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Last week, iLoveMakonnen unveiled a group effort with late singer and rapper Lil Peep the pair made before Peep's untimely death in November 2017. That song, "Falling Down," also featured contributions from rapper XXXTentacion, who Makonnen mentioned hopped on the track right after being inspired immediately after Peep's death. X was killed earlier this year, making "Falling Down" a m..
Read MoreAs a number of days prior, Donald Glover was out on tour, en route to hit 18 cities across the U.S. And Canada apparently as his last hurrah under the moniker Childish Gambino. Although an announced foot injury has left Gambino unable to accomplish the rest of the tour, so far anyway. Over the weekend, his show in Dallas was seemingly cut short due to his injury. Right now, Fam Roths..
Read MoreI can't believe I'm saying it, nevertheless Tha Carter V is essentially here. For real this time. Lil Wayne himself has reported that, soon after years of anticipation and leaks, the mythologized album will finally visualize the light of day on Thursday (September 27), his 36th birthday. The impending release comes seven years immediately after Carter IV and follows a half-decade of ..
Read MoreEver since Mac Miller's tragic and untimely death at age 26 earlier this month, fellow musicians have paid tribute to the young rapper and producer with a slew of heartfelt messages. Some came via social media shortly immediately following the news broke. A whole host of Mac's fans, meanwhile, assembled in his hometown of Pittsburgh for a candlelight vigil attended by his family. Sti..
Read MoreWe haven't heard Cardi B on wax since her feature on Lil Yachty's "Who Want the Smoke" in July, and also a lot's happened to the Bronx MC since then. Most notably, she and spouse Offset welcomed a baby girl with each other in July, nevertheless she's also noticed herself at the center of a heated, ugly feud with Nicki Minaj. On Thursday (September 20), Cardi turned the focus back on ..
Read MoreRight before he launches into a relentless, spacious flow on his airy song "2012," Chicago rapper Joey Purp acknowledges his producer. "Yo Knox," he speedily slurs over a chiming sample, shouting out trusted collaborator Knox Fortune. To hear the 26-year-old producer and musician tell the story of how they assembled the tune, that brief salutation represented the energy the two captur..
Read MoreThough Kanye West is busy working on not one, nevertheless two upcoming albums, he took a break from the studio on Thursday (September 20) to "express some things that were not sitting right with [his] spirit." As it turns out, several of these things have to do with the way his spouse, Kim Kardashian West, has been addressed in the media by certain prominent dudes, like the 6 God him..
Read MoreEarly Monday morning (September 17), Kanye West's Twitter held two very puzzling items: the word "YANDHI" (written on a Post-It note under Adam Driver's name, suggesting the two would pair up for a upcoming Saturday Night Live episode), and an image of a naked MiniDisc without any context. It wasn't unlike once his 2013 album Yeezus dropped, complete with its artwork of a bare CD wit..
Read MoreTwo weeks immediately after Noah Cyrus and Lil Xan very publicly and messily announced their breakup, we've gotten a unexpected reminder of their fleeting summer fling. Visualize, brief as their romance was, the 18-year-old singer and 22-year-old rapper managed to be quite the efficient couple, recording and releasing the mellow, synth-heavy collab "Live or Die" in August. And on Mo..
Read MoreSince dropping his ninth album, Kamikaze, out of the blue in late August, Eminem's been in the news a lot. Most of the headlines stem from the rapper's ongoing beefs with each person from Joe Budden to Machine Gun Kelly, although it appears Em is currently turning the focus back on promoting his new project. Immediately after outrunning his critics in the eerie video for "Fall," Em ri..
Read MoreWhile the music world keeps it up and continues to feel the aftershocks from the unexpected passing of Mac Miller — who died on September 7 at age 26 — memorials and tributes for the late rapper have been flowing in. The latest comes from Kendrick Lamar, who thoughtfully remembered his friend and collaborator in a video recorded for Complex's Open Late With Peter Rosenberg on Wedn..
Read MoreMac Miller got a touching hometown send-off on Tuesday night (September 11) at Pittsburgh's Frick Park, where thousands of fans attended a vigil for the late rapper. The location was chosen for its significance to Miller: His 2011 debut album was named right following the park's playground, referred to as Blue Slide Park, located just a couple blocks from the high school he went to...
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