomenal evening. First, she showed up on the red carpet dressed as a human Hershey bar, probably the most fun awards-season look since the Pokémon-gym-trainer fashions of this year’s Grammys. Then she performed […]
After the tragic death of Love Island host Caroline Flack on Saturday, a spokesperson for the BRIT Awards confirmed to Sky News that Flack’s onetime boyfriend Harry Styles would perform as planned during Tuesday’s ceremony. The singer, who has yet to comment publicly on Flack’s death, wore a black ribbon on his suit for the […]
Billie Eilish isn’t British, even if her name does sound like a pastoral Cornish hamlet. She did write the latest James Bond theme, however, for the upcoming No Time to Die, and as we all know, James Bond is a British action legend and sex symbol second only to Paddington. So days after debuting “No […]
After earning the respect of several of her famous peers, Alabama-bred MC Chika is poised for a new level of notoriety. Now backed by Warner Records, the 22-year-old lyricist is prepping her debut EP and has unleashed the first single “Industry Games” onto her adoring fanbase. “Industry games, yeah, rapping but they not in love […]
While it’s been nearly two years since Pusha T revealed Drake’s “secret son” on the “The Story Of Adidon” diss track, the subject is still fodder for Hip Hop enthusiasts. Snoop Dogg and Michael Rapaport recently sat down together for an episode of GGN Double G News where the topic reared its head once again. Snoop […]