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Eminem’s Slim Shady alter-ego is back and more twisted than ever. On Tuesday (April 3), the Revival rapper released his video for “Framed,” which ought to come with a big-ass “Viewer Secrecy Advised” label for anyone who doesn’t like looking at blood smears, dead bodies, and other haunting scenes. “Framed” narrates an incident where Em is an accused killer because hi..
Read MoreRevealing, cathartic, and rather potent, Jay-Z's 4:44 was as much about Shawn Carter, the man, as it was Jay the rapper. One of the album's most intimate moments was "Smile," where the Brooklyn mogul discusses Gloria Carter's sexuality. In an excerpt from the Netflix series My Next Visitor Needs No Introduction with David Letterman, Jay-Z goes in-depth about the moment his mother came..
Read MoreLast night (April 2), Cardi B dropped the video for "Bartier Cardi" featuring 21 Savage. The surrealist and opulent vision is directed by Petra Collins who is known for what The New Yorker calls a "dreamy, hyper-feminine aesthetic." During the video, the Bronx rapper is decked in luxurious furs as she raps in a mansion full of male eye candy and females counting cash next to candy...
Read MoreOn Easter Sunday (April 2), Quavo let one of his past talents shine. The former Berkmar High School quarterback contained his rather anticipated celebrity flag-football game. Team Huncho, coached by 2 Chainz, competed against Team Julio, led by Atlanta Falcons wide receiver Julio Jones. Ultimately, the team consisting of 21 Savage, Offset, Lil Yachty, Lil Baby, and Rich the Kid were ..
Read MoreApril Fools' Day is a notoriously terrible day to be online because there really are always very few good pranks amid all of the stupid and obvious ones. Although what about whenever a prank makes you really wish it was real? That's the case with the hypothetical collaboration between Rae Sremmurd's Swae Lee and Adele that Swae posted about on Twitter Sunday night (April 1), getting ..
Read MoreIggy Azalea isn't where she once was. The "Fancy"-rapper's fall from grace is well-documented. Fights with hip-hop legends like Q-Tip, tone-deaf comments about appropriation, and battles with her former label Def Jam derailed her career. In a candid interview with Billboard, Azalea explains how a trip to a mental retreat helped her deal with anger issues and reckon with the significa..
Read MoreCardi B's "Be Cautious doesn't seem like a Cardi B song. As a substitute, the third single from the Bronx rapper's highly-anticipated debut album, Invasion of Privacy, sounds like a diary entry from Belcalis Almanzar. On the surface, the "Ex-Factor"-interpolating song is an eas story about cheating. Cardi's pop culture-laden bars hammer this home: "I wanna get wedded like the Currys, ..
Read MoreThis is it. A Tribe Called Quest bids farewell with their new video for “The Space Program,” the initial track from the group’s stellar 2016 reunion album, We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service. The Warren Fu-directed video is being billed because the group’s last, and if that’s true, at least they can mention they went out with a bang. It opens with Q-Tip waking ..
Read MoreIf you’ve been lying awake at night guessing what Desiigner’s been up to ever since his “Panda” domination, don’t worry — he’s simply been roaming shirtless around New York, winter weather be damned. At least, that’s precisely what the Brooklyn rapper is doing in Diplo’s new video for “Suicidal,” a woozy group effort from the DJ’s recently released California ..
Read MoreTyler, the Creator does what he wants and today it looks like he wants to drop new music. The Golf Wang general released the video for "Okra," which he describes as "a throwaway song" in the YouTube description. Over bass rattling production, Tyler begins the song off with the declaration "I did this shit in one take." His flow sounds eerily similar to Valee's on "Two 16's," as he pa..
Read MoreThe new year has been bittersweet for Logic. He performed at the Grammys, released a mixtape that went to No. 1 on the Billboard 200, however he also weathered a divorce. Therefore, it isn't a surprise that his contribution to Sam Smith's "Pray" sounds therapeutic. The Maryland rapper opens up the song with an intro where he discusses his come-up and questions if God will protect ..
Read MorePlease mention Cardi B isn't trolling. Yesterday (March 28), the "Bodak Yellow" star playfully teased a song from her debut album, Invasion of Privacy. Yet, alternatively opposed to the Bronx rapper breaking out into her signature staccato flow, she determined to bring back a 2003 classic, "Cinderella" by The Cheetah Women. Above a Instagram caption that simply read "Invasion of priva..
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