Mixtape Mixup
After taking a week off to commemorate Juneteenth, Lil Wayne returned to Young Money Radio on Friday (June 26) with an all-star guest lineup. Weezy discussed a wide variety of topics, ranging from new music to racial injustice, during the ninth episode of his Apple Radio show, as he welcomed guests Usher, Jadakiss, Fabolous, Juelz […]
BET president Scott Mills wants viewers of this year’s BET Awards to understand one thing up front: don’t call it a virtual awards show. It’s a “complete mischaracterization of what the show is,” says Mills of the BET Awards which, like many other special events, has had to shift gears as the COVID-19 pandemic continues […]
Lil Baby is one of the most prolific rappers right now. The rising rap star has featured in the biggest songs of the past year, quickly becoming a household name – but each verse comes with a pretty sweet price tag. The Atlanta rapper has revealed the incredible price he charges for features. If you’re shopping for a […]
As part of his #WESTDAYEVER rollout with Gap, Kanye West officially released the video for his track “Spaceship” yesterday – 16 years after it was first set to drop. Ye made the announcement last night that the long lost visual for the GLC and Consequence-assisted track was finally going to make its debut. The track was on his debut studio […]
Arca‘s anticipated new album, KiCk i, has finally arrived. The genre-bending effort, which is her fourth studio album, serves as a followup to 2017’s self-titled LP. The new experimental project consists of 12 tracks, boasting features from Björk, Rosalía, UK rapper Shygirl, and Scottish musician Sophie. Arca shared multiple tracks leading up to the release […]
Kanye West and Kid Cudi enter the “4th Dimension” in their new Kids See Ghosts animated show, and the two premiered a preview clip today (June 26). Japanese contemporary artist Takashi Murakami directed the series named after the duo’s Billboard 200 No. 2 album from 2018, which Murakami also designed the artwork for. But both rappers ditched their […]
Dance world superstar/actual cowboy Diplo galloped into Fortnite yesterday (June 25) for a virtual hoedown with Young Thug, Noah Cyrus and Orville Peck. Sporting a cowboy hat and a sunflower backpack, Diplo performed amidst avatars of the three artists, all collaborators on his recently released country album, Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley Chapter 1: Snake Oil. […]
DaBaby recruited Roddy Ricch for more than just a feature on their Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Rockstar.” The two take down a fleet of zombies in the action-packed visual out today (June 26). With a catchy chorus that compares rockstars’ guitars to rappers’ firearms, DaBaby and Ricch pack heat for a forest bloodbath to […]
Last night (June 26), St. Louis rapper, Huey, was reportedly shot and killed in the front yard of a home. He was 32. Best known for his famous 2006 single “Pop, Lock and Drop It,” Huey, born Lawrence Franks Jr., was killed in the Kinloch section of St. Louis Thursday night in a double shooting, […]
For today’s edition of First Beat, we see Lil Mosey and Lil Baby team up for a new collaboration, the return of August Alsina and a fresh remix from Tinashe. Check out our picks below. Lil Mosey, “Back At It” Featuring Lil Baby Mosey and Baby have stampeded their way toward the top of hip-hop’s […]