Rhymesayers 25th concert will take place later this year. Rhymesayers Entertainment has made major strides as an independent label, especially when it comes down to putting on for Twin Cities hip-hop. Although the local scene hasn’t grown in prominence in the way a New York, Atlanta or an L.A. is, their independent grind has continuously put a spotlight on otherwise underground talent. Since 2008, the label has sponsored the annual Soundset hip-hop festival in the Minneapolis-Saint Paul area. As it grew over the past twelve years, some of rap’s biggest names have hit the stage such as Lil Wayne,...
Teams put on for Mamba. Sunday, no sphere could have possibly felt the impact of Kobe Bryant’s death greater than the NBA and the teams that were tasked with taking to the hardwood shortly after news broke of Kobe Bryant’s death. While total cancellation of the league’s Sunday’s matches seemed to be in the top requests of fans, such an outcome couldn’t have been feasible. In response, however, teams across the league opted to honor the Black Mamba by holding 24-second and 8-second violations in honor of Bryant’s No. 8 and No. 24 jersey numbers. Naturally, crowds gathered across the...
With his very first single, Lil Nas X won a Grammy. After peaking on the 19th spot of the Billboard Hot Country Songs chart last year, Billboard disqualified Lil Nas X’s single “Old Town Road” from the chart claiming that the song did not ‘fit the genre.’ Now, billions of streams later, peaking at the number one spot in ten different countries, and staying number one on the Billboard Hot 100 Songs chart for a record-breaking nineteen weeks, Lil Nas X is the most prominent figure in all of music today. Now, to add insult to injury, Lil Nas X has...
The Grammys pay their respects. The 62nd annual Grammy Awards kicked off with one electrifying performance from Lizzo as she songstress ran through her top hits of the past year, highlighting one of the past year’s greatest success stories. Soon after, however, host Alicia Keys would take to the stage to pay her respects to Kobe Bryant inside Staples Center, or as Keys referred to it, the “house that Kobe Bryant built.” She made reference to the tragic passing of Bryant, his daughter Gianna and seven other individuals who lost their lives in a fiery helicopter crash Sunday morning...
Foodgod Caught up in Burger Joint’s Downfall He may only answer to the name “Foodgod,” but Jonathan Cheban, the Russian-born TV personality and entrepreneur-turned-foodie, is having a not-so-heavenly experience as the face of the popular burger joint Burgerim. The company has gone belly-up, its Israeli owner has fled the country, employees haven’t been paid in months and thousands of investors have lost tens of thousands of dollars. Best known for his close relationship with the Kardashian family and appearances on Keeping up with the Kardashians, Foodgod became the official spokesperson of Burgerim last year, posting rave reviews of the...
New updates on the tragic death of Kobe, Gianna Bryant, and others. The world is undoubtedly heavier following news of the sudden passing of Kobe Bryant’s early Sunday morning in Los Angeles. In the swarm of news and reports following the icon’s passing, it’s been a task to sift through the facts surrounding the helicopter crash that took his life. Since then, it has been confirmed that Bryant was traveling with his 13-year-old daughter Gianna Bryant who also tragically passed away in the crash as the duo was traveling to Thousand Oaks for a match at Bryant’s Mamba Academy. Per CNN,...
21 Savage and J. Cole are officially Grammy Award-winning artists. Last year, 21 Savage had one of the most bizarre moments in hip-hop history when he was arrested and detained by ICE and it was discovered that the Atlanta-based rapper is an immigrant from the United Kingdom. All of this took place just days after the release of the music video for his single “a lot.” At the time, the 27-year-old emcee was coming off of the success of his sophomore studio album, I Am > I Was (2018), and his single featuring Dreamville head honcho, J. Cole had just began to dominate throughout...
James was visibly emotion while exiting the team plane. The world continues to process the tragic news of a helicopter crash in Calabasas that took the lives of nine people, including Kobe Bryant, his daughter Gianna, her teammate Alyssa Altobelli and her parents Orange Coast College baseball coach John Altobelli and Keri Altobelli. The pilot and the remaining three victims are still unidentified. Naturally, the world of basketball and beyond has expressed their condolences with remarks from the likes of Michael Jordan, Shaquille O’Neal, Magic Johnson among the flood of statements in light of the news. Notable, Lebron James has not...
Eminem’s “Music To Be Murdered By” is his tenth number one album. When Eminem released Revival in 2017, his fans and critics alike were wary of the rapper’s relevance to today’s broad musical climate. The following year, the Detroit-native responded to criticism of the record with the release of Kamikaze (2018) and proved to the masses that his pen was just as prominent as it ever was. Now, one week following the drop of his surprise LP, Music To Be Murdered By (2020), Billboard has revealed that Eminem’s latest musical offering has officially debuted at number one on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums...
The world lost one of its greatest athletes, while Shaq lost a brother. The world lost one of its greatest and most accomplished athletes in Kobe Bryant who tragically passed away alongside his daughter Gianna Maria Onoren in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California, Sunday morning (Jan. 26). The 41-year-old is one of the most decorated NBA players of all-time earning a total of five NBA Championships, two Olympic Gold medals, eighteen NBA All-Star honors, and one Most Valuable Player Award. However, while his accomplishments might be revered by the general public and basketball enthusiasts, the people that were closest to him...