Veteran Hip Hop producer Robert “Rocky” Ford Jr. died on Wednesday (May 20), according to longtime friend and mentee Russell Simmons. In a statement sent to RealStreetRadio, the Def Jam Recordings co-founder praised Ford for his vision and unrelenting love of Hip Hop. In 1979, Ford left Billboard Magazine where he was working at the […]
Machine Gun Kelly’s musical career transformation has continued to bloom in front of fans’ eyes and that includes sending more subliminals towards his rival Eminem. After reveling in “killing” Slim Shady the street single “Bullets With Names,” MGK has dropped off visuals for “Bloody Valentine,” his first official video from his upcoming album Tickets to […]
The music community is still mourning the loss of record executive Andre Harrell who passed away from heart failure earlier this month at the age of 59. To honor his legacy, a tribute special called “Mr. Champagne and Bubblesâ (one of Harrellâs nicknames) will air on Sunday night (May 24) at 7 p.m. EST and […]
Even in its off-season, Succession has a surprise under its cashmere statement sleeve: HBO and WaterTower Music today released an official version of Kendall Royâs rap opus âL to the OG.â No more rapping along to the grainy YouTube videos of the track, no more logging on to HBO Go to experience a little bit […]
Tame Impala makes music about learning to adapt to lifeâs changes. In a decade, the psychedelic rock torchbearer and musical flagship of Perth, Australia, polymath Kevin Parker blossomed from renown at home and among indie-rock fans in the know to its current status as one of the Western worldâs must-see festival closers, adored by hip-hop […]
Trina apparently has no plans of backing down from the beef she has with Khia. On Tuesday (May 19), Trina fired a shot at the “My Neck, My Back” rapper in a promo clip at Miami radio station 99 Jamz. Alongside Jamz personality Big Mac, Trina acted out the motions of preparing for a fight when […]
The Bachelorette star Hannah Brown’s love for DaBaby’s “Rockstar” recently found her in some murky waters. On Saturday (May 15), the reality star was on Instagram Live while trying to recall the TikTok dance to DaBaby’s aforementioned track. In the process, she rapped some of the lyrics word-for-word â which included the n-word. As viewers began […]
What would you do to go to a concert right now? Would you get your temperature taken at the door? Wear a mask? Sit away from the rest of the audience with your friends â or pay for the surrounding empty seats if you wanted to go alone? Around 200 fans did exactly that to […]
Hey! Teacher! You should probably mediate a thoughtful and open dialogue between these two. Roger Waters, co-founder and bassist of OG progressive-rock virtuosos Pink Floyd, revealed in a lengthy social-media video that fellow member David Gilmour is gatekeeping the bandâs website â effectively banning him and drummer Nick Mason from having any sort of access, […]
Magoo is receiving his flowers on social media right now â even though things started off quite differently. On Saturday (May 16), a Twitter user shared quite the hot take on Timbaland’s rap partner. With a clip of the Virginia native’s verse from his and Timbo’s 1997 hit “Luv 2 Luv U,” the woman declared […]
The Rock’s got moves like Breezy â well, sort of. Having some fun during what looked like a workout routine on Thursday (May 14), Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson tried his hand at a Chris Brown number from a recent show to the I Heart Memphis’ “track Hit The Quan.” Clear impressed, Brown shared a side-by-side […]
Facebook Live – The Last Poets are often heralded as the “godfathers of Hip Hop.” Their politically charged brand of poetry served as inspiration for a bevy of notable artists such as Marvin Gaye, Parliament-Funkadelic, Kanye West, Nas, Common, Curtis Mayfield and Public Enemy. On Tuesday (May 19), the Universal Hip Hop Museum and Video […]
Mike Hadreas didnât listen to show tunes before he became stuck at home. Lately, though, the musician has started his days quarantining in Los Angeles by listening to Sinead OâConnorâs cover of âDonât Cry for Me, Argentina,â from the musical Evita. âThereâs something satisfying to it to me right now, because Iâm stuck here but […]
A pregnancy during a pandemic has not slowed down Miss Katy Perry. The pop star and certifiably insane American Idol judge released her newest single âDaisiesâ at midnight on Friday, May 15. âI wrote this song a couple months ago as a call to remain true to the course youâve set for yourself, regardless of […]
Swizz Beatz loosely threw the idea around of contributing $1 million each to Hip Hop founders such as Kool Herc and Sugar Hill Gang while speaking to Joe Budden for Beatzâs Zone Radio earlier this week. Now, he’s doubling down and is clearly serious about making it happen. During an Instagram Live conversation with LL Cool […]
