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As submissions for the 2022 GRAMMY Awards officially open, Drake has supposedly submitted Certified Lover Boy and a few of its tracks for consideration. According to reports, Drizzy only submitted his material to one of the big four categories — Certified Lover Boy for Album of the Year. Variety notes that the OVO head and his team have been “highly selective, for whatever reason” this year, adding that he also submitted “Way 2 Sexy” with Future for Best Rap Performance, “Girls Want Girls” for Best Melodic Rap Performance and “No Friends in the Industry” for Best Rap Song. In addition to submitting music as a solo artist, Drake could also be nominated as a guest artist and/or co-writer for tracks like “Outta Time” by Bryson Tiller, which was submitted for Record of the Year, Song of the Ye...

The worlds of BTS and Harry Styles have collided in a new cover from the BTS member Jungkook. The K-pop star has released a touching cover of “Falling” off of Style’s sophomore album Fine Line. The cover, which was uploaded to BTS’ official YouTube page, stays true to the original version of the song. Over a simple piano melody, Jungkook’s tenor vocals hit Styles’ notes with ease, allowing the unique quality of his voice to take center stage. At the bridge — when Styles sings “I get the feeling that you’ll never need me again” — Jungkook similarly impresses with his seemingly effortless, drawn-out belting of the lyrics. The K-pop artist appears to be well-versed in covering music. In the past, he’s released his own renditions of Lauv’s “Never Not”  and Selena Gomez and Charlie Puth’s ...

Nas is directing a documentary about the hit 1990’s hip-hop show Video Music Box featuring decades of never-before-seen footage. Provisionally titled with the same name as the series, the film will air on Showtime on December 3. Created by Ralph McDaniels and Lionel C. Martin, who also hosted the show, Video Music Box began streaming on public TV throughout the New York area in 1983 and mainly showcased hip-hop music videos and themed music specials. As a local TV program, most of the episodes were shot on-location in the city and the hosts would conduct man-on-the-street segments where they asked passerby questions about hip-hop music and culture, as well as their opinion on more pressing topics, such as the Gulf War. McDaniels grew to become one of hip-hop culture’s foremost tastemakers ...

RZA revealed that he regrets selling Wu-Tang Clan’s one and only copy of Once Upon a Time in Shaolin to the notorious pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli. Nicknamed “pharma bro,” Shkreli was widely criticized for hiking the price of a lifesaving HIV drug, making it so that a single pill cost $750 USD. He’s currently serving a seven-year sentence in federal prison for unrelated charges of securities fraud. Shkreli purchased the album directly from RZA for around $2 million USD at an auction in 2015. It was seized by the United States government when he was sentenced and publicly auctioned off to an anonymous buyer in July. “It was in the wrong hands in reality,” RZA said in an interview with Hot 97 on Wednesday. “He made the deal before it was revealed of his character, his persona...

Lil Uzi Vert is dropping a special Halloween-themed song tomorrow. Announced by the rapper on Instagram, the “Demon High” teaser shows the rapper looking around nervously while riding the bus on the way to high school. In a simple black suit and carrying a skateboard, Vert stands out from his fellow classmates, who are on-theme in spooky masks and makeup. Twitter got wind of the surprise release a few days ago. One user leaked behind-the-scenes images of the set for the music video that pictured a graffitied classroom and a close-up of a disco ball in what looks to be a high school gymnasium. Some pics from the set pic.twitter.com/GX2GsJfWL7 — Squirt Reynolds (@SquirtReynoIds) October 25, 2021 The rapper will be performing at Rolling Loud in Queens, New York this evening, so it’s possible ...