Problem has linked up with his mentor and longtime collaborator Snoop Dogg for the new song “Dim My Light.” The song appears on Problem’s Smoke Break EP, which arrives on October 12th. On the new Audio Anthem-produced track, the rappers drop knowledge on the slackers who refuse to put in the …
Read More »In the Lox and Dipset's Verzuz Battle, Hip-Hop Wins
It’s 8:30 p.m. at Madison Square Garden, and the crowd of people outside is restless. They’re here to see Dipset and the Lox’s Verzuz battle, and some members of Dipset’s entourage aren’t being allowed in. Security is telling everyone to move back, encountering issues with holding down a crowd of …
Read More »Skepta Taps Kid Cudi, J Balvin for New EP 'All In'
Grime great Skepta has announced a new EP, All In, set to arrive this Friday, July 30th. The five-track project will feature collaborations with J Balvin, Teezee, and Kid Cudi. All In marks Skepta’s first solo release since his 2019 album, Ignorance Is Bliss, while it will also follow his …
Read More »Biz Markie, the 'Clown Prince of Hip-Hop,' Dead at 57
Biz Markie, the pioneering rapper, producer, and beatboxer whose jovial goofiness, boundless, off-kilter creativity and innovative music made him a singular presence in both hip-hop and pop culture at large, died Friday at the age of 57. “It is with profound sadness that we announce, this evening, with his wife …
Read More »Juice WRLD's 'Wishing Well' Gets a Virtual Reality Music Video
Juice WRLD‘s “Wishing Well” has been launched as a virtual reality experience via Ceek VR‘s platform for its subscribers. The track appears on the late Chicago rapper’s 2020 posthumous LP, Legends Never Die. The virtual reality music video features an animated rendition of Juice WRLD as he navigates the isolating …
Read More »Kodak Black Pleads Guilty to First-Degree Assault and Battery in Sexual Misconduct Case
Kodak Black, who was in court Wednesday on a sexual misconduct charge stemming from accusations he assaulted a high school student in 2016, has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge of first-degree assault and battery in a plea deal, as CBS affiliate WBTW reports. The victim agreed to all of …
Read More »Lil Baby Drops Video for 'Real As It Gets,' First New Song of 2021
Lil Baby has dropped the video for his new track “Real As It Gets,” the Atlanta rapper’s first new music of 2021. The single also features Louisville rapper EST Gee, who appears alongside Lil Baby in the Caleb Jarmine-directed video; the rapper is reportedly at work on his Lamborghini Boys …
Read More »Saweetie's Glamorous Dreams Come True
Three years ago, Saweetie released a freestyle over Florida rapper Khia’s raunchy 2002 hit “My Neck, My Back.” She called it “Icy Girl,” and it quickly became one of that summer’s biggest anthems, with more than 110 million YouTube views to date — the first in a series of fun, …
Read More »Eminem Can't Quite Update His Shock Jock Game, Again, on 'Music to Be Murdered By: Side B'
In the music video for “Gnat,” off Eminem’s latest album Music to Be Murdered By: Side B, a beard-sporting Marshall Mathers is admitted to a treatment facility for what we’re led to believe is coronavirus. “They say these bars are like Covid,” Em raps. “You get ‘em right off the …
Read More »Tory Lanez Charged With Shooting Megan Thee Stallion
Rapper Tory Lanezwill face assault and weapons charges for allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot this summer. The Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office announced the charges on Thursday. The rapper, whose real name is Daystar Peterson, will face one felony count each of assault with a semiautomatic …
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