In the past year, a number of prominent hip-hop icons have revealed some weirdly anti-scientific and counterproductive thinking. GZA got dragged for subscribing to the Flat Earth conspiracy theory, while Ice Cube tweeted anti-Semitic memes and championed his Contract With Black America with the outgoing Trump administration. Truly 2020 has been a whole mess. But […]
We have Travis Scott to thank for so many things: Astroworld, Stormi Webster, additional production on Yeezus, and now, for influencing Kid Cudi’s new music, too. After the two worked together on the collaborative track “The Scotts” earlier this year, Cudi told Zane Lowe in a snippet from their upcoming interview that Trav set him […]
Shortly after the release of his third mixtape, Confetti, in 2019, Jack Harlow struck gold with his single “What’s Poppin,” with its remix, with DaBaby, Tory Lanez, and Lil Wayne, peaking at No. 2 on the singles chart. He’s now readying the release of his debut album, That’s What They All Say. With less than […]
Six years ago today, J. Cole released his third album 2014 Forest Hill Drive. While the rapper is currently at work on his upcoming sixth album, The Fall Off, he opted to honor the anniversary with a video for his new song “Fire Squad,” The video finds Cole in a deserted area, discussing his rise […]
The bravery of Darnella Frazier is what is needed in the community to catch these crimes by the policered-handed. Spike Lee publicly praised Frazier, the teenager who caught George Floyd’s death in the hands of the police on camera, with the 2020 PEN/Benenson Freedom of Expression Courage Award during PEN America Virtual Gala last night(December8). […]
“Two-thirty baby won’t you meet me by the beach / Too early, maybe later you can show me things.” These pleading lines from Giveon served as his head-turning introduction to the mainstream world. Appearing alongside Drake, “Chicago Freestyle” arrived during a cold Saturday night in February, a timely release for a track that sought warmth […]
Earlier this year, Tyga joined names like Bella Thorne, Cardi B, Rubi Rose, and Swae Lee as stars who hopped on the OnlyFans wave with their own accounts. The rapper opted to share explicit photos of himself on the content-sharing platform and it caused fans to jump on Twitter to share their suprised reactions to […]
It’s been a little over two years since Pusha T delivered his last album, Daytona. Since then, the rapper has stayed fairly quiet, but now he’s ready to make his return. He shared some details about his upcoming fourth solo albumwhen he appeared on RapCaviar’s Instagram Live alongside his manager Steven Victor. View this post […]
This past Sunday, a report from HipHopDX revealed that A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie was involved in a shooting after celebrating his birthday at the Teaneck, New Jersey nightclub RAIN. Now the Bergen County Prosecutor’s Office confirmed to XXL that the Bronx rapper has been arrested and charged with one count of unlawful possession of […]
A long time ago, one of the biggest criticisms of hip-hop by music traditionalists was that the new genre didn’t use any “real instruments.” Condescending rock snobs thumbed their noses at early rap producers’ use of drum machines, samples, and turntable mixers, deriding them for using technology in place of honored tools like real drum […]