Kendrick asks, “What would Kobe do?” While we should regard death as just another facet of life on Earth, it never gets any easier to stomach. This much was true when the world received news of the death of Kobe Bryant and eight others, including his daughter Gianna, in a helicopter crash earlier on Sunday morning in Calabasas. Among those who were publicly moved by the tragedy to strike immediate change in their own life was Kendrick Perkins who took to Twitter on Sunday to make a public plea to Kevin Durant, extending an apology and hoping to put...
22Gz spits fire on Funk Flex. Flatbush, N.Y., native 22Gz, a pioneer of the exploding Brooklyn drill scene, displayed his uncanny lyricism with some rapid fire word plays on a recent Funkmaster Flex freestyle show on New York’s Hot 97 radio station. The 22-year-old rapper, who beat a 2017 charge of murder in Miami, started out by rapping over fellow Brooklyn star Fivio Foreign’s viral “Big Drip” beat. His freestyle dripped with references of Brooklyn landmarks like Ebbets Field, the one-time home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, the Marcus Garvey housing projects, and the Barclays Center — proof that Brooklyn...
Nike and Undercover are back for more. Undercover is one of Nike’s favorite collaborators as every year, they come through with some new shoes for the masses. These collabs can range from high profile to more lowkey releases. Regardless of stock numbers, these collaborations are always fire and sneakerheads are constantly looking forward to them. Now, Nike and Undercover have teamed up on the Nike React Presto which is a silhouette that was released last year. For those who don’t know, this silhouette is a retooling of the original Presto except this particular model has React technology packed into...
Patriotic Answer V Low rumored to debut this summer. Reebok and Allen Iverson have plans to release several different Answer V Low colorways this year, including some of the OG styles and never before seen designs. Among them, a patriotic “USA” iteration that is expected to launch this summer in celebration of the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan. Reebok Much like the mid-cut model, the Reebok Answer V Low features that unmistakeable shroud that extends up from the sole and through the side panels. The patriotic colorway opts for a white tumbled leather construction, highlighted by blue stars...
Is George R.R. Martin about to flip the script? It’s no secret that the final season of HBO’s Game Of Thrones was not exactly met with favorable reviews. In fact, quite the opposite; the vitriol surrounding it was enough to send showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss into hiding. In response, many fans turned to George R.R. Martin for salvation, a solution that comes equipped with its own set of frustrations. For one, the last book in the series was published in 2011, in tandem with the show’s first season. It’s been nearly a decade now, and sixth installment Winds Of Winter is...
On Thursday, Lil Wayne announced his 13th album Funeral would be dropping on January 31. The tracklist for Funeral may have leaked. If this tracklist is correct, Funeral features Halsey, Corey Gunz, Gudda Gudda, Big Sean, Trippie Redd, JAY-Z, Nicki Minaj and both DaBaby and Lil Baby. Do you think that's the tracklist? No Drake and yes JAY-Z is interesting. View this post on Instagram 1/31 A post shared by Lil Wayne (@liltunechi) on Jan 23, 2020 at 3:18pm PST Posted In: Rumors Lil Wayne
RIP NIP & MAMBA. Ahead of Sunday evening, the Grammys lined up a tribute to the late Nipsey Hussle nearly a year after his shooting death in March of last year. Tragically, his tribute would find itself making room for two as he was ultimately projected alongside Kobe Bryant after the basketball legend passed away earlier in the day. The lineup of artists set to honor Nip’s found itself being all-too-fitting, however, as Los Angeles’ YG and Roddy Ricch found themselves among collaborators Meek Mill, DJ Khaled, John Legend and gospel mainstay Kirk Franklin as they led an emotional...
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...