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Rolling Loud New York: Nicki Minaj, Future, and A$AP Rocky Headline 2022 Lineup
Rolling Loud New York is ready to bring the volume to Queens with a 2022 lineup headlined by Nicki Minaj, Future, and A$AP Rocky. The three-day festival goes September 23rd through the 25th at Citi Field in Queens. Rocky returns after headlining the 2019 edition, though both he and the festival have grown since then, with Rolling Loud becoming more established and Rocky becoming Mr. Rihanna. Meanwhile, Future is riding high on the release of his new album, I Never Liked You, while Nicki has only just returned to making music, sharing a pair of singles with Lil Baby after a period where she was more known for the state of her cousin’s friend’s testicles. Other marquee sets will be held down by Lil Uzi Vert, Moneybagg Yo, Fivio Foreign, Chief Keef, Lil Baby, A Boogie wit da Ho...
How to Get Tickets to Post Malone’s 2022 Tour
Post Malone has the cure for his twelve carat toothache and its not his usual regimen of 40-to-45 cigarettes a day, but rather the highly-anticipated 33-date North America tour coming in September. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Post Malone’s Next Tour? The “Twelve Carat Tour” will follow a string of summer festival appearances for Post Malone that include Chicago’s Summer Smash on June 18th, Denmark’s Roskilde Festival on June 29th, and San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival in August. Advertisement Related Video The tour officially kicks off in Omaha, Nebraska on September 10th, followed by Midwest stops to St. Paul, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis. He jumps across the border to Toronto on September 20th, then works his way do...
How to Get Tickets to Post Malone’s 2022 Tour
Post Malone has the cure for his twelve carat toothache and its not his usual regimen of 40-to-45 cigarettes a day, but rather the highly-anticipated 33-date North America tour coming in September. Get tickets here, and read on for more details including pre-sale dates. What Is Post Malone’s Next Tour? The “Twelve Carat Tour” will follow a string of summer festival appearances for Post Malone that include Chicago’s Summer Smash on June 18th, Denmark’s Roskilde Festival on June 29th, and San Francisco’s Outside Lands Festival in August. Advertisement Related Video The tour officially kicks off in Omaha, Nebraska on September 10th, followed by Midwest stops to St. Paul, Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Louis. He jumps across the border to Toronto on September 20th, then works his way do...
Roddy Ricch Arrested After Attempting to Enter Governors Ball with Loaded Firearm
Roddy Ricch missed his scheduled set at Governors Ball on Saturday after he was stopped trying to enter the festival’s grounds with a loaded weapon. TMZ reports that Ricch and two other individuals were arrested after police officers allegedly found a loaded firearm inside the vehicle that was transporting them to the festival. The rapper is facing four counts of criminal possession of a weapon, possession of a large capacity ammo feeding device, and unlawful possession of that device, and is expected to be arraigned on Monday. Ricch wasn’t the only Governor Ball performer who missed their scheduled set this weekend. Migos pulled out of the festival at the last-minute, and were replaced by Lil Wayne, who missed his set due to plane problems, and was replaced by A$AP Ferg. Advertisement Rel...
Rap Song of the Week: Eva B’s “Rozi” Is a Banger Without Borders
Rap Song of the Week is a Friday round-up of the hip-hop tracks you need to hear. Check out the full playlist here. Today, we highlight Pakastani rapper Eva B’s “Rozi,” which was featured in the premiere episode of Ms. Marvel. In music you can fake almost anything except urgency. Anger comes naturally, longing is as easy as yawning, but real urgency — a desperate need to get these thoughts out now — is so special it transcends language. “Rozi” may be rapped in Urdu, but its message resonates equally in English; a banger without borders. Eva B — not her real name — has been called Pakistan’s first female rapper, and the decision to keep her face and identity hidden has as much to do with safety as religious practice. “Lonely difficult times to cut alone,” she spits in a translation provided...
Post Malone Reveals Insane Personal Record for Most Cigarettes Smoked in a Day
Post Malone has spilled the tea in a new interview about the depth of his infamous smoking habit. “On a really terrible day — there’s a very fine line between a terrible day and a good day… 40 to 45,” he told Full Send about how many cigarettes he tends to average per day. “By the time I ask Ben for that second pack I’m like, ‘Alright dude, chill out,’ you know. But by the time I open that third pack I’m like, ‘I’m a total piece of shit and I need to go to sleep.’” As for the most cigarettes he’s ever smoked in a day, Posty admitted that number is about double his daily average. “Probably like 80,” he confessed before adding, “I used to [smoke in my bed] but not really anymore. Now I have a special zone that has my PC in it and my Magic: The Gathering shit, so I just go down there an...
