Kiing Shooter, who is currently signed to Nas and Jungle’s Mass Appeal offshoot Street Dream Records, has reportedly died. According to fellow Hip Hop artist Big Twins, the Queensbridge native passed away from COVID-19, which he allegedly contracted while hospitalized for liver problems. “Kiing Shooter was one of the new guys coming up in Queensbridge,” […]
Here’s an absurd-enough string of words to make you forget about the state of the world for a second: The Weeknd starred as a cartoon-ified version of himself and sang a song about being a virgin on May 4’s episode of American Dad. He also co-wrote the episode of the Cartoon Network series. When Hayley […]
We’re all mentally quarantining ourselves in a French countryside estate with a bunch of livestock, right? Ideally built during the Napoleonic era? Well, Mick Jagger certainly is, and he had enough free time to send a little dispatch to The Tonight Show about what he and his stylish hat have been up to since March. […]
Kid Cudi earned the first No. 1 song of his career with help of Travis Scott. The duo’s single “The Scotts” debuted atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart dated May 9, 2020. “The Scotts” racked up 42.2 million U.S. streams and sold 67,000 digital downloads in its first week, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Cudi […]
New York, NY – The 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has reportedly agreed James “Jimmy Henchman” Rosemond’s murder-for-hire conviction should stand. According to Billboard, the decision was handed down on Friday (May 1). Rosemond was convicted of ordering the 2009 hit on 50 Cent’s friend and G-Unit affiliate Lodi Mack. Rosemond’s attorney argued witnesses who testified […]
Phonte has come to the defense of Robert Downey Jr.’s blackface portrayal in Tropic Thunder in the wake of fresh criticism on Twitter. On Thursday (April 30), the Little Brother lyricist tweeted the movie was “fucking hilarious,” saying the satire wasn’t at black people’s expense but rather about “white actors thinking they could play any role.” […]
Phonte has come to the defense of Robert Downey Jr.’s blackface portrayal in Tropic Thunder in the wake of fresh criticism on Twitter. On Thursday (April 30), the Little Brother lyricist tweeted the movie was “fucking hilarious,” saying the satire wasn’t at black people’s expense but rather about “white actors thinking they could play any role.” […]
Phonte has come to the defense of Robert Downey Jr.’s blackface portrayal in Tropic Thunder in the wake of fresh criticism on Twitter. On Thursday (April 30), the Little Brother lyricist tweeted the movie was “fucking hilarious,” saying the satire wasn’t at black people’s expense but rather about “white actors thinking they could play any role.” […]
Shoreline Mafia member Rob Vicious has released a new solo album titled Breakthrough. To coincide with the LP’s arrival, the West Coast rapper premieres the video for his single “L3V3L” produced by Three 6 Mafia architect DJ Paul. “So it took me a year to come up with something to that beat,” Rob tells RealStreetRadio. […]
Some of us might be using our time in isolation to catch up on new music, but not Stevie Nicks. The Fleetwood Mac singer is still steadily spinning Harry Styles’s newish album Fine Line —released last December, which might as well have been five years ago. When a Rolling Stone interview about her quarantine got […]
For the last episode of Will Smith’s Snapchat show Will At Home, the blockbuster movie star rounded up The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air cast — DJ Jazzy Jeff, Karyn Parsons, Tatyana Ali, Alfonso Ribeiro, Daphne Maxwell Reid and Joseph Marcell — to play catch up. The two-part finale featured a tribute to the late James Avery who […]
After a successful theatrical run that earned a 92 percent Rotton Tomatoes score and the Best Film nab at the 2020 NME Awards, British rapper and filmmaker Rapman’s Blue Story is slated to help cure coronavirus boredom when it hits digital platforms on May 5. To coronate the rollout, RealStreetRadio is premiering a brand new […]
Kelly Clarkson covering Madonna should be no surprise — she auditioned for American Idol with “Express Yourself,” after all. But for Kelly to take on one of Madonna’s biggest vocal numbers, and perform it while we’re all bored out of our minds in quarantine? She saw us in a crisis and was on her way. […]
“Deepfakes” crafted with artificial intelligence are throwing a wrinkle into the murky world of copyright law. JAY-Z and Roc Nation filed a takedown request against YouTube channel Vocal Synthesis for impersonating Hov’s likeness with AI-generated deepfakes. The creator of the channel trained text-to-speech program Tacotron 2 to mimic Hov’s voice and eventually attracted the attention of the […]
Denzel Curry and Kenny Beats are releasing a comic book as a companion piece to their UNLOCKED album. The duo’s 48-page comic boasts original illustrations by Sam Hochman, Joey Prosser, Forrest Whaley, Justin Johnson, Chaz Bottoms, Malik Bolton, Rachel Headlam, Borboev Shakhnazer and Asekov Tilek. The book’s storyline is produced by Psycho Films. Curry and […]
