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On this day in Hip-Hop history, Notorious B.I.G. released his second album, Life After Death. The double LP was released posthumously by Bad Boy Records. Biggie, who was killed two weeks prior to its release, was nominated for three Grammy’s for this project: Best Rap Album, Best Rap Solo Performance for “Hypnotize” and Best Rap Performance […]
The state of Tennessee has become the first in the nation to protect music artists against the dangers of artificial intelligence. Yesterday (Thursday) in Nashville, Governor Bill Lee signed the Ensuring Likeness Voice and Image Security Act of 2024, or ELVIS Act. It expands the state’s old publicity law to cover synthetic voices, images or […]
Chicago’s iconic music festival, Lollapalooza, is back with a stellar lineup for 2024. Headliners include SZA, Tyler, The Creator, blink-182, The Killers, Future X Metro Boomin, Hozier, Stray Kids, Melanie Martinez, and Skrillex. The four-day extravaganza, set to take place from August 1-4 at Grant Park, promises over 170 bands across eight stages. Fans can […]
Cardi B might be one of our generation’s most prominent female artists, but she’s also one of the realist. Most recently, the “Bodak Yellow” rapper dropped her newest single and video, “Enough,” which also means doing select interviews to promote the new release. Over the weekend, Cardi B’s interview with Million Dollaz Worth of Game was […]
Adidja Azim Palmer, better known as Vybz Kartel, has a reason to celebrate as his long-standing murder conviction has been overturned by a judge in Jamaica. Last February, Vybz Kartel petitioned to go before the privy council to plead his case, but that petition was denied. After petitioning again, over the summer, he was granted […]
The House of Representatives voted yesterday, March 13, 2024, to pass a bill that could ban TikTok in the United States. Republicans and Democrats voted overwhelmingly, 352-65, to pass the legislation which would give the president the power to designate certain social media apps under the control of foreign adversaries as national security threats. If […]
North West is diving deeper into her music career. Appearing with Ye at the Vultures 2 experience in Phoenix, North revealed she has been working on her album, Elementary School Dropout. “I’ve been working on an album and it is called Elementary School Dropout,” she said on stage. You can see the moment below.
On this day, 33 years ago, the cult-classic crime thriller New Jack City arrived in theaters across America. The story of the rise and fall of Nino Brown and the Cash Money Brothers has continued inspired Hip Hop culture for a quarter-century and continues to permeate the culture that made it a success. New Jack City came about […]
On this date in 1995, Dr. Dre and producer Sam Sneed put together the lead single “Keep Their Heads Ringin’” from silver screen hood favorite Friday. Within two months, the Death Row Records-owned single was certified gold and appeared on Death Row’s Greatest Hits just a year later. The F. Gary Gray-directed video of the single features […]
Comic View is back! Remember that show? Yes, it’s coming back and will be streaming on BET+. o here’s what happened. The comic show just vanished from BET 16 years ago. Like poof, gone. Now it’s resurrected for a four-episode BET+ extravaganza, hosted by none other than Mike Epps. Oh but wait, the revival show was […]