Hip-Hop
Trailer for Lil Dicky’s Dave Season 2 Teases Cameos from Doja Cat, Rae Sremmurd, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-04T01:36:03+00:00“>June 3, 2021 | 9:36pm ET Lil Dicky’s character may not have finished an album in the trailer for Season 2 of Dave, but he does meet a wide variety of interesting people, including characters played by Doja Cat, Rae Sremmurd, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kendall Jenner, Hailey Baldwin Bieber, and more. The fictionalized version of David “Lil Dicky” Burd ended Season 1 with a record deal, but by Season 2 the record itself is no closer to completion. Despite creating a document called “Song Ideas”, Dave is struggling creatively. As he explains, he’s “got a whole lot of other things going on: socially, professionally, borderline sexually.” Still, being a rapper w...
Pa Salieu Is “Glidin’” on New Song Featuring slowthai: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-03T20:13:55+00:00“>June 3, 2021 | 4:13pm ET British-Ghanian rapper Pa Salieu is coasting into 2021 with his new song “Glidin’” featuring slowthai. After breaking out with his 2020 mixtape Send Them to Coventry, Salieu has become a trans-Atlantic star, appearing on The Tonight Show earlier this year to perform “Frontline”. His globe-trotting ear bounces between Afrobeat and drill, and as “Glidin’” demonstrates, the results are rarely less than thrilling. Here, Salieu deploys a cosmopolitan melange of slang to suggest that he is both above the fray but down for whatever. “Any kinda smoke, man glidin’, glidin’,” he raps, “Any kinda war, man glidin’, g...
Denzel Curry Becomes Twisted Batman on New Song “Bad Luck”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-02T15:33:27+00:00“>June 2, 2021 | 11:33am ET Denzel Curry has unveiled his contribution to the DC Comics crossover album Dark Nights: Death Metal Soundtrack. “Bad Luck” features his old pal PlayThatBoiZay, and finds Curry transformed into a twisted version of Batman, the likes of which the DC Universe has never seen before. (Warning: Spoilers ahead.) This new comic series journeys to Darkseid’s planet Apokolips, which in this universe is ruled by a Darkseid-Batman hybrid: The Darkfather. It’s this bizarre being that Curry set out to channel, and he does so with a chimera of metal and hip-hop, toggling between a demonic falsetto and a full-chested roar. “Bad luck, now you’re ...
Assessing the Music Industry’s Progress 1 Year After Blackout Tuesday: ‘We Need to Build a Bigger Table’
#TheShowMustBePaused and other principals working to achieve sustainable diversity, equity and inclusion assess the industry’s progress so far. A year ago Wednesday (June 2), Brianna Agyemang and Jamila Thomas brought the music industry to a standstill. In the wake of George Floyd’s murder and the global protests it spurred, the pair called for a day of racial reckoning — dubbed Blackout Tuesday by supporters — and simultaneously launched #TheShowMustBePaused to hold the industry accountable for its own systemic bias. “Our mission,” stated Agyemang and Thomas at the time, “is to hold the industry at large, including major corporations + their partners who benefit from the efforts, struggles and successes of Black people, accountable … it is the obligation of these entities to protect and e...
Lil Uzi Vert Removes $24 Million Diamond From Forehead
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-02T02:28:27+00:00“>June 1, 2021 | 10:28pm ET Lil Uzi Vert has apparently thought better than to have a $24 million diamond implanted on his forehead. The Eternal Awake rapper turned heads earlier this year when he surgically implanted an Elliot Eliantte custom pink diamond directly on his forehead. In a subsequent interview with Rolling Stone, a representative for Eliott Eliantte said the diamond was as “safe as any other piercing,” and that as long as you maintain it well and have good upkeep, it’s perfectly fine. We made sure that prior to getting anything done that Uzi brought someone in to consult on everything. We didn’t just do this randomly.” Related Video However, ju...
Lil Baby and Lil Durk to Release Collaborative Album The Voice of the Heroes
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-06-01T02:10:53+00:00“>May 31, 2021 | 10:10pm ET Lil Baby and Lil Durk are teaming up for a new collaborative album. Entitled The Voice of the Heroes, it’s set to arrive this Friday, June 4th via Quality Control Music / Wolfpack Global Music / Motown Records / Alamo Records. As a preview, Lil Baby and Lil Durk have shared the album’s introspective title track alongside a music video directed by Daps. Watch it below. Last month, Lil Baby and Lil Durk linked up on “Every Chance I Get” for DJ Khaled’ latest album, Khaled Khaled. It’s unclear if the track will also appear on The Voice of the Heroes. Related Video The Atlanta-born Lil Baby released his blockbuster sophomore album, My Turn...
