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Last night (March 11), Eminem started his iHeart Radio Music Awards efficiency with a direct message to the NRA. His verse began with a direct indictment of the association: "This whole nation is going nuts/ And the NRA is in our way/ They’re accountable for this whole production/ They hold the strings, they operate the puppet." Before Kehlani joined him to perform "Nowhere Fast" h..
Read MoreLast night (March 11), Cardi B proved once again that her charisma could take over any award show she goes also. Cardi began the iHeartRadio Music Awards off with an efficiency of "Bodak Yellow" and "Bartier Cardi" before walking away with The perfect New Artist award. Throughout her speech, she gave fans a update on whenever they can expect her long-awaited debut. "My album will be ..
Read MoreToday (March 9), Vince Staples released his thesis statement, "Get The Fuck Off My Dick." The song presents the Long Beach rapper's current conundrum — Vince Staples the brand has usurped Vince Staples the man. In a December 2017 interview with Matthew Schnipper for Pitchfork's In Sight Out podcast, Staples was asked if he was "more famous because of Sprite or because of rapping." ..
Read MoreRick Ross, a.K.A. Ricky Rozay, a.K.A. The hugest boss that you seen so far, has returned. Today (March 8), the Black Bottle Boy returned to Instagram with an eas message, "Ain’t nothing like residence 🙏🏼. I love y’all." On Friday (March 2), TMZ announced that Ross was hospitalized and that a form of life-support machine had taken over "the function of his heart and lungs."..
Read MoreToday (March 7), Vince Staples determined to let the haters put their cash where their mouth is. The Long Beach rapper posted a link to a GoFundMe page titled "#GTFOMD" on Twitter. The reason for the campaign is simple — pay Vince $2 million and he'll "shut the fuck up forever." "We've got a lot of complaints about our recent show performances, energy on stage, production choice," ..
Read MoreYung Lean is a cryptic soul. Since 2013, the 21-year-old Swedish rapper has gone from blogosphere sensation to thinkpiece fodder to eventually a patient in a mental hospital. From inception, the Yung Lean brand seemed destined to position Jonatan Leandoer Håstad as a pariah. Hip-hop is still dealing with conversations surrounding white U.S. Rappers and the line between appreciation ..
Read MoreFans are still waiting on the long-delayed Childish Gambino and Chance the Rapper mixtape and right now Rae Sremmurd are throwing their hat into the teamwork ring. In an interview with Billboard, the rap sort described the potential sound of a Sremmurd and Donald Glover project. "I got a laptop with about 1,000 bangers," mentioned Swae Lee. "I know Childish Gambino got about 2,000 ..
Read MoreYes, Lawd! Anderson .Paak is back and funkier than ever on his brand new single, “Til It’s Over.” It’s a characteristically feel-good number from .Paak, and one that’s tailor-made for the springtime. “Only one more night in Los Angeles / I really thought I may stage name it / Although the funny thing is, I was holding back tears / I didn't think this day would happen,” ..
Read MoreChance the Rapper and Childish Gambino's teamwork project is the new Detox for rap fans who are also young to understand the dated reference. Yesterday (March 6), throughout an interview for Pitchfork's In Sight Out conversation series, the Chicago rapper once again reportedly stoked rumors about the album. "We perpetuated that rumor for a long time without recording anything," men..
Read MoreToday (March 5), underwear brand Ethika drops Lil Wayne's "Vizine." The song is a teaser from their upcoming RGB 2 mixtape and finds the New Orleans rapper throwing his pop culture-laden bars over a twinkling beat. Interestingly, Weezy flips a well known Kanye lyric from "Power" to potentially shade Birdman. "No one man should have all that power if he can't afford to pay the light e..
Read MoreToday (March 5), Childish Gambino announced he is going back on tour and Rae Sremmurd is coming along for the ride. The Grammy-award winning artist will be hitting 13 North American cities beginning in September and will end in Vancouver. Fittingly, the tour starts in Atlanta, because it sort of has to. Gambino's latest live outing will be the opening to support, Awaken, My Love. In ..
Read MoreRight after devoting his recent music video excursions to letting DRAM be dapper amid cute desert panorama, being a brilliant piano and dance partner for MØ, and literally chilling atop a Zamboni with Tory Lanez and Cashmere Cat, Diplo has done the organic thing for his latest: given the spotlight over to Lil Yachty and Santigold. In the new Daniel Pappas-directed clip for "Worry No..
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