While The Weeknd continues to enjoy his reign atop the Billboard 200 and Billboard Hot 100 for a second consecutive week, with After Hours and “Blinding Lights,” respectively, the XO singer drops off a video for “Until I Bleed Out” on Tuesday (April 7). Like his previous After Hours videos, The Weeknd is sporting his red suit […]
After a couple weeks of steadily building momentum — a crescendo that hit an early peak with Saturday night’s Lil Jon vs. T-Pain battle, watched simultaneously by over a quarter-million viewers on Instagram Live — the Timbaland- and Swizz Beatz-curated “Verzuz” battle series finally hit a snag. Sunday’s much-anticipated face-off between R&B legends Babyface and […]
A New York Federal judge has denied R. Kelly’s request to be released from prison due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Kelly is awaiting trial in New York on charges of racketeering, transportation to engage in illegal sexual activity, coercion of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity among other charges. He is also awaiting […]
The series launched on the bite-sized video platform on Monday (April 6). Now is the perfect time to pick up some new shows, what with all the free time most of us have on our hands. And wouldn’t you know it? Cardi B and Offset are here to help you out with a peek at […]
Kevin Gates becomes one of the first artists to take a crack at Fivio Foreign’s recently released single “Wetty” with his own blistering freestyle Monday (April 6). Directed by Nicky Films, Gates stampedes his way through the AXL Beats-produced track with a barrage of haymakers, one aimed explicitly at Chicago producer Young Chop. While rapping […]
Stephen Colbert isn’t letting quarantine stop his journalistic efforts. On Monday night (April 6), Colbert hosted The Late Show With Stephen at Home in light of practicing social distancing from the COVID-19 outbreak, and invited Chance The Rapper to chat via Zoom. Chance reflected on his epic 2019, which included getting married to his long-time […]
Rapper Mac P Dawg was reportedly shot and killed late last night in Los Angeles. While there has been no official word on his death, members of LA-based music group Shoreline Mafia have taken to social media to confirm his passing and pay tribute to the musician. Record executive and podcaster Adam Grandmaison, better known […]
Just after releasing “Toosie Slide” last week, Drake appears to have more records loaded up in the tank. On Tuesday (April 7), Drizzy previewed unreleased music on OVO Mark’s Instagram Live, including a potential scorcher with New York upstart Fivio Foreign. “Sosa, Fivi looking like KD and Kyrie / My TD bank is on what? […]
Drake has been keeping busy in quarantine, releasing Tik Tok hits with isolation-centric video clips, as well as squashing beef and shooting his shot with Rihanna on IG Live. Thankfully, he’s also been using the Instagram feature to share new music. Last night he joined Mark from his OVO camp to play some under the radar cuts from around the […]
Quarantine is revealing some surprising truths, like the fact that Offset and Reese Witherspoon are now friends (kind of) and they like to talk to each other about cars. Offset and Witherspoon both have Quibi shows launching today — the Migos member was promoting his new Top Gear-style program Skrrt With Offset; Witherspoon a nature show called Fierce Queens — which is why the unlikely conversation took place. It didn’t […]