Tag Archives: hip-hop

Many people have found themselves back in their hometowns this year, grappling with a rapidly changing, unpredictable world from environs they’ve known all their lives. For Spillage Village — the musical collective consisting of chameleonic duo Earthgang; nimble rhymer J.I.D; soulful singer Mereba; producers Hollywood JB and Benji; charismatic rapper …

Chance the Rapper logged on to Twitter Monday to share some thoughts on the 2020 presidential election. The rapper seems to not care for Joe Biden as the Democratic nominee and asked his 8 million followers why they would choose the former Vice President over Kanye West or even Donald …

Mike Dean is best known as a secret weapon. The Houston-born producer’s credits are bedecked with mythical artists: he taught Selena how to sing in the 80s, shaped the sound of Scarface and the Geto Boys in the 90s, has worked on every Kanye West album, and, since then, has …

There is a thriving new genre of internet videos that document rap superstar Lil Uzi Vert descending from his celebrity perch to mingle with the people — walking (or running) among us, casually interfacing with his fans on sidewalks, at department stores, amusement parks, and festival grounds. When the flow …

Seasons change: every Hot Girl Summer must turn into a Mad As Hell Winter. So Megan Thee Stallion chose the right moment to break free. Her 9-song EP Suga drops just as the Houston rap goddess goes to war with her label 1501 Certified Entertainment, calling her contract “not only …

Lil Uzi Vert portrays an office worker whose day becomes increasingly more mysterious and disturbing in the new trailer for his upcoming album, Eternal Atake. The release date for the long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s Luv Is Rage 2 has not been officially announced. Co-directed by Gibson Hazard and Lil Uzi …

Lil Peep was not pleased when he first received the final mixes of his Goth Angel Sinner EP. “I keep reflecting on this moment on the tour bus when Peep heard the studio edits that I had done with the [British production trio] Invisible Men in London, and he absolutely …

Chance the Rapper‘s debut album, The Big Day, is set to arrive July 26th. The rapper went on The Tonight Show to reveal the news to host Jimmy Fallon, who agreed to pre-order the album in return for Chance spilling the title, release date and cover art. The album had …

Nicki Minaj frolics in a jungle setting complete with a green Lamborghini, cozies up to a paramour in intimate locales and get a twerk party started in her new video for her upbeat, island rhythms-vibed single “Megatron.” The song is her first solo music since she released her fourth studio …

As the director of publicity and marketing at Payday Records in the early 1990s, Vikki Tobak worked with acts like Jay-Z and Gang Starr as they were beginning their careers. “There was this inflection point where hip-hop started to realize its power,” Tobak says. “[Artists] realized that images — what …