Hip-Hop GEMS
Sam Fender, the English rocker inspired by Bruce Springsteen, has officially announced his first headlining tour. The trek kicks off in Nottingham next year and continues throughout England in the Spring. The tour is in support of his sophomore album Seventeen Going Under. Tickets for the 2022 tour go on general sale next Friday 10/15/21. The tour includes a stop at the iconic Wembley Arena in London.
The 16th 2021 Hip Hop BET Awards in Atlanta at the Cobb Energy Performing Arts Center was aired live on October 5th. The show was hosted by Karlous Miller, Chico Bean, and DC Young Fly. It celebrated the accomplishments of hip hop artists within the past year Big BET Winners Tyler the Creator is among the big winners and was honored with the Cultural Influence Award. He also won the […]
The controversy behind 2013's "Blurred Lines" has gotten even deeper, adding sexual assault to the long list of issues. Emily Ratajkowski recently disclosed her alegedly being groped by Robin Thicke on the set of the music video. In her book, My Body, she said, “Suddenly, out of nowhere, I felt the coolness and foreignness of a stranger’s hands cupping my bare breasts from behind. I instinctively moved away, looking back […]
Alt pop singer Mitski released new music as of yesterday. The song "Working for the Knife" is her first since 2019's Be The Cowboy. “It’s being confronted with a world that doesn’t seem to recognize your humanity, and seeing no way out of it,” the eclectic singer says. The singer swore off live shows back in 2019 following the release of Cowboy, stating playing live was indefinite for a while. Plans […]
Kanye west’s new album ‘Donda’ will be striking gold in less than a month. At the moment, it remains at the top 5 on the Billboard 200 Chart. While it doesn’t look like it needs a helping hand, it received a boost over the internet earlier in the week when Jack Dorsey was trolling Facebook’s internet woes. On Monday, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram suffered major outages. Twitter founder and CEO […]
Congratulations are in order for Doja Cat and SZA! Their collaboration, "Kiss Me More", has become the first all-female collaboration in history to spend six months in the Hot 100's top 10. The song is off of Doja Cat's latest album, Planet Her. https://twitter.com/chartdata/status/1445227242309574659 Earlier this year, the song broke yet another record: by surpassing the iconic 1998 song “The Boy Is Mine” by Brandy and Monica for longest-running all-female […]
The British band Coldplay and pop singer Selena Gomez will have a new song out soon. The ballad "Let Somebody Go" will be featured on Coldplay's Music of the Spheres album due out October 15. The band will be singing the new duet with Gomez live around the release of Spheres. Coldplay recently teamed up with BTS on the collaboration "My Universe".
The rap game is known for enmities, beef and all kinds of rivalries. Emcees constantly try to prove their lyrical skills by dissing fellow rappers and proving why they are better. But, this wasn't the case when Jadakiss took the stage over the weekend in LIV Miami in the presence of Lil Wayne. Jadakiss paid homage to legendary rapper and offered some kind words. "You know what he does for […]
Halle Bailey performed recently at Disney World’s 50th Anniversary event Friday night. She sung a rendition of “Can You Feel the Love Tonight,” from the iconic movie The Lion King. The performance marked Bailey’s first time singing solo for a major Disney event. Halle made big news after being casted in the live-action remake of the Little Mermaid, where she is to play Ariel. Halle and her sister Chloe make […]
