Hip-Hop
Shakira Talks Inspiration for ‘Girl Like Me’ Video: ‘From the Beginning, Jane Fonda’
But in addition to that workout, there’s Shakira skateboarding. Except it’s not skateboarding, but surf skating, “which is a fairly new thing that I’m totally passionate about and something I do a couple of times a week,” she says. Shakira has done moves on wheels in videos before; in “Loca,” she rollerskates. Here, “some of the takes in this video were at 3, 4 in the morning and I was skating for like two hours so they could capture the best shots. I skated and skated and skated, until I didn’t feel my joints.” Watch Shakira’s full comments above. 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, sha...
Meek Mill & Michael Rubin Start $2 Million Scholarship Fund for 1,000 Philly Students
Meek Mill and Michael Rubin are teaming up to provide financial relief for underserved kids in their Philadelphia hometown by starting a $2 million scholarship fund. The scholarship money will assist approximately 1,000 pre-K to high school students from low-income households during the 2020-21 school year. It will cover their tuition at private and parochial schools and provide access to much-needed at-home technology, including laptops, tablets and WiFi connection. The scholarships are immediately going into effect due to the COVID-19 pandemic requiring virtual learning across the nation and the resulting economic crisis. 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 Beauti...
Lil Wayne Pleads Guilty to Federal Weapons Charge
Lil Wayne pleaded guilty to a federal weapons charge in a South Florida court on Friday afternoon. According to the Associated Press, the 38-year-old rapper entered the plea during a hearing held remotely. “Your honor, I plead guilty to the charge,” Wayne told U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams. A sentencing date has been set for January 28th, 2021. The charge carries a maximum prison sentence of 10 years, but Judge Williams said she would impose a sentence that is “reasonable under the circumstances” of the case. Wayne was released on $250,000 bail pending sentencing. In November, Lil Wayne was charged with one count of possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon stemming from the discovery of a firearm aboard his private plane in December 2019. An anonymou...
Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin Cover Drake’s “Hotline Bling”: Watch
It’s night two of Dave Grohl and Greg Kurstin’s Hanukkah song series, and that can only mean one thing: they’ve covered Drake’s “Hotline Bling”. In a tweet posted to Foo Fighters’ Twitter account, the duo wrote: “You might be surprised to learn that this superstar is… Canadian. He’s never hidden the fact that he was M.O.T. so a generation of Jewish parents could tell their kids ‘if @Drake took the time to study for HIS Bar Mitzvah, you can too.’ Twitterverse, challah at your boy!” In a nod to Drake’s “Hotline Bling” video, the pre-recorded performance was interspersed with a few scenes of Grohl dancing. Watch it below. Grohl and Kurstin, who helmed Foo Fighters’ 2017 album Concrete and Gold, are celebrating Hanukkah with covers of songs by eight prominent Jewish artists...
J. Cole Drops ‘Fire Squad’ Music Video on 6th Anniversary of ‘2014 Forest Hills Drive’
On the sixth anniversary of his third album 2014 Forest Hills Drive, J. Cole delivered a gift to his fans: the music video for “Fire Squad.” In the BBGUN-directed visual, which was shot in Kingston, Jamaica, a little girl faces off in an intense chess game with an elderly opponent and cautions him of any man who crowns himself a king “because deep down, he clings to the need for power.” But Cole (real name Jermaine Lamarr Cole) doesn’t cling to said power; he owns it fearlessly. “We all kings/ Kings of ourselves first and foremost/ While the people debate who’s the king of this rap game/ Here comes lil’ ol’ Jermaine,” he raps in the outro. His Dreamville Records announced on Twitter that it’s re-uplo...
Blue Ivy Carter Retroactively Nominated for Grammy
At just eight years old, Blue Ivy Carter has landed her first-ever Grammy nomination. The eldest daughter of Jay-Z and Beyoncé is nominated alongside her mother in the category of Best Music Video for “Brown Skinned Girl”. As TMZ reports, Blue’s name was left off the list of nominations when they were revealed on November 24th, but the Recording Academy has since rectified the omission and added her as one of the eligible contenders. (Looks like mom and dad made a phone call.) If “Brown Skinned Girl” is to win Best Music Video (and that seems like a pretty safe bet), Blue Ivy would become the second youngest artist to ever win a Grammy. The current record holder is Leah Peasall, who was eight years old when the O Brother, Where Art Thou? soundtrack took home Album of the Year in ...
