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BROCKHAMPTON‘s MERLYN! has dropped off his first solo single in five years, “GREEN LIGHT.” The new track arrives with an accompanying music video helmed by Miggy and is inspired by the rapper’s time gaming on his N64. MERLYN! can be seen living the life of the video game’s main character as all of his options — clothing, cars and girls — are offered to him in real life, creating an exciting visual for the already-upbeat cut. “GREEN LIGHT” marks MERLYN!’s first solo single since 2017’s “Forget Me Not,” but he did drop “SYK” with CONNIE just last year. Fans can expect a new single and music video from the Texas-raised rapper every week until June 20, with a press release stating that the single gives listeners “a sense of where his thoughts are as he looks toward the future, and the possibil...

A release date for the debut album of supergroup Mount Westmore — comprised of Snoop Dogg, Ice Cube, E-40 and Too $hort — has finally been announced. Snoop took to Instagram to share a one-minute teaser that sees all four of the West Coast rap legends performing together, accompanied by a track that will most likely appear on the record. “June 7th. The wait is over. BadMFs,” he wrote in the caption, tagging the official Mount Westmore Instagram account. The album announcement arrives over a year after Mount Westmore supergroup was first announced, and the group has since then released the singles “Step Child,” “Big Subwoofer” and “Bad MFs.” In an interview with HotNewHipHop last year, Snoop explained, “You bring the legends of the West Coast together, something great will always happen.” H...

In an interesting turn of events, it was announced that legendary ’60s band Pink Floyd will be joining TikTok. A press release confirmed that the progressive rock band’s catalog is now globally available on the short-form video platform, giving users access to the official Pink Floyd sounds from all tracks across the English group’s 15 studio albums. Content creators can utilize their music for their own TikTok video creations, including but not limited to “See Emily Play,” “Money,” “Another Brick in the Wall (Part II),” “Comfortably Numb,” “Wish You Were Here” and “High Hopes.” In addition, Pink Floyd will be sharing their unique video content on TikTok, however the extent of the involvement of its living current and past members — David Gilmour, Nick Mason and Roger Waters — was not spec...

JAY-Z has dropped a new curated playlist on TIDAL in celebration of Memorial Day weekend. Hov often takes to Twitter to share his personally curated playlists for special occasions with his fans, this time calling it JAY-Z: Montecito. The playlist highlights some of the biggest name in hip-hop featuring staple tracks from Kanye West, Future, Drake, Tems, Lil Durk, Gunna, EST Gee, 42 Dugg, Babyface Ray and more. The 22-track set also includes tracks off of new albums from Pusha T and Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers and It’s Almost Dry. Jae Murphy can be seen taking center stage in the DJ booth with Hov in the album cover. JAY-Z often creates his own playlists on TIDAL for the public. In an interview with former Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey last summer, Hov even boasted that hi...

A$AP Rocky is setting the record straight about a long-running rumor regarding his upcoming album, confirming with Dazed that the record will not be called ALL SMILES. The Harlem rapper explained that the ALL SMILES title covers a “concept project” that stretches beyond music, and while he did not reveal what the actual album title will be, he did share that he has a myriad of accompanying visuals already shot. “One thing I can tell you is that the name isn’t gonna be All Smiles – you know, I never publicly said that my album was called All Smiles! That one is more of a concept project, it’s music and more,” Flacko said, “I’m wrapping up the new album now; I’ve been shooting so many visuals for it. I don’t want to be cliche or sound like a salesman, but I’ve pushed myself to the limit on e...