Dave East’s contribution to #TheBoxChallenge isn’t getting a warm reception. After the star of Hulu’s Wu-Tang: An American Saga previewed his remix of Roddy Ricch’s hit single “The Box” on social media, the Harlem-bred MC was bombarded with negative reactions. Twitter users posted a variety of videos and gifs to detail their disdain for East’s […]
Chicago, IL – Juice Wrld’s cause of death has officially been determined after he shockingly passed away last month. According to the Cook County Medical Examiner, the late rapper died from an accidental overdose of oxycodone and codeine. The Interscope Records artist, whose real name was Jarad Higgins, went into cardiac arrest at the Chicago […]
Washington, D.C. – DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion and Roddy Ricch are set to headline the 2020 Broccoli City Festival. The annual fest will return to Washington, D.C. the weekend of May 7-9 at the newly renovated Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium. Other performers will include Ari Lennox, Burna Boy, Doja Cat, IDK, Lucky Daye and […]
Back in 2008, Rush delighted one of their all-time biggest fanboys, Stephen Colbert, by stopping by The Colbert Report for their first American television interview in decades. It is ⊠an incredible five minutes of increasingly silly questions, and the chat (paired with the subsequent performance of âTom Sawyerâ) was one of the first things […]
Los Angeles, CA – Actor/singer Orlando Brown made a wild claim earlier this week when he said he let Nick Cannon perform oral sex on him. Now, Cannon could’ve exploded with anger or embarrassment or completely ignored the situation altogether but instead, he decided to take the high road. On Wednesday (January 22), the Power […]
On December 8, six days after his 21st birthday, rapper and singer Juice WRLD suffered an unknown medical emergency shortly after landing at Chicagoâs Midway International Airport, and was later pronounced dead at a nearby hospital. Born Jarad Anthony Higgins, the Chicago rapper was known for his hit âLucid Dreams,â which peaked at No. 2 […]
Lizzo continues to rack up those career milestones. Just ahead of the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards â where’s she nominated in eight major categories â the pop powerhouse has unveiled her first Rolling Stone cover. The cover shot features Lizzo surrounded by two half-naked men kneeling at her feet holding bouquets of lilies as they look up […]
Desean Jackson has pimped his ride with a tribute to Nipsey Hussle. The NFL wide receiver showed off his Nipsey-inspired Rolls-Royce Cullinan on social media, sharing photos of the vehicle’s interior and rims decked out in the Crips’ signature blue colors. The car’s doors also feature custom lighting projecting Nipsey’s likeness on the ground. “The […]
Compared to 2018’s Kamikaze, Eminem went relatively light on people throughout the surprise album Music To Be Murdered By. But there were still a few artists who got caught in Shady’s lyrical crosshairs, including Machine Gun Kelly and Joe Budden. And although it’s minimal, Em also sends a tiny shot in Trippie Redd’s direction on the […]
Apryl Jones apparently has some regrets. In a recent interview with Tiffany Pollard on Brunch With Tiffany, Omarion’s baby mother and ex-fiancĂ©e â who recently split up with B2K bandmember Lil Fizz â admitted there were several celebrities she should’ve slept with, including The Game, A$AP Rocky and Shaquille O’Neal. Addressing an Instagram Live rant from last […]
Miami, Florida – The platinum-selling trio of DoItAll, Mr. Funke and DJ Lord Jazz (collectively known as Lords Of The Underground) rose to prominence in the early 90s, with their first two albums spawning post-Golden Era essentials âChief Rockaâ and âTic Tocâ â among others. Though their third and fourth releases, which dropped in 1999 […]
The frontwoman of Paramore is striking out on her own for a bit. The band had a four-year gap between their self-titled hit album and 2017âs After Laughter, and now Hayley Williams is releasing solo material for the first time. âSimmerâ is her first single, and sheâs dropped it with an accompanying music video in […]
Claymation Amazonian women and a post-apocalyptic Toronto are the focus of PartyNextDoorâs latest video “Loyal.” The new visual, which dropped on Tuesday (January 12), stars a claymation version of PND as he tracks down three gigantic women wreaking havoc in Canada’s most populated city. OVO co-founder Drake, who sings on the track, is noticeably absent from short feature, […]
Whether Orlando Brown is trolling remains to be seen but according to a recent Instagram Live video, the actor/singer claims he let Nick Cannon give him oral sex. “You want me to tell everybody and let everybody know that â fine. Nick, I let you suck my dick,” he says in the clip. “OK, fine. […]
Meek Mill had something to say about Tekashi 6ix9ine’s latest prison photo. Shortly after the incarcerated rapper’s alleged girlfriend shared a photo of 6ix9ine her Instagram account, the Dream Chaser Records founder hopped in the comment section to remind 6ix9ine he’s still a snitch. “That witness protection drip,” he wrote. In the photo, 6ix9ine’s signature […]
