The Academy of Country Music Awards, originally scheduled for this weekend, may have been canceled due to the coronavirus outbreak, but on Sunday night, CBS still managed to bring over twenty country music stars into your home, coming to you from their homes, studios and/or barns. AMC Presents: Our Country featured musicians like Brad Paisley, […]
DJ Clark Kent appears to have seen the error of his sneakerhead ways in a moment of quarantine-induced clarity. On Thursday (April 2), the veteran Hip Hop DJ and producer shared the realization on Twitter, describing his sneaker-hoarding habit more like an addiction. “Being locked in the house because of Covid-19, has given me serious […]
Tekashi 6ix9ine will be allowed to finish the remainder of his 24-month sentence at home. Judge Paul A. Engelmayer handed down the ruling on Thursday (April 2) after 6ix9ine’s legal team expressed concerns about the coronavirus putting his life in danger while behind bars. Complex spoke to his attorney Dawn Florio shortly after the Engelmayer […]
R.A. The Rugged Man has released a hilarious new trailer for his forthcoming album, All My Heroes Are Dead. The seasoned MC dropped the clip Twitter on Friday (April 3), which begins with the narrator’s booming voice setting the scene. “From the Golden Era of Hip Hop, back when biting was a crime …” the voice […]
Hieroglyphics MC Tajai and super producer The Architect have linked for a new single called “Zero Sum Game.” It marks the inaugural single from the duo’s forthcoming BLACK/TEC album, which will arrive sometime this month 2020 Clear Label Media Group. Along with the release, they’ve also dropped a black-and-white visual — shot by fellow Hiero […]
While fans argued online about who would be best suited to potentially battle the legendary Quincy Jones, Swizz Beatz and Timbaland were busy cooking up their most epic battle to date, Teddy Riley vs. Babyface. “This is one of the iconic moments me & Timbaland have been working on … Sunday will go down in […]
Self-quarantining is yielding some interesting results. As of this week, the man once known as Lil Pump is barely recognizable. Why? He’s not only rocking a beard, but he also decided to shave off his eyebrows on Instagram Live. The result? Well, his caption says it all. “I’m an alien now,” he wrote. View this […]
Instagram – It appears that there was a method to the madness of swapping T-Pain in favor of Southern super-producer Mannie Fresh for the April 1 Instagram beat battle against Scott Storch. The “Buy You A Drank” singer/producer will now be facing off against multi-platinum producer Lil Jon on Saturday (April 4) at 9 PM […]
RealStreetRadio Premiere – A copy of will.i.am’s 2001 video “I Am” was recently discovered in the dingy basement of the United Kingdom-based imprint Barely Breaking Even Records (BBE). Now, it’s finally getting a proper release — only this time it’s in HD. “Only an extremely low resolution version has ever been available online,” the press […]
Instagram – As quarantine rages on, Instagram battles continue to be a gift that keeps on giving. This time around, multi-platinum super-producer Scott Storch (set initially to battle T-Pain) faced the original architect of the Cash Money Records sound, Mannie Fresh. The 20-round battle saw the two producers smack each other around with endless flame […]
While rumors have been swirling about DaBaby’s close proximity to social media star B. Simone, the 2019 RealStreetRadio Rapper of the Year has once again allowed his art to have the biggest voice in the room. View this post on Instagram ❤️ ? A post shared by B. SIMONE (@thebsimone) on Mar 30, 2020 at […]
New York, NY – Gucci Mane’s 1017 Eskimo artist Yung Mal has a bright 2020 ahead. Fresh off the release of his 6 Rings project, he will undoubtedly be one of the leading voices on the upcoming Cold Day In Hell compilation album. To booster his own album, he’s recruited director Qasquiat (of Lil Uzi […]
O.T. Genasis is making his first foray into the movie business. The platinum-selling rapper has landed a role in the upcoming film Dutch directed by Preston Whitmore. “MY FIRST MOVIE -Dutch coming 2020!” O.T. wrote on Instagram. “-Super excited to announce that I have joined the cast in @Dutchthemovie produced by @Mannyhalley coming soon! Be […]
Shortly after Chuck D dropped a bombshell about the future of Public Enemy, his group Enemy Radio — Chuck, DJ Lord, Jahi and the S1Ws — dropped a new album called Loud Is Not Enough. During a recent interview with RealStreetRadio, the P.E. frontman talked about the title of the album. “There’s a lot of people pumping […]
We are living in dark and uncertain times — some, perhaps, might consider this a “ghost story” — so let us offer a balm: the musician Moses Sumney, and his sublime music video for “Cut Me.” Released Tuesday, it serves as the perfect entry into the drug that is his voice: It whines and soars […]
