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Lil Baby and Snoop Dogg have joined forces with Israeli pop duo Static & Ben El for the colorful, dance-influenced “Ziki Ziki.” The pair has been collaborating with a number of artists in recent months, including 24kGoldn and Pitbull. Now their latest track features the two rap heavyweights trading bars over a beat full of brassy synths and hard-hitting drums. Listen […]

The sounds of Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion mesh together beautifully as the two artists join forces on their latest track, “Sweetest Pie.” Meg shared the cover art and some sweet shots of her hair looking like soft-serve ice cream on Instagram ahead of the song’s release. Dua Lipa and Megan Thee Stallion are […]

Katy Perry secured another win in her years-long copyright infringement case. According to Variety, a federal appeals court ruled Thursday that the singer was not liable to Marcus Gray, a Christian rapper who accused Perry of ripping off his 2008 record “Joyful Noise” for her 2013 hit “Dark Horse.” Gray—who performs under the moniker Flame—initially won the case in […]

A former business partner of Akon argues in recently filed court documents that the “Lonely” artist’s Senegal city plans can be likened to a Ponzi scheme. Per a report from Page Six this week, Devyne Stephens—who was previously reported to have sued Akon for millions—is now asking a judge to freeze the singer and entrepreneur’s New York […]

The Weeknd reminded fans not to believe everything they read on the internet. On Wednesday night, the XO singer-songwriter took to Twitter to address a purported Dawn FM tracklist that’s been circulating on social media. The post features a handwritten list of 19 songs that were supposedly intended for the album’s “original” version. The list included featured artists like Ariana Grande, […]

Lynese “Babs Bunny” Wiley has addressed recent criticism against Diddy in connection with Making the Band, the classic MTV reality series known for launching Da Band and other groups. In a recent interview with MRECKTV (see below), Babs was first asked about claims made by Freddy P, who—like Babs—is a former Da Band member. As previously reported, Freddy […]

Toronto has been fighting to be known as a music city for years. Though many of the city’s concert venues, bars, and clubs have shut down due to a myriad of infrastructure issues— on top of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic—one Toronto resident is memorializing these spaces in a small way. Andrew Smith started building community […]

The artist formerly known as Kanye West has shared a brief message about art being “not a proxy for any ill or harm” amid ongoing coverage of his and The Game’s recently released “Eazy” video, which features what’s widely been interpreted as a claymation-depicted imagining of a Pete Davidson-inspired character being kidnapped. In an Instagram post on Sunday […]

Drake, as a growing number of headlines are pointing out this weekend, does indeed appear to have lost a decidedly not small bet of the sports variety. As UFC enthusiasts already know, the Saturday evening showdown between Jorge Masvidal and Colby Covington resulted in a win for the latter. Per TMZ, Drake had put down approximately $275,000 […]

IDMAN wants you to know you’re not alone on her latest single, “Good Life.” Produced by Grammy-winning producer Khris Riddick-Tynes and Rich Kidd, the Toronto singer brings together flavours of R&B and pop to detail a relationship gone sour.  The music video for “Good Life” pays tribute to the late Ronnie Spector. The crash test dummy […]