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Doja Cat raps Nicki Minaj song from hospital after tonsil surgery
Doja Cat has shared a video of herself rapping a Nicki Minaj verse from her hospital bed after undergoing tonsil surgery. Last month the rapper announced that she was cancelling her 2022 live dates, including festival shows and a tour with The Weeknd, to recover from the surgery. It came after the artist tweeted that her “whole throat is fucked” after the surgery, and that she “might have some bad news for y’all coming soon”. Advertisement In the new video, she raps Minaj’s verse on Trey Songz‘s ‘Bottoms Up’ while recovering in her hospital bed. See the post below, alongside other...
Eminem says rapping about mental health and addiction was “therapeutic”
Eminem has discussed rapping about mental health and addiction in his music, calling the process “therapeutic”. The rapper has been open about his issues with substance abuse and mental health problems throughout his career. Speaking to Westside Boogie on Shade 45’s Sway In The Morning radio show, Eminem was asked how speaking about these issues so openly has changed his life. Advertisement He responded: “Well, I think that’s, that’s one of the great things about rap music is that, you know, you could put so much of your life in it. I was just trying to figure out how to...
Listen to Aitch and Bakar team up on new single ‘In Disguise’
Aitch and Bakar have shared their new collaborative single, ‘In Disguise’ – you can listen to the track below. The Manchester rapper and the London-based singer/songwriter have teamed up for the song, which will feature on the former’s forthcoming debut album ‘Close To Home’. READ MORE: Aitch: “My debut will 100,000 per cent be a proper Manchester album” ‘In Disguise’ follows on from Aitch’s previous album previews ‘1989’ (which samples The Stones Roses’ ‘Fools Gold’) and the Ashanti-featuring ‘Baby’. Advertisement You can listen to Aitch and Bakar’s ‘In Disguise’ below. Aitch will head out on a UK and Ireland tour...
The Chemical Brothers rumoured for secret set at Glastonbury 2022
The Chemical Brothers are among the rumoured acts who could be playing a secret set at Glastonbury 2022 this weekend. The Worthy Farm festival is returning for the first time since 2019 this week, with gates opening on Wednesday (June 22). READ MORE: The 50 greatest Glastonbury moments… ever! As well as the many advertised acts on the Glastonbury 2022 line-up, there are a number of special, to-be-confirmed guests who will be joining the festival bill – including Sunday slots (June 26) on the John Peel Stage and The Park Stage. Advertisement George Ezra looks set to be playing...
How LGBTQ+ Artists Made TikTok A Space For Sharing Their Stories
In honor of Pride Month, MTV News set out to spotlight the LGBTQ+ artists creating the contemporary anthems that soundtrack queer spaces and report on the new frontiers in today’s streaming landscape helping them to do so. As we did last year, we’ve also set out to profile emerging LGBTQ+ artists and celebrate established ones making waves. Welcome to Queer Music Week. By Max Freedman Once upon a time, the Oakland ukulele-pop musician Mxmtoon thought TikTok was an app for, as she tells MTV News, “8-year-olds who play Fortnite.” That changed when her 2019 single “Prom Dress” went viral on...
The Mars Volta appear to be teasing new music at a Los Angeles installation
The Mars Volta appear to be teasing a reunion and new music at a new ‘Voltacube’ installation in Los Angeles. The band released six studio albums between 2003 and 2012, before splitting in 2013 after founding members Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López fell out. They quickly made amends and formed a new band, Antemasque. They also revamped their pre-Mars Volta outfit, At-the-Drive-In, for a new album in 2017. A Mars Volta reunion has been hinted at by the band several times in recent years. In 2019, vocalist Bixler-Zavala effectively confirmed it when he told a fan on Twitter that “it’s happening”. In a...
Biffy Clyro announce huge UK and Ireland tour for November
Biffy Clyro have announced details of a UK and Ireland arena tour for November – you can find out ticket details below. READ MORE: Biffy Clyro: Cultural Sons Of Scotland review: homegrown heroes head back to their roots The news follows on from the Scottish trio’s recent headline set at Download Festival, with the band set to celebrate their 2020 album ‘A Celebration Of Endings’ and 2021’s ‘The Myth Of The Happily Ever After’ at the gigs. Biffy will be joined by Architects on all of the dates of their UK and Ireland tour, which will kick off in...
Bebe Rexha hints at remix of ‘Break My Heart Myself’ with ITZY
Bebe Rexha and ITZY may soon be releasing a new remix of the former’s 2021 single ‘Break My Heart Myself’. READ MORE: NCT Dream on ‘Beatbox’: “We have this music that’s uniquely our own” Last week, American singer-songwriter Bebe Rexha began hinting about a potential collaboration with K-pop girl group ITZY, on a remix of her 2021 track ‘Break My Heart Myself’. “Let’s get @ITZYofficial on the remix of break my heart myself!!!!” she wrote. Let’s get @ITZYofficial on the remix of break my heart myself!!!! — Bebe Rexha (@BebeRexha) June 14, 2022 Advertisement A day later, Bebe teased...
Pusha T and No Malice reunite Clipse for first time in over a decade
Clipse – the duo consisting of Pusha T and his brother No Malice – reunited on stage this weekend for the first time in over a decade. The pair, who last performed live together in 2010, played a set as part of Pharrell‘s Something In The Water festival, appearing during a headline billing dubbed ‘Pharrell and Phriends’. READ MORE: Pusha T: “I’ve won the wars. I have withstood everything” Back in 2020, Pusha T shut down rumours that he was planning to reform Clipse. The duo last released an album in 2009, though Pusha and Malice teamed up on Kanye...Recent Posts
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