Category: Urban

Silento Up For Five BBMAs

The Billboard Music Award nominations went out earlier this week and there were many big names that received numerous nominations. Silento was one artist that didn’t receive double-digit nominations, but he did receive five! This brand new artist in the game had himself one heck of a first year. It’s hard to pinpoint which award […]

Drake, Fetty Wap, and The Weeknd Dominate BBMA Nominations

The Billboard Music Awards are going to be hosted by Ludacris and Ciara on May 22 and we now know who they will be talking about specifically for each award. The show, which will be occurring in Las Vegas at T-Mobile Arena, is sure to be an exciting one with every star in attendance. Rappers […]

Wiz Khalifa Collaboration Tops IFPI Most Played Chart

Every year, the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) releases their charts for many different subjects. One of those this past weekend was the most played songs of 2015. One giant name was on the list as well as many other songs we’re sure you’ve heard thousands of times. There were no true rap […]

Drake Sets Views From the 6 Release Date

Drake’s fourth album, Views From the 6, has an official release date and as expected, it’ll be later this month. The album will be coming out April 29. Recently, he has released singles like “Pop Style” and One Dance,” but also released another single, the first off the album, “Summer Sixteen” back in January. The […]

Beyoncé Suing Over Feyoncé Merchandise

You can buy about anything these days and one of these random things you can purchase is a coffee mug that says “Feyoncé: He Put a Ring On It.” This mug sells for $14.95 and is pretty clever if you realize it’s similarities to Beyonce’s “Single Ladies” hit. Well, Beyoncé has realized this and is […]

12th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival Lineup Announced

The 12th Annual Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival has recently released information regarding the event and it’s enough to get excited about. Names like Rapsody, Fabolous, Nas, and Talib Kweli will be playing at the event occurring in July. This is a great start to the lineup at this event, which will last four days in Brooklyn […]