New York, NY – The entire premise for the REVOLT TV show Drink Champs is set up for potential disaster. N.O.R.E. and his co-host DJ EFN sit around getting drunk with their guests and some interesting things can happen. During a recent interview with former NBA star Lamar Odom, it looked like N.O.R.E. and Odom […]
We bet your Zoom calls haven’t been as cool as this. For her appearance on James Corden’s “Homefest” Late Late Show special, Dua Lipa videoconferenced with bandmates and dancers to perform her social-distancing hit “Don’t Start Now,” off her just-released album Future Nostalgia. They did not show up, nor come out — because, after all, […]
No matter where we are, no matter how long the coronavirus outbreak lasts, no matter whether we’re a member of K-Pop supergroup BTS or not, we can all keep our sanity intact by doing the same thing: methodically rehearsing BTS dance routines while in quarantine. Your boys stopped by The Late Late Show With James […]
New York, NY – A defendant in the Tekashi 6ix9ine racketeering case, Kooda B, will be temporarily released from prison over coronavirus concerns. According to Complex, Judge Paul A. Engelmayer acknowledged at least four inmates at the Metropolitan Correctional Center where he’s in jail have contracted the coronavirus. Because Kooda has asthma, “the MCC has […]
The Weeknd’s After Hours album keeps getting longer. After dropping a deluxe edition of the LP on March 23, the diamond-selling singer has delivered three more bonus tracks. While the initial expanded version of After Hours added remixes and a live version of “Scared To Live,” Weeknd’s latest batch of songs are original creations. The […]
Boosie Badazz’s Instagram antics have turned him into a living, breathing meme — and now he’s using the content in his music. After his “put your pussy lips on Live, I’ll give you $1000” quote went viral, the Baton Rouge-bred rapper transformed the clip into a new single titled “Pussy Lips On Live.” The opinionated […]
The Weeknd has claimed the top spot on both the Billboard 200 and Hot 100 charts. Weeknd’s After Hours LP debuted at No. 1 after selling 444,000 album equivalent album units in the U.S. for the week ending on March 26, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. Concurrently, his “Blinding Lights” single continued its Hot 100 ascent and […]
Los Angeles, CA – Lizzo evidently caught the bat signal Blueface sent in her direction earlier this month. On Sunday (March 29), the Grammy Award-winning artist shared a revealing Instagram photo of her backside with the caption, “Blueface babyyyyy.” View this post on Instagram Blueface babyyy ? A post shared by Lizzo (@lizzobeeating) on Mar […]
Forget about that bodacious snake! Britney Spears’s infamous “I’m a Slave 4 U” performance at the VMAs was 19 years ago, and harks back to a simpler time when women could cuddle with reptiles and/or rock an exquisite cut-out dress outside the confines of their home. But perhaps this newfound Tiger King fact about the […]
The Weeknd reportedly went against the wishes of Universal Music Group executives when he released his After Hours album. According to TMZ, the Republic Records singer was urged to delay the LP due to the coronavirus pandemic. Industry higher-ups reportedly feared the album would flop since it couldn’t be marketed with television appearances. But Weeknd […]
Masta Ace has followed up the re-release of his “Globetrotter” single with a brand new track titled “GMO.” The song shows off a different side of the legendary Juice Crew MC — or at least one that hasn’t been on display in a while. “‘GMO’ is a joint I started writing over a few years […]
Killarmy is returning to action with their first LP since 2001’s Fear, Love & War. The Wu-Tang Clan affiliates have reassembled for a new album titled Full Metal Jackets, which is scheduled to drop on April 10. “This album is the vaccine,” Killarmy’s 9th Prince tells RealStreetRadio. “Killarmy always shows up for duty when the […]
Hollywood, CA – Like the rest of the world, Hip Hop is feeling the impact of the coronavirus pandemic as continues its rampage. For this week’s episode of The Breakdown, current host Page Kennedy takes a look at the effects the virus is having on the industry in an episode called “The Quarantine Effect On […]
It’s been nearly four months since Juice Wrld’s life came to a tragic end, and his death is still haunting those who loved him. On March 27, Kid Cudi dug up an old tweet from the Chi-Town rapper that read, “@KidCudi I need to work with you legend.” Cudi replied, “It hurts we never got to […]
Stephen “Thundercat” Bruner has contributed to a few of Kendrick Lamar albums over the years, including the 2015 masterpiece To Pimp A Butterfly and 2017’s Pulitzer Prize-winning album DAMN. So it comes as no surprise the talented bassist has worked on K. Dot’s forthcoming, yet-to-be-titled album. During a video interview with Japanese fashion brand Neet Tokyo, Thundercat […]