Princess Nokia Reveals New Single “Diva” and Music Video: Watch
Princess Nokia has premiered her new single “Diva” as well as the melodic track’s accompanying music video. Stream it below. Shot on location in Puerto Rico, the visual is a loving tribute to the island’s indigenous Taíno culture as the rising star name-drops Beyoncé, Shakira, Lemonade, “Hips Don’t Lie,” Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, and Aaliyah before rapping, “Yo, can’t stay in one place/ I was meant to be a star like a rocket in space/ I done went from internet to ahead of the race/ Feeling like I’m Ricky Bobby but I’m brown in the face/ I may be the new girl but I’ll never replace/ All the women here before me, making excellent taste/ I just learn from these women, do whatever it takes/ I’m the daughter of the witches that they burned at the stake.” “Diva” is the rapper-singer’s ...
Pharrell Releases “Cash In Cash Out” with Tyler, the Creator and 21 Savage: Stream
Pharrell Williams has delivered “Cash In Cash Out,” his new collaborative single featuring Tyler, the Creator and 21 Savage. Stream it below. The track was initially announced by Pharrell on May 31st via Instagram, and later teased with a snippet of 21 Savage’s verse via TikTok. The heavy-hitting track pays off its high expectations in full though, with an incomparable, winning chemistry between its three stars. It’s the first time the Grammy-winning producer and 21 Savage have appeared together on a song, though the Atlanta rapper openly shared his admiration for Williams when he dubbed him the “king of drip” in January via Twitter. The history between Pharrell and Tyler spans nearly the entire existence of the latter’s career, all the way back to “IFHY” on 2013’s WOLF. The elder producer...
Metro Boomin’s Mother Killed By Husband in Murder-Suicide: Report
The mother of Metro Boomin, the prominent hip-hop producer behind songs like Future’s “Mask Off,” Migos’ “Bad and Boujee,” and Kanye West’s “Father Stretch My Hands Part 1,” was killed on Friday by her husband in an apparent murder-suicide, according to TMZ. Leslie Joanne Wayne was murdered by her husband before the husband, who was not Metro’s biological father, took his own life. The incident occurred near Atlanta on Friday night. A representative for Metro Boomin confirmed Wayne’s passing to Fox 3 Now and said the family asked for privacy during this difficult time. Advertisement Per TMZ, Wayne encouraged her son to pursue music at a young age, and often drove him from the family’s St. Louis hometown to Atlanta so that he could collaborate with other hip-hop artists. In a 2020 Mother’s ...
Trouble, Atlanta Rapper, Shot and Killed at 34
Atlanta rapper Trouble was shot and killed outside of an apartment complex in Conyers, Georgia on Sunday, June 5th. He was 34 years old. The Rockdale County Sheriff’s Office told WSB-TV Atlanta that Trouble (born Mariel Semonte Orr) was shot around 3:20 a.m. He was transported to a local hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Police have identified 33-year-old Jamichael Jones of Atlanta as a suspect, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution. Advertisement Related Video Trouble’s record label, Def Jam, paid tribute to the rapper in a statement: “Our thoughts and prayers are with the children, loved ones, and fans of Trouble. A true voice for his city and an inspiration to the community he proudly represented. RIP Scoob.” Over the last decade, Trouble released nine mixtapes and tw...
Rap Song of The Week: Denzel Curry Keeps on “Walkin” with Key Glock Remix
Every Friday, Rap Song of the Week rounds up the hip-hop tracks you need to hear. Check out the full playlist here. This week, Denzel Curry recruits Key Glock for the remix to “Walkin.” On the surface, Key Glock wouldn’t be an obvious choice to appear on the remix to the world-weary “Walkin,” but Denzel Curry reached out to the Memphis rapper after being impressed by Glock’s perseverance following the loss of his best friend and mentor Young Dolph. Having dealt with the brutal death of his own brother, Curry is well-acquainted with the pain of processing tragedy. “I reached out to Glock because I felt like he’s the perfect example of ‘Walkin,’” Curry explained in a statement. “Based on everything he been through and also being independent, it hasn’t stopped his grind. I’ve ...
Judge Declares Young Thug a Potential “Danger to the Community,” Denies Request for Bond
Young Thug was denied bond by a Fulton County, Georgia judge on Thursday (June 2nd). After an hours-long hearing, the rapper — who was arrested last month on gang activity and racketeering charges — was deemed a potential danger to the Atlanta community and case witnesses. As The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports, Young Thug (born Jeffery Williams) pleaded not guilty during the hearing and his attorneys promised to hire a team of off-duty law enforcement officers to monitor his activity if he was allowed to enter house arrest. Williams’ attorney, Brian Steel, said the rapper was also willing to to wear an ankle monitor, undergo regular drug tests, and surrender his cellphone and passport. Both Machine Gun Kelly and 300 Entertainment co-founder Kevin Liles spoke on Young Thug’s behalf du...
