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After the worst of COVID-19, Strawberries & Creem made a triumphant return last year with Burna Boy, PartyNextDoor, Little Simz, Koffee and more. It was a trying time and not without its challenges, but the festival’s co-founders, Chris Jammer and Preye Crooks, managed to pull it off. This year brings its own challenges, but it has […]
It’s hard to ignore the meteoric rise of Black Sherif when his choruses and hooks have swiftly become some of the most shared and repurposed globally. From TikTok to Shazam and Instagram reels, short snippets of his anthems have topped ‘viral sound’ lists all over the world this past year, and in this new era […]
Toronto fans of Lil Baby may develop serious FOMO after discovering the Atlanta rapper has recently been spending time in the city to work on new music with Drake. The two recently performed together at the Metro Metro festival in Montreal, where Drizzy made a surprise appearance during Lil Baby’s set. A few days later, Drake held a Twitch livestream […]
Youngs Teflon continues his hot streak in 2022 with a new remix featuring Giggs. “Da Codes” sees Hollowman jump on Youngs’ “Bar Codes”, adding his signature flair to proceedings. The stripped-back, piano-led instrumental from Louis Aura serves as the perfect backdrop for the South Londoners to drop their usual heat. The track adds to Young Teflon’s fantastic run this […]
Lewisham’s finest, Novelist is back after a short short hiatus with a new 10-track EP called 4 Tha Homiez. Production from N.O.V himself, Prem and SusTrapperazzi transports us to the West Coast via G-Funk-inspired cuts that are guaranteed to have you dropping a two-step. The project pays tribute to the sounds that Novelist and the producers are fond of, with […]
An aspiring rapper from Cameroon, who goes by the name Show Yoh, is getting roasted on social media for his dreadful back tattoo of 50 Cent. Show Yoh took to Instagram on Wednesday to show off his new ink: a giant portrait of the Fif, which looks nothing like the hip-hop mogul, that covers his entire […]
Over the past decade, DJ Dahi has established himself as one of Kendrick Lamar’s most trusted producers. Five years after crafting the beat for one of the standout songs from Kendrick’s 2012 debut album good kid, m.A.A.d. city (“Money Trees”), Dahi and Lamar teamed up on the Compton rapper 2017 album DAMN, which featured five Dahi-produced tracks (“Yah,” “Loyalty,” […]
Ice-T had time today for someone on Twitter who called him a “disgrace to gangsta rap” because he “sold the culture out for the TV check.” “Lol… Says a Bum sitting on somebody else’s car. Clownass,” Ice-T responded. The fan’s criticism came after Ice-T tweeted out some words of wisdom where he advised his followers to […]
It was a scene hardly anyone could’ve dreamed up until it happened. Tucked away in one half of a closed-off high school gym in Scarborough, Ontario, with Drake’s biggest hits blaring in the background, one of the greatest rappers of his generation, J. Cole, was suited up in Scarborough Shooting Stars gear in preparation for […]
Originally from Douala, Cameroon and now based in Toulouse, France, multi-talented rhymer Dirtsa is back with a new slammer called “Say Shit”—her first since last year’s monster six-track EP Aletheia’s Calling. From poetry to painting to rap, Dirtsa has a lot of strings to her bow and even more to get off her chest. The new […]
