hip-hop
South London rapper Benjamin A.D continues his tireless run of singles with his latest drop, “Losing” with Kojey Radical, and it comes with a fresh new visual to boot. Produced by WAVSDNTDIE and Jerome Williams (the mastermind behind Crop Circle 2 highlight “Highly Blessed”), it’s a motivational banger of sorts. Together, the two artists weigh in on the […]
It’s been a long road, albeit a carefully considered and well-paced one, but Potter Payper’s debut album, Real Back In Style, has finally been released. To coincide with the album’s launch, Potter also released an animated visualiser for the latest single and album closer, “White Ash”, which follows “Blame Brexit”, “Multifaceted” and “Corner Boy”. Fans have […]
Five years after entering the rap game, Manchester’s Tunde has shares his first full-length mixtape, First Lap. An energetic introduction to the 0161 rhymer, it’s a varied showcase of his style that puts his fast-talking flow against a broad range of beats, stretching more or less across the full spectrum of rap. For production, he’s sourced beats […]
Spinrilla, the popular mixtape platform, has announced it will be closing shop and forced to pay $50 million in piracy damages and other fees. According to the complaint acquired by Torrent Freak, Spinrilla is accused of engaging in and “knowingly contributed to, profited from, and induced, the widespread infringement of Plaintiffs’ sound recording copyrights through […]
We are officially in Nines season. After dropping his long-awaited and long-overdue Crop Circle 2 last week, Nines has just dropped off the video for its latest single, “Different League” with Nafe Smallz and Clavish, along with the official Crop Circle 2 short film (his third short film) which features artists such as Knucks, Miraa May and Litty Lightz, and […]
The Bay Area has always danced to a different tune. From idiosyncratic subgenres like hyphy to the ocean of pioneers the area produced like E-40, Keak Da Sneak, Mac Dre, Too $hort and Messy Marv, the San Francisco hotspot has always been way, way ahead of the curve. It’s not just music that they do differently over there, either: […]
It’s May, which means it is officially Met Gala time. The night’s theme, “A Line of Beauty,” honors the late German designer Karl Lagerfeld, who passed away in 2019 at 85. He was known for his legendary line of work at fashion house Chanel. Bronx rapper Ice Spice made her debut Met Gala appearance after receiving a […]
Rich the Kid has been accused of agreeing to pay a woman he allegedly impregnated $35,000 to keep his cheating a secret from his fiancée, Tori Brixx. According to court documents obtained by Radar Online, a woman taking the alias Jane Doe filed a lawsuit against the “Plug Talk” rapper in a Massachusetts court. The […]
A week or so ago, Nines was spotted meeting up with Larry June and The Alchemist. Earlier this week, Twitter was arguing about which UK artists Al should work with. Rightly, someone pointed out that there aren’t many UK rhymers who would mesh with that sound, either because of style or experience. One exception that […]
KRS-One is moving to the birthplace of hip-hop to celebrate the genre’s 50th anniversary this year. According to a press release, the legendary hip-hop pioneer is launching Birthplaceofhiphop.nyc, a new initiative where the Boogie Down Productions member will lead a series of community-based programs where the genre was created at 1520 Sedgwick Avenue in The […]
