Frank Ocean is as intensely private as he is revered musically. His last album, blonde, was as haunting as it was beautiful, constituting one of the most memorable long-form R&B memories from 2016. However, despite his success, it’s not often that the public gets a glimpse inside the private life of the influential artist. That is, […]
Drake’s More Life marked his seventh consecutive #1 project on the Top 200. The Young Money/Cash Money/Universal Republic Records “playlist” (as it was marketed) has already achieved double-platinum certification following its March release. However, Drake—who possesses three Grammy awards—reportedly has opted not to submit More Life for consideration in next February’s Grammy Awards. The Associated […]
A “female rapper” is a rapper. Some of the fiercest lyricists, most consistent hitmakers and most visionary album artists in hip-hop have been women. Since the Sugarhill Days of The Sequence, to the brash b-girlism of Roxanne Shante, to the Golden Age greatness of MC Lyte and Salt-N-Pepa, the jiggy flyness of Lil Kim and […]
Outside of music, Pusha T has been killing the sneaker game with his successful partnership with adidas Originals. For his next release with the popular sneaker brand, King Push takes us to the hood and celebrate the neighborhood bodegas. In the short film, “Bodega Babies,” we get to see various bodegas and the going-ons inside […]
After writing about Gucci Mane so many times this year, it’s hard to not throw in the obligatory “2017 has been a great year for Guwop” line. Because, after all, it has. Gucci has released two albums, an autobiography, gotten married (and secured a serious bag from BET in the process) and generally impressed the […]
Before LL Cool J and the Beastie Boys, a fledgling Def Jam Recordings had another MC in mind for its legendary path: T La Rock. Brother to Treacherous Three MCs member Special K, the Manhattan-born, Bronx—raised MC (aka Clarence Ronnie Keaton) would work with Rick Rubin and DJ Jazzy Jay (pioneering BX DJ and producer) on […]
Rick Ross is still on his grind and he’s not letting haters get in the way of him securing the bag. On “TipToe’N,” the Miami boss issues a cautionary warning to lames who is trying to stop him from shining. “Just respect a nigga name or die peacefully / I don’t fuck with sucka’ niggas, […]
XXXTentacion is trying to clean up his act and make amends for his past mistakes. On Friday (Oct. 20), the Floridian rapper went on his Instagram page to announce that he’s donating $100,000 to women’s rights organizations. In his open letter on Instagram Live (spotted by HotNewHipHop), X addressed his new deal with Capitol Music […]
There was no small amount of confusion when Chris Brown shared a freaky-looking picture on his Instagram profile on Sunday afternoon. No, he didn’t have any sort of reconstructive surgery or anything like that – he was just teasing his upcoming music video, which promises to showcase him donning a very different look. #HIGHEND A […]
Outside of his multi-platinum group Cypress Hill and leadership within Soul Assassins, DJ Muggs has released a series of celebrated collaborative albums. Most notably, the Queens, New York-born, Los Angeles, California-based producer made 2005’s chess-inspired Grandmasters with Wu-Tang Clan co-founder GZA. He has followed with albums from Planet Asia (Cali Agents, Durag Dynasty), Ill Bill […]
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