dfp-music-hiphop
Page: 129
As part of a Twitter Spaces hosted to celebrate what would’ve been the Notorious B.I.G.’s 50th birthday, Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs told Jay-Z he “filled” the shoes of Biggie and 2Pac after their deaths. Hov and Diddy were in attendance at the TIDAL-hosted event, when Jay said the death of Biggie and Pac left a “void” in the rap […]
Lil Baby hit a festival crowd with a big surprise. As part of Montreal’s Metro Metro Festival on Saturday, headliner Baby decided to bring out Drake, as the duo ran through a performance of their Certified Lover Boy smash “Girls Want Girls,” as well as several other solo tracks. Of course, Drizzy’s appearance came as a total […]
Kendrick Lamar has the No. 1 album in the country. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, K-Dot’s fifth solo studio offering, topped the Billboard 200 chart this week after earning an impressive 295,500 equivalent album units in its first week of availability, per the publication. The numbers break down by 258,500 SEA units (which equals about 343.02 […]
Rick Ross’ Car & Bike Show didn’t disappoint. The Maybach Music boss hosted the inaugural event Saturday at “The Promise Land,” his 235-acre property in Fayetteville, Georgia. Ross has been hyping the show over the last several months, teasing some of the whips he planned to showcase. We’re talking everything from a Lamborghini Murcielago and custom 1971 […]
J. Cole has inked a deal to play for the Scarborough Shooting Stars of the Canadian Elite Basketball League, Shams Charania for The Athletic and Stadium reports. As Shams mentioned, it will be the second straight year Cole plays professional basketball. In May 2021, the North Carolina native signed with the Rwanda Patriots B.B.C. of the Basketball Africa League. He […]
Unc and Phew have officially arrived. The rap duo, formed by Migos members Quavo and Takeoff, made their big debut this week with the release of “Hotel Lobby”—their first record release under the new moniker. The Murda Beatz-produced track was accompanied by a video that nods to the modern-day cult classic Fear and Loathing in Las […]
Flavor Flav’s family just got bigger. According to TMZ, the 63-year-old entertainer recently learned he is the father of a 3-year-old boy named Jordan. The outlet reports Flav had some initial doubts about the child’s paternity; but that all changed after he took a DNA test that confirmed the toddler was, in fact, his kid. Jordan’s mother […]
Quavo is remaining tight-lipped about the Migos breakup rumors. While leaving LAX on Thursday, the 31-year-old rapper was pressed about the rap trio’s current status. A TMZ cameraman asked Quavo if he and fellow member Offset were on good terms, and whether there was any truth behind their reported split. “What’s going on with the band at […]
In an extensive new interview about his career and record label, Yo Gotti revealed that 50 Cent gave him some integral advice that led to him renaming his label. As he told Billboard in a profile feature, Gotti made the decision to change the name of CMG, then called Cocaine Muzik Group, after he signed a deal […]
The Game is feeling pretty confident these days. On Wednesday, the Compton-born rapper hit up Instagram to reflect on the current state of hip-hop and how he intends to raise the bar with Drillmatic—the long-awaited follow-up to his 2019 project, Born 2 Rap. “I know my album gone be the best album of 2022, ’cause the energy […]
