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Drake wasn’t quick to forget comments that Swizz Beatz made about him last year following a leaked Drizzy and Busta Rhymes track. In fact, the OVO head seems to have taken direct aim at 42-year-old Swizz on the Certified Lover Boy cut “You Only Live Twice” with Lil Wayne and Rick Ross. “Unthinkable when I think of the […]
Not that you should need reminding, but it is indeed Certified Lover Boy season. Following the worldwide unveiling of a series of billboards announcing the guests Drake has assembled for his long-awaited new project, i.e. his first studio full-length since Scorpion back in 2018, the album—the rollout for which also included some extended pregnant emoji chatter […]
Lorde’s long-awaited album Solar Power arrives next week, and she’s hitting back at people saying she’s part of Jack Antonoff’s “stable”—her word, delivered “with some edge and more humor”—of collaborators. Antonoff (Bleachers, fun.) is, of course, a super-producer/songwriter who has worked extensively with the likes of Lana Del Rey, Taylor Swift, Clairo, Pink, Carly Rae Jepsen, St. Vincent, Troye […]
Fresh off linking up with Kanye West on “Glory,” a new song that was previewed last week in a Beats by Dre commercial, Dr. Dre appears to have more new music on the horizon. On Monday, Diggin’ in the Crates legend Diamond D took to Instagram to reveal he’s heard some unreleased new material from Dre. “@drdre played […]
Saweetie has addressed the continued controversy surrounding Dr. Luke, with whom she’s collaborated on multiple songs, in a new interview. Deep into a new profile of the Pretty Bitch Music artist by Hunter Harris, the topic of the songwriter/producer—who’s been accused of sexual assault and battery by Kesha—was broached. Notably, the Vulture-housed discussion was conducted in multiple parts, […]
Biz Markie has not died, NBC News reports, citing a statement from the rapper’s manager. “The news of Biz Markie’s passing is not true,” Biz Markie’s rep, Jenni Izumi, wrote. Izumi continued, “Biz is still under medical care, surrounded by professionals who are working hard to provide the best health care possible. Biz’s wife and family are touched […]
Turn Me Up Josh, a multi-platinum producer and engineer signed to Winners Circle, has died. The news was confirmed by long-time collaborator Lil Durk, who took to Twitter on Monday to share his loss. “Rip turn me up josh smh,” Durk wrote in a post. Young Thug’s long-time engineer Alex Tumay is among the list of artists who’ve […]
Fresh off releasing his sixth studio album, The Off-Season, and making his professional basketball debut, J. Cole is joining superproducers Timbaland, Mike Will Made It, Mike Dean, and Scott Storch at Beatclub, a soon-to-launch marketplace for beats and loops where licensing and terms are negotiated. “We are proud to have J. Cole join Beatclub,” Timbaland said in […]
Mustard might have every right to be “Paranoid” right now. The Grammy-nominated producer took to Instagram Stories to call out a stylist he said was only a “personal shopper” for himself and his wife. He claimed Karissa Walker used his credit cards to buy herself items totaling over $50,000—or perhaps as much as $100K or more—in the […]
In a new interview with The Coda Collection, Lupe Fiasco recalled a time in which L.A. Reid advised Kanye West to stay behind the scenes as a producer instead of segueing from that position into rapping. Consider this one of those alternate reality scenarios. In the interview, which was conduced by Andrew Barber of Fake […]
