In 2020, it feels redundant to even say the words “female rapper” to mark out women as separate to their male contemporaries. The likes of MC Lyte, Roxanne Shanté, Salt-N-Pepa, and Queen Latifah have been killing it since the ’80s, but waves of talented women (from Kim and Foxy to Nicki and Cardi) have come […]

Helmut Lang is turning to its 600k Instagram followers to design a limited edition T-shirt for a special contest. The New York brand will select three original T-shirt designs and each winner will receive a $1,000 gift card to shop on Helmut Lang’s website. The rules are that it has to be an original drawing, […]

Cardi B has teamed up with fast fashion retailer Fashion Nova to pledge a total of $1m to those in need of financial support during the ongoing Covid-19 crisis. In a video on Instagram Live, the award-winning rapper announced that the #FashionNovaCARES initiative will give away $1,000 every hour until May 20 to those who […]

Last night saw the hotly anticipated Instagram Live battle between DJ Premier and RZA take place, at one point drawing in approximately 170,000 viewers. 170,000! That’s, like, Madison Square Garden filled about eight times over. The titanic clash came about thanks to Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s VERZUZ series. If you’ve spent quarantine under a music-deprived rock, VERZUZ pits […]

Page Six has revealed that Kanye West will team up with a Miami-based church for a virtual Sunday Service this Easter. If you cast your mind back to last year, West brought his Sunday Service to Coachella, which happened to fall on Easter Sunday. Coronavirus has put paid to anything of that magnitude happening this time […]

Hip-hop legend and A Tribe Called Quest member Q-Tip turned 50 yesterday. On the occasion of his birthday, the rapper/producer announced that he’s got three new albums on the way. Taking to Instagram, Q-Tip posted a video of himself jamming on the guitar along with the announcement. Thanking fans for the birthday wishes, he wrote, “Thank u for […]

Rihanna‘s Clara Lionel Foundation (CLF) has teamed up with Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to donate $2.1 million each to benefit domestic violence victims in Los Angeles affected by the Covid-19 “stay at home” order. The combined $4.2 million grant will go to the Mayor’s Fund for Los Angeles to assist in providing shelter, meals, and counseling for individuals and their children suffering […]

Kanye West has pulled out of Joel Osteen‘s planned virtual Easter Sunday Service at the last minute, TMZ reports. In light of the coronavirus, the Televangelist’s Houston-based Lakewood megachurch is taking their Easter service, titled ‘Hope Is Alive’, to virtual territory. West was scheduled to perform from Los Angeles with his Sunday service, but now the rapper has pulled the […]

Kid Cudi surprised fans last night when he shared a full preview of an unreleased track called “Leader of the Delinquents,” which he promised will drop later tonight. The rapper took to Twitter yesterday to invite fans to tune in to his Instagram Live. In the livestream Cudi was joined by friend Jaden Smith. He then surprised fans […]

Ariana Grande proved she’s been keeping busy during quarantine as she recreated Adam Sandler’s hit 1998 film The Waterboy. The hilarious parody posted to Twitter is so spot on, even Sandler’s impressed. This week, the singer and her friends reenacted scenes from the popular flick and uploaded them to Twitter. In the clips, Grande played Sandler’s classic character Bobby […]