CJ DROPS “LOYALTY OVER ROYALTY” EP

Cementing himself as one of 2021’s hottest breakthrough global stars, with more than half-a-billion streams and Top 10 Billboard Hot 100 smash, critically acclaimed Staten Island, NY rapper CJ unveils his anxiously awaited debut Loyalty Over Royalty EP. The opener “Politics” practically explodes on impact, CJ’s raw…

LIL ZAY OSAMA DROPS ‘TRENCH BABY’ MIXTAPE

Chicago rap star Lil Zay Osama releases his emotionally stirring mixtape Trench Baby on Warner Records and a new video for “Shooters“feat. Doe Boy. With features from the South Bronx’s Lil Tjay, fellow Windy City luminary G Herbo,Florida’s Jackboy, and Doe Boy. Trench Baby finds Zay returning to and refining…

YOUNG DRUMMER BOY DROPS’NO COMPARISON’ PROJECT

Southern California’s Young Drummer Boy has released his latest project No Comparison via his newly formed independent label High Forever the Label. With features from Drakeo the Ruler on the focus track “Quit Playin” — which was premiered on WorldStarHipHop last week — and $tupid…

Ear To The Ground [Interview]

@wax1up During this depressingly redundant period for live music, the need for inventive and progressive alternatives is vital. The underground music scene is more fluid and explorative than it ever has been in the digital age, with…

slowthai – TYRON [Stream]

Electric, eclectic and eccentric, slowthai shifts between Gothic societal resentment and tender philosophical musings on ‘TYRON’. The hotly anticipated follow up to his blistering debut ‘Nothing Great About Britain’, the versatility of the sophomore offering had been…