RealStreetRadio Premiere – Denver-based rapper HunidRack6 has unveiled a new video for “Mopsticks Chopsticks.” The bass-heavy single comes from his forthcoming Bag Fase 2 project, which serves as the aptly titled follow-up to 2019’s Bag Fase. “I’m excited for the release of Bag Fase 2 because I’m ready to show a broader audience what I […]
London – Rap superstar Kendrick Lamar is set to headline the BST Hyde Park Festival this summer on July 5, according to Billboard. Fans are anticipating the return of the Top Dawg Entertainment artist who hasn’t released a project since 2017’s DAMN. It’s been rumored that Lamar will release a rock-influenced album this year and […]
Run The Jewels have provided yet another update on Run The Jewels 4. On Monday (January 20), El-P hit up his Twitter account and claimed the upcoming project will outdo all others. “what if I told you me and @KillerMike just made our best RTJ album yet?” he wrote. “would you believe me? trick question it doesn’t matter if […]
Los Angeles, CA – The 2020 Grammy Awards will include a special tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle. On Tuesday (January 21), Grammys’ executive producer Ken Ehrlich revealed the tribute will entail performances by several of Nipsey’s close friends and collaborators, including YG, Meek Mill, Roddy Rich, DJ Khaled, John Legend and Kirk Franklin. “An activist, […]
Yelawolf was recently caught in Royce Da 5’9’s crosshairs on the song “Overcomer,” which finds the Slaughterhouse MC calling the Alabama-born rapper a “punk ass” and “pundit vulture.” Royce followed up with a few other insults Instagram after Yelawolf responded to the diss in a since-deleted Instagram post. View this post on Instagram I can […]
Oprah Winfrey stepped down from her role as executive producer on a forthcoming documentary about Russell Simmons earlier this month. The doc, titled On The Record, reportedly centers around Simmons’ sexual assault accuser Drew Dixon. On Tuesday’s (January 21) episode of CBS This Morning, the talk show host mogul clarified her separation from the project has […]
David Olney, a singer-songwriter who’s been prevalent in the folk and Americana music communities since the 1970s, died on Saturday evening during his set at Florida’s 30A Songwriters Festival. He was 71. Per Variety, Olney was in the middle of performing the third song in his set when he apologized to the audience, ceased movement, […]
Screwball rapper Hostyle has died at the age of 47. According to a tweet from R.A. The Rugged Man, fellow Screwball member Blaq Poet confirmed the news on Sunday (January 19). “DAMN… the worst news ever,” he wrote. “I just found out my people HOSTYLE from SCREWBALL passed away. I just got off the phone […]
15x-Grammy Award winner Alicia Keys has announced her next album — the simply titled ALICIA. The veteran singer/pianist and upcoming host of the 2020 Grammy Awards announced the news Instagram with a photo of the album’s cover art. In the caption, she revealed the project will arrive on March 20. View this post on Instagram #ALICIA […]
An Australian artist made a hand-drawn portrait of Kanye West by repeatedly writing his name. The the artist, who goes by the handle @alx.n.ria, posted a video on Saturday (January 18) highlighting the creation process for the artwork. The clip begins with her writing out Kanye’s name using a pen on a blank sheet of […]
I’ve got to be honest. When I first heard Tarriona “Tank” Ball sing with Tank and the Bangas on their 2017 NPR Tiny Desk concert, I had no idea what this girl was talking about. “Would have been fish / Would have been meat / Would have been eggs / Would have been fruit,” begins […]
Joe Budden was an outspoken critic of Eminem’s 2017 effort Revival and consequently, Slim Shady blatantly dissed the former Slaughterhouse MC on the 2018 follow-up Kamikaze. On Friday (January 17), Em blindsided his fans once again with another surprise album called Music To Be Murdered By. During episode #314 of The Joe Budden Podcast with Rory & Mal, the […]
She didn’t get an Oscar nomination for the Cats song, but Taylor Swift is not giving up on that Best Original Song award. Taylor Swift’s upcoming Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, chronicles her pivot to politics and shows Swift writing “an anthem for millennials who might have come away disillusioned with the political process,” Variety reports, […]
Following a series of health scares and tour cancellations in 2019, Ozzy Osbourne revealed in a new interview with Good Morning America that he’s suffering from Parkinson’s disease. In addition to PRKN 2, which Osbourne says he was diagnosed with last February, he also dealt with a fall that severely impaired his mobility. “It’s been […]
After nearly a decade of static, fans of the indie-rock group Bright Eyes have reason to rejoice. The Omaha-based band, fronted by widely revered singer-songwriter Conor Oberst, are back in business. Bright Eyes are set to release a new album with indie label Dead Oceans, their new home, and head on tour for a string […]
