Lil Nas X spoke about his sexuality in a recent interview with The Guardian, revealing that he had serious hesitations about coming out as gay, and that it was actually his rise to fame that finally pushed him to speak his truth. The rapper rose to fame last year with his trap-country hit “Old Town Road,” publicly […]
YNW Melly made headlines on Thursday (April 2) when his Instagram account confirmed that he had contracted coronavirus while behind bars inside Florida’s Broward County Jail. The rapper’s legal team has since filed an emergency motion for his restricted release to receive better care and treatment for his diagnosis amid the virus’ outbreak. “I have […]
Why was Daddy Yankee’s “Gasolina” a global trending topic on twitter Saturday night (April 4)? It was the result of an Instagram Live battle between T-Pain and Lil Jon, who proceeded to spin the reggaeton smash — and Twitter exploded. It’s been almost two decades since the 2004 release of “Gasolina” and 10 years since […]
Instagram Live turned down for Lil Jon and T-Pain on Saturday night (April 4) when they co-hosted a virtual club night — and dropped some yet-to-be-released music in the process, too. Like many other artists, the two rappers took matters into their own hands to deliver a great night in for their fans by livestreaming their […]
Drake dropped the visuals for “Toosie Slide” last night. Yet while the tune is primed to be a TikTok hit, we couldn’t help but notice that the insane architectural backdrop he dances and sings his way through just so happens to be Champagne Papi’s house. We dug a little deeper to uncover everything there is to know […]
T-Pain and Lil Jon went head to head on Instagram Live last night — the latest battle in an ongoing series, VERZUZ, organized by Swizz Beatz. During the battle, the artists jammed to some of their biggest hits, but Lil Jon surprised fans when he debuted an unreleased song featuring Usher and Ludacris. Swizz Beatz announced the battle on […]
JAY-Z and Meek Mill‘s justice reform organization, the Reform Alliance, is donating 100,000 face masks to various prisons across the United States to help protect inmates and the staff from the Coronavirus outbreak. Speaking to CBS News, Reform Alliance‘s chief advocacy officer Jessica Jackson shared concerns about Covid-19 spreading faster in jail as it is nearly impossible to follow […]
Most people don’t know him by name, but Dave Hampton is one of the music industry’s top-flight audio engineers. His clientele has included Prince, Herbie Hancock, Marcus Miller, RZA, M.I.A. — and Bill Withers, who died on Monday (March 30) at the age of 81. In this exclusive as-told-to, Los Angeles-based Hampton goes beyond the […]
Virgil Abloh has linked up with artist George Condo for a live jazz set dubbed “Watercolor” Jazz Hours, which he will livestream today. The designer and DJ made the announcement via his Instagram. For the live-streamed show, he explained, “every session of songs is inspired by an original painting [Condo] texts me.” The experimental set will take place […]
Work From Home is a new vertical dedicated to life and culture in the strange and unprecedented situation of self-quarantine that many of us are dealing with right now. From what to watch to how to get a fit off and how to not think about anything, this is our guide to the great indoors. For […]