G.O.O.D. Music artist 070 Shake, who burst onto the scene her collaborations with Kanye West and Pusha T, has released her debut album Modus Vivendi. The project is the follow-up to her Glitter EP, which dropped in 2018. The New Jersey-bred rapper/singer’s first studio LP is comprised of 14 tracks. Production is handled by Mike […]
DaBaby’s artist and frequent collaborator Stunna 4 Vegas has dropped a new studio album titled Rich Youngin. The Interscope Records release follows last year’s Big 4x mixtape, which arrived in May 2019. The North Carolina-bred rapper’s latest project includes 12 tracks. Offset, Lil Baby, Blac Youngsta and the aforementioned DaBaby round out the features on […]
Eminem has done it again. Roughly 17 months after shocking his fans with the unexpected Kamikaze album, the Detroit rap titan is back with another surprise albumĀ ā Music To Be Murdered By.Ā Comprised of 20 tracks, the album was inspired by famed director Alfred Hitchcock and features Royce Da 5’9, Q-Tip, Young M.A, Anderson […]
Houston, TX – Dream Chasers artist Yung Ro was in the middle of an Instagram Live session when he noticed a man on a Valero gas station roof in Houston, Texas who appeared to be about to take his own life. “This man about to jump off the roof, man,” Ro says in the clip. […]
Miami, FL – Kodak Black is concerned about his health and safety behind bars. On Thursday (January 16), the incarcerated rapper shared two lengthy Instagram posts about the conditions he’s been forced to endure at the Miami Federal Department of Corrections. According to one of the captions, he truly believes he’s going to die in […]
Hip Hop artists around the globe have a shot at reaching billions of NBA fans. BASE:LINE, a collaborative effort between the NBA, Apple Music and Steve Stoute-owned music distributor UnitedMasters, is a new playlist aimed at shining a light on independent artists worldwide. Curated by Ebro Darden and his team, the Apple Music playlist will […]
San Francisco, CA – Bay Area rapper Larry June has tripled-down on the videos and shared yet another wholistically dope visual to personify his Out The Trunk mixtape track “Organic Fatherhood.” June enters 2020 with the moment of a run yielding six mixtapes in 2019, and continues to apply pressure with a barrage of music […]
Actress Taraji P. Henson sat down with T.I. for a recent episode of his expediTIouslyĀ podcast called “Shooting The Sh*t.” Tip shared a video clip of the interview on his Instagram account this week, which finds Henson berating 50 Cent for his constant negativity surrounding her hit show Empire.Ā Fiddy, of course, is the mastermind behind […]
Kodak Black‘s behavior outside of music has overshadowed his music again as he was number one on the U.S. Custom’s list of 2019 seizures. WBFO News posted the top ten lists of threats the Buffalo Field Office of U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered during routine traffic stops at the U.S. border. Kodak’s arrest by […]
Once the news broke The Notorious B.I.G. was being inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, his widowĀ Faith Evans and close friends Diddy and Lil Kim celebrated the moment along with his many supporters. The late Hip Hop legend’s motherĀ Voletta WallaceĀ praised the epic feat as well. In a recent interview with Billboard,Ā Biggieās mom […]
Mariah ā19 No. 1 Songsā Carey is one of the brand new inductees to the Songwriters Hall of Fame. The new class was announced on CBS This Morning on Thursday. The Isley Brothers, Eurythmics, Rick Nowels, the Neptunes, William āMickeyā Stevenson, and Steve Miller are also joining the hallowed hall. Do we even have to […]
2 Chainz is evidently starting off 2020 with a new do. On Wednesday night (January 15), the platinum-selling rapper posted a photo to his Instagram account showing his signature dreadlocks laying on the floor. “This my second cut of the year,” he wrote in the caption.Ā It’s unclear if he cut them all off or it’s […]
Burbank, CA – Not long after Omarion axed B2K from the upcoming Millennium Tour 2020, Raz B was reportedly arrested for DUI. According to TMZ, the veteran R&B singer was taken into custody around 3 a.m. PST in Burbank, California on Wednesday morning (January 15). Police allegedly witnessed his Mercedes-Benz blow through a red light, […]
RealStreetRadio – Chicago’s Verbal Kent (of Ugly Heroes)Ā and Ghana MC Recognize Ali have joined lyrical forces to form Dueling Experts. To introduce their latest venture, the duo has dropped an appropriately titled single called “The Dueling Experts,” which is taken from their forthcoming self-titled album produced byĀ Lord Beatjitzu. āDueling Experts is that raw unadulterated hardcore […]
RealStreetRadio Premiere – On the heels of Compton’s Most Wanted’s first album in 13 years Gangsta Bizness, Tha Chill is back with a new video for the solo single “I Got The Hook Up.” The track comes from his forthcoming album FOHEAD,Ā which isĀ all part of the CMW vet’s master plan for the new year. “Iām […]
