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TDE’s secret weapon Reason joined the Everyday Struggle crew to talk about the release of his latest project New Beginning’s, give a status update on when the elusive Kendrick Lamar‘s next album might drop, and clarifies some comments he was previously quoted on about Top Dawg Entertainment going through a “weird time,” among other things. While talking with Nadeska, Akademiks, and […]

Top Dawg Entertainment is linking with the Think Watts Foundation to host “Above and Beyond,” a one-day event in which they will distribute free healthy food to people in the Watts community. Beyond Meat, The Harold Robinson Foundation, and HACLA are sponsoring the event, which will go down on Wednesday June 10. Aqua Equity, Community Healing Gardens, GodissLove, […]

Kendrick Lamar has been relatively quiet throughout 2019 other than appearing on a handful of collaborative cuts and playing a few gigs here and there—the most recent of which was the Day N Vegas music festival that sparked a bizarre conspiracy theory. Although the Grammy-winning rapper hasn’t gone completely MIA, there’s no doubt his international fan base is hungry for […]

It seems the Top Dawg Entertainment family has lost a key member. According to Rolling Stone, Dave Free has parted ways with TDE more than a decade after becoming the label’s co-president. Two anonymous insiders claim Free has been “working on his own for several months,” and is now assisting Baby Keem’s career development.  Free took on the co-president role […]

SZA is getting some well-earned tweeted admiration after a fan recalled “the nicest thing” anyone’s ever done for them. In response to a tweet from Venture Communications CEO Arlene Dickinson asking followers “What’s the nicest thing anyone has ever done for you,” SZA fan @leahjavon looked back on the TDE artist kindly offering her multi-faceted assistance […]

Top Dawg Entertainment’s SiR made a significant splash with his 2018 album November, and now he’s back with its proper follow-up. Chasing Summer sees the Inglewood artist further expand upon his sound, with a smooth delivery and slick production. Features on the project include Kendrick Lamar, Smino, Kadhja Bonet, Lil Wayne, Sabrina Claudio, Jill Scott, and Zacari, which production comes from Boi-1da, […]

For his latest CrasH Talk interview, Schoolboy Q sat down with Ebro Darden for a Beats 1 conversation spanning the early days of Top Dawg Entertainment to his feelings regarding the way select outlets have covered the death of Nipsey Hussle. “I get mad people telling me ‘You need to leave TD, they don’t do […]

Mac Miller and Nipsey Hussle get special shout-outs in the liner notes for Schoolboy Q‘s latest. In the CrasH Talk booklet, Q sends a special message of gratitude to both artists, whose tragic deaths partially inspired the album’s delayed release. “A song or an interview won’t explain How mucH of a brutHa u was,” Q […]

Blank Face LP, Schoolboy Q‘s excellent summer 2016 album, will mercifully be getting its follow-up this year with CrasH Talk. In a new interview conducted on the golf course at Calabasas Country Club, Q has credited both the calming game and his Top Dawg family with helping him push through creative difficulties to present fans with his 14-track […]

Don’t come for SZA. The singer wasn’t having any negative comments on a recent post of herself holding a baby. When a follower questioned her blanket-ensconced look, asking if she was homeless, SZA decided to fire back.   SZA’s lack of tolerance for games doesn’t just extend to internet randoms. She shared a shot of a […]