Quavo continues the rollout for his new album, Rocket Power, with another new music video, this time for his hard-hitting, emotionally raw track, “11.11.” The video finds Quavo performing the song and driving an ATV through a thick forest, the simple premise accentuated with some glitchy visual effects. Like many …
Read More »Public Enemy, Ice-T to Headline Free Hip-Hop 50 Show in Washington D.C.
Public Enemy and Ice-T will link up to headline a special, free concert in Washington D.C. celebrating hip-hop’s 50th anniversary. The two-day National Celebration of Hip Hop show will take place Oct. 6 and 7 at West Potomac Park on the National Mall. The concert will feature an array of …
Read More »Tyler, the Creator Joins Earl Sweatshirt for Surprise 'Whoa' Performance in Los Angeles
Earl Sweatshirt is marking the 10th anniversary of his solo debut album Doris with a series of shows and last night a special guest arrived to help him celebrate. Tyler, the Creator surprised the audience when he joined Earl on stage at Saturday’s concert at Novo in Los Angeles to …
Read More »Travis Scott Awakens 'Utopia': 'Circus Maximus' Film and Four Music Videos Get YouTube Release
The 19 songs on Travis Scott‘s comeback album Utopia weren’t enough content for him. Nearly a month after its release, the rapper has expanded the world of the album with four new music videos. The visual release, dropped all at once on YouTube, includes “Hyaena,” “Sirens,” “Modern Jam,” and “Delresto …
Read More »Where to Find 50 Cent Final Lap Tour Tickets Online
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Rolling Stone may receive an affiliate commission. It’s been 20 years since 50 Cent dropped his landmark breakthrough album Get Rich or Die Tryin.’ To mark the occasion, the Queens rapper is traveling the world …
Read More »Chlöe Shows Her Spin on Gunna's Hit 'Fukumean' in New Cover
R&B starlet Chlöe shared a cover of Gunna’s “Fukumean,” a triumphant comeback single from the previously incarcerated Atlanta rapper that sits at Number One on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart and Number Six on the Hot 100. Dressed in a sleek black jumpsuit and shades with a pop of a …
Read More »Building a Hip-Hop Canon: Author Kiana Fitzgerald on Her New Book
Recognition of hip-hop‘s 50th anniversary has been in full force throughout 2023, but writer Kiana Fitzgerald’s celebration started almost a year early, in February 2022. That’swhen she began crafting Ode to Hip-Hop, out now on Running Press. Her debut book chronicles “50 albums that define 50 years of trailblazing music,” …
Read More »Quavo Details Takeoff's Upcoming Music and Posthumous Presence: 'I Want to Keep His Stuff Sacred'
In a vulnerable and wide-ranging interview posted to his YouTube channel, Migos rapper Quavo revealed how burdensome and hopeful life has been since the murder of his bandmate and nephew, Takeoff, last November. Quavo’s first album since Takeoff’s death, Rocket Power, is out on August 4, and during the interview, …
Read More »Women in Hip-Hop Give Each Other Their Flowers in Netflix's 'Ladies First' Documentary Trailer
As hip-hop celebrates 50 years of trailblazing this year, Netflix is spotlighting the women who have shaped the genre’s legacy with unrelenting confidence, even when it was an uphill battle to garner any respect or recognition for doing so. In the first trailer for Ladies First: A Story of Women …
Read More »Conservative Trolls Want to Talk About Rap Music Instead of Jason Aldean. Don't Take the Bait
All week long, a culture war has been raging around country star Jason Aldean‘s “Try That in a Small Town,” a turgid power ballad wrapped around an unsubtle warning to protesters and other outsiders: “Try that in a small town, see how far you make it down the road.” To …
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