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J Balvin is on a roll.  In March, just as the world shut down due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Colombian artist released his fifth studio album, Colores. The project hit No. 2 on Billboard’s Top Latin Albums chart and earned J Balvin thirteen Latin Grammy Award nominations, the most of any artist this year. […]

Drake surprised a 14-year-old fan with a personalized birthday video message, offering up words of encouragement and admiration. The Toronto rapper revealed that after hearing about Zelek Murray’s tough situation from Mustafa the Poet, the two wanted to send him a little something to help get him through his hospital stay.  “I can’t imagine how tough […]

SZA took to Twitter on Sunday, where she responded to Drake’s recent claim that they dated in 2008, and clarified that they actually dated the following year. Her tweet is in reference to Drake’s lyric in the 21 Savage song “Mr Right Now,” which appears on his brand new album Savage Mode II. “Yeah, said she […]

J. Cole revealed through his alter ego kiLL Edward that he will be releasing some new music before 2020 comes to an end. “Damn been off for awhile but ima make sure we end 2020 something special,” he wrote on kiLL Edward’s Instagram Story. “Stay tuned hope y’all ready.”  Cole released an EP titled Lewis Street in […]

Megan Thee Stallion was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night, but she also found time to appear in two separate sketches during the show. In a snappy music video, Meg tackled dating during a pandemic alongside recently-promoted cast member Ego Nwodim. With both of them wearing face masks, Kenan Thompson, Chris Redd, and Pete […]

21 Savage and Metro Boomin‘s Savage Mode sequel is on track to secure the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200. According to projections published by Hits Daily Double, the much-anticipated album will move between 170,000 and 195,000 album equivalent units in its first week; 14,000 to 17,000 will be in traditional sales. For comparison, 2016’s Savage Mode EP peaked […]

 21 Savage and Metro Boomin just released their latest joint venture, Savage Mode 2, this weekend and some fans have been curious whether the track “Snitches & Rats” was a direct reference to the notorious tattle tale himself, 6ix9ine. While chopping it up with fans and playing the album on Instagram Live, 21 clarified whether the track was about 6ix9ine or […]

Floor Seats II, the latest full-length project from ASAP Ferg, is out now. As anyone who’s given the (pretty excellent) project some attention already knows, Ferg’s approach to curating features—including the post-release tracklist addition of “Big ASAP” with Monica—is decidedly on another level this time around. And as he explained in a new social distancing-friendly […]

Cue ominous basslines and knife sound effects. 21 Savage and Metro Boomin are back with Savage Mode II. Following the success of 2016’s Savage Mode and 2017’s Without Warning, the duo have returned with yet another collaborative project. And this time, they’ve let Drake, Young Thug, and Young Nudy join in on the action. The album […]

October is turning out to be a big month for new music. In the first week, we received new releases from 21 Savage and Metro Boomin, who finally dropped their highly-anticipated project Savage Mode II. After a four-year hiatus, Bryson Tiller is back with his third studio album, Anniversary, which arrives on the fifth anniversary of […]