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Wednesday (January 23) would have been XXXTentacion's 21st birthday, had he not been fatally shot last summer. The controversial rapper left some unreleased music in back of, including the Lil Wayne teamwork "Don't Cry," from September's long-awaited Tha Carter V. Right now, Wayne has given the somber track a post-apocalyptic video featuring a spiky throne, a chill camel, and some sag..
Read MoreThough Drake spent a good portion of late 2018 on the road with Migos for his Aubrey & The Three Migos Tour, the roadshow wasn't without its own minor controversies. The rapper ended up cancelling seven dates between the tour kickoff in August and its completion in November, including aids in preventing in Denver, Miami, and one hometown show in Toronto. Although all that's in the re..
Read MoreThroughout one segment in Lizzo's flashy, old television-mining music video for "Juice," the artist herself appears in a black dress opposite a late-night host, seemingly not having any of it. It's just one clip in the video's mirage of warm, fuzzy TV visions — among home-shopping and physical activity informercial sequences — that puts Lizzo herself front and center. As she revea..
Read MoreFuture's seventh genuine album, The Wizrd, is out now, and it's notable for a number of reasons. One, it completes his record-contract requirements with Epic, freeing him up for other pursuits, musical or otherwise. (He told Rolling Stone that his next dream is to open a clothing store: "I wake up, go to my store daily. People come in and shop and I help put they outfits with each oth..
Read MoreJust hours before the arrival of his long-awaited fourth album, Assume Form, James Blake has prepared the masses by sharing one of its buzziest collaborations. "Mile High" reunites Blake with Travis Scott and features added production work from trap master Metro Boomin. The result is a brilliant marriage of their distinct sounds: an atmospheric banger with Scott's signature bass hits..
Read MoreLast November, City Ladies set out to find the world's greatest twerker, recruiting the ideal and most bodacious to be "flewed out" to Miami and compete for a $25,000 prize. (Why not?!) Today (January 16), we get to be able to see the final result in the South Florida rap duo's "Twerk" video, directed by Daps and co-starring the one and only Cardi B. I cannot stress how NSFW this thi..
Read MoreNever ones to sit for also long, Migos are back and reloaded for 2019. For their first move of the new year, the Atlanta superstars joined forces with Mustard (the super-producer formerly referred to as DJ Mustard) for a new banger called "Pure Water." The bouncy, upbeat track as a Quavo hook and verses from all three Migos, which is refreshing to hear soon after so several months of..
Read MoreAs one of 2018's breakout stars, Bad Bunny closed out the year with two staggering hits: his Cardi B/J Balvin collab "I Like It" and "MÃa," the one he linked up with Drake for. To kick off 2019, he's keeping things going by heading down to Puerto Rico with none other than Jimmy Fallon to deliver "MÃa" on the streets of Old San Juan. To back up, Fallon brought his Tonight Show crew ..
Read MoreTravis Scott's upcoming Super Bowl halftime show efficiency — which he's sharing with Maroon 5 and Big Boi — makes sense. He's one of the greatest artists on the planet with one of the biggest albums (and songs) of the moment, and the Super Bowl is the Super Bowl. Yet the Super Bowl is also the centerpiece of the NFL, a corporation with no shortage of controversy, particularly su..
Read More"His dick smaller than my toes," CupcakKe reveals on the hook of her new song. "I'd rather ride Squidward nose." It's called, of course, "Squidward Nose," named soon following the plump, dangling appendage that hangs in the middle of the beloved SpongeBob Squarepants character's face. And it also is, I'm rather happy to inform you, a banger. Eschewing the more skeletal production of ..
Read MoreIt's been nearly three months since Post Malone and Swae Lee dropped their majestic Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse collab, "Sunflower." Since then, the track's only gained momentum, climbing to its current No. 3 spot on the Billboard Hot 100, so Swae and Posty determined to keep the party going by showing fans how their hit came together. Unlike the track's original lyric video â€..
Read MoreChicago rapper CupcakKe has been confirmed safe by police immediately after sending out a pair of distressing social media posts on Monday night (January 7). A friend of the MC, place on Earth Elizabeth Eden Harris, tweeted that she was taken to the hospital soon after sending out messages declaring she intended to commit suicide. "Police not able to give me anymore specifics other ..
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