Hip-hop lost a visionary thinker and a lifelong tastemaker over the weekend in the late Andre Harrell, founder of the seminal hip-hop label Uptown Records, home to a number of the architects of the new-jack-swing revolution of the â80s and â90s and an integral stepping stone for black music icons like Sean âPuff Daddyâ Combs, […]
Todayâs distraction from the worldâs impending doom came in the form of Entertainment Weeklyâs Pride Month issue, which has a cover that can generously be described as âsocially-distanced.â Rather than staging a photo shoot (which can still be done), the magazine ordered an illustration of a party featuring 18 past and present LGBTQ stars. And […]
With this yearâs Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony postponed until November due to the coronavirus pandemic (Cleveland in the late fall, what a treat), the powers that be decided to tide us over with some rock history in the meantime. As alerted to us by Consequence of Sound, over the past few […]
Common will be taking his talents to the small screen amid the quarantine. The Chicago-bred rapper/actor will appear on the latest mini-episode of the Fraggle Rock: Rock On!, which is streaming for free on Apple TV+. And there are no worries about Common potentially exposing himself to COVID-19 on set either. All of the mini-episodes […]
The contentious rival between Trina and Khia has been ongoing for years. It was reignited earlier this month when the “My Neck My Back (Lick It)” rapper said she’d roast Trina in an Instagram Live battle. When asked about the claim during an interview with Miami radio station 99 Jamz, Trina proceeded to drag Khia, […]
For over a decade, Hayley Williams sold gale-force emotional reckoning as the lead singer of Paramore, one of the most successful bands on the forefront of the mainstream emo revolution of the middle aughts. Hard-charging riffs carried her sweeping vocals and incisive lyrics across the country, building the bandâs profile through endless touring. Paramore stayed […]
Pioneering, flamboyant, eccentric â Little Richard was all these things, and then some. And just as his anarchic performances suggested, the late legend was just as wild away from the piano, living a life full of sex, drugs, spirituality, generosity, sex, bravado, kindness, and some more sex. The immediate outpouring following his May 9 death […]
As the planet reels in anxiety and grief, Matty Healy sounds surprisingly calm, almost as if heâd expected this, or certainly hadnât been entirely surprised by it. âIt is a very, very odd time,â he says over the phone from the recording studio in the English countryside where heâs been quarantining with the drummer-producer George […]
The rise of Instagram Live as a stopgap entertainment hub for people whose nighttime meeting grounds are shuttered indefinitely was the first sign that the quarantine couldnât completely quash plans for spring music, even in the absence of live events in the traditional sense. Over the past month, Minecraft has hosted festivals featuring performances from […]
Miami, FL – Following the string of music-industry deaths of mogul Andre Harrell and rock ‘n’ roll pioneer Little Richard, a family member of longtime R&B singer Betty White has confirmed her death at the age of 66. “I just lost my aunt this morningâŠ. and now my mood has changedâŠ. sleep in peace aunty […]
Imagine sitting next to Little Richard at a dinner party: I remember one night, we had this wonderful orgy going. It was one of the best I have ever been to. And in the middle of this orgy, that was fantastic, somebody knocked on my door. I said: âJust a moment! This is an orgy!â […]
Little Richard, one of the most influential figures in the foundation and evolution of rock and roll, has died at the age of 87. His son confirmed the news to Rolling Stone, but said that the cause of death was still unknown. With songs such as âTutti Frutti,â âGood Golly Miss Molly,â âRip It Up,â […]
Los Angeles, CA – Ray J and Love & Hip Hop: Hollywood star Princess Love’s marriage is coming to an end, according to multiple reports. Almost four years after the couple tied the knot, Princess Love filed for divorce in Los Angeles County Superior Court on Tuesday (May 5). Problems between the two began to […]
Grandma has needs, too â and she’s not afraid to admit it. On Thursday (May 7), a college student by the name of Odedra Scrivens uploaded a hilarious video to TikTok featuring her grandmother rating various celebrities and it quickly went viral. In the clip, grandma rates Dave East, Chris Brown, A$AP Rocky and more on […]
Nowâs not the best time to end up in the hospital for any reason. That said, weâre grateful that Brian May hasnât tested positive for the coronavirus right now. But we are sorry that the Queen guitarist, who was staying at home and minding his business, has âmanaged to rip my Gluteus Maximus to shreds […]