Jeezy is gearing up for a busy November. Just ahead of his highly-anticipated Verzuz bout with fellow trap pioneer T.I., The Snowman is planning to unleash the sequel to his 2008 chart-topping album The Recession album on November 20. The Atlanta staple revealed his plans with a trailer on Monday (November 9). Jeezy began teasing The […]
T.I. is no stranger to the rough streets of Atlanta but at 40 years old, the married father of six and community advocate clearly doesn’t want to see violence in his city of Atlanta. Following the death of Chicago rapper King Von, who was shot and killed outside of an Atlanta hookah bar on Friday […]
King Von was shot and killed alongside two other people outside of an Atlanta hookah bar on Friday (November 6), leaving those in his inner circle reeling from his death. Asian Doll, Von’s former girlfriend, has been particularly vocal about her grief and recently suggested Von’s friends abandoned him prior to the shooting. But according […]
It looks like Roc Marciano will be closing out 2020 with a new project. On Monday (November 9), the Long Island MC took to Instagram to officially announce his Mt. Marci album and share the tracklist with his fans. The project is set to include 16 songs, with features coming from ScHoolboy Q, Kool Keith, […]
Ty Dolla $ign has rightfully earned the reputation as one of music’s most featured guests. In fact, he embraces it wholeheartedly. His most recent album, the aptly titled Featuring Ty Dolla $ign, plays off the staggering amount of times he’s appeared on someone else’s track. During a recent interview with Power 106, the Los Angeles-bred […]
The alleged gunman who was accused of shooting up Lil Wayne’s tour bus in 2015, Jimmy Winfrey, has reportedly been released from jail. Winfrey’s attorney Steven Shadow says Winfrey — who goes by Peewee Roscoe — was released on Friday (November 6). “He was released from his Georgia sentence in August but was transferred to […]
YoungBoy Never Broke Again has been honest with his fans when it comes to his mental health. In the wake of King Von’s November 6 murder— which reportedly involved Quando Rando and his crew — the Billboard 200 chart-topping rapper has once again vocalized how he’s feeling in an Instagram video. The clip started making […]
Gucci Mane is simply not interested in a Verzuz battle with Jeezy. T he Snowman appeared on The Breakfast Club on Monday morning (November 9) to promote his newly-announced album The Recession 2. When the topic of his upcoming Verzuz battle with T.I. was brought up during the conversation, he explained why it wasn’t his […]
50 Cent’s Get Rich or Die Tryin’ single “Many Men” is making a comeback into the mainstream rap landscape 17 years after its release. The menacing cut has seen successful 2020 remakes from 21 Savage and Pop Smoke, which prompted 50 to agree with Spotify’s Carl Chery that “Many Men” is indeed the most influential rap song of […]
Travis Scott pandemonium ensued in September when McDonald’s unleashed his signature meal and an entire merch line dedicated to the collaboration. And some of that merch is fetching serious money. StockX, an online marketplace and reseller of sneakers, clothing and more, has a Scott action figure on sale for $55,000. The current asking price was […]
600Breezy is no stranger to beef, and he has a few words to share as it pertains to how he and his Chicago folks handle things. On Monday (November 9), Breezy took to Instagram to shed some light on the gun violence that plagues their city and its inhabitants, following King Von being shot to […]
With PlayStation 5 set to drop this week, Sony creative partner Travis Scott continues to flex on the gaming community with unreleased jewels. Over the weekend, Scott got his hands on one of the only copies of NBA 2K21 for the PS5 currently in existence. 2K Sports marketing director Ronnie 2K pulled up on La […]
The guys over at Internet Money have been leaving their mark in the Hip Hop game lately with their extensive resume of producing straight Hip Hop bangers for an A-list roster of rappers. Their debut studio album, B4 The Storm, reintroduced the crew as a Hip Hop collective, and it’s filled with collaborations with Trippie […]
Doja Cat performed her No. 1 hit “Say So” at the MTV Europe Music Awards on Sunday night, but not everyone was excited to watch. Following the show, the California native noticed her fans complaining in her mentions – as she’s also performed the song at various other awards shows since it topped the charts […]
Rapper Asian Doll is firing back on social media after King Von’s manager and 100K Management CEO Jameson Francois publicly refuted the claim Von’s friends abandoned him prior to Friday’s (November 6) fatal Atlanta shooting. Hours after Francois called her tweets “goofy shit,” he spoke with Akademiks during an Instagram Live session and implied she […]
