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The corner of School Street and Brooke Street will be renamed “Earl DMX Simmons Way” in honor of the late rapper Read More RSS: News News 

As we grow older, new generations start to take hold of what music looks and sounds like. Older fans and artists start to become disillusioned with the state of the industry, the more things change. Then, the cycle continues for years, eventually causing things to become unrecognizable, and the quality control dips as a result. So how do you fix it? Yasiin Bey argues that it all comes from love […]

The veteran New York musician died this week following a stroke Read More RSS: News News 

Drake has made a lot of enemies over the years. From notable wars with Kendrick Lamar and Pusha T to endless shots at A$AP Rocky and even LeBron James, there’s a litany of people who can’t stand the Toronto MC. One of the quieter feuds under his belt is with Jay-Z, with subliminal bars thrown his way for years. On “Janice STFU” from ICEMAN, Drake rapped, “You boys got big […]

In his comeback into the public spotlight, Kanye West drew a massive crowd for his big comeback concert in Istanbul, Turkey. “I just want to tell y’all, we just broke the record of 118,000, largest stadium performance of all time,” he told the crowd. This doesn’t hold completely true, as Croatian singer Marko Perković sold 504,000 tickets in Zagreb, Croatia. Additionally, it doesn’t account for American artists either. Bruce Springsteen […]

From a diss-laden freestyle to a State Property reunion, the rapper lit up his first top-billed solo performance in over five years Read More RSS: News News 

It’s not often Jay-Z indulges in rap beef anymore. One of hip-hop’s billionaires in the industry, he hardly has to indulge in such exchanges anymore. The most you’ll hear is some stray shots in the occasional feature verse. Now, with his freestyle at the Roots Picnic, he’s giving some of his most concentrated disses in years. The most notable of all the Hov subliminals was against Drake. On Drake’s ICEMAN […]

Dr. Dre was a foundational piece to the career of Anderson .Paak. The same could be argued for Dre’s comeback album, Compton. After going MIA for 15+ years and scrapping Detox, .Paak was a massive fixture in the making of the album, credited across six songs. Ever since, the Malibu singer has been one of the biggest, most respected artists working today. He could do fun side quests as DJ […]

Back in the late 2000s, Kid Cudi and Kanye West were breaking boundaries within hip-hop. Ye came into the game wearing polos and backpacks, going against the grain of gangsta rap. By the time Cudi burst onto the scene, he was a similar trailblazer. Rapping and singing about mental health was extremely uncommon within mainstream hip-hop. The same goes for bridging indie rock into his brand of music. Consequently, the […]