Normani’s career post–Fifth Harmony is finally taking off. She’s on covers with Megan Thee Stallion and SZA, on blockbuster soundtracks with Ariana Grande, and she told Rolling Stone she’s planning to release her second single in time for summer. But she still can’t escape the drama. In her cover story for Rolling Stone, Normani addresses […]
A veteran of the Iraq war is calling out Jim Jones for a comment he made comparing rappers to soldiers. The Dipset MC said being a rapper is “more dangerous” than being a solider, which the vet evidently found offensive. The vet, who goes by the Instagram handle @mramcore, told Jones, “Heard the comments you […]
When Zoë Kravitz got involved with the Hulu adaptation of High Fidelity and decided to play the role of romantically challenged record shop owner Rob, she reached out to the man who invented him: Nick Hornby. Kravitz and the show’s creators and showrunners, Veronica West and Sarah Kucserka, were already in the midst of developing […]
Lil Kim and Ma$e are just two of the artists denying their involvement in the recently announced Lovers & Friends Festival. Shortly after the massive lineup was unveiled — which (supposedly) includes headliners Lauryn Hill, Usher and TLC — Lil Kim hit up her Instagram Stories and wrote across the flyer, “This is SO FAKE! I am […]
Bow Wow has appeared in several movies over the years, including 2002’s Like Mike, 2005’s Roll Bounce, 2010’s Lottery Ticket and 2011’s Madea’s Big Happy Family. Nick Cannon, on the other hand, has starred in even more films than Mr. Shad Moss — from 2002’s Drumline and Men In Black II to 2003’s Love Don’t Cost A […]
Things are peachy keen in the first few minutes of the music video for “Bad Decisions,” the latest release from the Strokes ahead of their upcoming sixth album, The New Abnormal, the band’s first in seven years. They debuted the song during their performance at a Bernie Sanders rally last week in New Hampshire, where […]
Vallejo, CA – Bay Area rapper Nef The Pharaoh got some devastating news last week when he learned his sister and 4-year-old nephew were killed in a double murder suicide. According to KRON 4, Jacoby Brooks shot and killed Nef’s sister and the child before turning the gun on himself. Officers found the woman shot to […]
Do you know the feeling of validating warmth — of internal satisfaction and quiet excitement — that comes with watching two people you love getting along like a house on fire? Someone out there probably has a handy portmanteau for this as-yet unnamed feeling, and if so, I’d like to know what it is (Freundenfreude?) so […]
Los Angeles, CA – The 2020 NBA All-Star Game debuted a new format on Sunday night (February 16). One of the new rules includes the decision to play without a running clock, which Ice Cube already employs for his BIG3 basketball league. Ahead of the game, the NBA tweeted about the updated rules, writing, “This […]
Meek Mill has seemingly responded to some recent comments 50 Cent made about him during an interview with The Breakfast Club. As the Power exec was doing press rounds for his new ABC crime drama For Life last week, he sat down with Charlamagne Tha God, Angela Yee and DJ Envy where the topic of Drake […]
Twista serves up a reflective and enjoyable project with his five-track Lifetime EP. Featuring a guest appearance from Mad Lion, the rap veteran collaborated with Red Bull Songs’ team of producers and songwriters over a three-day studio session — the inner workings of which were captured in the accompanying Red Bull Music Studio Sessions: The Twista Edition. […]
James Bond is Old Hollywood’s last man standing, the rare film franchise from the ’60s that can still do numbers in the 21st century. People will always show up for a meticulous crime thriller, for a hero who never seems to sweat or worry. A character as adept at cheating death as 007 needs a […]
Curtis Roach celebrates Valentine’s Day by dropping his new EP Luv Bug. The four-track release is his follow-up to 2019’s Lellow project. “Back in June I made a project called Lellow which was me exercising my abilities to make more solid songs with different sounds that I would usually rap to,” he says in a […]
Remember those latent fears you’ve been having that artificial intelligence will one day take over the world ultimately rendering humans unnecessary and utterly meaningless? Well, in case you forgot, “Travisbott” has arrived to turn those fears into a reality! What is a “Travisbott” you ask? Well, it’s a deepfake version of rapper Travis Scott that […]
Pop Smoke wasn’t pleased with some shots photographer Paris Marley captured of him at a recent meet-and-greet event in Virginia. On Thursday (February 13), Marley shared a screenshot of a Twitter exchange he had with the 20-year-old Brooklyn rapper in which Pop Smoke berates him for sharing some photos he found less than flattering. “Yo […]