Griselda Records Announce Conflicted Feature Film and Soundtrack
Griselda Records is breaking into the movie business. The hip-hop collective and record label has announced that a debut feature film called Conflicted is on the way, as is the stacked soundtrack that will accompany it. Check out the official trailer below. According to a press release, Conflicted is an “urban tale” depicting Benny the Butcher as a Buffalo gangster named Hunter who struggles to do right after being released from prison. Faced with the dilemmas of his fresh start, Hunter declares he will never to go back to the game that cost him his freedom. In the process of getting back on track, though, he falls in love and is inevitably confronted with the demons of his past. All of this leaves Butcher feeling — wait for it — conflicted. Conflicted is directed by AK Reed, written by De...
Kanye West Being Sued for Unchristian Treatment of Christian Opera Workers
Kanye West is facing two different class-action lawsuits over the alleged poor treatment of workers on his Christian opera Nebuchadnezzar, as Vice reports. Because while Jesus said, “Sell your possessions and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven.” Yeezus said misclassify your employees as independent contractors, deny them overtime, and keep them waiting months for checks, and you will be a billionaire on Earth. The ill-fated performance of Nebuchadnezzar took place on November 24th at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. It came on the heels of his execrable album Jesus Is King, and was announced only a week before it bowed. The mess began long before curtain — West put the wrong emperor on his invitations — and afterwards it was panned by critics. The show, such...
Megan Thee Stallion Performs “Savage Remix” and “Body” on Corden: Watch
Last month, Megan Thee Stallion dropped her heavily anticipated debut album, Good News, to rave reviews. To celebrate with one last victory lap before the year’s end, she stopped by the Late Late Show with James Corden on Thursday to perform “Savage Remix” and “Body”, which you can watch below. Before the performance began, Megan Thee Stallion joined the host for a brief interview about rapping as a child, her love of horror movies like Evil Dead, and her recent Grammy nominations, the latter of which took her by surprise far more than it did her relatives. “Literally every time something happened to me, I was always in shock. Like who, me? Megan?” the rapper laughs. “Then I called my grandma like, ‘Grandma, guess what! I got nominated for like four Grammys!’ and she was like, ‘Well, ...
Lil Nas X’s Filthy ‘Tonight Show’ Santa Rap Definitely Landed Him on the XXX-Naughty List
That was wayyyy more than Santa expected, so he nervously plowed ahead with his milk and cookies rhyme about how happy he is at the North Pole and how much he loves his gift-giving uniform. “F–k your black boots, man/ I got Jimmy Choos/ And I got a Lamborghini/ Just kiddin’, I got two,” Santa Nas shot back, noting that instead of giving presents he makes kids pay him. Well, that was more than Santa could take, so he politely asked if they could end the song, which only got Santa Nas more turned up, as he leaned into the “Old Town Road”-esque breakdown. “Let’s get naughty, turn up the track/ Grab my sack while I count these stacks,” Nas rapped. “Don’t need reindeer, that’s a fact/ Got my hoes out front and some presents...
From Billie Eilish to Harry Styles, Which Jingle Ball Performer Are You Most Excited For? Vote!
Maybe you’ll be most thrilled to see which track Shawn Mendes will choose to perform from his new album Wonder, or what holiday snippet BTS will croon for ARMY during the show. And while neither are technically performing, perhaps you’re looking most forward to special appearances by Mariah Carey or Lil Nas X. The Jingle Ball is set to air across more than 95 iHeartMedia CHR radio stations nationwide, as well as on the iHeartRadio app, the CW app and CWTV.com on Thursday at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT. Following the show, the CW will also air the concert as a nationwide television special on Monday (Dec. 14) at 8 p.m. ET/PT. Vote for which Jingle Ball performance or appearance you’re most looking forward to in Billboard‘s official poll below! You Deserve to Make Money Even ...
Jack Harlow Unveils ‘Way Out’ With Big Sean Ahead of Debut Album
Harlow chatted with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe upon the song’s release, sharing, “He invited me in the house and I think they the barrier that you could have just was broke down immediately. He’s one of those down-to-earth cats. We just started talking about life. He was giving me gems. He’s been in the game for so long now. He’s experienced it. He knows what it’s like. So he was giving me a game bro, and just saluting me. And honestly, probably one of the nicest rappers I’ve ever met, if not the nicest.” “Way Out” is set to appear on Harlow’s highly anticipated debut album, That’s What They All Say, out Friday (Dec. 11). “I do believe this album is timeless,” he told Lowe. “And I think it wil...
