Music

J. Cole has unexpectedly addressed the beef between Kendrick Lamar and Drake, as well as his decision to bow out of it, on a new song called “Port Antonio.” Released by surprise on Wednesday night (October 9), the five-minute track finds the Dreamville rapper defending his decision to step back from his brief battle with longtime friend and occasional collaborator Kendrick. “I pulled the plug because I seen where that was ’bout to go […]

Meek Mill desires to perform his classic song, “Dreams & Nightmares,” at the upcoming Presidential Debate. The debate, scheduled for September 10, will take place at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia, Meek’s hometown. As one of the city’s most prominent rappers, he’s no stranger to representing Philly on the big stage. “Dreams and Nightmares” became the anthem for the Eagles’ Super Bowl run in 2023, so perhaps Meek is hoping to […]

An old lyric notebook that belonged to a young Lil Wayne is up for auction for $5 million USD. The item is up for bids over at Moments in Time and was used by a 17-year-old Weezy in the ’90s. Lyrics to tracks such as “Grown Man,” which appeared on Tha Carter II, as well as the Hot Boys’ “We on Fire” and a doodle were some of the things scribbled on the […]

Jordan Adetunji has released a remix to his viral song “KEHLANI” featuring Kehlani herself. The song features a drill beat which Adetunji and Kehlani sing over in R&B style. While the original song was a tribute to Kehlani and her confidence as Adetunji sings “bad just like Kehlani is,” Kehlani adds her verse this time stating what she wants in a woman. She sings “I like a bitch that match my energy, […]

After linking back up with Offset for “Style Rare” earlier this summer, Gunna has dropped off the official music video for the title track from his latest album, One of Wun. Directed by Spike Jordan, the action-packed visual sees the Atlanta rapper become a basketball coach in a heated game at the Overtime Elite youth basketball league arena. In a split-screen format, Gunna plays two entirely different coaches for both teams: on one side, his character is […]

On the heels of her new album, Crash, which was released on June 21, Kehlani has finally made it over to NPR’s Tiny Desk. With the performance, the Oakland-born singer/songwriter brought her signature R&B sounds and smooth vocals to the intimate, yet popular live music series. In the performance, Kehlani starts off slow and smooth with “Night Like This” from her 2019 mixtape, While We Wait. Across the set, Kehlani also performed “Distraction” […]

Big Sean has inked a new management deal ahead of the release of his anticipated sixth studio album. After approximately a decade working under Roc Nation, the rapper has transitioned over to Brandon Silverstein’s S10 management company. S10 is still fairly new to the scene, founded as a “full-service management, music publishing, record label, TV & film, and investment company” by Silverstein in 2017 in partnership with Roc Nation. “Brandon shares the vision, […]

Kendrick Lamar returns to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart with “Not Like Us.” His Drake-aimed diss track logs its second non-consecutive week at No. 1 following the release of its official music video on July 4. “Not Like Us” received a 20% streaming boost with 53.8 million official streams, 40 million radio airplay audience impressions and 8,000 units sold in the week ending July 11. This marks Dot’s first solo multi-week Hot 100 […]

Over the weekend, Busta Rhymes performed on the 2024 Essence Festival stage in New Orleans. During his performance, he surprised fans with what appears to be his own rendition of Kendrick Lamar‘s hard-hitting “Not Like Us” diss track. The New York MC dropped a big hint that a potential unreleased remix of the track is coming. He previewed the track during his performance and fans could hear the rapper lay down his own […]