RealStreetRadio – This week in Hip Hop, French Montana claimed he has more hit songs than Kendrick Lamar, sparking a social media debate that ultimately found his declaration to be untrue. Also, Fred The Godson sadly passed away after contracting COVID-19. Finally, the Beastie Boys released their Beastie Boys Story documentary on Apple TV+ and spoke […]
At the time of its release, Mobb Deep’s marquee album — The Infamous — wasn’t your ideal project destined to be heralded during its silver anniversary. However, as the group’s surviving member Havoc tells RealStreetRadio, “I don’t know if it sounds cliché as to whatever it is, but if it wasn’t for that album, I […]
Fred The Godson has reportedly died after being diagnosed with coronavirus earlier this month. His best friend and collaborator Jaquae confirmed the news Instagram on Thursday (April 23). “Sleep in peace my brother,” he wrote in the caption. “You’ll never be forgotten. LOVE U MAN. I have so much things to say but I’m lost […]
Taylor Swift knows you need something to distract from the monotony of self-isolation, so she has checked back in on the ongoing feud with her former label, Big Machine, which is now co-owned by her industry nemesis and Justin Bieber’s manager, Scooter Braun. Tonight the label plans to release a live album of a past […]
Roy Orbison won’t be singing for the lonely on the radio tonight. It’ll be Bruce Springsteen, Jon Bon Jovi, and a star-studded cast of their New Jersey friends, hoping to make you feel a little less alone while you’re livin’ on a prayer in quarantine. We’re talking, of course, about the “Jersey 4 Jersey” benefit […]
Smino surprised his fans with the release of a new mixtape titled She Already Decided. “Sumn for da ones who been holdin shit down from jump,” he wrote on SoundCloud. The unexpected project serves as his follow-up to High 4 Da Highladays, a two-track holiday set that dropped in December 2019. The tape also marks his […]
Those of us wondering what, exactly, Lover Fest was to be will have to wait another year. Taylor Swift is the latest, and one of the most prominent, musicians to cancel performances in the wake of the coronavirus pandemic. She’s canceling all of her 2020 performances, including the semi-mysterious two-day Lover Fest East and West […]
DaBaby is back with a new album titled BLAME IT ON BABY. The LP is the follow-up to KIRK, which was his first project to hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The Interscope Records artist’s third studio album features 13 tracks. Guests include Future, Megan Thee Stallion, Roddy Ricch, Quavo, A Boogie Wit Da […]
Tech N9ne has completed the rollout of his ENTERFEAR album. The Strange Music boss has delivered the full 19-track LP after first giving fans a preview with his Level 1 EP in November 2019. The veteran MC’s latest project features collaborations with Krizz Kaliko, Flatbush Zombies, King Iso, Navé Monjo and more. Michael “Seven” Summers […]
Rapsody unveiled her third studio album EVE last August, securing a perfect 5.0 rating from RealStreetRadio in the process. The 16-track project honored several powerful black women who served as role models and inspirations for the North Carolina-bred MC, including Afeni Shakur, Nina Simone and Aaliyah. Now, the album is being turned into an English […]
Rapsody unveiled her third studio album EVE last August, securing a perfect 5.0 rating from RealStreetRadio in the process. The 16-track project honored several powerful black women who served as role models and inspirations for the North Carolina-bred MC, including Afeni Shakur, Nina Simone and Aaliyah. Now, the album is being turned into an English […]
As the world remembers Fountains of Wayne member and songwriter Adam Schlesinger, who died April 1 due to COVID-19, the band’s singer Chris Collingwood wants them to look beyond “Stacy’s Mom,” their biggest hit. “I tried to talk him out of ‘Stacy’s Mom,’” Collingwood tells Rolling Stone in a long-ranging interview. “He was too good […]
Sadistik has dropped Delirium, the first of two EPs he’s releasing in 2020. The six-track project serves as his follow-up to 2019’s Haunted Gardens album. “I know everybody is going through a lot right now and I wanted to share this,” he said in a press release. “Maybe it can be a soundtrack to the […]
Los Angeles, CA – Compton rapper Slim 400 describes his new endeavors, like acting, with a sort of casual comfort that would leave one thinking that less than a year ago he was fighting for his life after being shot nine times. When asked about how he would describe the mentality that has propelled his […]
New York, NY – Vast Aire revealed his mother and father were both battling serious health issues last month. But sadly his mother, Valerie Y. Grant, didn’t make it. On Wednesday (April 8), the Cannibal Ox MC told RealStreetRadio Grant died after suffering complications from a stroke. Grant passed away at The Mt. Sinai Hospital in […]
