Traditionally, the holiday season has always been kind of a dead zone for new music releases because much of the music industry infrastructure is shut down; venues are closed, office workers go on vacation, and artists — who, like most of us, want to spend time with family — don’t often feel like working when […]
When it dropped in 2018, Tierra Whack’s Whack World took hip-hop by storm. Who was this unknown twenty-something rapper out of Philadelphia presenting this flawlessly produced 15 minute album of 15 one-minute songs with 15 separate unique visuals? It was jaw-dropping stuff and Whack has rightfully soared ever since, her voice gracing collaborations with her […]
It’s been nearly a year since Jazmine Sullivan released her comeback album Heaux Tales, which detailed her love life and self-growth with radical honesty. Not only did the LP become a fan-favorite, but it also earned Sullivan an impressive three Grammy nominations for Best R&B Album, Best R&B Performance, and Best R&B Song. Now, she’s […]
Shan has always dreamed of dancing since they were little, even when it wasn’t possible for them. As someone diagnosed with the chronic pain disorder Fibromyalgia at a young age, Shan was told that they wouldn’t be able to do much physically as they got older. But as they started to dance, Shan learned that […]
While fans wait patiently for any word of her next musical endeavor, Beyonce continues to make moves in other areas. Her latest is a new Ivy Park collection inspired by collegiate fashion and to promote the new line, she shared a hype video featuring Ivy Park’s newest recruits. While fans have come to expect Beyonce […]
The Best Hip-Hop Albums Of 2021
Year after year, hip-hop continues to grow in variety and breadth of content and styles. We’ve long grown used to the melodic and trap-based offerings of the mainstream, but even those genres have kept pushing their boundaries, as has the underground, where adherents are burrowing down further and further into strange sounds and deconstructed rhythms […]
Listen to 10 new must-hear songs from emerging R&B and hip-hop artists, all released within the last week After four days away from the office, scarfing down Thanksgiving leftovers and dodging awkward lines of questioning from that aunt we hadn’t seen since the last holiday season, we’re back with our favorite R&B/hip-hop adjacent releases of […]
Ari Lennox claimed on social media to have been racially profiled at the airport. Ari Lennox has been arrested in Amsterdam after she claims on social media to have been racially profiled in the airport Monday morning (Nov. 29). Early Monday, Lennox sent out a flurry of tweets about her negative experience with airport security […]
This summer, Megan Thee Stallion got herself a spot in the K-pop world by linking up with BTS for a remix of their No. 1 hit “Butter.” Now, months later, Meg and BTS were finally able to link up to give the song its live debut. Yesterday, BTS performed at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, […]
The film is now streaming on HBO Max. About 45 minutes into HBO’s DMX: Don’t Try to Understand documentary, Dark Man X lets his life’s purpose be known, “To be an inspiration to someone that I don’t know.” Seventy-four million records later and even following his tragic passing at the age of 50 on April […]