Sam Smith has taken a page from the Taylor Swift Finishing School for Cryptic Young Pop Stars, as they’ve been real mysterious and clue-droppy on Instagram all week in the lead-up to their new single and album, To Die For, which will be available for preorder tomorrow. Could To Die For be a direct response […]
New York, NY – It’s difficult to get a group of New Yorkers to agree on anything, these days, but you wouldn’t know it by the number of people gathered in the EXPG Studio nestled in the hip New York City enclave of the Lower East Side, not far from the Bowery and other former […]
Fresh off the heels of her Netflix documentary, Miss Americana, Taylor Swift announced today she has inked an exclusive deal with Universal Music Publishing Group, parting ways with Sony/ATV where she first signed when she was 14. This deal specifically covers Swift’s work as a songwriter. “According to two people briefed on the agreement, Swift’s […]
Pop singer Billie Eilish found herself at the center of controversy earlier this week after a recent interview with Vogue hit the web. During the conversation, she made some comments about rap that weren’t exactly well received. “Just because the story isn’t real doesn’t mean it can’t be important,” she said. “There’s a difference between lying in […]
Meek Mill and Nicki Minaj engaged in a hate-fueled (and very public) social media battle on Wednesday (February 5). Nicki accused her ex-boyfriend of physically abusing women, which the Roc Nation artist made sure to emphatically deny in his last tweet regarding the drama. He also vowed to not answer a single question about Nicki, their […]
More than three years after calling their romantic relationship quits, Meek Mill and Nicki Minaj have given the world a front-row seat into their past drama. Said drama unfolded on Wednesday (February 5) when Meek Mill reignited his disdain for his ex’s husband Kenneth Petty for his choice of fashion and Nicki responded with claims […]
New York, NY – Lil Wayne is doing the press rounds in support of his latest release, Funeral. Along the way, he stopped at Drink Champs to chop it up with DJ EFN and N.O.R.E. During the conversation, Weezy was asked what started his long-running beef with Pusha T, but Wayne was stumped. “I swear to God […]
Pop singer Billie Eilish is facing criticism for some comments she made during an recent interview with Vogue. The cover story, which was published on Monday (February 3), found the Grammy Award-winning singer commenting on the difference between storytelling and straight up lying, which she said often happens in rap. She asserted a lot of rappers aren’t […]
According to an Instagram post from A$AP Rocky and other members of the crew, A$AP Mob DJ J. Scott — also known as A$AP Snacks — has passed away. Scott, who grew up in Atlanta, was the official DJ for Rocky and one half of the Cozy Boys. He also routinely lent his skills as a […]
Miami Gardens, FL – For the first time since 1969, the Kansas City Chiefs are Super Bowl Champions. The team beat the San Francisco 49ers at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, Florida on Sunday (February 2) with a score of 31 to 20. Quarterback Patrick Mahomes led his team to three touchdowns in the […]
RealStreetRadio – This week in Hip Hop, retired Los Angeles Lakers great Kobe Bryant and his daughter Gianna tragically lost their lives in a helicopter crash. Also, Young Thug was hospitalized for an unknown reason and Dave Chappelle‘s rep explained why he missed out on accepting his Best Comedy Album award at the 2020 Grammys. […]
Pastor Troy ignited a firestorm on Twitter when he went on a homophobic rant about the attire Lil Nas X chose to wear at the 62nd Annual Grammy Awards last Sunday (January 26). During a recent interview with The Morning Hustle, the D.S.G.B. rapper attempted to defend his comments and denied he had any homophobic tendencies. […]
RealStreetRadio Premiere – Albuquerque, New Mexico-based producer Diles has resurfaced with yet another edition of his compilation series, Green Chile In The Air. Produced entirely by Diles, the aptly titled Green Chile in The Air Vol. 9 features nine fresh tracks and vocal contributions from Brand Nubian MC Sadat X, Z-Man, Ras Illy, Krudas Cubensi, Alphounce […]
You can’t control your reputation. You think you can by striving to do and be good, but people are hard to win over now, and with good reason. Hucksters are on a powerful tear. No one buys anyone else’s story anymore. Come up too quickly, and you get called a grifter or an “industry plant.” […]
RealStreetRadio Premiere – Following the release of KXNG Crooked and Bronze Nazareth’s collaborative album Gravitas, the tenured Hip Hop duo is back with a video for “Outer Limits” featuring Hus KingPin and Killah Priest. Co-directed by Angel Romero and Hugo Bordes, the visual finds each MC spitting electric bars against an evening sky and flexing their […]