The Fourth of July is here and with it come several hip-hop projects to bump over the holiday. This week, a Dreamville sniper drops a prelude to his upcoming album, a H-town rap veteran puts out a…
JID has a new album, God Does Like Ugly, coming this August. Before that, though, he’s putting a spin on the deluxe editions that tend to follow albums with GDLU Preluxe, a mixtape that he’s releasing before…
The 2025 XXL Freshman Class is officially in session. Each rap star on the rise enters the proverbial hallways of hip-hop history with their own superlative style. Rappers like Loe Shimmy, Lazer Dim 700 and Nino Paid bring a new wave of…
This weekend, Essence Magazine’s annual music festival will once again take over New Orleans. Under the banner of We are Made Like This, this year’s fest boasts GloRilla, Muni Long, and NOLA native Master P on its…
“JID a scribbler, he silly with it” — a bar that continues to hold true release after release for the Atlanta rapper, who has recently released two songs back to back. Merely a day after JID released…
LaRussell’s schedule is busier than just about anybody’s, but he put some time aside to visit Uproxx Studios and be the latest guest on Sound Check. The new episode arrives shortly after the June release of Good…
With his fourth studio album, God Does Like Ugly, peeking over the horizon, JID has gone back to one of his favorite standbys: releasing a fiery freestyle to help promote the project. He dropped “30” back in…
Larry June and Cardo Got Wings have reunited for another project, bringing in Bay legend E-40 on their latest single. The video for “Ya Feel Me” is understated, yet elegant (much like June’s raps), finding the two…
It was confirmed last month that Ava Max is set to perform on the Macy’s 4th Of July Fireworks special (as are the Jonas Brothers, Eric Church, Lenny Kravitz, Keke Palmer, and Trisha Yearwood). Well, as of…
On June 30, 2025, following court hearing on the Drake-UMG legal tussle, Drake’s legal team decided to appear in front of a federal judge in Manhattan. The lawyers urged the court to move ahead and proceed with…
It’s no news that Kendrick Lamar is on the new Clipse album Let God Sort Em Out — after all, the snippets of his verse are all over the Internet and certainly all the rage. However, fans…
Being an independent artist has never been easy — and with the constantly changing internet landscape, advent of TikTok, and razor focus on streaming services — it doesn’t seem to be getting easier. Still, creative music makers…
Anybody who thought the vinyl resurgence was just a fad was mistaken: The industry has experienced a legitimate revival. As a result, music fans are interested in physical media in ways they may not have if the…
Clipse is finally releasing their new album Let God Sort Em Out on July 11 which the hip hop community is obviously very excited about. The buzz for the album has been pretty high, thanks to a…
Beyoncé is a generational artist has proved it once again with her performance in Houston. Suspended in midair inside a red convertible and performing for her hometown crowd as part of the Cowboy Carter shows, Beyoncé was…