Lil Uzi Vert was briefly and totally erroneously identified as the suspect in an alleged dog-napping case in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, on Thursday, Aug. 31. On Facebook yesterday, the Wilkes-Barre Township Police Department shared a post about a pup pilfered from a local pet store. It included details about the case, …
Read More »DJ Khaled Taps Lil Baby, Future, Lil Uzi Vert for New Single 'Supposed to be Loved'
DJ Khaled has dropped a new single, “Supposed to be Loved,” which features Lil Baby, Future, and Lil Uzi Vert. The pulsating, upbeat track sees the collaborators rapping about loving someone the way they’re supposed to be loved. “Happy release day I’m celebrating wit my family! Everyting I do is …
Read More »Lil Uzi Vert Details Dates for 'The Pink Tape' Tour
Lil Uzi Vert is taking their metalcore era on the road. On Friday, the rap star announced that they’ll be heading on their The Pink Tape Tour across the United States later this year. The tour will start in Minneapolis on Oct. 21, before making its way to cities such …
Read More »Hip-Hop's Chart Dominance Is Slipping This Year
Lil Uzi Vert and their new album Pink Tape could finally bring hip-hop its first Billboard Number One album of 2023 next week — a rare delay for the genre, which has gone more than half the year without topping the chart. The streak has been one of the bigger …
Read More »How Lil Uzi Vert Turned 'Pink Tape' Metalcore
Lil Uzi Vert‘s long-awaited album, Pink Tape, arrived last week and found the eclectic MC in decidedly new terrain. With features by everyone from Nicki Minaj to New York electro-pop duo Snow Strippers, Pink Tape is as inventive and untethered by convention as Uzi’s forward-thinking fashion sense. As such, reactions …
Read More »Lil Uzi Vert Just Wants to Rock on the Sprawling 'Pink Tape'
Lil Uzi Vert is one of the most ambitious rappers of their generation, a true-blue astral traveler who sees the form’s traditions as a matrix to warp in unexpected ways. Their goal is the sort of mental and emotional liberation achievable only through absolute stimulation: the most colors, the biggest …
Read More »Olivia Rodrigo, Lil Uzi Vert, Tainy and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to ourweekly rundownofthe best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Olivia Rodrigo returns with a biting single, Lil Uzi Vert leans into his metal influences, and Tainy enlists all of the best of reggaeton for a star-studded debut. Olivia …
Read More »Lil Uzi Vert Announces 'The Pink Tape' Release Date, Teases New Music in Trailer
A new album from Lil Uzi Vert arrives this Friday. On Monday, the rap star announced that they will be releasing their long-teased LP, The Pink Tape, on June 30. They also shared an action-packed, cinematic trailer teasing some of its music. The Gibson Harazar-directed video presents a medley of …
Read More »XXXTentacion's Estate Releases New Song 'I'm Not Human' on Fifth Anniversary of Rapper's Death
The estate of XXXTentacion marked the five-year anniversary of the rapper’s death Sunday with the official release of “I’m Not Human,” featuring Lil Uzi Vert. The acoustic ballad was previously teased on what would have been the rapper born Jahseh Onfroy’s 25th birthday on Jan. 23, but the release was …
Read More »Kid Cudi Recruits Lil Uzi Vert, Coi Leray for Return of Moon Man's Landing Festival
Kid Cudi revealed the lineup for the second annual Moon Man’s Landing festival this summer. In a post shared to Twitter on Wednesday, the Man on the Moon rapper announced that Lil Uzi Vert and Coi Leray will be performing at the upcoming show. Other artists joining the lineup include …
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