With the controversy between BeyoncĂ©‘s Ivy Park and the plus-size community growing, Megan Thee Stallion and Lizzo posted videos on social media of their Ivy Park shipments. Megan posted an Instagram video of herself twerking to BeyoncĂ©’s “Crazy in Love” as she received her box from Ivy Park. The rising rap superstar captioned the video, […]
Tired: Taylor Swift doing whatever the hell she was doing with digital fur technology in Cats. Wired: Taylor Swift pouring her heart out while wearing feline backpacks in Miss Americana. In the trailer for Swiftâs upcoming Netflix documentary, which was unexpectedly revealed during her public feud with Scooter Braun, the songstress gives us a very […]
âMusicâs biggest nightâ is this Sunday, but itâs already been overshadowed by behind-the-scenes tension. Last Thursday, a dramatic news story broke revealing that Recording Academy president Deborah Dugan, newly in the role as of August 2019, was put on administrative leave only ten days ahead of this yearâs Grammys ceremony. Dugan, the former CEO of […]
Joey Kramer, the drummer and longtime member of Aerosmith, is currently suing the band for excluding him in the lead-up to several high-profile events. Per court documents obtained by Rolling Stone, Kramer is alleging that the band forced him to re-audition months after sustaining a few minor injuries last spring, when they were preparing to […]
I first spoke with Fiona Apple back in September, after she spontaneously emailed me and gave her first interview in seven years. She was in the midst of working on a new album, her first since 2012âs The Idler Wheel, and had quite happily become the sort of homebody who rarely left her house except […]
Tanya Tucker was a teen star in the thoroughly adult world of country music in the 1970s, schooled in singing with feeling and grit by her father Beau, who also managed her, and entrusted with poignant, weighty material by her legendary Nashville producer Billy Sherrill. Lightly rocking, loosely swinging, string-swathed, southern gothic tales like âDelta […]
The road to Selena Gomezâs latest album, Rare, has been full of difficulties â a kidney transplant, a breakup, and mental health troubles among them â but it seems that perseverance, and a number one single, have paid off spectacularly for the singer. Rare reached number one on the Billboard 200 Chart earlier today, with […]
New York, NY – Although Tekashi 6ix9ine’s signature rainbow-colored hair has faded to a dull brown with dirty blonde tips, the incarcerated rapper is still unmistakably Teakshi 6ix9ine. On Tuesday (January 21), his alleged girlfriend shared a photo of 6ix9ine behind bars rocking an all-white prison jumpsuit and several braids, his prominent “69” tattoo standing […]
According to the late Mac Miller’s Circles producer Jon Brion, the posthumously released project was actually album No. 2 of a trilogy. During a recent chat with The New York Times, the storied musician explained their creation process and the deflating feeling of never finishing their studio work. “[Mac] had this whole aquatic theme that […]
Asad became a big brother as DJ Khaled and wife Nicole Tuck welcomed a second son into the world on Tuesday (January 21). Khaled made the announcement of the birth on Instagram as he posted a celebration picture with Tuck’s gynecologist. He wrote, “Thank you Allah! Thank you my queen Nicole! Bless up Dr. Jin! Another […]
Brooklyn, NY – Pop Smoke‘s mother reportedly put her house up for sale in order to pay her son’s $250,000 bail. According to Queens Daily Eagle, Pop’s lawyer offered up the Canarsie, New York residence as part of a bond deal to have him released. The up-and-coming rapper was arrested on Friday afternoon (January 17) […]
The often elusive Aesop Rock has resurfaced on Instagram for a good cause. On Monday (January 20), the verbose Rhymesayers MC posted a photo of famed skateboarding videographer Kurt Hayashi â who shot Aesop’s 2017 video for “Hot Dogs” â and revealed he’d suffered a stroke the night before. “A very close friend of mine, […]
Los Angeles, CA – Diddy has undergone another name change, but this time it’s much more than a new moniker. The Hip Hop mogul has legally changed his government name from Sean John Combs to Sean Love Combs, according to The Blast. The Bad Boy Records founder filed a petition to change his name to […]
Ahead of the anticipated Super Bowl LIV match-up that will pit the San Francisco 49ers against the Kansas City Chiefs, Pepsi is unveiling that at least one of their big surprises will feature some Hip Hop/R&B royalty. Grammy Award-winners Missy Elliott and H.E.R. will co-star in a :30 Pepsi Zero Sugar ad that will introduce […]
On January 21, the law firm Wigdor LLP filed a Charge of Discrimination with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission on behalf of Deborah Dugan, the former CEO and President of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the awards body behind the Grammys. This news comes five days before the annual Grammy Awards on […]