Tag Archives: hip-hop

Earlier this week, Tory Lanez’s lawyer Jose Baez posted a note to his 35,000 followers on Instagram alleging that the DNA evidence in Lanez’s shooting case was “false and misleading.” As if he were dropping a new album himself, he announced that he would divulge more details at 6 PM …

Jack Harlow dropped in with a mid-week announcement, revealing that his third studio album will arrive this Friday, April 28. The self-titled record, Jackman — sorry to everyone coming to the realization now that Jack is not short for Jackson — will follow last year’s Come Home the Kids Miss …

Adrian Miller is full of stories. Throughout our hourlong conversation in Rolling Stone’s midtown office, almost every name mentioned evokes a colorful anecdote of his experience with them. The ‘90s are reductively branded by rap’s so-called East Coast-West Coast beef; It would make casual followers think hip-hop was siloed into …

It seems like everyone these days is talking about the Internet. Maybe it’s the sneaking sense that artificial intelligence might upend this (very flawed) digital utopia as we know it, or maybe it’s the lingering uncertainty of the pandemic. Either way, the world online right now feels like it’s on …

Rolling Loud Miami is expanding into other genres for its 2023 edition. Turnstile become the hip-hop festival’s first rock act on the bill. This year’s eclectic lineup also includes non-hip-hop-focused acts including Pinkpantheress, Foushée, and Bryson Tiller. Spanish-language rapper Yovngchimi will also perform. Travis Scott, A$AP Rocky, and Playboi Carti …

‘Madvillainy’ is Madlib and MF DOOM’s legendary collaborative LP, released in 2004 via Stones Throw Records. The album has had a long-lasting impact on hip-hop and music in general, with DOOM’s lyrics and Madlib’s production resonating with listeners across generations.In ‘Madvillain’s Madvillainy,’ released this spring via Bloomsbury Publishing as part …

J. Cole’s Dreamville festival aimed to reach new heights in its third year the moment the lineup was announced with Cole himself and Drake as co-headliners for the second night. Getting those two superstars in one place is a major feat in itself — the only thing harder to pull …

Legendary rapper-producer Large Professor saw no better way to celebrate his 51st birthday than by doing what he loved — rocking a crowd. On March 22, the day after his birthday, the Queens legend played an hourlong set at New York City’s Starchild Rooftop bar to a crowd of hip-hop …

Dozens of people gathered at City Hall in New York City on Monday as part of a demonstration calling for Rocky Bucano to step down as Executive Director, President and Chairman of the Universal Hip-Hop Museum (or UHHM) because of his alleged ties with the Universal Zulu Nation. Journalist Leila …

It’s easy for people to put on a peaceful facade and betray themselves at the slightest unforeseen convenience, but that’s not the case with LA-born, Brooklyn-based multihyphenate Navy Blue. He has issues getting his dog to chill during a couple of junctures of our recent Zoom call. Some may have …