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Anderson .Paak heads into Juneteenth with the video for his latest track, “Lockdown.” The Oxnard native confirmed the release on Thursday afternoon, sharing its black-and-white cover art in which he is seen donning a face mask while holding a protest sign that reads: “The People Are Rising.” The art also features the names of Black […]
Free Nationals, best known as Anderson .Paak’s backing band, have released their long-awaited debut album. The self-titled project was announced in early 2018 during an interview with Triple J, and was expected to arrive sometime before 2019. It wasn’t until last month when the band—consisting of guitarist Jose Rios, keyboardist Ron Tnava Avant, bassist Kelsey […]
The Game celebrates his 40th birthday with the release of his ninth studio album Born 2 Rap. The Compton rapper announced the release date earlier this month, reiterating the project would serve as his swan song. “I’ve had a great run & surpassed my rap goals along time ago…it’s by God’s grace that I’m able to still […]
GoldLink caught heat this week over an Instagram post that many believed was dismissive of Mac Miller‘s work. The D.C.-bred rapper shared a photo of the late Miller with a lengthy caption that compared their respective albums, And After That, We Didn’t Talk and Divine Feminine. “I always thought you drove yourself insane about your own music,” GoldLink wrote. “So much that, you […]
Anderson .Paak has addressed GoldLink‘s widely panned comments on Mac Miller. .Paak was notably mentioned by name in GoldLink’s comments, which were shared seemingly out of nowhere on Tuesday. In his own post hours later, .Paak called the comments about Miller and his Divine Feminine era “disrespectful” and questioned why GoldLink would do such a […]
The Game and Anderson .Paak join forces on the Compton rapper’s latest track, “Stainless.” This track is reminiscent of the Instagram videos The Game shared following the death of his close friend and collaborator, Nipsey Hussle. In these clips, the rapper recorded himself driving down the streets of Los Angeles, deep in introspective thought. Yet […]
The 2019 BET Hip Hop Awards brought together many of the biggest names in the genre for a celebration of the year in rap. With the level of talent inside Atlanta’s Cobb Center, it would be criminal if the network didn’t get some next-level performances out of the night. Luckily, BET didn’t let us down […]
Anderson .Paak delivered his acclaimed fourth studio album Ventura earlier this year, and now he’s revisited one of its many highlights on Jimmy Kimmel Live. Accompanied by Motown legend Smokey Robinson, the duo performed the smooth “Make It Better” with a full band in tow. The performance highlights the vocal talent of both musicians, but it also shows off […]
As ComplexCon Long Beach 2019 inches closer, we’re sharing more of what to expect for the fourth annual event on the West Coast by announcing several artists who will be touching down on the Pigeons & Planes Stage. Our Sunday night headliner will be Anderson .Paak, who’s coming off his impressive 2019 release Ventura and a Grammy win […]
Though “Old Town Road” ended its historic Billboard Hot 100 run back in August, the song—which became a breakthrough hit for Lil Nas X and ultimately inspired a whole fleet of official remixes—can now add Anderson .Paak‘s name to the long list of artists to have presented their own interpretation of the ubiquitous genre-expander. Paak brings the […]
