When the composer Caroline Shaw needs a zone of gracious silence, the kind of place where she can be alone with the music in her mind, she takes refuge in the Rose Reading Room at the New York Public Library. It’s a terrible place for an interview, though, so we meet in the lobby and […]
Beliebers, time to reinstall that VPN. Justin Bieber remixed his single “Yummy” with Summer Walker, so if he doesn’t get to No. 1 this time, there’s no telling what drastic measures he’ll take. Bieber previously asked his fans to use a virtual private network to stream “Yummy” in other countries and to loop the song […]
New York, NY – Questlove and MC Ren are just a handful of Hip Hop artists admiring the newly surfaced graffiti art covering several New York City subway trains. Much like the ’70s and ’80s, entire cars are being painted top-to-bottom with the carefully chosen monikers of their creators — but not everybody is thrilled. […]
Megan Thee Stallion and Phony Ppl knew exactly what they were doing releasing a joint about cheating two weeks before Valentine’s Day. The Brooklyn-based band and the Houston-born rapper finally dropped the studio version of “Fkn Around,” which they debuted on Megan Thee Stallion’s Tiny Desk Concert. The song laughs about young people messing around […]
Los Angeles , CA – Dash Radio station God’s House of Hip Hop has become one of the largest 24-hour internet radio outlets for Christian Hip Hop, Gospel Hip Hop and Christian Latin Hip Hop with 18 shows recorded all over the nation. Now, the Stellar Award-winning station plans on going the music festival route […]
New York, NY – Fabolous once had an opportunity to appear on the hit show The Sopranos, but his looks prevented it from happening. In an interview on SiriusXM’s Rock The Bells Radio, Fab recalled how being baby-faced cost him a role on HBO’s critically acclaimed series. “I was actually losing roles because I wasn’t […]
At an already emotional Grammy Awards where attendees are mourning the death of Los Angeles legends Kobe Bryant and Nipsey Hussle, Demi Lovato did what she promised long ago and returned to music at her industry’s biggest awards show. Lovato has stayed mostly out of the public eye since a near-fatal overdose in the summer […]
In some ways, being a songwriter is one of the more selfless ways that an individual can carve a niche in the music industry. There is a particular type of energy required to help others reach dreams by telling — in essence — your story. For some, though, their aspirations make it impossible to sit […]
Moneybagg Yo is making sure his critics can’t put his name and the word slump next to each other as he has his sights set on having another big year. His latest studio album Time Served recently debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart, he’s expanding his BreadGang clothing line, his long-delayed film […]
“Music’s biggest night” is this Sunday, but it’s 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 year’s Grammys ceremony. Dugan, the former CEO of […]
The road to Selena Gomez’s latest album, Rare, has been full of difficulties — a kidney transplant, a breakup, and mental health troubles among them — 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 […]
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 […]
New York, NY – A$AP Rocky discussed a past phone call he had with Donald Trump during an interview with The Breakfast Club on Friday (January 17). While reflecting on his legal drama in Sweden, the A$AP Mob member confirmed he spoke with Trump and thanked his unlikely advocate for supporting his prison release last […]
Saudi Arabian billionaires probably do not have many bad days, but today is one: According to Us Weekly, the musician has split from her boyfriend of two years, Hassan Jameel, a Saudi businessman whose hobbies included making out with Rihanna in pools, taking Rihanna on yachts, and being yelled at by Rihanna about soccer. Despite, […]
Over the last year or so, through chance or subconscious ambition or some cosmic provenance, I’ve gotten to speak with a number of people who knew and worked with Mac Miller in his lifetime. They all give a similar account. Earl Sweatshirt compared his friend to a pirate ship on the go: “He was moving […]
This essay originally ran in November 2017 around the release of Lady Bird. We’re running it again today in light of Dave Matthews Band’s 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 […]
Demi Lovato has kept a pretty low profile since the summer of 2018, when she was hospitalized after a reported drug overdose — an incident that the singer has hinted was nearly fatal — but she announced on Instagram that she is coming back. Lovato will perform at the upcoming Grammy Awards on January 26. […]
Fame, at least lasting fame — the your-work-goes-down-in-history kind, often accompanied by fat royalty payments — is a club that thinks of itself as an unbiased meritocracy, blind to everything but aesthetic innovation and popular success. It’s never quite worked out that way. When we look at the past, we still see generations of great […]
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) is just adding superwoman after superwoman to the team. Normani and Megan Thee Stallion dropped the first single off the film’s soundtrack, concurrently with the release of all the other artists who will appear on the album. Besides Normani and Megan, we’ll have Doja Cat, Saweetie, […]
Moneybagg Yo has released a new studio album titled Time Served. The project is his follow-up to 2019’s 43va Heartless. The Interscope Records artist’s 15-track LP includes collaborations with Future, DaBaby, Megan Thee Stallion, Summer Walker, Lil Baby, Blac Youngsta and Fredo Bang. Production is handled by Tay Keith, DJ Chose and 30 Roc, among […]
Summer Walker and Usher have joined forces in real life for the Lacey Duke-video of their duet, “Come Thru.” London Da Track sampled Usher’s 1997 hit “You Make Me Wanna,” that the two R&B crooners should do a feature with one another. When the video comes on, they were at a deserted 285 Flea Mart in Atlanta and Walker […]
New York, NY – Lil Baby has officially kicked off 2020 with a special guest appearance. On Monday night (January 6), the Atlanta-bred rapper visited the set of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in New York City to put on a live performance of his latest single “Woah.” The micro concert put Lil Baby’s signature sound […]
Summer Walker, who previously collabed with a man everyone likes to compare to Usher, has officially upgraded to the real thing. The pair finally released a music video for the October 2019 drop “Come Thru,” a ’90s throwback bop about the hook up you just can’t get off of your mind. Produced by Walker’s own […]
R&Bieber’s back. After genre excursions into pure pop, country, EDM, and airport reggae on records with Billie Eilish, Dan + Shay, BloodPop, and Ed Sheeran, the Canadian singer shifts gears again on his first solo single since 2015’s Purpose. “Yummy” is a torrent of sexual innuendoes set to muted keys and trap drums. The beat […]
It’s a new year which means there’s a new Coachella lineup to obsess over. The massive music festival is back the weekends of April 10th and 17th at the Empire Polo Club in Indio, California and the lineup, once again, does not disappoint. 2020’s Coachella headliners include Rage Against the Machine, Stormi’s dad and JACKBOYS […]