G Herbo takes a moment to pay tribute to the late Juice Wrld. Juice Wrld may be gone, but he will surely not be forgotten any time soon. The late Chicago-bred rapper has been immortalized not only in his music, but by way of his many friends and family, who keep him in their thoughts constantly. Just yesterday, Juice’s girlfriend, Ally Lotti, shared a tribute in respect to the rapper. It seems this is the case every other week, with artists constantly reflecting on the good soul that was Juice and his contributions to the rap game. Despite his career being...
J. Cole’s Dreamville compilation album “Return Of The Dreamers 3” is officially platinum. The Dreamville camp has reached another milestone as a label and a collective. 2019 was a major year for the crew, especially with the release of Revenge Of The Dreamers 3. Serving as the third compilation project released from the label, they took it up a notch in comparison to the first two installments by rallying up rappers, producers, singers, and songwriters into the studio for 10 days. It was essentially a rap camp that eventually earned two Grammy nods. Today, they’ve received some even better news. The...
Police busted Smoove’L after he ran a red light in Bed-Stuy. As Brooklyn’s drill scene continues to flourish, rapper Smoove’L has slowly been one of the newcomers to keep an eye out for. He’s caught a serious buzz but unfortunately, in the midst of his success, he has found himself in some legal trouble. According to Page Six, the rapper was busted after being stopped by police for running a red light and caught a weapons charge. Police said Smoove’L was driving in a black Suburban in Brooklyn’s Bed-Stuy neighborhood when he ran a red light before 5:45 p.m....
Chance The Rapper takes a moment to reflect on his first number one hit, thanking DJ Khaled, Lil Wayne, Quavo, and Justin Bieber in the process. An artist can go years before amassing a number-one hit to their name, if they manage to do so at all — for Chance The Rapper, who originally won hearts on his debut mixtape Acid Rap, that fateful day arose the moment he linked up with DJ Khaled. In 2017, Khaled dropped off his Grateful album, ringing it in with the release of “I’m The One,” a stacked track featuring Justin Bieber, Lil Wayne, Quavo, and Chance...
Heems of Swet Shop Boys and formerly Das Racist reveals that his father has passed away from COVID-19. Heems is an Indian-American rapper who was once apart of famed yet semi-controversial rap group Das Racist, which formed in Brooklyn, New York before disbanding circa 2012. Nonetheless Heems has continued his journey as an artist, going on to form Swet Shop Boys alongside Riz Ahmed. Last year, he actually came out as queer. Today, Heems is in the news for an entirely different reason, but it’s one we’ve grown all too familiar with in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Heems’...
XXXTentacion’s song “Moonlight” is close to becoming his third song with over a billion streams on Spotify. XXXTentacion was a generational talent and he was unfortunately taken away from the world far too soon. As we near the two-year anniversary of his shooting death, the artist is getting closer and closer to reaching a new milestone on Spotify. With 958 million streams total, XXXTentacion’s song “Moonlight” has become one of the top hundred songs of all-time on Spotify, joining two more of his hit records. The rapper, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, already hit the billion-streams mark for “SAD!” and...
Tomi Lahren once again drew backlash over a particularly incendiary take, this time likening social distancing measures to slavery. At this point, it feels like a damned if you do, damned if you don’t type of deal whilst covering Tomi Lahren. On one hand, some of her takes appear clearly designed to stir up controversy through sheer provocation, thus providing further coverage for her page. On the other, those types of tone-deaf takes can feel important to highlight nevertheless, given how deeply they highlight the divide between political demographics in American society. Rich Polk/Getty Images Seeing as the entire United...
Chicago is in the news once again, as the host of yet another house party ignoring all guidelines about COVID-19. Over the weekend, we reported on how residents in the city of Chicago decided to ignore the advice of health professionals and engage in a house party, where there were over 1,000 attendees– which could essentially make it a breeding ground to spread Coronavirus. The party antics quickly went viral as clips inside the jam-packed house were shared on social media. Now, Chicago is back in the news for similar antics. Another house party went down in the windy city, it...
We already know LeBron James will be a big fan of this but are you feeling the leaked preview of Migos’ new song “Taco Tuesday?” It sounds like one of the most popular rap groups in recent history is making a return soon as the Migos are looking set to take over with their new single “Taco Tuesday.” The trio has been working on a new mixtape during quarantine, which is set to arrive before Culture III, and an unreleased song from Quavo, Offset, and Takeoff has just surfaced online. Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images The song is called “Taco Tuesday”...
Even though America has reached over a million Coronavirus cases, Trump wants schools to reopen. The coronavirus pandemic hasn’t been getting any better in the United States. Even though it was reported that the U.S. has reached over a million cases of coronavirus, the president is adamant about reopening the economy and getting the country back on its feet again. Most recently, Trump hopped on a call to urge the governors in the nation to “seriously consider” starting schools up again, CNN reports. Alex Wong/Getty Images According to a phone call, Trump reportedly has pushed for schools to reopen...