Hip-Hop
R. Kelly’s ‘I Believe I Can Fly’ Horrifies Mourners in ‘SNL’ Funeral Sketch: Watch
“I Believe I Can Fly,” which was featured on the soundtrack to the 1996 film Space Jam, reached No. 2 on the Hot 100 for four weeks and won Kelly three Grammy Awards, including best R&B song. The confused priest overseeing the service, played by host Owen Wilson, then chimes to clarify that the dead woman specifically wanted “Fly” performed during her funeral. “But R. Kelly is a horrible man who did awful things,” another mourner says, as the other guests agree that perhaps the lady didn’t know about the 54-year-old singer’s crimes. Thompson’s Burton, dressed in a sequin and large glasses, then continues singing as photos of the deceased woman posing with other celebrities accused of wrongdoing, including Louis C.K., Kevin Spacey an...
TLC Postpones Concerts After T-Boz Suffers an Allergic Reaction
The venue announced on Twitter that “all previously purchased tickets will be honored for the new date.” Later Saturday night, TLC announced a second show had been postponed: “TLC has rescheduled the Sunday, October 3rd show at the Pavilion at Toyota Music in Irving, TX to Tuesday, October 5th. We are so excited to see all our TLC fans there!!!” T-Boz (Tionne Watkins) and Chilli (Rozonda Thomas) have been on the road with Bone Thugs-N-Harmony since early September. The trek comes nearly 27 years after the release of their classic 1994 album CrazySexyCool, which peaked at No. 3 on the Billboard 200 albums chart and featured four Billboard Hot 100 top 5 hits, including the No. 1s “Creep” and “Waterfalls.” (TLC’s third member, Lisa “Left E...
Miley Cyrus Dances With Megan Thee Stallion at Austin City Limits 2021: Watch
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Jesy Nelson’s Solo Debut Single ‘Boyz’ With Nicki Minaj Is Almost Here
Jesy Nelson’s solo era is coming soon. The former Little Mix member took to Instagram on Friday (Oct. 1) to reveal that her first single as a solo artist — “Boyz,” featuring Nicki Minaj — will arrive on all music streaming platforms Oct. 8. The 30-year-old artist shared the news by dropping the single’s cover art, which features both her and Minaj in black-and-white ensembles — the singer in a black bralette, white basketball shorts, Bathing Ape low top sneakers and Chanel necklaces; the “Chun-Li” rapper in a white sherpa vest, black sherpa booties, bauble rings and a Chanel bangle. 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 f...
The Alchemist Unveils New Song “Miracle Baby” Featuring Mavi: Stream
On Tuesday, The Alchemist announced This Thing of Ours Vol. 2, the sequel to the April EP This Thing of Ours. Now, he’s shared the first single from the October 8th release, “Miracle Baby,” featuring the 21-year-old North Carolinian Mavi. Alchemist beats tend to go easy on the percussion and hard on atmospherics, and “Miracle Baby” is no exception. The track opens with samples with such a tinny tone that they just sound black and white, as voices say, “Look in my eyes and tell me what you see,” and, “The eyes are the window to the soul.” The beat drops with choral “oohs,” and persistent bass, and while it’s possible to pick out kick drums and high hats, they’re low enough in the mix that Mavi has the space to do whatever he wants. Here, the rising rapper unleashes a stream o...
Brandy, Eve, Naturi Naughton & Nadine Velazquez Are Regal & Raunchy in ‘Nasty Girl’ Music Video From ‘Queens’
Brandy, Eve, Naturi Naughton and Nadine Velazquez are rooting for every “Nasty Girl” in their first single and music video from the upcoming ABC series Queens. They will all star in the upcoming hip-hop drama series about a former ’90s girl group called the Nasty Bitches trying to shine once more in the spotlight. Ahead of the series’ premiere, Brandy, Eve, Naughton and Velazquez released their first joint single “Nasty Girl” on Friday (Oct. 1) via Def Jam Recordings. The accompanying visual, which was directed by Tim Story (*NSYNC, Monica, The LOX), features Eve, aka Professor Sex, preparing the party at a quite literally lit mansion, filled with a legion of shirtless men, before the girls’ arrival. The foursome later take the festivitie...
