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Canadian rap legend Kardinal Offishall announced today he’s joining Def Jam as their latest Global A&R, where he’ll be working alongside CEO Tunji Balogun and executive VP LaTrice Burnette. He revealed the news on his Instagram page. Kardinal’s role will allow him to scout and subsequently sign talent from all across the world. “I feel incredibly blessed […]
Rolling Loud—one of the finest hip-hop-led festivals going—is heading out to Thailand in April this year for the first time and they’ve just announced Travis Scott will headline the festival. It’s a time of huge growth for the festival, which just wrapped up its Miami edition; last year, they launched their first-ever Canadian edition and made […]
SZA’s long-awaited album SOS has remained at the No. 1 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart for its fourth consecutive week, Billboard reports. SOS is the first album to spend its first four weeks in the No. 1 spot since Adele’s 30 stuck around for six weeks from Dec. 4, 2021 to Jan. 8, 2022. It’s also the first […]
11-year-old Autistic boy Jude Kofie, who is a prodigious musical talent, was recently surprised with a $15,000 grand piano that was gifted to him by a stranger who heard him play. Per CBS News, Aurora, Colorado piano tuner Bill Magnusson was made aware of Jude’s talents after a local news story that went viral last year. He […]
THE IMPACT… Raj Kapone: Any youth culture movement is gonna get eyed up by brands because it gives them direct access to the kids and what they want. The developing nature of the grime scene meant that anyone involved around the beginning was on the inside looking out, so, naturally, we were the ones […]
Ari Fletcher has expressed her frustration with G Herbo, who recently admitted to being unfaithful to his ex during their relationship. During a recent interview with Yung Miami on an episode of the City Girls’ podcast Caresha Please, Herbo was asked if he cheated on Fletcher with his current fiancée, Taina Williams. “Am I a cheater? Naw, I wouldn’t say I’m […]
SSGKobe is denies that he sexually assaulted a woman during a studio session last month. Two weeks ago, an artist named Ka$hkenni accused the Louisiana rapper of forcing her to have sex with him in a soundproof studio room on November 23. According to Ka$hkenni, SSGKobe invited her to the studio under the impression he wanted to collaborate […]
The Weeknd is celebrating the one-year anniversary of his fifth studio album, Dawn FM, with the release of a new music video for album cut “Is There Someone Else?” “Is There Someone Else?” is the fifth song from Dawn FM to receive the music video treatment, following previously released singles “Take My Breath,” “Sacrifice,” “Less Than Zero,” […]
Minnesota State Representative Maria Isa Pérez-Vega, who goes by the stage name Maria Isa, has shared her new EP, Capitolio. The eight-song project offers a blend of Latin, Caribbean, reggaeton, and hip-hop, and opens with the track “Tío Bernie,” or Uncle Bernie, a conversation with Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders. “12 hours I will be officially […]
As a teenager, Lola “Gangsta Boo” Mitchell proved she was a Memphis titan with nary a peer to match her tenacity. On Three 6 Mafia’s debut album, Mystic Stylez, the angst, ego, and horrorcore raps of DJ Paul, Juicy J, Lord Infamous, Koopsta Knicca and others combined don’t feel as visceral and shocking as Mitchell’s […]
