The hottest event in college football this year is any game featuring “Coach Prime” Deion Sanders and his University of Colorado Buffaloes, and on Saturday Lil Wayne was in Boulder to deliver a pregame concert ahead of the team’s home matchup against Colorado State. Lil Wayne appeared on Fox Sports’ …
Read More »D.M.C., Nicki Minaj, LL Cool J Perform Generation-Spanning Hip-Hop Tribute at 2023 VMAs
Hip-hop took center stage throughout the 2023 Video Music Awards. Between the main show and pre-show, the night featured boisterous performances from Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion, Doja Cat, A Boogie Wit da Hoodie, Future, Metro Boomin, NLE Choppa, Kaliii, and more. But one of the most star-studded performances …
Read More »2023 MTV VMAs: Lil Wayne Brings 'Kat Food' to the Stage in First VMAs Performance in a Decade
Lil Wayne returned to the MTV Video Music Awards stage for the first time in a decade to kick off the show. The rapper welcomed the VMAs to WayneTown with a throwback to his 2018 hit “Uproar” and the live debut of his new single “Kat Food” at the Prudential …
Read More »Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Grandmaster Flash to Close 2023 MTV VMAs With Hip-Hop Tribute
MTV has planned a generation-spanning tribute performance in celebration of hip-hop‘s 50th anniversary for the 2023 Video Music Awards. On Tuesday night, the awards ceremony will conclude with a grand finale performance from Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, Doug E. Fresh, Darryl “DMC” McDaniels, and Grandmaster Flash and …
Read More »Peso Pluma, Fall Out Boy, and Metro Boomin Added to 2023 MTV VMA Performers
Y’all wanted more performers? The VMAs are delivering. On Friday, just days before the 2023 Video Music Awards, MTV announced a new round of performers for the show: Peso Pluma, Fall Out Boy, and Metro Boomin with a few friends. The announcement comes days after the show revealed that Olivia …
Read More »Hot Boys Rapper B.G. Released From Prison: 'My Last Birthday Being Buried Alive'
B.G. is a free man. The Hot Boys member was released from prison this week after serving 12 years of a 14-year sentence. An Instagram Live from Cash Money Records founder Bryan “Birdman” Williams shared on Tuesday showed the musician after leaving prison. “After 12 winters and 13 summers, I …
Read More »Lil Wayne Drops Fast-Talking Single 'Kat Food' Ahead of VMAs Performance
Lil Wayne has released a new single, “Kat Food,” via Young Money Records/Republic Records. The thumping song, produced by Charlie Handsome, FNZ, and Rogét Chahayed, samples Missy Elliott‘s “Work It.” The track sees the rapper intoning about his success as he references Purina cat food: “Money need a home and …
Read More »Nicki Minaj, Doja Cat, Lil Wayne and All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to our weekly rundown of thebest new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Nicki Minaj returns with a somber single off of her upcoming album Pink Friday 2, Doja Cat taps into her demonic side, and Lil Wayne drops his …
Read More »Hip-Hop Celebrates Its Golden Anniversary at Yankee Stadium
There was a cipher going on outside the Hip-Hop 50 Live show at Yankee Stadium. One woman took the mic, intently closing her eyes while focusing on her next bar. As I walked away, she rhymed an improvisational derivative of recuperate, before spitting “that’s not even a word, I just …
Read More »Watch Lil Wayne Revisit His Track 'A Milli' at 31st Annual ESPY Awards
Music and sports intersected at the 31st ESPY Awards when Lil Wayne opened the annual awards show, which celebrates the best moments in sports, with a rendition of his 2008 hit “A Milli.” The rapper took the stage solo to showcase the single, with the celeb-filled audience, including Tiffany Haddish …
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