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For his latest single, Ralo tapped two of Atlanta’s best. The rapper, who’s on an impressive run of song releases in 2021 so far with over a dozen to his name, just added another to his portfolio. “Fall Apart” features guest verses from both 2 Chainz and T.I., while Ralo fights for clemency as he sits behind […]

Drake wasn’t quick to forget comments that Swizz Beatz made about him last year following a leaked Drizzy and Busta Rhymes track. In fact, the OVO head seems to have taken direct aim at 42-year-old Swizz on the Certified Lover Boy cut “You Only Live Twice” with Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. “Unthinkable when I think of the […]

As was widely expected, Drake’s new album Certified Lover Boy has fans in full dissection mode to track down any possible instance of the “Summer Games” impresario reflecting on the recent multi-part revival of his feud with Kanye West.   The most immediately apparent example of this occurs a little over halfway through the new 21-track album on the track […]

Drake’s new album Certified Lover Boy has indeed arrived, albeit a bit later than fans expected. Still, much of the timeline united in a no-sleep-until-it-drops approach after Drake alerted fans shortly before the traditional release time of midnight that the album wouldn’t be arriving for a few more hours. Not long after that, the album started […]

Not that you should need reminding, but it is indeed Certified Lover Boy season. Following the worldwide unveiling of a series of billboards announcing the guests Drake has assembled for his long-awaited new project, i.e. his first studio full-length since Scorpion back in 2018, the album—the rollout for which also included some extended pregnant emoji chatter […]

Instagram captions will be well-fed this weekend, as Drake’s long-awaited Certified Lover Boy has now been released. The album, originally expected to be released late last year, marks the OVO Sound co-founder’s first studio full-length since 2018’s Scorpion. The latter featured the oft-mentioned-here deep cut “Summer Games,” as well as megahits like “God’s Plan” and the online challenge-spurring […]

New Bobby Shmurda is on the horizon.  After teasing it on social media, the Brooklyn rapper blessed fans with “No Time for Sleep (Freestyle)” on Friday.  “No Time for Sleep” is Bobby Shmurda’s first official solo release since coming home from prison in February. Although fans wanted him to jump headfirst back into music like his […]

The digital age has taken the rap world wild places. Right now, we’re smack in the middle of Westside Gunn’s Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Sincerely Adolf double album. The Griselda mastermind was planning to release the project all at once, but ended up dealing with some post-production issues that prevented him from being able to […]

After claiming the Most Improved title last year, Lil Durk is in the running for this 2021’s rap MVP. And now he has one very gaudy stat that could make him a shoo-in for a Podoloff Trophy.  This week, Billboard reported that Lil Durk has the most Hot 100 entries of 2021 for any artist of […]

When Chicago’s SoloSam sits down with Pigeons & Planes’ John W to talk about his career, he isn’t expecting a surprise. But that’s exactly what he gets when one of hip-hop’s most legendary producers drops in to share some music tips. Check the footage above to see who surprises SoloSam and how the up-and-comer even […]