Hip-Hop
Baby Keem Announces 2021 US Tour Dates
California rapper Baby Keem is ready to hit the road in support of his new album. He’s just announced a string of US tour dates for the end of 2021 that he’s dubbing, “The Melodic Blue Tour.” Check out the complete list of concerts below. The 12-date trek primarily runs through the West Coast, East Coast, and Texas. Baby Keem will kick things off on November 9th in Santa Ana, California before making stops in cities like Las Vegas, Austin, Dallas, Houston, Boston, Philadelphia, New York, and Los Angeles. He plans on wrapping up the tour just a few weeks later on December 3rd in San Francisco. This will mark the first time fans get to hear Baby Keem perform material from his long-awaited debut studio LP The Melodic Blue live in person. The album includes “Durag Activity” featuring Travis Sc...
Jesy Nelson Gets Post-Little Mix Career Underway With ‘Boyz’ Featuring Nicki Minaj: Stream It Now
With Little Mix in the rearview, Jesy Nelson launches her solo career with some help from the Queen of Rap. Nelson today (Oct. 8) releases her debut single “Boyz”, featuring Nicki Minaj. The ex-girl group member first announced the collaboration between her and Minaj on Sept. 28, by teasing fans with a behind-the-scenes snippet of her filming the “Boyz” music video, and, later, shared its cover art. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Nicki Minaj Throws 1-Year-Old Son ‘Kung Fu Panda’ Birthday Bash & Lil Wayne Came Bearing Designer Gifts
Diddy’s daughters, XO Records CEO Wassim “Sal” Slaiby and his family, and Minaj and Petty’s loved ones were in attendance at the gathering. Variety reported last month that Minaj was in talks to be managed by Sal — who heads the SALXCO management company that’s home to The Weeknd, Doja Cat and more — which she confirmed during an Instagram Live. While Papa Bear’s birthday was on Sept. 30, it looked like it was Dec. 25 at Minaj’s house after she opened the swarm of designer gifts from Young Money brother Lil Wayne. “@liltunechi I just opened the bags & I’m in shock,” she captioned a video on her Instagram Story. “This is insane. I love you so much. This is A LOT OF STUFF. OMG.” A...
Neil Dominique Is Ready to Go From All-Star Manager to Top Label Owner
Interscope’s svp of A&R and creative director, Randall “Sickamore” Medford, seconds Wyskoarko’s thoughts and lauds Dominique for his commitment to improving daily: “It’s been amazing to watch Neil’s rapid ascension from Chairman’s assistant to entrepreneur and #JUSTAREGULARLABEL CEO. There’s absolutely nothing regular about his passion and ears. He’s starting off hot with Ryan Trey and Nia Sultana, But it’s only the beginning of a long relationship.” Dominique is looking to add more talent after St. Louis polymath Ryan Trey dazzled with his EP, A 64 East Saga, and Brooklyn singer Nia Sultana captivated listeners with her dulcet vocals, but outside the hip-hop and R&B spheres. “Don’t ...
Dave Chappelle Says U.S. More Offended by DaBaby’s Homophobic Comments Than Killing a Man
“Part of the LGBTQ+ community doesn’t know DaBaby’s history,” Chappelle said. “He once shot [19-year-old Jaylin Craig] and killed him, in Walmart. This is true.” “DaBaby shot and killed a [man] in Walmart in North Carolina. Nothing bad happened to his career,” the Emmy Award-winner continued. “Do you see where I’m going with this? In our country, you can shoot and kill a [man], but you better not hurt a gay person’s feelings.” While chatting with Billboard in October 2019, DaBaby (real name Jonathan Kirk) said he doesn’t feel bad for shooting the man. When asked whether the incident weighs on his conscience, he said, “Not at all. From my end, it was unavoidable. It wasn’t my action, it was my reaction....
R. Kelly’s YouTube Channels Are Terminated
The Alphabet-owned streaming giant terminated the channels based on its creator responsibility guidelines which, in 2018, were updated to penalize creators for behavior off the platform. Per those guidelines, the tech giant can terminate a creator’s channels if they’re accused of a very egregious crime and if the content is closely related to the crimes, or should the creator be convicted or plead guilty. And based on its “repeat infringer” policies, R. Kelly (full name Robert Sylvester Kelly) will be banned from using, owning, or creating any other YouTube channels going forward. “We can confirm that we have terminated two channels linked to R. Kelly in accordance with our creator responsibility guidelines,” reads a YouTube statement, provided to Billboard. Kelly failed those guidel...
