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Steve “Baba Zumbi” Gaines, founder of the hip-hop group Zion I, has died at age 49. The California rapper’s family confirmed his death to KQED Friday, but did not share a cause of death. AllHipHop reported that the MC died of complications related to COVID-19. “We are in a deep state of grief and processing this loss,” Zumbi’s family said […]
Dreamville and TDE could be the next hip-hop crews to go head-to-head in a future Verzuz. During a recent interview with DJ Carisma on Power 106, Bas was asked who he’d want his Dreamville collective to face off with in the Swizz Beatz-Timbaland battle series. “Five to ten years from now, if Dreamville were to do a Verzuz, who do […]
Billie Eilish’s Happier Than Ever is spending a second consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. Happier Than Ever moved 85,000 equivalent album units, a 64 percent decline from the previous week, when her sophomore effort debuted with the fifth-largest week of 2021. It’s only the second album this year to spend its first two weeks at No. 1, […]
Jack Harlow hasn’t had alcohol all year, and he doesn’t intend to. The rapper posted a rare lengthy Instagram caption Sunday, telling fans why he hasn’t had anything to drink this year, alongside a photo of him holding up a jumbo chain. “Haven’t had a single sip of alcohol in 2021,” Harlow wrote. “Going the rest of […]
50 Cent faces everything in life head-on, and a pending lawsuit from Remy Martin is no different. The rapper took to social media over the weekend to poke fun at the cognac company who is suing his Sire Spirits company, claiming 50’s Branson cognac infringed upon Remy’s “trade-dress and design-patent rights in its jewel-shaped glass cognac bottle design.” […]
YNW Melly has been in prison for almost three years now after being charged with two counts of first-degree murder back in February 2019. The rapper recently released his latest album, Just A Matter of Slime, with features from Lil Baby, Lil Uzi Vert, Future, Young Thug, and more, and revealed that he helped produce the album while being behind bars. According […]
As fans continue to anxiously anticipate the release of Kanye’s much delayed studio album, Donda, it looks like legendary producer and frequent West collaborator Mike Dean has pulled out from the project. Dean has been a noticeable part of the making of Donda from the beginning, giving fans subtle updates via social media about the progress of the project […]
One of the most-talked about moments in Lizzo’s new track “Rumors” came at the end of the opening verse, when she name-dropped one Certified Lover Boy: “Readin’ shit on the internet/My smoothie cleanse and my diet/No, I ain’t fuck Drake — yet.” Of course, many fans were amused by Lizzo’s forwardness, but she has made it very […]