After almost a week filled with film premieres, the 2021 Sundance Film Festival came to a close on Tuesday night by handing out awards for some of the films that were presented during the festival. One of the big winners of Sundance this year was Questlove who took home an award for his Summer Of […]

On Saturday, the music industry was shocked by the news of the death of producer Sophie. The Scotland native died after a tragic fall during a climb to watch the full moon in Athens, Greece. Her death impacted many in the industry, and names like Sam Smith, Rina Sawayama, Charlie XCX, Christine And The Queens, […]

Jadakiss has accomplished a lot in his nearly three-decade career, with multiple Grammy nominations, platinum plaques, and a classic album among his many accomplishments. Now he has a new achievement: Later this month he will voice a COVID-19 PSA to be heard on New York City subways and buses. The other voices that will be […]

It’s been almost three months since King Von’s tragic death at an Atlanta nightclub. Since then, the Chicago-born rapper has been remembered in a number of ways, including an appearance on the cover of Lil Durk’s most recent project The Voice. Von can also be heard in a posthumous appearance on Pnb Rock’s track “Rose […]

Since the release of his 2018 album Testing, ASAP Rocky has kept things under the radar, mostly keeping to guest appearances on songs like ASAP Ferg’s “Pups,” Mustard’s “On God,” and most recently Slowthai’s “Mazza.” But on Tuesday the rapper resurfaced with a new single, shared exclusively on Instagram. View this post on Instagram A […]

Ricky Powell — famed photographer and iconoclast — died yesterday, at the age of 59. “The Rickster” made his name as a tour photographer for the Beastie Boys and Run DMC in the mid-80s. Through his lens, he captured the first Golden Age of NYC hip-hop and became famous in his own right, often called […]

This Friday on Youtube, Nipsey Hussle fans will be able to catch a “visual album experience” titled The Marathon live at 6 pm PT / 9 pm ET. The video was teased by Nipsey’s Instagram, the Marathon Clothing account, and by animation studio Oki Doki, who apparently handled the rendering on the visuals. Oki Doki’s […]

At this point, you almost feel bad for women named “Karen.” For the past couple of years, it seems there has been no end to the number of ways white women can annoy, harass, report, or otherwise trouble Black folks going about their business. To whit, the latest case proved not even the highest-profile among […]

Evan Rachel Wood has advocated for years as a survivor or abuse and rape, and she came forward this week to name ex-partner Marilyn Manson as her alleged abuser. She accused him of “grooming” and “horrifically abusing” her over the course of their relationship, which went public in 2007 (when she was 19 years old, […]

Atlanta singer/rapper Pollari is the latest to grace UPROXX Sessions with a moody performance of the hyper-pop-inflected “Lover’s Lane.” Built on a 2000s alt-rock-esque guitar loop produced by Yung Skrrt and accented with futuristic, spacey sound effects, “Lover’s Lane” finds Pollari imploring an ex to move on: “Here’s to the dream you sold me,” he croons. […]