Producer, composer, singer-songwriter, and session player Jon Brion has left an indelible mark on the face of pop, rock, and hip-hop over nearly 40 years of work. His impressive résumé includes collaborations with Fiona Apple, Elliott Smith, Aimee Mann, Kanye West, Frank Ocean, Beyoncé, and many more. He has scored two dozen films since the […]
After you sign up for an actual public library card (Seriously, why don’t you have one yet? The library is free!), head on over to Radiohead.com for a much more rarefied bibliological experience. According to an announcement made Monday, Radiohead is relaunching their website as the ultimate fan archive. “Radiohead.com has always been infuriatingly uninformative […]
In 2018, Prince’s family members filed a lawsuit against the Minnesota doctor who treated the singer prior to his death on April 21, 2016, as well as the doctor’s former employer and an Illinois hospital that offered Prince medical assistance following an overdose a week before his death. According to a report from the Associated […]
Days after Grammys President and CEO Deborah Dugan was placed on administrative leave following “a formal allegation of misconduct by a senior female member of the Recording Academy team,” Interim Grammy head Harvey Mason Jr. issued a statement lambasting the “sensational sound bites and teaser headlines” about Dugan’s removal. “I’m deeply disturbed and saddened by […]
New York City, ny – Not many artists habitually keep their authenticity intact to the degree that Brooklyn rapper Uncle Murda does. Having toured Australia and New Zealand this past November with 50 Cent and Janet Jackson, and recently dropped his first project in two years, Don’t Come Outside Volume 2, he’s continuing to thrive. […]
A white rapper learned the hard way just how inappropriate dropping the “n-word” is during a battle — or, anywhere. In a video clip shared to Twitter, the heavily bearded MC is in the middle of his verse when he spits, “I ain’t like these other battle rappers/They talk too much/Saying I can’t use the […]
Hollywood, CA – Anderson .Paak signed a record deal with Dr. Dre and won a Grammy Award, yet his appearance on The Price Is Right ranks as one of his top achievements. After Paak’s episode of the long-running game show aired on Monday (January 20), the Aftermath artist celebrated being a contestant on the famed […]
Drake shouted out some respected MCs and artists in a series of posts on Instagram Stories. The OVO boss showed love to Phonte, The Roots, MF DOOM, Elzhi and more while sharing his listening selections from Sunday night (January 19). “Spent my night listening to some of the greatest ever,” Drake wrote before posting photos […]
Migos member Offset declared Culture 3 will be the last of the album series Instagram on Sunday (January 19). The previous LPs Culture and Culture II were extremely successful as both projects went platinum and hit the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. Offset made the announcement by posting a picture of the Grammy-nominated group […]
Louis Tomlinson just dropped the music video for the titular track off his debut album, Walls, and the song is every bit as slow and introspective as the video’s barren desert landscape suggests. The single is easy listening, lonely pop rock reminiscent of the 2000s (think early Green Day, but with an inspirational, self-help slant). […]
Eminem’s surprise album Music To Be Murdered By is expected to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 next week and in the process, make Billboard history. According to HITS Daily Double, Shady’s 11th studio effort is projected to move between 300,000 and 325,000 album-equivalent units. If the project does indeed top the Billboard 200, […]
The Brooklyn Hip Hop scene got a little more unified as Casanova and Pop Smoke put an end to their beef. After tensions between the two began to publicly surface in recent weeks, Casanova revealed he’s on good terms with Pop on Sunday (January 19). The Roc Nation artist posted a photo of his friendly […]
In celebration of the release of Offset‘s collaboration with fashion designer Chaz A. Jordan, Cardi B promised some fellatio to her husband. The entertainer made the offer on her Twitter after the collaboration was released on Thursday (January 16). She wrote, “Sooooo proud of my man!! Celebration in my throat today!!!” Sooooo proud of my […]
San Antonio, TX – Violence erupted inside a San Antonio bar on Sunday night (January 19) as a crowd gathered for a concert called Living the DREAM. The show featured 19 burgeoning rappers mildly popular on social media, including San Antonio rappers RUZ, Creep and 223Jerm. According to ABC News, the San Antonio Police Department responded […]
RealStreetRadio – This week in Hip Hop, Eminem dropped his surprise album Music To Be Murdered By. Also, Royce Da 5’9 unleashed his new single “Overcomer” featuring a diss aimed at Yelawolf, and 2 Chainz cut down his dreads. Eminem Releases Music To Be Murdered By Eminem surprised fans with a new album titled Music […]