If you have not heard already, Kendrick Lamar won a Pulitzer Prize for his latest studio album Damn. Lamar is the first non-classical and non-jazz artist to earn the award in music, and people have a lot of questions. Billboard spoke with a Pulitzer Prize board administrator, Dana Canedy, who elaborated on how the Compton rapper won the […]
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Over the past few months there has been a lot of rumors regarding Drake’s next studio album. Drizzy fueled the rumor mill with the launch of “God’s Plan” in addition to the more recent track and video “Nice for What.” In between those gaps we’ve seen him co-star in the Migos‘s video for “Walk It Talk […]
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In an interview with Forbes.com, Cole Cuchna discussed his hit new podcast Dissect, which breaks down popular rap albums. Cuchna is the creator and sole producer of Dissect Podcast. The first season focused on Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, with the second season analyzing Kanye West’s magnum opus, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. “When I graduated college, […]
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Atlanta-based rapper Gucci Mane and self-proclaimed King of Atlanta is the latest rapper to stake his claim as the inventor of the rap sub-genre trap music. Last week the rapper posted a Flash Back Friday photo that looks like it was taken about the time of his debut album Trap House in 2005. “#FBF The Day I […]
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Last week, at Majid Jordan’s show in Toronto, Drake revealed that he had plans of dropping a single. That night the Toronto-based rapper abruptly dropped “Nice for What” with an accompanying music video. Shorty after dropping the track on Apple Music, the 6 God unveiled a cinematic visual for the Murda Beatz produced bouncy track samples Lauryn Hill‘s […]
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After blending Chance The Rapper’s vocals with Kanye West’s beats on Chance The Dropout, DJ Critical Hype is mixing Kendrick Lamar’s vocals with classic instrumentals produced Dr. Dre. The DJ’s latest project, The Damn. Chronic, features a mixture of Kendricks classic versus and his newest ones from his latest album DAMN. Standout tracks on The Damn. Chronic project include “Faith”—a mash-up with the […]
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Earlier this week The Weeknd dropped a six-song EP titled, My Dear Melanchily,. This EP gavce fans more of the R&B House of Balloons feel from the artist in contrast to his last pop album Starboy!. In more Starboy! related news, last fall The Weeknd tease an upcoming collaboration with Marvel. Last week (March 22), […]
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Joey Badass takes a break from inspiring New York with his rap lyrics by introducing his clothing collaboration with Pony. The sportswear brand’s Topstar Lo Lux silhouette — seen here in burgundy — takes on a premium suede-constructed upper, with perforated branding and the rapper’s “Bada$$” emblem both hitting the lateral side. This comes on the […]
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Meek Mill has been serving his two-year prison sentence since November 2017 due to a questionable violation of probation conviction. The judge who sentenced him has had long history of racial discrimination and has been accused of targeting Meek Mill which caused an uproar across the country and several protests in favor of the release […]
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Following the success of Culture II and Drake‘s popular “God’s Plan” video the two came together to drop a fun-filled “Walk It Talk It” visual. Picking up where Cardi B and Bruno Mars left on on their Finesse video, they jumped right into the retro vibe. Quavo, Offset and Takeoff channeled the energy of ’70s dance […]
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Kanye West is perhaps the most polarizing celebrity figure, outside Donald Trump, we have seen. It is easy to see why people love Kanye, his funky hip hop beats of the 2000s set the ground work for artists like Travis Scott and truly revolutionized the direction of hip hop. Not to mention his unparalleled way […]
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