Category: Urban

Megan Thee Stallion Reveals New Foundation on 27th Birthday: “My Family Raised Me to Help Others”

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Megan Thee Stallion celebrated her 27th birthday yesterday with the launch of the Pete and Thomas Foundation, a non-profit organization that generates awareness around campaigns and programmatic activities. According to a press release, the foundation–named after the rapper’s parents, Holly Thomas and Joseph Pete Jr.–will focus primarily on providing scholarships and school supplies, housing for individuals […]

Snoop Dogg, Kelly Clarkson to Host “American Song Contest”

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Snoop Dogg and Kelly Clarkson have just been revealed as the hosts of a brand new live-singing competition that features 56 artists from all 50 states and more. The show, called American Song Contest, is based on the Eurovision Song Contest, which is a show with the same premise but spans across Europe. Eurovision has been organized for […]

Halftime Show Highlights: 50-Cent, Eminem Takes a Knee, and More

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This year’s halftime show added a great performance to an already exciting game. Dr. Dre, Snoop Dogg, Mary J. Blige, Kendrick Lamar, and Eminem took the stage at Los Angeles’ SoFi Stadium last night, entertaining fans all over the country with some of hip-hop’s greatest West Coast tracks, an elaborate architectural stage set-up, an incredible […]

Kanye West Threatens to Pull Out of Coachella Over Billie Eilish “Insults” Against Travis Scott

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Kanye West took to Instagram to ask Billie Eilish to apologize for her comments at a recent concert in which she stopped her own performance to give a struggling fan an inhaler. Both artists are set to perform as headliners at Coachella 2022. “Do you need an inhaler? Who needs it? Do we have an […]

Snoop Dogg Now Owns Death Row Records

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Snoop Dogg has just acquired the very record label that kickstarted his iconic career in rap music, Death Row Records. “I am thrilled and appreciative of the opportunity to acquire the iconic and culturally significant Death Row Records brand, which has immense untapped future value,” the rapper said in a statement. “It feels good to […]

Eminem, Duran Duran Lead 2022 Rock Hall Fan Tally

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Eminem, with more than 142,000 votes, is currently the lead artist in this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame fan tally, which totaled up to one million votes. Fans have until April 29 to cast their votes. Following behind are Duran Duran with more than 119,000 votes, Pat Benatar with more than 112,000 votes, […]

Kodak Black to Release Two Albums This Year, Reveals Collab With Ed Sheeran

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Florida-born Kodak Black recently took to Twitter to confirm that he will be releasing two albums in 2022, as well as releasing an exciting collaboration with labelmate Ed Sheeran. “I Got A Song Wit Ed Sheeran & Other Elite Artists I Snapped Within a Year,” the rapper tweeted. “My Song With Ed Sheeran So Fye […]

Two Deaf Rappers Join The Big Game’s Half time Show

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Dr. Dre has personally brought in two deaf rappers, Sean Forbes and Warren “WaWa” Snipe, to share the stage on February 13th’s big halftime performance. The two artists will be joining Dre, Eminem, Mary J. Blige, and Kendrick Lamar, making it the first time sign language interpreters will be included in the halftime show’s long […]

Silk Sonic to Partner With Fortnite Including Outfits, In-Game Radio Station

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Silk Sonic, which is made up of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, is the latest music act to jump into the world of Fornite and online gaming. Epic Games, the company behind the highly-popular multi-player game, just revealed the collaboration with Silk Sonic. According to the announcement, the R&B duo will debut in Fornite’s Icon […]

2022 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Nominees Include Dolly Parton, Eminem, Lionel Richie, Many More

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Yesterday came the announcement of the 2022 nominations for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, featuring a long list of some of music’s most beloved names across all genres. To be eligible for this year’s class of inductees, artists or bands have to have released their first commercial recording by 1996. In addition to ballots […]