Mixtape Mixup
Kid Cudi and Kanye West have teamed up to create an animated show, today revealing a preview of what to expect. Named after their 2018 album, Kids See Ghosts, the teaser clip was directed by Takashi Murakami. The Kids See Ghosts show finds Kanye voicing a bear similar to the one used in the promotion […]
This week was a particularly big one for K-pop, as Monsta X announced a virtual concert, Blackpink dropped their highly-anticipated single “How You Like That,” and BTS unveiled the music video for “Stay Gold.” Plus, Big Hit Entertainment announced a series of BTS “Graphic Lyrics” books! In other pop news, Halsey announced a book of […]
As cries of racial injustice continue to reverberate throughout America, Usher is hoping to provoke change in a myriad of ways. After protesting alongside Trey Songz earlier this month and penning an op-ed for The Washington Post highlighting the importance of Juneteenth, on Friday (June 26), Usher skated back to his domain — the studio […]
Kanye West is bringing his Yeezy brand to Gap. The rap superstar will design adult and kids’ clothing that will be sold at the chain’s stores next year. Yeezy is best known for pricey sneakers that sell out online quickly. But Yeezy footwear, made with sneaker company Adidas, won’t be sold at Gap stores. San […]
The Roots’ annual Roots Picnic is going virtual this year, and the group is teaming up with First Lady Michelle Obama’s nonpartisan nonprofit When We All Vote for the event. The June 27 show–executive produced by Shawn Gee (Live Nation Urban), the Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq Trotter (Two One Five Entertainment) and Dan Parise (DPS)–will be hosted by Quest, Black […]
Spend more than ten minutes on Twitter and you’ll quickly realize that K-Pop stans are everywhere. Users worldwide spend hours each day flooding viral tweets and hashtags with ‘fan-cams’: grainy, zoomed-in videos of their favorite stars, which are shared far and wide to promote Korean artists. But more recently, stans have weaponized these fan-cams against […]
North Philadelphia-based female rapper, author, and businesswoman Mz Genesiz is rapidly becoming one of the new trendy names in Hip-Hop culture. Recently, she released three new tracks, “Shook,” “Super Press,” and “CheckMate,” showcasing her female empowering messages and incredibly inspiring energy in a brand new light. Her extensive experience as a hard-working woman running several […]
Rapper, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Hipster Conspiracy is releasing her debut collection of tracks titled Dysphoria. Her struggles to accept her transgender identity is incredibly well reflected in this debut album that took four years of hard work to finally be available to the public. With eleven crossover tracks that feature rock and electro-inspired textures blended […]
Justin Bieber has filed a $20 million lawsuit against two women who alleged on Twitter last week that the pop star sexually assaulted them, TMZ reports. Bieber is claiming the allegations are “outrageous lies.” On June 20, a woman identified as Danielle shared a lengthy statement to Twitter (from an account that has since been removed). In it, she detailed an […]
Megan Thee Stallion apologizes to absolutely no one on her new release “Girls in the Hood,” which dropped at midnight. The Houston rapper is in total control on “Hood,” a statement track on which she lets her thoughts be known from the opening stanza. Channeling Eazy-E’s “Boyz-n-the-Hood” from 1987, Megan fires away: “F— being good, I’m […]