Kendrick Lamar and SZA have officially released the visual for their smash hit “luther,” which has now dominated the Billboard Hot 100 for seven straight weeks. The cinematic new video drops just days ahead of their highly anticipated Grand National Tour, kicking off April 19 in Minneapolis. With “luther” continuing to shake the culture, this rollout […]

Taylor Swift is reportedly taking legal measures following controversial statements made by Kanye West on social media. Sources indicate the singer has sent a cease and desist letter in response to the rapper’s recent posts, which included offensive and unsubstantiated claims about her personal life. In one since-deleted post, West wrote, “Justin Bieber and Harry Styles […]

Ahead of its time to say the least, A Tribe Called Quest’s experimental, alternative, jazz rap was originally unappreciated by mainstream audiences. It took six years for the Tribe’s first album to hit gold. The album might not have been a huge commercial success at first, but their innovative and comedic sound beautifully balanced the light-hearted […]

Drake has etched his name into music history again, surpassing The Beatles to become the artist with the most cumulative weeks on the Billboard 200 chart. The Canadian superstar boasts over 3,346 weeks across all his projects, cementing his dominance in the streaming era. Leading the way is Take Care, which has spent a staggering 578 […]

Beloved rapper/actor/philanthropist DMX passed away four years ago at the tender age of 50. After a week-long battle in the hospital, family, friends—and the entire hip hop community said goodbye to the New York rapper. It’s difficult to write about someone that the world is attached to artistically when you know the person’s heart and […]

When Snoop Dogg and Martha Stewart first shared the screen, no one saw it coming. But fast forward a few years and what started as a curious culture clash has become one of the most unexpected—and most beloved—collaborations in pop culture. From viral cooking segments to award-winning commercials, their chemistry is now iconic. Their latest […]

On this date in 1987, Philly’s most celebrated Hip Hop duo released their first album. Famed rapper and actor Will Smith, also known as “The Fresh Prince” and his hilarious on-and-off-screen partner Jeff Townes aka DJ Jazzy Jeff, dropped their first project on the Jive/RCA imprint. As two of the pioneers of Philly Hip Hop, […]

Casandra “Cassie” Ventura is set to take the stand under her own name in the highly anticipated sex trafficking trial of her former partner, Sean “Diddy” Combs, PEOPLE has exclusively confirmed. In a motion filed Friday, April 4, federal prosecutors revealed that “Victim-1” would not be testifying anonymously in the May 5 trial—confirming that the 38-year-old singer […]

Another Hip-Hop legend has visited The Masked Singer. This week’s reveal of the Stud Muffin showed Method Man as the man behind the mask. Method Man flexed his voals in a performance of Bell Biv Devoe’s “Poison.”

Judge Paige Reese Whitaker has ruled against state of Georgia attempting to revoke Young Thug’s probation. The attempted revocation came after the Fulton County District Attorney’s Office accused the rapper of “escalating threats and witness intimidation.” Online, Young Thug called investigator Marissa Viverito the “biggest liar in the DA’s office,” sparking the probe into his […]