Los Olivos, CA – An upcoming rapper received some amazing free marketing after sneaking on to Michael Jackson‘s Neverland ranch and shooting a music video. TMZ reports the St. Petersburg, Florida native Daeshard went to the late Michael Jackson’s famous estate back in July with three GoPros and an iPhone, and managed to shoot a […]
Bfb Da Packman was in a joking mood over the weekend despite the grim circumstances. The Flint, Michigan rapper took to Twitter looking to sacrifice his own grandmother in order to bring back the late Chicago rapper King Von, who was killed on Friday (November 6) during a shootout outside an Atlanta hookah lounge. “Give […]
As King Von’s friends, family and peers continue to mourn the Chicago native’s sudden death, NLE Choppa is apparently receiving messages from the other side. According to the “Shotta Flow” spitter, Von’s spirit visited him on Saturday night (November 7) while he was in the middle of a meditation session. On Sunday morning (November 8), […]
Toronto, Canada – Drake is one of the millions of people celebrating Joe Biden and Kamala Harris’ projected victory in the 2020 presidential election. On Saturday (November 7) as the world erupted with parties to commemorate the historic moment, the Toronto native took a trip down memory lane and recalled the time Ashton Kutcher pranked […]
YG and the late, great Nipsey Hussle created a masterpiece in 2016 with the collaborative single “FDT (Fuck Donald Trump).” The raucous protest anthem arrived in March of that year, eight months before Trump would defeat Hilary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election. Four years later, the song is getting new life following the laborious […]
Dr. Dre and Nicole Young’s pending divorce has been anything but amicable. Allegations of abuse, infidelity, embezzlement and a bunk prenuptial agreement have dominated headlines over the past five months. Now, Young wants to know if the celebrated producer has fathered any children outside of their marriage. According to TMZ, the 50-year-old former attorney filed […]
Diddy officially inducted The Notorious B.I.G. into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame on Saturday (November 7) during a ceremony broadcast on HBO. The special segment included tributes from JAY-Z, Nas, and Lin-Manuel Miranda, Biggie’s mother Voletta Wallace, daughter Tyanna Wallace and son C.J. Wallace. Diddy, who signed Biggie to his Bad Boy Records imprint in […]
The aftermath of King Von’s recent murder has yielded plenty of responses, from grief to cynicism. Freddie Gibbs had another wish for individuals during the grief process — not sharing private messages for clout. In a video shared to his Instagram Stories, Gibbs laid down what he considers to be law. “Niggas corny as fuck man,” […]
Just like Lil Durk, rapper DaBaby has apparently deactivated his Instagram account following a tragic death in his inner circle. On Sunday (November 8), fans noticed his page was gone only five days after his older brother Glen Johnson committed suicide in their hometown of Charlotte, North Carolina. Following Johnson’s death, DaBaby was initially vocal […]
Gucci Mane has a habit of giving his wife Keyshia Ka’oir whatever she wants. After the “Wopsters” celebrated their third wedding anniversary in October, the 1017 boss bought his wife a Lamborghini Aventador complete with “1017” emblazoned on the doors. On Sunday (November 8), Gucci decided to one-up the gift, purchasing a mini-version of the sports […]
Exclusive – B-Real has built a reputable career on a foundation of blunts, bong rips and bubblers. As the frontman of the first Latin Hip Hop group Cypress Hill, the Los Angeles native is behind multiple platinum-selling albums such as 1993’s Black Sunday and 1995’s Cypress Hill III: Temples of Boom and the culture-defining singles “Hits From […]
Los Angeles, CA – As the old adage goes, rappers want to be ballplayers and ballplayers want to be rappers. During a recent celebrity basketball game, Jack Harlow and Russ’ respective crews lived out the saying following a hard foul by Harlow. On Sunday (November 8), both crews participated in “The Crew League,” a celebrity basketball […]
Legendary Jeopardy! host Alex Trebek passed away on Sunday (November 8) at the age of 80. Trebek had been battling pancreatic cancer for roughly two years and was surrounded by family at the time of his death. During Trebek’s 36 years as the host of Jeopardy!, the game show legend famously utilized Hip Hop for […]
Editorial – King Von was more than just a rapper from the south side of Chicago who recounted stories of the hood over menacing drill production. He was a rising star who fought through difficult circumstances and positioned himself to be a leader of the new generation of Chicago rap. To the Hip Hop community, […]
New York City’s Time Square is flooded with people chanting “U.S.A.” in the streets. People are singing, playing the trumpet, blasting their boomboxes, clapping, ringing bells and cheering. Cries of joy can be heard in every corner of the United States — apparently, this is sound when Donald Trump loses the 2020 presidential election and Joe […]