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With Happier Than Ever, her second full-length, seven-time Grammy winner Billie Eilish again took the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart. As for the album’s carefully crafted aesthetic, as Eilish explained to Jimmy Fallon on Monday night, the Happier universe started fully forming while she was at home one night listening to the […]
Lil Baby is looking out for kids in Atlanta. The rapper hosted a back-to-school drive on Sunday, giving away laptops, school supplies and new clothes to kids in the area as they prepare to head back to classes in the fall. Baby also offered merch from his Four The People Foundation at the event. Baby posted photos […]
Bad Boy Entertainment producer Chucky Thompson, who was a member of the label’s Hitmen team of producers, has passed away. Tamar Juda, a rep for Chucky Thompson, confirmed his passing in a statement shared with Complex. “It is with a very heavy heart that I can confirm the passing of Chucky Thompson,” the statement read. […]
As of June 2021, Nick Cannon has seven children with four different women, and there’s been almost constant chatter about this throughout the year. In a new interview with Charlamagne and DJ Envy on the Breakfast Club, Cannon opened up about being a parent and defended himself. Almost immediately, Cannon spoke about how much he values his children. […]
Jack Dorsey has suggested an alternate release plan for Kanye West’s Donda, which is currently expected to arrive this month. Over the weekend, the Twitter co-founder and CEO proposed a strategy similar to how fans were introduced to The Life of Pablo, West’s 2016 album. To the delight of immersed fans, and to the befuddlement […]
DaBaby appears to have deleted the apology he issued for homophobic comments he made at Rolling Loud Miami. The apology was first posted by the rapper on his Instagram on Aug 2. In the apology, DaBaby wrote that his comments were both “hurtful” and “triggering. “Social media moves so fast that people want to demolish you before you […]
Filmmaker Robert Lopuski opened the door of an Australian mansion in 2011, and heard a booming voice that he instantly recognized. It was Jay-Z. The rap legend was standing in the living room of the private mansion, recording a verse for Watch the Throne, his then-in-progress collaborative album with Kanye West. “I just very gently […]
A Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion reunion? Yes, please. On Saturday, the Grammy-winning rappers took to Twitter to celebrate the one-year anniversary of “Wap”—their polarizing collaborative track that was equal parts empowering and raunchy. “Wow I can’t believe wappity WAP turned one today,” Cardi wrote. “It don’t even feel like it. What a record! @theestallion we should do it […]
It’s a good day for Meek Mill fans. More than two months after releasing “Flamerz Flow,” the Philadelphia rapper came through with his “War Stories” track and its official video. The song samples the Isley Brothers’ 1983 hit “Ballad for the Fallen Soldier,” which has been used by everyone from Jay-Z and G-Herbo to DJ Khaled and Lil […]
T-Pain admits he felt some type of way when Jay-Z released “Death of Auto-Tune.” “You n***as singin’ too much/Get back to rap, you T-Painin’ too much,” Hov rapped on the track. T-Pain discussed his initial reactions to the 2009 cut during a recent interview on Drink Champs. Co-host N.O.R.E. asked T-Pain where he was at when he first heard […]
