(GEMS RADIO)—-Lil Durk has released a new album from behind bars. The album entitled Deep Thoughts features Future, Lil Baby, Jhené Aiko and others. This is his first album since 2023’s Almost Healed. His management helped to complete the album while the rapper was incarcerated. The result is a twenty piece track project. A mini documentary of how the album was completed coincides with the album release.
(GEMS RADIO)—-Timbaland may just be one of the best hip hop producers if not one of the best producers in the game of our time right now. He reflects back on his career on two different podcasts this past week. He claims that modern music is not up to par and that AI is a useful tool. He mentioned that the election not only divided the country but music as […]
(GEMS RADIO)——After moving 298,000 copies of his new album, Music, Playboi Carti is really unhappy with the results. It is the biggest debut in the rap genre this year thus far. It also beats Taylor Swift’s opening streams with The Tortured Poets Department. So what is Carti so upset about? He posted this on social media: “320”. Meaning he should have sold 320,00 units instead of 298,000. He continued to […]
(GEMS RADIO)—-Nas is teaming up with DJ Premier and Mobb Deep for new albums, respectively. While all has been quiet on the Nas scene as of lately, that will change quickly. Nas is pairing up with DJ Premier for a joint album. No release date or title is set in stone just yet, but should be out this year under Nas’ Mass Appeal record label. As for the Mobb Deep […]
(GEMS RADIO)——Kendrick Lamar will be involved with the 2028 Olympics at some capacity. Casey Wasserman, the rapper’s booking agent said this: “The rebirth, the rebuild, maybe reimagining L.A. 2.0 — and the Olympics as a catalyst for all those things — we think is really part of our ethos.” “You can’t have a natural disaster at that scale in a city as big and as important as Los Angeles and […]
(GEMS RASIO)—-NBA YoungBoy will be released from jail in less than a month. He was involved in gun possession and a prescription drug fraud situation, which in turn led him to a 23 month sentence, five years of probation and a $200,000 fine. His deal has been changed and so has his release date as it is coming soon.
(GEMS RADIO)—-The legendary Erykah Badu is prepping her first album in over 15 years with a little help from another legendary friend, The Alchemist. The Alchemist has produced some of hip hop’s biggest albums. Badu claims that she is a theatrical artist that likes touring but she’s alas in the studio again. No release date is set yet for her new album, but she’s cooking up something great that’s for […]
(GEMS RADIO)——-Kanye is at it again. He’s launching lyrical tirades against Playboi Carti, for blocking him on his album, his ex Kim Kardashian, and Kendrick Lamar. He called out Lamar and wrote on social media that he didn’t like “Not Like Us” and that he wants to enter a rap battle with him. West said he’s producing his daughter’s Northwest’s new album as well. He released a single without his […]
(GEMS RADIO)—-Frank Ocean has not dropped a new album since 2016’s Blonde, but that could all change very soon. Ocean provided fans with a snippet to a new song that he croons on: “I read your diary, every line / I wanna drink your words like wine.” Ocean likes the studio process more than anything else according to Pharrell. “You know he’s cooking. Frank stays in the kitchen. And it’s […]
