by Tai Saint-Louis
Q-Tip has taken time to acknowledge his late partner in rhyme Phife Dawg during an emotional acceptance speech during the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame’s 2024 Induction ceremony.
During the event, which took place Saturday night (October 19) and was live streamed on Disney+, A Tribe Called Quest was welcomed into the renowned organization by Dave Chappelle — who thanked the seminal Queens crew for inviting him to join them on Saturday Night Live in 2016, thus ending his 12-year television hiatus.
Following Chappelle’s speech, the group’s......
by Shawn Setaro
Gucci Mane has pared down his label’s roster a whole lot, dropping all but two of the artists on 1017 Records.
Gucci made the announcement on Friday (10/18) in a video he shared on Instagram. He noted that he originally wanted to share the news on the prior day, 10/17, but missed it.
He began by saying that he had seen his label’s most recent profit and loss statement (commonly referred to as a “P&L”), and he wasn’t happy with the results.
“I just seen my P&L with all my artists,” he began. “You know it’s a whole......
by Will Schube
Nicki Minaj has relished in the fact that her ex-boyfriend Safaree and his ex-wife Erica Mena have spilled their relationship troubles into the public spotlight.
The “Super Bass” rapper shared a live video on Thursday (October 17) and has suggested that Mena is getting what she deserves for harassing Nicki in the past.
She said: “I don’t know who needed to hear this but good for you [affected laughs]. Good for you! You see, sometimes you need to leave people dem alone. And ya see, sometimes when a queen is minding her business … they want the queen life......
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It only took ten years, but Travis Scott’s beloved mixtape Days Before Rodeo was finally added to streaming services today. The project arrived just a year before his official debut album Rodeo, and to this day, it still stands as one of the best projects in Scott’s discography. That was often the case for rappers, especially in the mixtape era.
A lot of the projects that fans deemed to be their best work were indeed free mixtapes. At the time, mixtapes were a great promotional tactic for the album a rapper was about to put out, but now, many of them are going back in time to relive the success of the project, make some money off a......
By - A.Williams
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from Tyler The Creator, Ferg, and Gunna.
What a week; we got the announcement of Tyler The Creator’s new album (which may herald the coming return of New Music Tuesdays, alongside Earthgang’s Perfect Fantasy), a new album release date from Leikeli47, and the BET Hip-Hop Awards, with a performance from GloRilla and the return of Yung Miami.
New music this week includes Tyler The Creator’s “St Chroma“:
Ferg’s “Thought I Was Dead“:
Ab-Soul’s “All That” with JasonMartin:
And Gunna’s “Him All Along“:
Here is the......
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Drake continues his redemption tour with another new feature verse, this time on Chino Pacas and Fuerza Regida‘s new single, “Modo Capone.” The title is Spanish for “Capone Mode” and, as he did with Bad Bunny on 2018’s “Mia,” Drake once again sings in Spanish here. Drake’s known for embracing regional and underground musical movements, so it was probably only a matter of time until he delved into música Mexicana.
As it turns out, he fits into the style about as well as he does any other — it helps that his presence here is limited to a single verse, while 18-year-old Chino Pacas and Fuerza......
by Marisa Mendez
Ka, a revered Brooklyn MC who was also a 20-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, has died unexpectedly at the age of 52.
An announcement was shared to his Instagram page on Monday (October 14).
“We are heartbroken to announce the passing of Kaseem Ryan (1972-2024), the rapper and producer known as Ka, who died unexpectedly in New York City on October 12, at the age of 52,” it read. “Born and raised in Brownsville, Brooklyn, Ka lived a life of service-to his city, to his community, and to his music. As a 20-year veteran of the New York City Fire Department, he......
by Sam Moore
Ab-Soul appears to have taken a shot at Drake‘s friend OVO Chubbs while performing a freestyle on Funkmaster Flex‘s radio show.
Chubbs seemingly threw a jab at Drizzy’s detractors on Instagram last week, writing: “Actions Speak Louder Than Words. Y’all Boys Talk To Much.”
The TDE rapper did not take long to respond, appearing on Hot 97 for a freestyle where he spat: “Actions speak loud but so does moments of silence.”
Fans will recognize the Lord Finesse beat from Big L‘s freestyle......
by Tai Saint-Louis
R. Kelly‘s daughter with wife Andrea Kelly has opened up about the sexual abuse she allegedly suffered at her father’s hands in a new documentary about the singer.
On Friday (October 11), TVEI Networks released the first of a two-part expose about Kelly and his relationship with his children titled Karma: A Daughter’s Journey. Per TMZ, the film finds his daughter Buku Abi (born Joanne Kelly), sharing details about an incident she says occurred when she was around the age of eight or nine.
The now 26-year-old claims that she woke up to find R. Kelly touching her and pretended to......
by Andy Bustard
2Pac‘s brother Mopreme Shakur has cast doubt on Diddy‘s long-standing assertion that he had no involvement in 2Pac‘s murder.
Appearing on Piers Morgan Uncensored, Mopreme was asked about the decades-old rumors linking the Bad Boy boss to the 1996 shooting that claimed ‘Pac’s life, citing a controversial 2008 Los Angeles Times article that was later retracted, as well as comments from 50 Cent and Eminem.
Morgan read out Diddy’s statement to the outlet denying the allegations (“The story is a......
