Tag Archives: hip-hop

Kay Flock has enlisted Cardi B, Bory300 and fellow Bronx MC Dougie B for new drill song “Shake It.” The track arrived on Thursday at midnight alongside a high-octane video. The Jochi Saca, Alex and Tristan Demic-directed clip features the rappers inside and outside a convenience store as they deliver …

In late January, the 20-year-old musician PinkPantheress posted a grainy TikTok video at her home in South London. Set to her song “Pain,” the 12-second clip was remarkable in its mundanity. She sits at her computer while obscuring her face with a block of text that reads: “day 11 of …

One of the standout films from this year’s Tribeca Film Festival wasAll the Streets Are Silent, adocumentary about the intersection between skateboarding and hip-hop in New York in the 1980s and Nineties. On paper, 1990s East Coast hip-hop has been dissected ad infinitum in countless books, TV shows and films …

When Rolling Loud Miami’s 2021 return was announced, it felt like every rap star in the country was on the bill. The 130-artist line-up included hot names like Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, and Playboi Carti; veterans like Fetty Wap, Gucci Mane, and T-Pain; and newbies like Morray, Ken The …

It’s fitting that Azealia Banks, a perennial magnet for both warranted and unwarranted controversy, has leaned into making music for the club. If her years in the public eye have proven anything, it’s that she’s too raw for the bright lights of pop fame. Her smattering of singles since the …

Nicki Minaj‘s Beam Me Up Scotty mixtape is now available for the first time on streaming services. Originally released in 2009, the new streaming version is expanded with new tracks, including “Seeing Green” featuring Drake and Lil Wayne, “Fractions,” and her remix of Skillibeng’s “Crocodile Teeth.” “Bitches act like they …

At 36, Buffalo rapper Benny the Butcher is a sort of old head in the genre, where artists with wild energy and disparate stories break young. Benny’s been working at it since the mid-Aughts, but didn’t manage to cut through the noise nationally until his 2018 mixtape Tana Talk 3. …

Lil Baby performed “The Bigger Picture” at the 2021 Grammy awards and made a powerful statement about police brutality. He was joined onstage by Atlanta rapper Killer Mike, an often outspoken advocate for Black people. Activist Tamika Malloryand actor Kendrick Sampson also made appearances. The performance opened with Sampson being …

First-round Grammy voting gets underway on September 30th and runs through October 12th. For our 2021 Grammy preview issue, we asked a series of likely contenders for next year’s awards to reflect on their past experiences at the ceremony, look ahead to the future, and discuss the albums and singles …

Juice WRLD‘s estate has dropped the new video for the pleading new song, “Tell Me U Luv Me,” which features Trippie Redd. It’s the late rapper’s second posthumous single. On the new track, Juice WRLD blends his fondness for narcotics with feelings of love. “Bitch, I’m a druggie/Can you hide …