A 4/20 during the month of 4/2020 should’ve been a 4/20 to be remembered. Now that we’re all stuck inside, it’s going to be … different. The concerts and events might be canceled, but luckily, you can still get stoned in the comfort of your own home. Even more luckily, your favorite musicians have planned […]
In the weeks following beloved soul singer Bill Withers’s death on March 30, one of his most enduring hits has never seemed so timely. During Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home concert Saturday, for which musicians from Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and Lizzo to The Rolling Stones sang from their living rooms and home […]
Joyner Lucas and his manager Dhruv Joshi’s Tully app recently received a strategic investment from Sony Music Entertainment, boosting the capital for the artist collaboration platform. After receiving the investment and using the app to making his Billboard Top 10 album ADHD, Lucas spoke to RealStreetRadio about why he developed Tully. “Artists need to have […]
When you’re done with your Rolling Stones living room scavenger hunt exercise, come here for the sonic cool-down. On Saturday jam-packed One World: Together at Home special, in addition to the many other talented musicians who contributed a vignette for the occasion, Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift, and Lizzo formed the ultimate pop soloist alliance: They all […]
But we got this song! So maybe we can get what we want if we try sometimes? And we just might find: The Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Ronnie Wood, and Charlie Watts pulled off the coveted four-part acoustic living-room harmony on Saturday’s One World: Together at Home special, grooving to “You Can’t Always […]
Gwinnett County, GA – Young Chop is reportedly behind bars once again. According to Gwinnett County Jail records, he was booked for a probation violation on Thursday afternoon (April 16) and held without bond. This marks the second time this month he’s found himself behind bars. The seemingly troubled producer was initially placed on probation […]
The “Toosie Slide” videos keep coming. Drake shared another clip of a mother and daughter dancing to his TikTok smash on Thursday night (April 16). The two move around the room in perfect synchronization before the mother steals the spotlight with a flawless moonwalk. “Nah sorry but pls watch her mom snap at the end,” […]
Akon isn’t shy about his support for Tekashi 6ix9ine. The veteran Senegalese artist, who was expected to contribute to 6ix9ine’s 2018 album Dummy Boy, appeared on an Instagram Live session with DJ Whoo Kid earlier this week and admitted he still wants to be on a song with the controversial rapper — despite his soiled reputation. “I’ma feature […]
Young Thug and his YSL Records have teamed up with 300 Entertainment to host a competition that will end in one creative fan winning $5,000. In celebration of the five-year anniversary of Thugger’s 2015 mixtape, Barter 6, the competition will challenge fans to recreate the tape’s cover art, which depicts the shirtless rapper standing against […]
Young Thug and his YSL Records have teamed up with 300 Entertainment to host a competition that will end in one creative fan winning $5,000. In celebration of the five-year anniversary of Thugger’s 2015 mixtape, Barter 6, the competition will challenge fans to recreate the tape’s cover art, which depicts the shirtless rapper standing against […]
Compton’s Buddy has linked up with OverDoz member Kent Jamz to release a new project titled Janktape Vol. 1 on RCA Records. The LP serves as the follow-up to Buddy’s debut album Harlan & Alondra, which dropped in 2018. The West Coast duo’s collaborative effort is comprised of 10 songs, including the lead single — […]
Veteran producer RJD2 has dropped The Fun Ones, his first studio album since 2016’s Dame Fortune. The 14-track LP is largely instrumental but also includes vocals from Homeboy Sandman, Aceyalone, STS, Khari Mateen and Jordan Brown. “The Fun Ones is a collection of tunes that were made with the intention of making songs that got […]
Like a bolt out of the blue, Beyoncé came in out of nowhere and made a surprise drop in appearance on ABC’s Disney Family Singalong. “I’m very proud to be a part of the Disney family,” Beyoncé said without ever mentioning the live action Lion King. “And to help present the Disney Songbook Singalong in […]
What’s the only thing better than one Ariana Grande? Six Ariana Grande’s, of course. And that’s precisely what we got Thursday night during ABC’s Disney Family Singalong when Ariana took on the love song “I Won’t Say I’m In Love” from the classic film Hercules. Wearing Megara’s signature purple, Ariana not only sang lead vocals […]
The reviews are in for Playboi Carti’s new song “@ MEH,” and one particularly important critic does not seem to be a fan. “Just Meh .,” Lil Uzi Vert tweeted, along with the cover art, on April 16. Uzi has been watching Carti over the past week, possibly waiting to make good on a promise […]
