Mixtape Mixup

Common shared his admiration of Chicago’s graduating class of 2020 in the city’s Grad 2020: For Chicago. By Chicago virtual event in an empowering speech on Sunday (June 14). During the ceremony, which aired on local stations, the Oscar-winning songwriter praised the grads for their achievement during the global coronavirus pandemic, which has canceled milestone […]

The blue-hued animated video for J Balvin‘s sensual reggaeton song “Azul” has topped this week’s new music poll. In the poll, published Friday (June 12) on Billboard, music fans voted for the Colin Tilley-directed video, which tells the story of how Balvin is trying to move on from a woman he’s crushing on. The video […]

Lil Baby’s My Turn returns to No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart after three months, as the set rises from No. 3 with 65,000 equivalent album units earned (up 5 percent) in the U.S. in the week ending June 11, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. It’s the second week at No. 1 for […]

The “Rap God” himself has shared his list of the greatest rappers of all time. On Saturday (June 13), Eminem responded to a tweet from YouTuber NoLifeShaq asking, “Who is the greatest rapper of all time.” NoLifeShaq’s tweet contained a video of himself DM’ing the question to 30 superstar rappers, including Drake, Ice Cube, Travis […]

A quick flashback to the simpler times of 1980 takes you to a place where 50 cents gets you a dozen eggs, $2.25 could purchase a movie ticket, and hip-hop was still in its commercial infancy. And then Kurtis Blow arrived. A wide-eyed 21-year-old hailing from Harlem, Blow helped thrust rap into the mainstream for the […]

T.I. took to the streets of Atlanta over the weekend to share a message of unity amid protests over the death of Rayshard Brooks at the hands of white police officers. “I don’t give a damn what your opinion is of the person. I don’t give a damn what he did. The man didn’t deserve […]

Killer Mike is speaking out again after another black man died at the hands of police. The rapper shared a passionate message on Instagram on Saturday (June 13) regarding the death of Rayshard Brooks, who was shot in the back and killed by Atlanta police after he was initially found asleep at a Wendy’s drive-through. […]