On February 5, hip-hop heavy weight Irv Gotti tragically died at 54 years old. Since then, fans and musicians alike have mourned the famed director, producer, and label executive. Given Gotti’s close industry connections supporters expected a trail of tributes…
Rihanna’s super fans (The Navy) has been begging her to release new music. So, when a new audio recording of the “Lift Me Up” singer surfaced online, they were overjoyed. However, they quickly realized something was off. In a now…
After the animated Lego film Piece By Piece underperformed at the box office, Universal Pictures has pulled the plug on Pharrell Williams’ According to Variety, the project, which was retitled Golden after a name-change from Atlantis, “did not live up…
DMV crooner Tommy Richman may have recently insisted that he’s not JUST hip-hop, sparking the ire of some fans, but that hasn’t stopped him from continuing to find inspiration in the tropes of the genre or the regional classics of…
If you were under the impression that “Tweaker,” the throwback rap experiment from GELO — AKA basketball dynasty middle child LiAngelo Ball — was a novelty, prepare to be put into the spin cycle by the song’s crossover success. After…
Drake just launched his Anita Max Win Tour in Australia earlier this week. Aside from playing his hits on stage, he’s giving his fans down under another gift: inside scoops about what he has coming up next. At his second…
A titan of the hip-hop community and one of the genre’s greatest pioneers, Irv Gotti, has died at age 54, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The cause of death has not yet been announced, but THR noted that the music…
At the Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota last night (February 4), Tyler The Creator kicked off his anticipated Chromakopia: The World Tour. For fans planning to attend a future show, yesterday’s setlist might be of interest. Per setlist.fm,…
Rap beefs are one thing. But, watching a bromance dissolve in real-time is another level of pain. Sadly, this is precisely what Drake and LeBron James fans are experiencing. With supporters questioning the status of their friendship, the “Sideways” rapper…
The return of the Head In The Clouds Festival was thrown into doubt by the Los Angeles wildfires, which devastated the areas surrounding its usual venue at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena. But, today, 88rising made the happy announcement that…