Mixtape Mixup
Kendrick Lamar and Drake have a longstanding beef, as chronicled by Uproxx’s Aaron Williams, and it’s sizzling this week. On Tuesday, April 30, Lamar dropped “Euphoria,” the latest in a string of diss tracks between Drake, Lamar, J. Cole, and more that began with Lamar’s verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s “Like That.” The six-minute […]
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Usher’s Lovers & Friends Festival lands at the Las Vegas Festival Ground on Saturday (May 4). If you missed the chance […]
SPOILER ALERT: The following story reveals the identities of the eliminated contestants on Wednesday night’s (May 1) The Masked Singer. Over the years, The Masked Singer has served up some fun and funky costumed duos, including Snow Owls (Clint Black and Lisa Hartman Black), Banana Split (Katharine McPhee and David Foster), Beach Ball (Honey Boo Boo […]
Several reports have confirmed that Bronx rapper Lil Tjay was arrested and taken into custody by U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers at a Miami airport yesterday(April 30) and the worst part about it is it was the rapper’s 23rd birthday. According to The Shade Room, Lil Tjay, whose real name is Tione Merritt, was […]
The Hip Hop community is saddened by the unexpected passing of Hip Hop journalist and NYC culture influencer Dallas Penn, whose death was announced this morning(May 1) by his wife Chocolate Snowflake(C.S.) on Penn’s personal Facebook page. Penn was 54 years old. “Dallas has ascended to the music that was waiting for him,” she wrote. […]
Former President Donald Trump’s legal woes have taken a turn as he faces consequences for violating a gag order imposed by the judge overseeing his criminal trial in New York. This week, Judge Juan Merchan held Trump in contempt of court and fined him $9,000 for repeatedly breaching the order, warning that further violations could […]
Latin artists have long addressed mental health issues through their music. In 2017, Juanes joined Logic, Alessia Cara and Khalid for a bilingual version of “1-800-273-8255,” named after the phone number for the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline. The original song, off Logic’s album Everybody, helped him score his highest charting hit on the Billboard Hot 100, […]
PartyNextDoor is set to embark on his highly anticipated Sorry I’m Outside Tour, produced by Live Nation. The 20-city tour kicks off on June 19th at The Van Buren in Phoenix, with stops across the U.S. and Canada, including Los Angeles, Houston, Miami, Atlanta, Montreal, and New York City. It will conclude in Chicago at […]
Indie favorite Barry Jenkins is an unexpected pick to direct a photorealistic Disney prequel, but the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Moonlight claimed that there’s a lot of similarities between his previous work and Mufasa: The Lion King. After Jenkins shared the teaser for Mufasa on Twitter on Tuesday, one of his followers wrote, “Barry, You’re too […]
Ticketing for live events is not only under the Justice Department’s microscope but front and center for music fans across the country. This focus places our industry at a crossroads. We can either stay with the status quo, in which events are egregiously expensive and funds go to resellers rather than artists and venues, or […]