Lil Loaded, Dallas Rapper Behind ‘6locc 6a6y,’ Dies at 20
“dopest fanbase on earth,” he’d written on his last post on Instagram on May 27, when he proudly shared the news about “6locc 6a6y” being certified gold. In 2020, Robertson had been arrested on a murder charge in connection to the shooting of 18-year-old Khalil Walker. According to the Dallas Morning News, in February he was indicted on a lesser charge of manslaughter. At the time, his attorney told the local news outlet that the two were friends and the incident involved “no malice.” Robertson was born in San Bernardino, California, before moving to Dallas when he was a kid. He grew up listening to Michael Jackson — “to me he started the whole rapping/singing thing. That’s where it originally came from for me,” he...
Machine Gun Kelly and Megan Fox Bring Their Love On Stage at Indy 500 Weekend Concert
The Barstool 500 concert, which also featured a DJ set by Diplo, was held in conjunction with the 2021 Indianapolis 500 race on Saturday. Earlier in the week, Machine Gun Kelly noted on social media that the celebrity couple had just celebrated their one-year anniversary. “She said ‘i love you’ one year ago today,” he tweeted. The pair reportedly met on the set of their upcoming film, Midnight in the Switchgrass, in March 2020, which was shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Fox’s ex-husband, actor Brian Austin Green, confirmed on his podcast that the pair split in Dec. 2019. She later appeared in the May 2020 video for MGK’s “My Bloody Valentine” in which she played his heavy-handed girlfriend. Ever since, the pair have made their love pub...
Swizz Beatz vs. Timbaland In Verzuz Rematch Live From Miami’s Club LIV: See Our Scorecard & Winner
More than 165,000 viewers virtually filed in to watch the action on VerzuzTV’s Instagram Live, while the stars were out in Miami supporting their hip-hop compatriots. DaBaby, Nas, Rick Ross, Fabolous, Busta Rhymes and more were on hand to show love for the battle dedicated to the late DMX, who passed away in April. “I dedicate this show to my brother DMX, and Timbaland’s sister Aaliyah,” Swizz stated. After two hours of heating up the nightclub’s center stage, Timbo and Swizz came together to celebrate the platform they built together from the ground up in just a year. Swizz gifted his Verzuz co-founder with a custom airbrushed jacket featuring portraits of his frequent collaborators Aaliyah and Missy Elliott, before riding off to DMX playing in the background...
How Does LVRN Co-Founder Junia Abaidoo Stay Mindful?
I try to be as real as possible with all of our artists. A big part of what we do is manage expectations and their mental state to a certain degree. It’s easy to get high and very low when you’re dealing with someone judging your artwork. Music is one of the career choices where you literally put something out and get immediate responses that come directly to your phone. On one level, it’s being as honest as I can with them. Giving them a truth that they don’t want to hear and then other times, it’s reinforcing not to forget who they are and why they’re so dope and in the position they’re in. Artists put a lot of pressure on themselves. You could find out if people think what you put out is a piece of s–t instantaneously. Artists get in their...
Nicki Minaj Shares Sweet New Video of Her Baby
Nicki Minaj is giving fans a rare glimpse at her adorable baby. In a sweet video posted on social media on Saturday (May 29), in which Minaj’s baby is seen being held in a standing position — perhaps getting ready to support himself and to eventually take a step on his own — the rapper talks lovingly to her little one. Minaj captioned the clip with a teddy bear emoji. Keeping his real name private, in public she’s affectionately referred to him as “Papa Bear.” 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 f...
Jay-Z Recalls DMX Bringing a ‘Whole Arena’ to Tears While Performing Live
The rapper continues, “He has a thing, like an Alize and Hennessey mix, it looks like blood, like he’s drinking blood, and he’s running back and forth. Halfway through the show, and then he takes his shirt. And the whole crowd goes wild.” Jay-Z then recalls in amazement how DMX was able to bring the crowd from raging screams to emotional tears. “He’s going nuts, right? And I’m like, ‘S—.’ First the guys are going crazy, now the girls are going crazy. And then he gets to the end, and he starts a prayer. And now they’re crying, the whole arena is crying. And they’re like, ‘OK, now you go.’” DMX died on April 9 after experiencing a heart attack triggered by a drug overdose. He was 50. Other guests on the season opener of The Shop were Latin rapper and singer-songwriter...
