Saweetie is taking her talents to Hollywood. The “ICY GRL” rapper is set to make her acting debut on ABC’s Grown-ish on January 21 when the series returns from a mid-season break. Saweetie will be making a cameo in the role of a bossy rapper named Indigo, who isn’t happy with the wardrobe picked out […]
Young Thug’s comments on the Million Dollaz Worth Of Game podcast continue to get him in hot water, this time with people in the United Kingdom. During a portion of the interview with Gillie Da Kid, Thugger was asked about his love for Florida rappers and what grabs his attention. “It’s just that struggle, like Zoe […]
Quavo may have been ahead of the game when it came to shooting your shot on Instagram but as far as Clubhouse, he’s not accepting any invites anytime soon. “I’m not doing clubhouse,” the Migos rapper wrote on Sunday (January 3). “I don’t want to be on a 54 way.” I’m not doing clubhouse… I […]
Playboi Carti has his first No. 1 Billboard 200 album. According to Billboard, the Georgia-bred rapper’s highly-anticipated Whole Lotta Red topped the chart with over 100,000 total album-equivalent units earned in its opening week. The album’s sales were mostly driven by streaming, earning more than 90,000 streaming equivalent album units thanks to 126 million on-demand streams of […]
Just three days after releasing the single, 50 Cent is back with a video for the NLE Choppa and Rileyy Lanez-assisted single “Part Of The Game,” the theme song for the forthcoming Power spin-off, Power Book III: Raising Kanan. Premiered on Saturday (January 2), the Eif Rivera-directed visual begins in the streets of New York City with the […]
Kodak Black’s continued fight for his release from prison has hit another setback. According to VladTV, the Pompano Beach, Florida native’s request to have his prison sentence reduced was denied by federal prosecutors after it was determined his motion failed to follow legal procedures or cite any reason as to why he should be granted less […]
MIAMI, FL – DaBaby has never been one to be shy about boasting his stockpile of plaques, Billboard chart placements and Grammy nominations throughout his career. The Charlotte native hit the studio over the weekend with Lil Wayne and deemed himself and Weezy to be the best rappers in the game. “Best rappers alive,” he […]
Royce Da 5’9 and former Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta personality Benzino have been locked in a war of words since Tuesday (December 29) — and after a brief respite, it appears the battle is back on. Benzino resumed their beef on Friday (January 1) when he — once again — insisted Nickle Nine is […]
Like the rest of the world, 50 Cent caught the first glimpse of Nicki Minaj’s three-month-old son on Saturday (January 2) when she shared several photos of him on Instagram. But apparently the Power mogul doesn’t think Nicki’s “Papa Bear” nickname suits the child and decided to change it. Shortly after the photos started making […]
Despite the raging COVID-19 pandemic, Eminem stayed incredibly productive in 2020 and is carrying that momentum into 2021. On Saturday (January 2), Marshall Mathers shared a clip of his latest video “Gnat” and announced a new contest in conjunction with director Cole Bennett’s Lyrical Lemonade multimedia company, giving fans a chance to win several Slim Shady-related […]
Just three days after releasing the single, 50 Cent is back with a video for the NLE Choppa and Rileyy Lanez-assisted single “Part Of The Game,” the theme song for the forthcoming Power spin-off, Power Book III: Raising Kenan. Premiered on Saturday (January 2), the Eif Rivera-directed visual begins in the streets of New York City with the […]
Lil Durk is presumably beaming after the second-week sales numbers for The Voice arrived this week. After all, 6ix9ine was rubbing the modest 24,000 total album-equivalent the project earned in its opening week in the Chicago rapper’s face, not realizing it was simply for one day of sales. On Saturday (January 2), Durk gave himself the title […]
Benzino’s disdain for Eminem and his loyal legion of fans has been well documented over the years. But the former co-publisher of The Source magazine and Love & Hip Hop: Atlanta personality has been on a certifiable rampage over the last several days, firmly aiming his vitriol toward Slim Shady, Royce Da 5’9 and now, Joyner […]
Trippie Redd isn’t letting his issues with Toosii or Popp Hunna slide. Trippie has been hounding the North Philadelphia rapper on social media after old court documents surfaced online alleging Popp snitched after witnessing a murder when he was 14. After dragging Toosii into the fray, who indirectly declared Trippie had “bitch traits,” Trippie again […]
If there’s one thing to highlight about UK Hip Hop star Giggs, it’s his penchant for stepping out of his box and collaborating with all different types of American rappers. The “KMT” rapper has done songs with Swizz Beatz, Theophilus London, GASHI, 2 Chainz, Drake and more and continued the trend on his latest mixtape […]
