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Kevin Gates Pays Homage to Kobe Bryant in 'Wetty' Freestyle Video: Watch

Kevin Gates becomes one of the first artists to take a crack at Fivio Foreign’s recently released single “Wetty” with his own blistering freestyle Monday (April 6). Directed by Nicky Films, Gates stampedes his way through the AXL Beats-produced track with a barrage of haymakers, one aimed explicitly at Chicago producer Young Chop. While rapping […]

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Chance The Rapper Promotes Rest During Quarantine: 'Everybody's at a Pause'

Stephen Colbert isn’t letting quarantine stop his journalistic efforts. On Monday night (April 6), Colbert hosted The Late Show With Stephen at Home in light of practicing social distancing from the COVID-19 outbreak, and invited Chance The Rapper to chat via Zoom. Chance reflected on his epic 2019, which included getting married to his long-time […]

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Drake Previews Unreleased Music, Including Songs With Playboi Carti and Fivio Foreign

Just after releasing “Toosie Slide” last week, Drake appears to have more records loaded up in the tank. On Tuesday (April 7), Drizzy previewed unreleased music on OVO Mark’s Instagram Live, including a potential scorcher with New York upstart Fivio Foreign. “Sosa, Fivi looking like KD and Kyrie / My TD bank is on what? […]

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H.E.R. Joins R&B/Hip-Hop Livestream Wave With Weekly Music & Talk Series 'Girls With Guitars'

The event, kicking off Monday, joins ongoing initiatives from Anthony Hamilton, Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, DJ D-Nice, The Roots & more keeping the global R&B/hip-hop community connected during the pandemic. Grammy winner H.E.R. is inviting music fans to rock with her via Instagram Live on Monday night (April 6, 8 p.m. ET) for Girls With Guitars. […]

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Cardi B Celebrates 2 Years of 'Invasion of Privacy,' Which 'Till This Day Is Charting'

Two years ago, Cardi B blessed us with her debut album, Invasion of Privacy, and on Monday (April 6) she celebrated its anniversary. “Happy Birthday Miss INVASION OF PRIVACY,” she wrote. “My first baby.Im workin on her sister so I can birth her this year.Thank you everybody who support and still supports my album .Till this […]

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Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus Celebrate 1 Year of 'Old Town Road' Remix: 'DAMN did it change EVERYTHING'

Lil Nas X took his horse down memory lane on Sunday for the one-year anniversary of his No. 1 hit “Old Town Road” remix, featuring Billy Ray Cyrus. “1 year ago today i dropped a remix to old town road with billy ray cyrus,” Nas X tweeted. “i knew it would be successful but DAMN […]

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Mykki Blanco Comes Back With a Vengeance on 'Patriarchy Ain't the End of Me'

In the four years since Mykki Blanco released her last album Mykki, fans have only been occasionally treated to new music from the hip-hop star. But now, Blanco is officially back with some brand-new flows for fans. In a surprise drop on Sunday, Blanco released her new single “Patriarchy Ain’t the End of Me” on SoundCloud. The […]

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Someone Mashed Up 'Tiger King' & #SavageChallenge, and It's Megan Thee Stallion-Approved

We are all living in Joe Exotic’s world now. Whether you’ve binged Netflix’s can’t-look-away docuseries about big cat breeders or not, surely your mom and dad have asked you at least five times how they can watch Tiger King on their iPad 3. And if you’re not busy trying to figure out if Joe really […]

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Jeezy Pops the Question (In Quarantine) To Jeannie Mai

The couple reportedly got engaged on March 27. Jeezy is trying to make the most of the coronavirus lockdown. The 42-year-old rapper (born Jay Jenkins) has spent part of his COVID-19 with love on his mind, as People magazine reports that he popped the question to girlfriend and The Real co-host Jeannie Mai on March […]

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DaniLeigh Reveals Her Dream Collaborators During Billboard Live At-Home Concert: Watch

DaniLeigh kicked off a new week of Billboard Live At-Home concerts with a fundraiser for Downtown Women’s Center. Admitting she “just lowkey woke up,” the chipper star launched into her 2019 single “Easy,” dancing and harmonizing along to Chris Brown‘s pre-recorded guest feature on the second verse before answering fan questions about her ethnicity (“Both […]