Early in 2018, as he neared the completion of a new album, the Chicago rapper Saba took a moment to review his work-in-progress. “I was listening with one of the producers and he actually pointed it out: ‘Damn dude, all of these songs are about Walt,’” Saba, 24, remembers. “I …
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For a week at the end of May, rap fans obsessed over the latest skirmish in a long-simmering feud between Pusha-T and Drake. Pusha-T attacked first on “Infrared,” the final song on the Kanye West-produced Daytona, questioning Drake’s ability to write his own raps without ever mentioning the Canadian superstar …
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Drake‘s ambition grows more grandiose every year. In 2017, he released the genre-hopping, 22-song More Life playlist, which sounded like an attempt to conquer every sector of popular music at once. He one-upped himself last Friday with Scorpion, a 25-track double album designed to shock, awe and discombobulate. Pulpy Nineties …
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Police in Florida arrested Dedrick D. Williams in the murder of XXXTentacion Wednesday night, the Daily Newsreports. The controversial 20-year-old rapper was shot and killed earlier this week. The Broward County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the booking of 22-year-old Williams on several charges, including first degree murder, a probation violation for …
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Travis Scott has unveiled new song “Watch” featuring Kanye West and Lil Uzi Vert. The rapper teased the new single on Thursday via Twitter. He revealed the track’s artwork, which depicts contrasting imagery that includes a rollercoaster ride, a skull with fire-tipped eye sockets, flowers and a gem-encrusted watch. The …
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Cardi B‘s former manager is suing the rapper for breach of contract. Klenord “Shaft” Raphael filed the $10 million lawsuit on Thursday in U.S. district court, Variety reports. Quality Control’s Kevin Lee and Pierre Thomas, and publicist/stylist Patientce Foster are also named as defendants in the complaint. In late March, …
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The Philadelphia District Attorney’s office said it was “unopposed” to rapper Meek Mill‘s release from prison on bail, The Philadelphia Inquirer reports. A motion prosecutors filed on Wednesday stated there is a “strong likelihood” the rapper’s conviction would be reversed. The news came the same day Rolling Stone published anexclusive …
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Brooklyn rap trio Flatbush Zombies unveiled a vicious new single, “Headstone,” from their upcoming album, Vacation in Hell, out April 6th. It also released a black-and-white video for the track directed by Luke Monaghan and filmed in the group’s native Flatbush, Brooklyn neighborhood. One of the group’s three MCs, Erick …
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Run the Jewels are the official ambassadors forRecord Store Day 2018, which set to take place on April 21st at independent record stores around the world. The rap duo, El-P and Killer Mike, announced the news and spoke about the importance of record stores in a short video. The bizarre …
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Lil Peep drives a crowd wild but keeps a girl on the hook in the new video for the late emo-rapper’s “Save That Shit.” Peep died of a drug overdose in November at the age of 21. The Mezzy and Heavy Rayn-directed clip is packed with shots of Lil Peep …
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