21 Savage is already winning the new year by becoming Hip Hop’s first meme of 2021. Numerous fans shared the meme of 21’s head super-imposed next to the numbers 2 and 0 to signify what the new year meant. Sure enough, 21 caught wind of the meme and shared it on his Instagram page on […]
Swae Lee and Mike Will-Made It’s 2021 almost ended in tragic fashion. The pair spent Friday (January 1) traveling in a Ferrari 812 Superfast before losing control and crashing. The multi-platinum Atlanta producer shared photos of the crash with a thankful message to be alive. “ME & SWAE WILLY MADE-IT OUT THIS MF ALIVE w […]
Rick Ross recently questioned 50 Cent’s mic skills as his television empire with STARZ grows and rap career continues to be etched in distant history. Instead of directly responding, the Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ legend is letting said mic skills do the talking — with a duel promotion of his latest series update, Power […]
Ashanti‘s ordeal with COVID-19 appears to be behind her. The Grammy Award-winning singer took to Instagram on Friday (January 1) to share news she had tested negative for COVID-19, nearly three weeks after her positive test postponed her Verzuz celebration with Bay Area native Keyshia Cole. “Feeling grateful,” the “Rain On Me” singer wrote. “My […]
Snoop Dogg’s rift with Eminem continues to spill over into the new year. An Eminem fan page posed a question about whether or not Snoop was being “disrespectful” when he said last July he wouldn’t consider Em among his top 10 rappers of all-time. Not long after the post went up, Snoop chimed in via […]
Abilene, TX – 03 Greedo has spent two years locked behind bars in a Texas prison for drugs and weapon charges. Now he’s joined thousands of incarcerated individuals in Texas who’ve tested positive for COVID-19. A message was shared on Greedo’s Instagram account on Friday (January 1) asking for prayers. “Please keep, 03 Greedo in […]
Boosie Badazz continues to reference his shooting in Dallas last November by taunting his shooter at every turn. In a social media clip shared on Saturday (January 2), the Baton Rouge rapper can be seen pulling on a blunt while previewing new music. “Hit me in my leg but it should have been my head, […]
Uncle Murda straight up stole the rapper Skillz's idea to discuss all of the year's happenings in an end of the year rap up song. The two actually went back and forth about it a while back. Murda dropped his “Rap Up 2020” song about an hour and a half into the New Year and […]
On the first day of the new year, Skillz has delivered his annual Rap Up to recap the insanity that was 2020. The Virginia-bred wordsmith gets into COVID-19, Lil Wayne endorsing Donald Trump, protests, Kanye West’s antics and more in the 9-minute clip, summarizing it all by adding, “Throw It In The [Trash].” View […]
EXCLUSIVE – Staten Island rapper CJ has been taking the Hip Hop world by storm with his surprising hit single “Whoopty.” The song dropped in July and has been doing numbers ever since its release. It has already been streamed over 47 million times on Spotify and hit 87 million views on YouTube while becoming […]
Even in a year without releasing an album, Travis Scott still put numbers on the boards with over four billion Spotify streams, which is comparable to Eminem’s entire discography — and Slim Shady added two projects to his discography in 2020. Houston’s rager spent most of the year injecting his brand with partnership steroids to […]
As the Hip Hop community grapples with the shocking news of MF DOOM’s death, one of his former collaborators is taking the news particularly hard. Bishop Nehru, who weaved together NehruvianDoom with the elusive MC in 2014 and NehruvianDoom (Redux) in 2019, joined the Twitter procession to express his condolences shortly after DOOM’s wife Jasmine made […]
Giggs had two features on Drake’s More Life playlist in 2017 that stood out from the number of guests already on the project. It was one of the first times Drake would dive headfirst into the UK Hip Hop scene, and his critics were quick to place the culture vulture title on the 6 God. […]
Over the course of his decorated career, Snoop Dogg has become synonymous with smoking weed. It’s gotten to the point that Snoop’s earned the right to blaze up wherever he pleases and it’s deemed socially acceptable for the most part as Snoop being Snoop. The Dogg joined CNN’s New Year’s Eve broadcast to play a speed […]
Up and coming rappers like Staten Island’s own CJ can benefit from an older rap veteran reaching out to them. Earlier this month, a video of the “Whoopty” rapper receiving a chain and having dinner with French Montana made its rounds on social media, and everyone thought CJ had just signed a deal with Coke […]