Oh say, can you see Demi Lovato planning a comeback? The singer is making her way back into the public eye after taking some time off to work on her health (and new music). Lovato just announced that sheāll be performing the national anthem at Super Bowl LIV this year. She posted about her tiny […]
John Cena is maybe one of the last celebrities youād expect to be a card-carrying member of the BTS Army, but heās clearly got purple running through his veins. The wrestler was supremely jealous of his fellow guest on The Late Late Show With James Corden, January Jones, who actually got to meet BTS the […]
Indianpolis, IN – An Indianapolis rapper named T Ward ā real name Troy Ward ā was convicted of a 2017 triple homicide after his own song lyrics put him at the scene of the crime, earning himself a “Donkey Of The Day” award from The Breakfast Club. According to the Indianapolis Star, the 21-year-old Indiana […]
Cannes, France – Spike Lee has just became the president of the 73rd Cannes Film Festival Jury, marking the first time in the event’s 73-year history a black man has been given the role. The festival announced the news on Tuesday (January 14). “At 62, the filmmaker, who is also a screenwriter, actor, editor and […]
Los Angeles, CA – Six-time NBA All-Star Paul George recently sat down with ESPNĀ to talk about his move from the Oklahoma City Thunder to the Los Angeles Clippers. In the interview, which was published on Wednesday (January 15), George revealed he and his longtime friend Kawhi Leonard had an unlikely ally in their fight to […]
Megan Thee Stallion has been in the lab with Pharrell. Hot Girl Meg, the winner of RealStreetRadio’s 2019 Level Up of the Year Award, gave fans a behind-the-scenes look at her work with The Neptunes producer in an Instagram clip posted on Wednesday (January 15). “Cooking up with the mf legend him self @pharrell,” she […]
New York, NY – Tekashi 6ix9ine helped take down the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang after testifying against Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack and Anthony “Harv” Ellison last October. Alleged Nine Trey member and 6ix9ine’s ex-manager Kifano “Shotti” Jordan was among the casualties in the government’s case against the gang. Last September, he received 15 years in […]
Meek Mill is getting a chance to display his acting chops in 2020. The Dream Chasers MC has shared a trailer for his upcoming film Charm City Kings, which stars Meek alongside teen actor Jahi DiāAllo Winston. Director Angel Manuel Soto’s movie tells the story of Mouse, a 14-year-old aspiring to join the Midnight Clique […]
Fulton County, GA – YK Osiris asked a Georgia judge to allow him to leave the state so he can travel to Toronto to record with Drake. However, Drake is reportedly unaware of any planned studio session. According to TMZ, Osiris filed documents in Fulton County on Tuesday (January 14) in order to travel to […]
Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Garcia are bona fide radio legends ā that’s not up for debate. The New York City-bred duo helped launch the careers of numerous notable Hip Hop artists ā from Eminem and Biggie to JAY-Z and the late Big L. They ruled the ’90s airwaves like Kool DJ Red Alert ruled the […]
Boosie Badazz has shut down false claims about him getting into a fight with George Zimmerman. “I’ve never seen George in my life but on TV,” the Baton Rouge-bred rapper said in an Instagram video. “This is a lie. Leave me alone. I never seen George Zimmerman in my life. George don’t know me. Talking […]
AppleĀ has acquiredĀ a Spike Jonze-directed documentary calledĀ Beastie Boys Story,Ā which will dive into the lives of Ad-Rock, Mike D and the late MCA. The film is set to premiere around the 26th anniversary of Beastie Boysā No. 1 Billboard 200 album, 1994’s Ill Communication,Ā andĀ again reunites the surviving Beasties with Jonze who famously directed the motley trio’s “Sabotage” […]
Machine Gun Kelly is venturing outside of Hip Hop for his next album, which now has a title. In a brief clip from an interview with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe, the Interscope Records rapper said his upcoming pop-punk LP will be called Tickets For My Downfall. “the untitled pop punk album has a name,” he […]
This essay originally ran in November 2017 around the release of Lady Bird. Weāre running it again today in light of Dave Matthews Bandās controversial exclusion in the 2020 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame class, despite having won the Fan Vote by over 1 million votes. In the year 2000, it was certainly lost […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine is concerned about his safety now that heās been sentenced to two years in prison. The rapper, born Daniel Hernandez, has put in a request to serve the rest of his sentence at home, according to court documents obtained by TMZ. His attorney, Lance Lazzaro, requested that his client spend the remaining months […]