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Steven Victor took to Twitter to respond to the backlash over the newly unveiled cover art for Pop Smoke‘s posthumous debut album, Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon.  “Making a change,” Victor wrote about the album artwork. He also added that “Pop would listen to his fans.” H E A R D YOU — Steven-San […]

Filip Filipi’s music is good for the world. No, seriously, it’s a veritable good-deed-doing machine developed to generate funds for humanitarian work. It also happens to absolutely fucking bang.  As the founder and president of 28 Jun, an international organization that has raised over $7 million worth of humanitarian, medical, and disaster relief aid for […]

Bay Area rapper Young Curt was killed in a car accident Contra Costa County, California, the local Fox affiliate reports.  Young Curt (born Curtis Denton Jr.) was involved in a rollover crash on early Monday morning. When officers responded, they found him laying on the dirt shoulder outside of his 2019 Dodge Charger. Denton was taken to a nearby […]

Lil Baby has built a career off telling near-mythical stories of how he accumulated a lot of cash. Keeping with this theme, the rapper explained how he was able to flip $60 into $100,000 after being released from prison. And to give you a hint, it wasn’t through stocks and bonds.  Last week, a video […]

The 2020 BET Awards arrived just over a month after the murder of George Floyd, and the subsequent global response in support of the Black Lives Matter movement. With the subject of police brutality and systematic racism at the forefront of everyone’s minds, it wasn’t a surprise to see many of tonight’s performers take on the moment with stirring visuals, heart-wrenching images, and powerful […]

For the fourth week of 2020, Lil Baby‘s My Turn sits in the top spot of the Billboard 200. In doing so, it tied The Weeknd‘s After Hours for the honor of having the most turns at No. 1 in this calendar year.  As you may recall, My Turn also sat atop the chart in last week’s ranking of the top […]

The show must go on. The 2020 BET Awards are being held virtually tonight with Amanda Seales handling the hosting duties for the ceremony, which is celebrating its 20th anniversary. “I need to be thoughtful and I always am, but really making sure that I’m not taking anything for granted in terms of what this stage means at this time. When I say ‘at […]

Where’s 88GLAM been? Fans of the gauzy Toronto rap duo have been wondering this—and anxiety spiraling over it—for a minute. Derek Wise and 88 Camino were all set to drop Close to Heaven Far From God, the highly anticipated follow-up to their sophomore LP 88GLAM2, back in April. There was a lead single for it and everything! But it […]

We’re closing out June with a lot of new music from some of our favorite artists. City Girls connected with Doja Cat for “Pussy Talk,” which appears on their new album, City On Lock. Megan Thee Stallion is looking to take over the summer yet again with “Girls in the Hood.” 6lack finally dropped his […]

Tyga continues the fantasy travel theme with the release of his new song and video “Ibiza,” which follows the release of last week’s “Vacation.” The sun-drenched video, like “Vacation,” sees Tyga in the visual mix as a co-director. This time he collaborated with the directing duo Frank and Ivanna Borin as well as the UnderWorent Content production company. […]