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When Cam’ron signed to Roc-A-Fella Records in 2001, his good friend (and Roc co-founder) Dame Dash told him that if his next solo album didn’t work out commercially, he could always have a job “answering phones or something” in the Roc-A-Fella office. We can all thank the rap gods that Come Home With Me, which […]
Lil Keed has died, his brother Lil Gotit and others close to Keed have shared on social media. He was 24. A rep for Keed confirmed his passing to Complex. A cause of death is unknown at this time. “Can’t believe I seened u die today bro I did all my cries,” Gotit wrote. “I know […]
Some of entertainment’s biggest names are showing their support for reproductive rights. Ariana Grande, Miley Cyrus, Billie Eilish, and Megan Thee Stallion are among the 160 young artists and influencers who lent their names to Planned Parenthood’s #BansOffOurBodies campaign. The organization took out a full-page ad in Friday’s edition of the New York Times, in which they […]
Kendrick Lamar’s new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers covers a lot of ground, densely packed with nuanced lyrical themes. It’s impossible to pick up on everything in the first 24 hours, and we’re sure new concepts will keep revealing themselves over time, but on first listen, a handful of important themes have emerged. […]
SZA admits life in the spotlight can often be exhausting—so much so that she’s contemplated leaving it all behind for a bucolic life. “So many times I’m like, ‘Damn, I’m about to go be a farmer. My contract is about to expire, I might as well be a farmer,’” she said during the 100th episode of the Community […]
Let’s start by stating the obvious: It’s far too soon to have a fully-formed, rock solid opinion about an album as complex as Kendrick Lamar’s Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. Kendrick fills his songs with so much symbolism and nuance that it takes a long time to fully absorb the music, so we will […]
Nearly four years after the release of her last full-length, Brooklyn rapper Leikeli47 returns with her third studio album Shape Up. The 14-track project features the previously released singles “Chitty Bang,” “BITM,” and “LL Cool J,” and serves as the official follow-up to Leikeli47’s 2018 sophomore LP Acrylic. Miss J Alexander appears as a guest. “Shape Up truly feels like […]
Ahead of the release of his forthcoming album Lost Souls, Vory has tapped Nav and Yung Bleu for the LP’s first single, “Do Not Disturb.” The melodic-driven track finds Vory crooning about relationship woes over a guitar-laden beat. “Take a trip and put your phone on do not disturb/Putting in OT but you keep working my nerves/Not […]
If the pandemic left you pacing at home, more cabin feverish than a caged beast, then here’s a fitting post-lockdown anthem. Aiko Tomi’s “Animal’s Awake” lives up to its title with both prowling synths and percussion that taps like honed talons. The propulsive Toronto alt-pop up-and-comer’s new single follows her recent TD Music Connected Series performance. At […]
Not long after he was awarded with an honorary bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University, Ludacris has given himself a graduation gift. In a video filmed on an airport runway, Ludacris revealed the extravagant way he’s celebrating his latest achievement. “Bought myself a little graduation gift,” he wrote alongside the video, which reveals a private […]