Z-Ro is back with a new EP featuring a title befitting of life in 2020. The Mo City Don has dropped Quarantine: Social Distancing, which marks his first release since 2018’s Sadism album and third project since flirting with retirement in 2017. The Houston Hip Hop veteran’s latest effort is comprised of seven tracks. His 23-minute […]
Tributes to John Prine, a folk performer and songwriter celebrated for his clever and poignant lyricism, poured in on social media after his death on April 7. “Over here on E Street, we are crushed by the loss of John Prine,” Bruce Springsteen tweeted. “John and I were ‘New Dylans’ together in the early 70s […]
Atlanta, GA – In another perplexing move, Young Chop headed to 21 Savage’s old neighborhood over the weekend in an attempt to find the platinum-selling rapper. The tenured producer, who appears to be going through some kind of mental breakdown, has been hassling 21 for over a week. On Sunday (April 5), Chop went to […]
At the end of February, pop star Duffy revealed on social media that her absence from public life, after finding success with her 2008 hit “Mercy,” was at least in part due to a traumatic incident in which she was allegedly raped and held captive. In a new personal essay, the Welsh singer writes about […]
The best music is music that captures a fundamental truth about the human experience, and the fundamental truth of Bad Bunny’s new surprise track is that, unless you’re already quarantined with your lover, no one can meet up for sex due to the self-isolation guidelines around COVID-19. Them’s the rules, and Bad Bunny is here […]
DJ Jazzy Jeff is jumping back in the saddle. On Saturday (April 4), the celebrated turntablist hopped on Instagram and shared a flier for an IG Live set hosted by adidas Originals and presented by #HOMETEAM. The event, titled “Sunsets,” also features Biz Markie, Andre Power (Soulection), Toddla T and DJ Craze. As the flier […]
Bompton, CA – If Slim 400’s resilience has taught us anything, it’s that the “Bompton” native will be equally relentless on the mic. For his second bullet off of the upcoming Who Hatin? album, Slim recruits his Detroit “patna” Sada Baby for his “Brackin Thru The Ghetto” single from his upcoming Shake Back EP. “The […]
Houston’s Sauce Twinz have reconnected for a new release titled Lost In The Sauce. Sauce Walka and Sancho Saucy’s latest work is jampacked with 22 songs. The duo’s project includes collaborations with Paul Wall, Trippie Redd, YFN Lucci, Sada Baby, Rizzoo Rizzoo and more. View the Sauce Twinz’s Lost In The Sauce stream, cover art […]
Just when it seems like everyone’s holding back on their new music, Troye Sivan provides. The pop star has dropped “Take Yourself Home,” his first solo follow-up to his 2018 breakout, Bloom, after posting on March 19 that he wanted to move up the release. “WE’RE GOING ROGUE,” Sivan wrote on Instagram, tagging his labels […]
An 11-year-old cancer patient named Elijah was virtually visited by his three favorite artists — Drake, J. Cole and The Weeknd — a week before he passed away. His cousin Michael Watson II confirmed the sad news on Instagram and shared clips of Elijah’s FaceTime conversations with the three stars on Sunday (March 29). “Over […]
Los Angeles, CA – B-Real and his Dr. Greenthumb’s Marijuana Dispensaries have officially partnered with the vape company Grenco Science. The Cypress Hill MC will act as both a brand ambassador for the company and a collaborator on forthcoming cannabis vape products. “We’ve had a longstanding relationship, and to partner with B-Real in an official […]
Singer and songwriter Alan Merrill, perhaps best known for co-writing Joan Jett & the Blackhearts’ monster hit “I Love Rock ’N’ Roll,” has died at the age of 69 following a battle with COVID-19. His daughter Laura Merrill wrote about his passing this morning on Facebook. “The Coronavirus took my father this morning,” Merrill writes. “I […]
HIPHOPDX – This week in Hip Hop, Scarface confirmed he was diagnosed with COVID-19 in an interview with fellow Geto Boys member Willie D. Also, D-Nice started an Instagram Live party movement and brought in 100,000 people’s attention with his virtual “Club Quarantine.” Lastly, Childish Gambino returned with his fourth studio album 3.15.20. Scarface Details His […]
Eminem has been staying busy. After surprise dropping his 11th studio album Music To Be Murdered By in January and kicking off the #GodzillaChallenge the following month, the Detroit rap titan has popped up on Jessie Reyez’s new single “COFFIN.” Slim Shady plugged the song Twitter on Friday (March 27) with a clip of the track. […]
New York, NY – A 45-year-old man who worked in the costume and wardrobe department on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Josh Wallwork, has died after suffering complications from the coronavirus. According to MSN, the news was first announced on Thursday (March 26) by Wallwork’s friend and then SVU showrunner Warren Leight. “Very sad news today,” […]