With now 73.5 million new Gold and Platinum certifications with the Recording Industry of America (RIAA), Eminem has officially become the most certified artist in RIAA history. His RIAA Award career total comes to 227.5 million, including 166 million single certifications and 61.5 million album certifications. The Detroit rapper is now the No. 1 awarded musician […]
During a recent Twitter Q&A, Nicki Minaj hinted that fellow rapper Drake may be executive producing her upcoming album. “We actually discussed him EP’ing this new album,” she wrote in response to a fan asking if they could expect Drake as a feature. “That was b4 Seeing Green even came out. Lil Wayne signed both […]
Last month, Snoop Dogg acquired Death Row Records, a pivotal label where he and many others kicked off their rap careers in the early 90s. While Snoop owns the rights to the label’s catalog, titles including Dr. Dre’s The Chronic, Tupac’s All Eyez On Me and The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory were intentionally left out of the […]
After having to postpone touring three times due to the pandemic, the Weeknd has finally announced a 2022 tour in support of his recent albums Dawn FM and After Hours. With Doja Cat as his special guest, the Weeknd will be beginning his trek across the United States and Canada before traveling around the rest of the world, […]
According to former Forbes journalist Zack O’Malley Greenburg recently reported last year’s highest-earning hip-hop artists. Jay-Z topped the list with reported earnings of $470 million. Kanye West sat at second with $250 million, while Diddy and Drake fell behind earning $75 million and $5 million, respectively. Jay-Z’s top-tier place came mostly from his Tidal and Armand de […]
Megan Thee Stallion is making music history in her most recent announcement. Just yesterday, the popular rapper revealed that she, alongside AmazeVR, will be fronting the first-ever VR concert tour, “Enter Thee Hottieverse.” Beginning in April, the virtual tour will be hitting select movie theaters across 10 different cities. Each concert-goer will be given a […]
Tyler, The Creator has just gone gold–twice in one day. The Grammy-winner’s newest and sixth album CALL ME IF YOU GET LOST, released in 2021, as well as its lead single “WUSYANAME,” have both earned gold certifications from the Recording Industry Association of America. Tyler has collected a number of major certifications just in 2021 alone, […]
It has been nearly four years since XXXTentacion’s passing, yet his music still continues to dominate the music scene. As just recently reported, the late actor’s second album ?, released in 2018, has officially passed Drake’s 2018 album Scorpion as the most-streamed hip-hop album in Spotify history. Only four months ago was Scorpion ahead of ? by one billion streams. Now, XXXTentacion’s album has […]
Megan Thee Stallion has just been revealed as part of the cast for A24’s new R-rated movie musical comedy F*cking Identical Twins directed by Larry Charles, who made Borat. Also starring Bowen Yang, Nathan Lane, and Megan Mullally, as well as writers Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, the film is a spin on The Parent Trap and follows two business rivals who […]
Kendrick Lamar is set to perform highly-anticipated new music during a headline show taking place in Milan, Italy, this summer. Lamar has just announced the new date at Ippodromo SNAI San Siro in Milan on June 13rd as part of the Milano Summer Festival. A statement, translated from Italian, from the festival’s website has shared: “Kendrick […]