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Courtesy Founders Entertainment LLC Kendrick Lamar‘s 2023 headlining performances will now include his upcoming appearance at this year’s Governors Ball Music Festival. The rapper is set to headline the third and final day of the three-night event, which will feature performances from artists including Lil Nas X, Giveon, Pusha T and Tems. Day 1 and Day 2, headlined by Lizzo and ODESZA, respectively, will […]

ShotbyStarks of Cordell and Shiv AJay Jain of Snoop Dogg Items from Snoop Dogg and his son Cordell Broadus will be sold next month at a charity relief auction taking place during Grammy week. The rapper and his son partnered with XOUNTS Sound Systems to donate a lot that includes signed Champ Medici and Dr. Bombay sound systems, skins with […]

Jerritt Clark/Getty Images for Amazon Music A$AP Rocky is celebrating the 10-year anniversary of his debut album, Long.Live.A$AP, with the release of a new video. “Angels Pt. 2” is a reworked version of his 2014 “Angels” video, which sees the rapper and his A$AP Mob rioting and looting in New York City. The new clip features unreleased footage, […]

Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images Lil Tjay was arrested Monday following a traffic stop in the Bronx. As New York Post reports, the rapper and four other men were traveling in a Cadillac Escalade when they were pulled over for tinted windows and a missing front license plate. Cops discovered four loaded handguns in the vehicle and took the men into custody. According to TMZ, Tjay […]

Prince Williams/Filmmagic Ice Spice‘s rap career is taking off, which she knew she wanted after seeing Nicki Minaj. In an interview with XXL, she revealed she had her heart set on becoming an MC after seeing the Queens native. “When I saw Nicki, I was so mesmerized,” Ice said. “She’s the first female rapper that I seen. And […]

Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images Cardi B sat down with Jason Lee to kick off his new talk show on Revolt. In the premiere episode, she opened up about where she was when she learned that Takeoff had died. “[I] was in bed,” Cardi recalls. “We was going to go to LaLa’s party in New York, and my daughter threw up all over my costume […]

Sony Pictures The African American Film Critics Association will host the 14th annual AAFCA Awards in March, but ahead of the celebration, it has announced the winners and special honorees who’ll be presented with awards that night. Taking home Best Picture is The Woman King, directed by the winner of the Best Director category: Gina Prince-Bythewood. Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and Glass […]

Paras Griffin/Getty Images Bow Wow thinks a union is the answer to protecting the culture of hip-hop. In a tweet shared Saturday, he suggested that those in hip-hop take a page from the NBA Players Association. “Hip hop needs a board!” he wrote. “No different than the NBA [with] the players association. A committee that can set rules, keep things in […]

Christopher Polk/NBC (NOTE LANGUAGE) According to French Montana, 50 Cent was once a mastermind who profited off feuds he created. He described that particular era during a recent appearance on the My Expert Opinion podcast. “50 was picking on n***as to pick on n***as,” French alleged. “At one point, he was the biggest genius in the music industry. He would just pick […]

Cole Burston/Getty Images (NOTE LANGUAGE) Most artists have been influenced by others who came before them. In Drake‘s case, Fabolous had a major influence on his career. Taking to his Instagram Story Sunday, Drake shared a throwback picture of Fab alongside a note that revealed that he “Wouldn’t be anywhere without” the Brooklyn rapper. “Was really just taking in how much you influenced […]