For his third studio album, Kendrick Lamar is focusing on a higher calling.
The Grammy Awards, and pretty much any other “mainstream” (read white dominated) music awards show, tends to give black artists ghettoized accolades--“urban” “R&B” and “hip-hop” awards but never the “pop” awards – “Video of the Year” “Song of the Year,” “Album of the Year,” etc.
Chance The Rapper was the real MVP of the 2017 Grammy Awards on Sunday.
As the time has come again for us to honor those whose work in the fields of television, music, literature, film and social justice shone so brightly via the 48th Annual NAACP Image Awards, we’d like to take a moment to express our gratitude for those who made a tough year so much easier to survive.
Panorama Festival 2017 is upon us, and the lineup is serious.
Raise your hand if you're going to Coachella this year.
After meeting on Tuesday afternoon, GOP members collectively agreed not to move forward with their proposed changes.
As November 25 quickly approaches, Abel Tesfaye — aka The Weeknd — continues to poise himself for the release of his forthcoming album, Starboy. Tesfaye dropped off the album’s tracklist and two new singles yesterday. On “Party Monster,” The Weeknd taps previous collaborator Lana Del Rey (additional vocals around the 3:15 mark) for another quintessential ode to party life […]
“I knew from the jump that it was gonna be a challenge for my listeners’ ear,” Kendrick Lamar tells Rick Rubin about To Pimp a Butterfly. “But if I’m challenging myself in the studio, I want to challenge you as well.” For GQ Style’s first-ever Holiday issue, Kendrick sat down with the legendary record producer/former co-President of Columbia […]
The Met Life Stadium in Rutherford, NJ was lite up last night after an amazing concert from Beyoncé— the final performance of her three season tour.
Danny Brown returns with another single from his forthcoming album.
Headkrack runs through some of the most notable details about this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards, which is one of the few award shows a hip-hop fan can get truly hype for nowadays. Leading the nominations, of course, is none other than Drake. The categories, however, are jam-packed with some incredible artists, so the competition is […]
