Category: UK HIP HOP NEWS

This week was out with the old and in with the new, as stars and fans alike said goodbye to the 2010s by ringing in the new decade. 2019 came to a close with Mariah Carey continuing to celebrate the landmark…

Sam Hunt is on a mission of forgiveness in 2020, and his new single "Sinning With You," released Friday (Jan. 3), plucks out an emotional reflection heard in the delicate guitar strings.As Billboard previously reported, the modern country music giant was arrested Nov.…

"With this mural, you've got the essence of Britney and the iconic look of who she is as a performer," artist Rob Prior says.  Britney Spears' decades-long career has played out like an elaborate art project, one full of distinctive…

Donald Trump Jr. took to social media on Friday (Jan. 3) to show off a recent run-in with none other than Kid Rock at Trump International Golf Club in Palm Beach, Fla.In the trio of photos, the rock star poked…

“Own It” (Merky/Atlantic/Warner) by Stormzy, Ed Sheeran and Burna Boy is the first U.K. No. 1 single of 2020. It climbs 5-1 on the new Official Charts Company countdown, as Lewis Capaldi's Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent (EMI/Universal) climbs…

On Wednesday (Jan. 1), rising Minnesota rapper Lexii Alijai  passed away. She was 21. Alijai’s publicity team, 1AM Media, confirmed the news through a statement sent to Billboard. “Lexii was an extraordinary talent who left an indelible mark on the music industry in just a…

Grammy-nominated star DaBaby was detained on Thursday (Jan. 2) by the Miami Police Department for questioning in connection to a robbery that occurred earlier in the day.  After the North Carolina MC hosted a New Year’s event with Diddy and DJ Khaled in…

The exclusive evening will take place Jan. 15 at SiriusXM's West Coast studios. SiriusXM and Pandora announced Friday (Jan. 3) that Coldplay is slated to take the stage at an intimate, invite-only event for the platforms' listeners on Jan. 15.Set to take place at…

Billboard’s First Stream serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.This week, Justin Bieber re-adopts an…

A new era of R&Bieber is finally here! Beliebers swarmed Twitter in a frenzy on Friday (Jan. 3) to express their love for Justin Bieber's comeback single, "Yummy.""The bae is back," one fan wrote while another declared, "Someone said Justin…