Even in the comfort of her own home, Kehlani just wants some privacy. That’s the theme of her new song and music video, “Everybody Business,” anyway. In the song, she takes aim at the press and the internet always speculating about her relationships. And she shot the video where they can’t see her, in her […]
Kelly Clarkson’s quarantine productivity is putting the rest of us to shame. She’s been recording new Kellyokes from her Montana ranch for her talk show, while also managing the premiere of her new movie, Trolls World Tour, and figuring out how to adapt the rest of this season of The Voice, on which she’s a […]
The coronavirus pandemic has affected nearly every industry thought of, including the music community. With COVID-19 safety precautions put into place, Alex Heiche, CEO of Sound Royalties, has remedied a way for artists, producers, and songwriters to still be able to thrive. Sound Royalties is a specialty music-finance firm that is looking to enable creatives with […]
Atlanta, GA – Shya L’amour — the mother of Offset’s oldest daughter, Kalea — is accusing the Migos rapper of only offering her and their daughter “limited financial support” and claims she’s suffering financially amidst the pandemic. “She’s like all of us, she’s struggling,” Shya’s lawyer, Fani T. Willis, told Bossip. “She’s an hourly wage worker, […]
There’s almost always a winner in a breakup, and when you had a very big and very famous breakup, the public tends to be the unsolicited judge determining who that winner is. Insert Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, who in this house we respectively recognize as the Queen of Pop and the singer who put […]
The coronavirus pandemic has disrupted the plans of artists throughout the music industry, but Big Sean intends to proceed with the release of his Detroit 2 album. In an interview with The Rap Pack podcast, the Def Jam rapper confirmed he’s not waiting for things to settle down before dropping his fifth studio LP. “Honestly, […]
The rapper who accused 2 Chainz of ripping off his music for the 2018 single “Proud” has reportedly dropped his lawsuit against the song’s creators. According to The Blast, Solomon Clanton (a.k.a. Slugga) dimissed his entire case against 2 Chainz, Offset and YG. All three were named defendants in a suit that alleged their collaboration […]
The audacity of Jamie xx to release a great new dance track while the clubs are closed and we’re all stuck in our homes. Guess we’ll just have to improvise. The English producer and xx member formally dropped his song “Idontknow” today, his first solo track since his beautiful first album, In Colour, in 2015. […]
This January, in the midst of creating Yeezy couture; a compound in Cody, Wyoming; and putting on weekly Sunday Services, Kanye West lost close friend Kobe Bryant, who died in a helicopter accident along with eight other people in Calabasas, California. West threw an emergency midnight Sunday Service that night, and just three days later, […]
It’s been exactly 10 years since the arrival of Wiz Khalifa’s trailblazing debut mixtape Kush & Orange Juice. To celebrate the critically acclaimed breakthrough project, Wiz is releasing a collectible vinyl edition Rostrum Records on Friday (April 17). The double LP release contains two cloudy green 180-gram discs and comes wrapped in ziplock shrink wrap […]
2 Chainz recently claimed he bodied everyone who appeared on Kanye West’s “Mercy” single, including Big Sean and Pusha T. But during a recent Zoom appearance on The Rap Pack podcast, Sean told Carl Chery and RealStreetRadio editor-in-chief Trent Clark he was slightly bugged by Tity Boi’s declaration. “I immediately called him like, ‘What the fuck […]
The rivalry between 50 Cent and Ja Rule was resurrected again after Fat Joe, Swizz Beatz and the Murder Inc. vet toyed with the idea of an Instagram Live battle between the longtime foes. Not long after Fiddy responded to the request with a meme, Ja has fired back with a jab of his own. […]
Quaran-who? Armed with a face mask in his new album art, DaBaby is not letting the coronavirus pandemic stop him. The rapper just announced that his upcoming album, Blame It on Baby, is out this Friday, April 17. That’s seven months after his last album, Kirk, and just 13 after his debut album, Baby on […]
DaBaby isn’t wasting any time with an elaborate rollout for his next album. After teasing a release date Twitter on Monday (April 13), the Interscope Records rapper confirmed he’s dropping a new LP titled Blame It On Baby. “‘BLAME IT ON BABY,’” he wrote on Instagram. “THIS FRIDAY MF! #ImCutLikeDat.” View this post on Instagram […]
Kid Cudi has shared a new song titled “Leader Of The Delinquents.” It’s his first release since his 2018 joint album with Kanye West titled Kids See Ghosts. Long time collaborator Dot Da Genius links with Arkateqq to supply the beat. Cudi starts with a quarantine update before reflecting on self-destructive attempts to cope with life’s […]