It sounds pretty unbelievable, but it has been nearly 24 years since rap last saw an all-women posse cut — and even longer since one had any commercial impact. The last two times more than three female rappers were on a song together spitting verses, Bill Clinton was still in office, the first PlayStation was […]

Back in 2007, Eminem was hospitalized after overdosing on methadone in the midst of an addiction to prescription pills. (He’s now proudly sober.) He talked about that time in his life recently, revealing just how bad of a state he was in. On Paul Pod, the podcast of Eminem’s longtime manager Paul Rosenberg, Em said […]

Ty Dolla Sign’s impact on music goes without saying. He is regularly called upon to handle other artists’ choruses, or simply provide creative energy when in the studio. While he will undeniably go down as a legend and surely has a lot more to offer, he’s also humble. One example of this came after signing […]

The ubiquity of hip-hop only grows over time and tends to reveal itself in some unconventional ways. Ukraine’s Ministry Of Defense posted a tweet on Wednesday, September 7, alluding to Russia’s combat losses from February to September ever since Vladimir Putin invaded the country. The tweet included lyrics from none other than Pusha T, and […]

In just two short weeks, the music community witnessed the rise and fall of A.I. rapper FN Meka. The virtual artist was signed to Capitol Records, only to be quickly dropped when listeners questioned who was involved in the making of an artificially created artist that would use the n-word. Now that the dust has […]

Since his passing late last year, MF DOOM’s legacy has been about his lyrical contributions to the hip-hop canon through his whimsical, one-of-a-kind rhymes, but recent events have made those rhymes the center of an ugly power struggle between some of those who were closest to him in his life. More specifically, his rhyme book […]

I don’t know if anyone other than the producers at Revolt would have thought Yung Miami of City Girls would be such a provocative and surprisingly insightful talk show host, but if they did, they were right on the money. In previous episodes of her show Caresha Please, Miami got some dating advice from Gucci […]

While we have to wait until next year for Gorillaz to drop their eighth album, Cracker Island, the band is heading out on a North America 2022 tour starting in September. Cracker Island will feature appearances from Thundercat, Beck, Bad Bunny, Tame Impala, and others, but the slate of openers for their concert tour is […]

Oakland native Kamaiyah was arrested at Hollywood-Burbank airport last week and charged with felony weapons possession of a loaded handgun. According to a report from XXL, the “I’m On” rapper also supposedly had an outstanding warrant out from a 2019 incident. The Burbank Police Department sent a statement to XXL explaining the incident: “Ms. Johnson […]

Quavo and Takeoff, aka 2/3 of Migos, announced their duo album Only Built For Infinity Links earlier today, but they aren’t the only members of the Atlanta trio dropping new music soon. Offset, the third leg of the Migos tripod, has also been gearing up for a solo project, releasing the singles “54321” and “Code” […]