Category Archives: Pop/Hip Hop/R&B

Black Star Performs ‘The Main Thing Is To Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing’ On ‘SNL’

In their second Saturday Night Live performance of the night, Black Star took the stage with producer Madlib to perform “The Main Thing Is To Keep The Main Thing The Main Thing” from their album, No Fear Of Time. During the performance, Talib Kweli and Yasiin Bey rap in tandem, throwing rose petals on the […]

J Prince Receives Backlash for Takeoff Memorial

J Prince is garnering backlash for his flowery memorial to Takeoff. On Friday (Nov. 11), while friends and family were gathering at the funeral services for Takeoff in Atlanta, J Prince and his family honored the late Migos rapper with a memorial outside 810 Billiards and Bowling in Houston, where the shooting took place. In […]

Cardi B Posts A Heartbreaking Tribute To Takeoff

Cardi B posted a touching tribute to the late rapper Takeoff on social media, following his Atlanta funeral this afternoon. Takeoff, as a member of Migos, was also a relative to Quavo and Cardi B’s husband, Offset, making the loss all the more personal for those involved. In the Instagram post, she included a number […]

KOTA the Friend Drops New Single and Video for ‘RED LIGHTS’ With an Upbeat Pop Sound

Today, independent hip-hop artist and producer Kota the Friend released the single, ‘RED LIGHTS’ with a video that includes his 5 year old son. The single is a song that will possibly appear on his upcoming album, Lyrics to Go Volume IV, which will be released in early 2023. ‘Red Lights’ is a single that […]

Rappers Who Served in the Military

Hip-hop and the U.S. military have a checkered relationship, to say the least. Being born out of the slums of urban America and fueled by its often impoverished conditions, hip-hop culture has always been anti-establishment, with a disregard for authority and corruption. Even some of hip-hop’s more influential figures like Muhammad Ali, who helped spark […]

Fivio Foreign And Rvssian Share Their ‘1 On 3’ Video

On his newest single, “1 On 3,” drill rapper Fivio Foreign teams up with Latin music producer Rvssian to deliver scorching bars over a drill beat with elements of Latin horns. The song clocks in at under two minutes, but Fivio does not miss a beat on Rvssian‘s invigorating track. “That tough sh*t not gon’ […]

It’s Official! – Mavis Swan Poole’s Latest Release “The Assignment” is Pure Melodic Fire!

Crowned “Little Ella” by the late legendary trombonist Curtis Fuller,Award winning Vocal Musician MAVIS SWAN POOLE hasgenerated quite a buzz on the international music scene. She isgraced with an unrivaled brilliance of shattering genre barriers withher rich and smoky sound. Poole is known for being one of the firstjazz/soul Vocalists to employ her ability to […]

Is Offset’s New Solo Album Blame It On Set Releasing Tonight?

Offset is understandably dealing with bigger issues than music following the death of his bandmate and cousin Takeoff, which leaves the question: Is his sophomore solo album, which is being called Blame It on Set, dropping tonight? Offset first appeared to announce the album back on Aug. 16, when he posted what many believed to be […]

R&B’S NEW MAVEN CEDRIC BRAZLE REVEALS UPCOMING THRILLING FOLLOW-UP SINGLE TITLED “RUSH”

R&B’s smooth crooner Cedric Brazle, introduces a new head-knocking record thatcaptures him yearning for physical affection in the most beguiling way. In his new singletitled “Rush”, produced by stevexcooper, we find Cedric racing against the clock toshare an intimate moment with his lover. Touted as ‘sexy vintage soul with modernflourishes’, Cedric sings: “Pack lite we […]

Doja Cat Asks Elon Musk To Help Change Her Twitter Display Name

They sure don’t make Twitter like they used to, eh? A lot has been changing on the social media platform in a very short period of time since Elon Musk purchased Twitter for $44 billion and instantly made himself the company’s CEO and “Twitter Complaint Hotline Operator.” The latter is a title he assigned himself […]