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Kendrick Lamar Explains Why He Stays Off Of Social Media

Kendrick Lamar is famously reclusive when it comes to social media. His Instagram account has 11.6 million followers and has been scrubbed down to zero photos. His Twitter frequently goes dormant for many months at a time and even when posts get made, they feel like mostly promotional material posted by his team — like […]

Frandie Exhibits Professionalism and Musicality With New Single  “Slowly”

Brooklyn born rapper and producer recently released a new single called “Slowly,” featuring promising talents A.Slay and N-amouR. The song exhibits Frandie’s musical skills and professionalism, bringing the self-taught musician to the limelight. The talented recording artist reveals his writing process and explains that when he first started making music it was all about pouring […]

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The Weeknd’s Merch Trailer Reportedly Caught On Fire After His Show In Vegas

After The Weeknd‘s show at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas on Saturday night, a large fire erupted outside of the venue, as reported by Variety. Fans noticed the fire and immediately shared pictures on social media, wasting no time before making “the concert was on fire” jokes. I guess The Weeknd set the place on […]

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Halle Says She’s ‘For Sure’ In Love With DDG

Chlöe and Halle Bailey are having a big year, especially after the former graced our Uproxx cover this month ahead of her upcoming album. She also discussed her good fortunes in their new Essence interview, where Halle touched on something more personal: her relationship with rapper DDG, which it looks like is getting pretty serious. […]

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Nicki Minaj’s ‘Super Freaky Girl’ Debuts At No. 1 On The Hot 100, Making History Along The Way

Nicki Minaj’s latest single, “Super Freaky Girl” has debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making history along the way. While women in hip-hop have made a resurgence on the chart in the last couple of years, “Super Freaky Girl” is now the first song by a solo female rap act to […]

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Drake Is The Most-Searched Artist Of All Time On Shazam

Drake’s dominance is disputed but he’s got a compelling new argument in his favor. Shazam, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary, has confirmed that Drake is the most-searched artist of all time. Fans have Shazamed Drake’s songs or songs on which he’s featured over 350 million times — which, considering he’s only been around for […]

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Quando Rondo Was Reportedly The Intended Target For A Fatal Los Angeles Shooting

Earlier this weekend, rapper Quando Rondo was reported to have been shot. A member of Rondo’s team later released a statement saying that Rondo was involved in a shooting, however, was not shot himself, noting, “Quando was involved in a shooting yesterday evening [Friday] which resulted in the untimely death of another’s young man’s life; […]

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DJ Khaled Reveals He Climbed Bryson Tiller’s Gate To Get His Vocals On ‘Wild Thoughts’

DJ Khaled stopped by Drink Champs this past week to talk about how some of his biggest hits came to be. When discussing “Wild Thoughts,” his 2017 collaboration with Rihanna and Bryson Tiller, he revealed the track as we know it almost didn’t make it in time for the album. Although Rihanna handed in her […]

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Quando Rondo Was Reportedly Shot In Georgia And Is In Stable Condition

It has been reported that rapper Quando Rondo was shot in Georgia on Friday night, August 19, while with his friend Lul Pab, who was fatally wounded. Quando is in stable condition, as per VladTV. Around 11:30 p.m., Quando’s aunt posted Instagram stories updating fans on the situation. “I love everyone but please give my […]

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P-Lo Puts On For The Bay In His New Video, ‘Stunna Anthem’

P-Lo is turning up the heat on his new song, “Stunna Anthem.” On his latest single, the Filipino-American rapper maintains his reign within the Bay Area, rapping along to a bouncy, hyphy Oakland-influenced beat. The song contains a prominent sample of his fellow Bay Area rapper Too Short‘s “Shake That Monkey.” In the song’s video, […]