In the past few weeks, rap fans have celebrated legendary mixtapes from Lil Wayne and Rick Ross being uploaded to streaming platforms, but their time on these services may be cut short. A source close to Wayne told Rolling Stone that his Dedication and Da Drought mixtapes, recently removed from …
Read More »Morgan Wallen Taps Lil Wayne and Rick Ross for 'Miami' Remix
Morgan Wallen has dropped a remix of his single, “Miami,” featuring Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. “Miami” was originally released as part of Wallen’s recent LP, I’m the Problem, and incorporates elements of Keith Whitley’s 1985 hit “Miami, My Amy.” The song was produced by Charlie Handsome, with the remix …
Read More »Raekwon Chefs Up Some Raw Classic New York Rap On 'The Emperor's New Clothes'
Hip-hop is no longer solely youth culture; it’s just culture, with cross-generational scenes full of artists intent on capturing their era’s zeitgeist. But Raekwon The Chef’s latest solo album, The Emperor’s New Clothes, was unquestionably tailored for the 35-and-up hip-hop heads who descended upon Madison Square Garden to see the …
Read More »Will Smith's Overwrought Comeback Album Is Our Fault
On “Tantrum,” one of the most visceral moments from Will Smith’s new album, Based on a True Story, the 56-year-old growls, “Oh, y’all forgot I ain’t new with the pen/First hip-hop Grammy, I’ll do it again.” With an album as trite as this one, that’s hard to imagine, but that …
Read More »Meek Mill Shoots Down 'Fake' Claim Rick Ross Paid $50k Ransom to Release Him
Meek Mill has shot down a claim made by imprisoned rapper Luce Cannon that he and some folks once kidnapped Mill over his posts on Twitter. In a clip from DJ Akademiks’ podcast, Cannon — who’s part of the Rollin’ 60s Crip gang and is behind bars for federal charges …
Read More »Kaytranada, PinkPantheress to Perform at Miami's III Points Festival
Kaytranada will join PinkPantheress, Massive Attack, and Disclosure for the 2024 Miami music festival III Points. The festival is set to take place Oct. 18 and Oct. 19 in Miami’s Mana Wynwood. Vintage Culture, Isoxo, and Rezz were also announced as part of the main lineup Tuesday. PinkPantheress and Kaytranada …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar and Drake Trade Diss Tracks as Rap War Rages On
Kendrick Lamar and Drake traded diss tracks Friday night in the latest salvos in the rapper’s weeks-long lyrical feud. Following a week that saw Lamar drop both the scathing “Euphoria” and “6:16 in LA,” Drake finally responded Friday with “Family Matters,” which alleges infidelity in Lamar’s relationship. On the seven-minute …
Read More »Why Is Everyone Beefing With Drake?
On the night of April 13, after the apparent leak of his diss track “Push Ups (Drop & Give Me Fifty),” Drake posted a screenshot from the movie Kill Bill on his Instagram Story. It was the film’s iconic fight scene, during which Uma Thurman’s character takes on a room …
Read More »Rick Ross' Drake Diss Video Is Actually Self-Promo (And It's Genius)
Rick Ross didn’t have to give his Drake diss “Champagne Moments” a video. But he did — and he used it to promote his own stuff. On Tuesday, Ross released a visual for his recently-released diss track, which simply sees the Miami rapper sitting on a stool in front of …
Read More »Kendrick Lamar, Rick Ross, A.I. Madness: Breaking Down the Drake vs. the World Beef
With a few lines in a guest verse on Future and Metro Boomin‘s chart-topping hit “Like That,” Kendrick Lamar ignited his long-simmering cold war with Drake into what’s become the widest-reaching rap beef in years. Since then, it’s all gotten incredibly messy, starting with J. Cole recording an entire diss …
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