Meek Mill Flashes Back to His Days as a Starving Artist in ‘Expensive Pain’ Music Video: Watch
Later in the music video, Meek appears in another previously recorded tape. In it, he says, “I was broke for 13 years. When you see me, I had nappy braids. My stomach was hurting. It really was hurting. I really starved some nights, man.” In the tune, Mill raps about the newfound emotional and interpersonal challenges he faces as a star. “And this expensive pain,” he says in the chorus. “When you ridin’ through the trenches, bulletproof all on the Range/ This expensive pain/ Lovin’ on the b—h you claim knowin’ some rich n—as hittin’/ It’ll never be the same, this expensive pain/ This expensive pain/ Went through some shit about this money, I seen some n—as change, expensive pain.” Since the 2012 releas...
How to Watch the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards
2021 BET Hip Hop Awards: Air Date, Time, Channel The BET Hip Hop Awards will air on BET on Tuesday (Oct. 5) at 9 p.m. ET/PT, 8 p.m. CT. How to Watch the 2021 BET Hip Hop Awards Online Those who want to watch the BET Hip Hop Awards online can tune in on BET.com with a cable provider login. No cable? Signing up for free trials of fuboTV or SlingTV will give you access to BET as well, as both services include BET, to let you watch the BET Hip Hop Awards live on TV or stream the BET Hip Hop Awards from your laptop, tablet or phone. You can watch a live stream of BET (live in most markets) plus dozens of other TV channels via Hulu + Live TV, which is currently offering a seven-day free trial, which you can use to watch the BET Hip Hop Awards onl...
No. 1 Albums With Artists’ Birth Names in the Titles, From Jay-Z to YoungBoy Never Broke Again
Jay-Z’s Vol. 3…Life and Times of S. Carter: The album hit No. 1 on Jan. 15, 2000, for one week. It received a Grammy nomination for best rap album. Jay-Z’s real name: Shawn Corey Carter. Eminem’s The Marshall Mathers LP: The album hit No. 1 on June 10, 2000, and stayed on top for eight consecutive weeks. The Marshall Mathers LP 2 hit No. 1 on Nov. 23, 2013, and stayed on top for two nonconsecutive weeks. Both albums won Grammys for best rap album. The first also received an album of the year nomination. Eminem’s real name: Marshall Bruce Mathers III. LL Cool J’s G.O.A.T. Featuring James T. Smith the Greatest of All Time: The album hit No. 1 on Sept. 30, 2000, for one week. LL’s real name: James Todd Smith. Lil Wayne’s Tha Carter III: The album hit No. 1 on June 28, 2007, and stayed o...
YoungBoy Never Broke Again Returns to No. 1 on Artist 100 Chart Thanks to ‘Sincerely, Kentrell’ Debut
Rank, TitleNo. 28, “Bad Morning”No. 37, “On My Side” (up from No. 71; new peak)No. 40, “No Where”No. 48, “Life Support” (up from No. 79; new peak)No. 53, “Hold Me Down”No. 58, “Nevada”No. 59, “50 Shots”No. 61, “Smoke Strong”No. 62, “Break or Make Me”No. 67, “Sincerely”No. 69, “I Can’t Take It Back”No. 80, “Forgiato”No. 83, “Rich Shit”No. 92, “Baddest Thing”No. 99, “Toxic Punk” YoungBoy previously led the Artist 100 for a week in September 2020 when Top opened as his third No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Elsewhere on the Artist 100, Coldplay re-enters at No. 10, returning to the top 10 for the first time since D...
Snoop Dogg Brings Out Shaq to Perform “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang”: Watch
Snoop Dogg was one of the performers at a fundraiser held by Shaquille O’Neal’s charity on Saturday night, playing a set during which the Long Beach rapper brought Shaq himself on stage to fill in for Dr. Dre on “Nuthin’ But a ‘G’ Thang.” “I wanna bring out somebody that means a lot to me. One of my dear friends who I feel like we got in at the same time,” Snoop said before introducing the NBA Hall Famer, who released four rap albums in the 1990s. “We been doing the same things lately and he’s the man of the night. So if you don’t mind, we gon’ do something special for y’all. Never before, never seen, Snoop Dogg and Shaq. Let’s go.” Striding onto the stage in a spiffy maroon sports jacket, Shaq proceeded to admirably take on the classic hip-hop track, which was released on Dr. Dre’s debut ...
Nick Cannon Plans to Be Celibate After Welcoming Baby No. 7: ‘Enough Frolicking’
“I’m trying to chill out,” he said. “I’m kind of stepping away, getting focused, going within, getting my celibacy on. I have enough children, enough frolicking, I’m good right now.” When the hosts joked that Cannon isn’t really celibate, he responded, “Nah, y’all said I ain’t really. I’m saying I’m going in.” Last month, the actor told TMZ that he’s open to having more children. When asked if he wants to continue expanding his family, he said, “God willing. If God sees it that way, then that’s what I’m going to keep doing.” Cannon welcomed his eldest children, twins Monroe and Moroccan, with ex-wife Mariah Carey in 2011. He shares 3-year-old son&...
