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'The Saga of Wiz Khalifa' EP: Stream Here

Wiz Khalifa is celebrating his favorite holiday by releasing a new EP titled The Saga of Wiz Khalifa. The Pittsburgh rapper teased the project last week tweeting, “What if I dropped an album on 4/20.” Today, Wiz has delivered a compilation featuring Megan Thee Stallion, Ty Dolla $ign, Quavo, Mustard, Tyga, K Camp, and Logic. […]

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Babyface & Teddy Riley's Instagram Live Battle Was a Disaster

In the latest installment of Swizz Beatz‘ ongoing VERZUZ battle series, R&B icons Babyface and Teddy Riley went head-to-head. Almost half a million viewers tuned into the Instagram Live, only to bear witness to a stream riddled with technical issues. Now fans are roasting the legendary hitmakers over their failed live battle. On Saturday night, more than 400,000 viewers looked on as […]

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Young Chop Arrested for Violating Probation in Georgia

Young Chop has run into some trouble with the law. The music producer, real name Tyree Pittman, was arrested Thursday by the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s office in Georgia on a charge of probation violation, the Gwinnett Daily Post reports. The arrest appears to be related to an alleged misdemeanor animal neglect charge. This isn’t the […]

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How Timbaland & Swizz Beatz Masterminded the Ultimate Quarantine Entertainment With 'Verzuz' Beat Battles

When pioneering producers like DJ Premier and RZA, Ne-Yo and Johnta Austin, and Lil Jon and T-Pain went head-to-head in recent days by playing some of their most impactful songs in battles on social media, in more normal times, it may have answered the hypothetical question many music fans have asked throughout the years: Who […]

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Drake's "Toosie Slide" Breaks a TikTok Record

Drake‘s thirst for a TikTok hit has paid off. The rapper’s “Toosie Slide” is blowing up and has set a new record on the video-sharing platform. TMZ reports that the “#ToosieSlide” hashtag hit a billion views in just two days, making it the fastest music trend to reach the ten-figure milestone on the popular app. According to the outlet, “#ToosieSlide related content” has since received […]

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How Blink-182's Travis Barker Is Looking to Take Over the Rap Game

Travis Barker’s one of the most successful artists in the music industry, but he has no interest in resting on his laurels. He rose to fame as the drummer for Blink-182, but has started living a second life as a rap producer and go-to session player for emcees looking to spice up beats with live […]

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First Beat: New Music From DaBaby, 21 Savage, Dvsn & More

As we approach the end of week five of quarantine, today (Apr. 17) is jam-packed with new releases. Can DaBaby deliver another “BOP?” Can OVO’s R&B twosome dvsn keep their label’s blistering run alive with their new album? Check out some of our favorite releases from today below.  DaBaby, Blame It on Baby – After his torrid […]

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21 Savage & Summer Walker's "Secret" Reworks a ’90s Classic

21 Savage and Summer Walker have joined forces once again, this time on a new track titled “Secret,” which sees the pair paying homage to Xscape’s late ’90s hit, “My Little Secret.” The spicy track finds Walker reworking Xscape’s chorus in the bars, “You’re my little secret / That’s how we should keep it / We […]

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DaBaby Dons Surgical Mask, Drops Sophomore Album ‘Blame It on Baby’: Stream It Now

DaBaby is back, and he’s taking all the blame (for whatever). At the stroke of midnight, the Charlotte rapper dropped his sophomore studio album Blame It on Baby across all digital music services. Spanning 13 tracks, including the new single “Find My Way,” Blame It on Baby features assists from Quavo, Future, Roddy Ricch, Ashanti, […]

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Watch the First Trailer for New Salt-N-Pepa Biopic

Lifetime has shared the first official trailer for its new biopic on influential hip-hop group, Salt-N-Pepa. The clip is appropriately back by their hit 1980s single, “Push It.” The three-hour miniseries chronicles the careers of Cheryl “Salt” James and Sandra “Pepa” Denton, from nursing students to becoming the first platinum-selling female hip-hop act and first […]