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JAY-Z has and always will be one of the top earners in hip-hop, but for the first time ever he’s lost out to his former protege Kanye West. In the 2019 edition of Forbes‘ highest-paid acts in hip-hop, Kanye West has come out on top with $150 million pretax income. Jay, meanwhile, sits at No. 2 with […]
In just two short years, ascending house music producer SKIY has quickly risen through the ranks. Her festival schedule was jam-packed with appearances at Lollapalooza Berlin, Untold Festival, Ultra Europe, Summerburst in both Stockholm and Gothenburg, Mysteryland, Neversea and more, and she’s already found fans in the likes of Gorgon City, Tough Love and Kideko. Now […]
Royce da 5’9″ is convinced 6ix9ine has found his calling. On Wednesday, Tekashi returned to the stand to testify against alleged Brooklyn gang members Anthony “Harv” Ellison and Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack. The rapper, legal name Daniel Hernandez, previously told the court he decided to cooperate with prosecutors following his 2018 arrest on racketeering charges. His decision to testify against his co-defendants […]
A student at Illinois’ Washington Community High School was given a six-day suspension after a classmate overheard him misquoting a lyric from the 2017 Future song “Draco.” In an interview with Illinois’ ABC affiliate, the student’s parent Brandon Porter claims his son was singing the song as he left school when he mistakenly replaced “Draco” with “AK” in the line “Draco season with the bookbag.” […]
6ix9ine’s dramatic recounting of his alleged July 2018 kidnapping was interrupted on Wednesday by the internet. As the rapper’s second day of testimony in the trial of accused Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods members Anthony “Harv” Ellison and Aljermiah “Nuke” Mack was nearing an end, news reached Judge Paul Engelmayer that a snippet of audio from the testimony […]
Iggy Azalea caught wind of Wendy Williams‘ comments and the rapper decided to fire back by referencing the television and radio presenter’s battle with addiction. While talking about Nicki Minaj’s retirement, Williams mentioned Azalea’s hiatus. But instead of using the rapper’s stage name, she decided to call her the “the Australian girl with the fake body.” This not only prompted […]
Tory Lanez recently sat down for an interview with Complex News, and during the conversation he opened up about his former collaborator 6ix9ine. “As a person and regardless of whatever he did, I kind of miss that guy,” he explained, prompting several outlets to pick up the story. Since the interview was recorded before 6ix9ine […]
André 3000 is an enigma. Rarely sitting down for interviews and largely avoiding industry events, the rapper has been followed by questions: Where has he been? What is he up to? Will we ever get another OutKast album? It turns out it’s easier to get in touch with André than you might expect. Just don’t […]
Chance the Rapper dropped in on Jimmy Kimmel Live proceedings Tuesday night, offering fans a performance of “I Got You (Always and Forever)” featuring En Vogue. He also joined Kimmel for a chat about his recently released The Big Day album, as well as his standup ambitions and thoughts on frequent collaborator Kanye West‘s Jesus Is […]
There’s a new (and quite extensive) interview with Taylor Swift out via Rolling Stone Wednesday, and headline-based thinking will have readers initially focused on the fact that the discussion touches on the topic of Kanye West‘s fraught-with-controversy relationship with the Lover artist. Asked about a certain phone call, Taylor said “the context and the events” leading […]