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Megan Thee Stallion gives the world a peek into how she crafts her decorative raps in the festive new video for "Captain Hook." Immediately after writing down some lines in a notepad, she invites some companions over for a night of bun-flinging debauchery featuring Benjamin Franklin's expenses, dice, glistening chests, plus a cameo appearance from fellow Texas rapper Yella Beezy. htt..
Read MoreIf you are a Drake fan who's missed seeing his acting on screen, good news! Drizzy has hopped on Lil Yachty's new single, the amazingly titled "Oprah's Bank Account," and he flexes his acting chops in the track's must-see video (which, yes, is worth your full nine minutes). In it, Yachty stars as "Boprah" (a pun on his stage name "Boat"), totally committing to the role by wearing a ..
Read MoreThe charts this week have been kind to both Lil Baby and Bad Bunny following their releases of My Turn and YHLQMDLG, respectively. For Lil Baby, it's his first No. 1 album on the Billboard Hot 200 chart. Bad Bunny, meanwhile, debuted at No. 2, and YHLQMDLG instantly became the highest-charting all-Spanish-language album to ever appear on the chart. Both artists will surely be c..
Read MoreTwo years as well as a little bit more than five months have passed since Lil Uzi Vert released his debut studio album Luv Is Rage 2. It's felt like decades getting to this point, you know, as soon as his long-rumored follow-up, Eternal Atake, could be coming out. He did share a trailer earlier this week and drummed up some hype on Twitter by teasing it. Right now, today (March 6..
Read MoreThe search for the ever-elusive "bop" is complicated. Playlists and streaming-service suggestions can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn't discriminate by genre and can contribute anything — it's a snapshot of ..
Read MoreBrockhampton have one-upped themselves, impossibly, and released an out-of-left-field remix of "Sugar" that includes a bold Dua Lipa and R&B legend Jon B.'S supporting vocals. You read that right — this Jon B.. It's a totally fresh and required next chapter — with more of singer Ryan Beatty who appears on the opening version — that reinvents the mood with new Brockhampton d..
Read MoreSoon after a week of legal hangups that almost threatened its arrival, Megan Thee Stallion's Suga is here as promised. The nine-track project — which Meg has clarified is not her debut album — dropped at midnight on Friday (March 6) and includes collaborations with Kehlani and Gunna, along with production from Timbaland and Pharrell. The release comes immediately following the H..
Read MoreG. Herbo's new album, PTSD, comes immediately following the rapper was clinically diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and realized that he had serious mental health issues. His music often reflects on the turbulent situations that he had to go through growing up, so right now that he sees it in hindsight, he realizes just how much that his upbringing affected him. He sough..
Read MoreAsk anyone who's up around 3 a.M. And turns on the TV: There's never anything good to watch on — unless you're into those hour-long advertisements for overpriced products that you can't find in stores. Swae Lee's new video for "Someone Said," a song built around his famed lyric from Travis Scott and Drake's 2018 teamwork, "Sicko Mode," pays homage to these cringeworthy clips, pict..
Read MoreLil Tecca may be hoppin' out of a Rolls-Royce Ghost and into a Rolls-Royce Phantom right now, however before he was the "Ransom" rapper with "a lotta shorties" trying to pull up to his place, Tecca was an aspiring lyricist who persevered up until he struck gold. Right now that his success is finally here, a rap line written by the MTV PUSH artist for March 2020 at just eight years ..
Read MoreImmediately after topping the Billboard Hot 100 for seven back-to-back weeks (and counting), Roddy Ricch's ubiquitous hit "The Box" finally has a music video. The Compton MC released the action-packed visual on Friday (February 28), plus it opens on a Fast & Furious-style street race with Roddy in back of the wheel. Although before we find out how it ends, the vid cuts to a basketba..
Read MoreThe search for the ever-elusive "bop" is challenging. Playlists and streaming-service suggestions can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn't discriminate by genre and can add anything — it's a snapshot of what's ..
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