On Wednesday, rapper and singer Young Thug revealed that he had previously been hospitalized for kidney and liver failure. During a virtual music livestream Offset and Friends hosted by Offset and featuring Young Thug, Rich the Kid, and SAINt JHN, Young Thug went into detail about the harrowing experience, saying that he narrowly escaped death. […]
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it feel like Nipsey Hussle and Kobe Bryant’s deaths were ages ago. The Game isn’t letting their memories fade to the background though, remembering the late stars in his animated video “Welcome Home.” Game’s visuals show Bryant and Nipsey playing basketball together as well as the latter posted up at […]
Welcome Haim to the quarantine music video game. New single “I Know Alone,” unintentionally released while we’re all spending our days alone, comes with a socially distanced music video featuring the sisters dancing six feet apart on a backyard basketball court. Unlike their last two, it’s not directed by Paul Thomas Anderson — the group […]
Mac Miller’s 2010 mixtape K.I.D.S. — Kickin’ Incredibly Dope Shit — hit digital streaming platforms on Wednesday (April 29). The project, which marked Miller’s fourth mixtape, was initially released by Rostrum Records and featured cuts such as “Nikes On My Feet” and “Kool-Aid & Frozen Pizza.” However, “Traffic in the Sky” and “La La La,” which were […]
Travis Scott really hit a lick with his Fortnite concert. As previously reported, Scott collaborated with Epic Games to perform for quarantined fans in a virtual 15-minute set Fortnite on Wednesday (April 23). After garnering an estimated 12.3 million concurrent Fornite players at the “show,” Pandora has now confirmed the gig resulted in an uptick […]
Post Malone broke his own record for most weeks in the Billboard Hot 100’s Top 10. The Republic Records artist’s hit single “Circles” reached its 34th week in the Top 10, surpassing the previous high mark attained by his “Sunflower” collaboration with Swae Lee. Prior to the release of the latest Hot 100 chart, Malone’s […]
Eminem and Paul Rosenberg chopped it up with veteran journalist Sway Calloway during a recent interview on Shade45 where they visited a myriad of topics. Naturally, the subject of the current pandemic came up and Em revealed how self-quarantine has been affecting him. Although he says his celebrity status has basically kept him isolated for […]
NAV is launching the rollout for his third studio album. The XO/Republic Records artist has announced his Good Intentions LP by releasing a one-minute trailer for the project. The Canadian rapper/producer hasn’t shared a tracklist for the LP but did reveal a handful of its guests. Travis Scott and Gunna, who teamed with NAV on […]
Forbes magazine dubbed Kanye West a billionaire in a recent cover story after “months” of asking for Ye’s financial records. The esteemed business magazine determined his net worth to be around $1.3 billion. But evidently, ‘Ye took issue with that figure and insists he’s worth over three times that amount. Forbes staff writer Zack O’Malley Greenburg revealed shortly […]
Lil Baby seems to be a little stir crazy over his inability to tour. Since concerts are on an indefinite hiatus due to coronavirus pandemic, the Quality Control Music/Motown Records artist wants his label to give him millions of dollars if they don’t wanna seem him resort to hustling. “I told my label, they need […]
Bad Bunny has everything you need to get through quarantine: music, inspirational messages, and now, sketch comedy. The rapper joined Kenan Thompson (as former Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz) in “Big Papi’s Cooking Show” on this week’s Saturday Night Live. Ditching the bad for big, Big Papi’s “Puerto Rican cousin” Big Bunny joins the […]
Unlike most of us, who have to struggle through a thick brain fog to reply to an email or craft a Zoom invite, Lil Uzi Vert has been creatively breezing through quarantine, dropping a new song just a matter of weeks after premiering his second studio album and a follow-up EP. The Philadelphia rapper debuted […]
Boosie Badazz is having the time of his life on Instagram, but he’s gotta ease up on the antics. “I’m on parole,” he told DJ Vlad during a recent interview. “I’m on six months parole with Instagram. “They sent me emails like ‘One more time … one more pussy … you show pussy one more […]
Travis Scott‘s Fortnite performance not only set the bar for virtual concerts but managed to set a viewership record in the process on April 23. According to Epic Games, an estimated 12.3 million concurrent Fornite players participated in the concert as Scott brought his fiery Astroworld set to the virtual world for a near 15-minute set. […]
Houston rap legend Scarface is updating fans on his condition a month after he revealed his own battle with the novel coronavirus COVID-19 and says he’s glad to be alive. In a recent interview with fellow Geto Boy Willie D, Facemob reveals the same day he informed fans that he was diagnosed with COVID-19, he was […]