You may not know it, but artists of all genres do share something in common. It’s not that they rock out on stage or have great voices, but instead aren’t afraid to change their name so they’re more easily recognizable. Artists like Drake, Ludacris and Rihanna couldn’t possibly be born as just that name right? […]
Category: Urban AC
Prince’s Drummer, John Blackwell Jr., Passes Away at 43
Prince passed away last year and now his drummer of many years has also passed away. John Blackwell Jr. rocked out with Prince for 15 years and was continuing to perform until being diagnosed with two brain tumors in 2016. It was at that time that surgery to remove part of his brain resulted in […]
Childish Gambino’s Redbone Takes Over Top Spot on Chart
Childish Gambino is one talent man. He’s as good of an actor as he is artist, which is saying a lot! This week’s Medibase Urban Adult Contemporary chart is out and sitting at the top is Childish Gambino and “Redbone!” What a great song it is and it’s certainly charted like it. It took the […]
Drake Makes Surprise Appearance on Canada Day
Today might be a national holiday in the United States, but Drake’s been busy for other reasons. Just the other day, July 1, was Canada Day and as many know, Drake is Canadian and proud of it. This wasn’t just any Canada Day though, this was Canada 150! Because of this, the country was celebrating […]
Beyonce and Jay Z Twin Rumors!
It’s wild to think that Beyonce and Jay Z have kept it all a secret, but we really don’t know much about the twins that were reportedly brought into this world recently. Nothing has really been confirmed when it comes to this topic. There’s good reason to believe that the twins have been born and […]
Bruno Mars Hits Top Position on the Charts
It’s great to be Bruno Mars right now, having two hits on the chart for a while now, but it gets even better for him this week. His hit, “That’s What I Like,” has reached the number one position on the Mediabase Urban Adult Contemporary chart! It moved up one spot this week to take […]
Chance the Rapper and Rihanna Named on Time’s Most Influential People List
Time has come out with their third version of their most influential people on the Internet list and it features a few of our favorite artists. This list ranks these people based on social media and news worthiness essentially. Of the 25 people listed, two of them are Chance the Rapper and Rihanna. These two […]
Karoondinha Festival Canceled!
Karoondinha Festival was one festival that was supposed to take place towards the end of July, but unfortunately it was recently announced that it would no longer be taking place. Big names in music like John Legend, Chance the Rapper, The Roots and others were all set to perform at this one, but unfortunately it […]
Grammys Heading to Los Angeles From 2019-2022
The Grammys were announced to be taking place in New York City after many years in Los Angeles a short while ago and so everyone figured that they would be taking place on the east coast for a few years. This isn’t the case anymore as it has recently come out that Los Angeles will […]
The Biggest Hip Hop Stars at the NBA Award Show
The NBA Award show took place on Monday night and if you tuned in then you saw some of our favorite Hip-Hop stars be a part of the show. It started from the jump with the host of the inaugural show being Drake. From there we saw performers from a few artists you’ll definitely want […]