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With new album It’s Almost Dry almost live for the masses, Pusha-T is continuing the generous rollout with a rundown of the albums that have most influenced him. As seen in a Hot 97-shared clip on Tuesday, King Push was recently asked by DJ Bobby Trends to name five such albums. More specifically, Trends asked […]

Flying Lotus reveals his identity as mysterious rapper Captain Murphy while performing with Earl Sweatshirt at The Low End Theory. Rumors swirled when an unknown rapper named Captain Murphy hit the blogs with an Earl Sweatshirt collaboration in July of 2012. Released on Adult Swim’s Singles Program, the Sweatshirt-assisted track “Between Friends” was followed by […]

ComplexCon returns to Long Beach Nov. 6 – 7 with hosts J. Balvin and Kristen Noel Crawley, performances by A$AP Rocky and Turnstile, and more shopping and drops. Secure your spot while tickets last! Buy tickets DJ Quik is understandably unhappy about new accusations from Keefe D, who says Quik was involved in the Notorious […]

Five years after claiming that 2Pac and the Notorious B.I.G. were overrated, Lil Yachty shared what he learned from the experience with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe in an April interview.  “I never meant to disrespect. I was just being honest,” the 23-year-old rapper told Lowe. “I didn’t have no media training, right? All I knew was to be an honest person. So someone asked me about […]

Funko enthusiasts! The company behind the beloved Pop! vinyl figures—which feature adorable, usually-emotionless faced figures that beautifully recreate the best pop culture moments in the worlds of Hollywood, music, and more—is set to debut a brand new premium vinyl figure line later this year, and we’ve got all the details on it thus far. Dubbed […]

Kith has shared more details on its charitable partnership with the Biggie Smalls estate. On Wednesday, the NYC-based brand announced it will donate proceeds from its upcoming Biggie collection to six different schools in Brooklyn where the legendary rapper was born and raised. The effort, made in collaboration with the Christopher Wallace Estate, will help provide students with books, technology, […]

Snoop Dogg hopped on a video chat with Fatman Scoop on Wednesday to share stories of his friendship with Biggie, how he met the legendary rapper, and other classic hip-hop tales that he has gathered over the years. Snoop shared the emotions he saw coming from the Notorious B.I.G. right after 2Pac was murdered, saying he could see the hurt in […]

The family of late rapper the Notorious B.I.G. is taking a Swiss snowboarding company to court for unlawfully using Biggie’s image on their products. On Monday, The Blast obtained court documents stating that the company created by Biggie’s mother Voletta Wallace and widow Faith Evans are suing the Swiss-based Yes. Snowboards. According to reports, the Notorious B.I.G., […]

Ambitions are high on team Juice WRLD ahead of the release of Death Race for Love, his sophomore album out Friday through Interscope. Juice already told fans last month that he has designs on these new songs completely flipping the script. “March is the month I pick the WRLD up and turn it upside down,” he […]

The block in Brooklyn where the Notorious B.I.G.  was raised will be renamed to honor the life and work of the late rapper. Located on a portion of St. James Place between Gates Avenue and Fulton Street, the street will be changed to Christopher Wallace Way (his legal name).  On Wednesday, Brooklyn Community Board 2 voted […]