Rap Song of the Week: Wale and J. Cole Reunite on “Poke It Out”
Rap Song of the Week runs down the essential rap and hip-hop tracks you need to hear every week. Check out the full playlist here. This week, Wale and J. Cole reunite on “Poke It Out.” Later this month, Wale is dropping a sequel to his 2012 mixtape Folarin. To promote the project, the DC rapper reached out to his fellow blog era alum J. Cole for their new collaboration “Poke It Out,” a throwback single sharing the same sample as Q-Tip’s effervescent 1999 hit “Vivrant Thing.” After a brief falling out in late 2016, the dynamic duo officially made amends on Wale’s boastful 2018 track “My Boy (Freestyle),” and the new track finds the longtime collaborators fully unburdened from any past animosity and simply have a good time. Over a bouncy beat by Cool & Dre, Wale and Cole celebrate t...
Meek Mill Drops ‘Expensive Pain’ Album Featuring Lil Baby, Kehlani, Young Thug & More: Stream It Here
Meek Mill dropped his fifth full-length studio album, Expensive Pain, on Friday (Oct. 1), and it includes cameos from Lil Baby, Kehlani, Lil Uzi Vert, Young Thug and more. He’ll celebrate its release on Oct. 23 at a playback concert at New York’s Madison Square Garden, “Expensive Pain: Meek Mill & Friends,” where he will perform the whole project with a number of as-yet-unannounced special guests; tickets for the show can be purchased on Friday beginning at noon here. According to a release announcing the 18-song album — the follow-up to Meek’s Grammy-nominated 2018 collection Championships — it touches on a range of topics that are personally important to the rapper, including mental health and criminal justice reform. In addition to...
The Dream Setlist for Dr. Dre & Friends’ 2022 Super Bowl Halftime Show
1. Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg, “Still D.R.E.” No better introduction for Dre than those Scott Storch piano plinks — well, except for maybe the bellowing synths of “F–k Wit Dre Day,” but no way he’d be able to get through more than a couple lines of that before the NBC execs started lunging for the kill switch. And hey, 20-plus years later, leading Super Bowl halftime is pretty good evidence that Dre is indeed still representin’ for them gangstas all across the world. 2. Snoop Dogg, “Gin and Juice” As classic as classic gets, you can’t have Snoop on the world’s biggest stage without him kicking a little something for the G’s and performing at least a verse and chorus of his signature Doggystyle smas...
A Timeline of Hip-Hop Performers at Super Bowl Halftime Show
Billboard compiled a timeline of hip-hop performers at the Super Bowl Halftime Show. 1998: Queen Latifah, Boyz II Men, Smokey Robinson, Martha Reeves and The Temptations The Super Bowl XXXII Halftime Show at San Diego’s Qualcomm Stadium served as a tribute to Motown for its 40th anniversary, and among the label’s signees, Queen Latifah put a subtle hip-hop spin on a Motown classic. She performed her 1988 single “Paper,” which is not only one of her first songs that doesn’t feature her rapping, but is also a cover of Norman Whitfield and Barrett Strong’s famous 1968 composition “I Heard It Through the Grapevine.” 2001: Aerosmith, *NSYNC, Britney Spears, Mary J. Blige and Nelly Nelly’s fir...
Super Bowl Halftime Show 2022 to Feature Kendrick Lamar, Dr. Dre, Eminem, Mary J. Blige & Snoop Dogg
The 2021-2022 NFL season is barely underway, but we’re already looking forward to the Super Bowl LVI Halftime Show. Roc Nation and Pepsi have announced a hip-hop mega-collaboration featuring Dr. Dre, Kendrick Lamar, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Snoop Dogg for the Big Game’s entertainment. The 2022 Super Bowl will take place on February 13th at Inglewood, California’s SoFi Stadium (home to the surging Rams and competitive Chargers). This will mark the first time Los Angeles will play host to the Super Bowl in 30 years, so it makes sense they’d want to celebrate by welcoming local legends like Dre, Lamar, and Snoop. Em and Blige are just icing on the cake. This superstar hip-hop collaboration comes as the third Super Bowl Halftime event put on by Pepsi and Roc Nation since JAY-Z entered into a...
Wale and J. Cole Reunite for New Single “Poke It Out”: Stream
Wale has recruited his friend and frequent collaborator J. Cole for “Poke It Out,” a lighthearted single serving as a teaser for Wale’s upcoming album, Folarin 2, due out on October 22nd. Sharing an electric bass sample with Q-Tip’s 1999 hit “Vivrant Thing,” the new track mixes club-ready production with clever one-liners from the DC rapper and his North Carolina counterpart. After Wale sets the tone with lines like “Ever since I been a star, they don’t love me,” Cole brags about “being the shit since elementary.” Stream the track below. Prior to “Poke It Out,” Cole last teamed with Wale on “My Boy (Freestyle),” off 2018’s Free Lunch. The collab came after Cole seemingly dissed Wale on “False Prophets.” Throughout their extensive careers, the veteran rappers have linked up a numb...
