What a time to be alive! Kendrick Lamar can now put his ‘Pulitzer Prize award’ on the shelf with all of his Grammys, as he was named the latest recipient of the prestigious award yesterday. This is the first time in history for a rap artist, as the music award is typically given to works of the classical or jazz
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So in honor of celebrating the birthday of the GOAT also known as Q-Tip, I wanted to share one of my favorite videos from my childhood. Yes, I was too young to know or understand the true message behind the song, but that doesn’t take away the fact that it was a really good ass song. It was on a Violators
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This video reminds me of a foreign black and white film, that I’ve seen a million times before. I always loved the cinematic imagination that Kanye West has always put in his music videos. Whether it has a comedic sense (The workout plan) or an enriched in fashion inspiration (Wolves), Kanye has always found a way to draw the attention
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After concluding his “Passion, Pain & Demon Slayin’” tour last month in Seattle, WA., Kid Cudi went radio silent again, appearing out in public only once with Kanye West in L.A. On Friday (December 15), Cudi ended his 10-month-long hiatus from social media and posted his first tweet on his twitter account since February. The “Surfin’” rapper uniquely tweeted, “Still
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Nostalgia is the feeling that I get when I watch this video. Being a fan of Pharrell since forever, this video shows both his creativity and his sense of humor with the floating heads of himself and his bandmates/partners. The song peaked at NO. 6 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart and features British TV personality, Alesha Dixon. Oh,
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Rapper 2 Chainz do not play when it comes down to his money or his brand, especially when someone else is making bank on it. Multinational retail corporation Walmart is on the receiving end of 2 Chainz’ wrath, after the retailer was caught selling the rapper’s products without his consent. The Atlanta rapper took to Instagram to blast the retailer
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A$AP Rocky is hustling his very own “Ginger Bread Mob” cookie kit and it’s for a very good cause. The Harlem-rapper has teamed up with It’sugar, a large and fast-growing candy retailer, to sell a gingerbread man cookie kit for the holidays. The kit features a box with a very cute caricature of Rocky and includes Gingerbread cookie mix,
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Pop princess Taylor Swift is letting the world know that she is not over her feud with Kanye and Kim Kardashian West. Swift released her sixth studio album, “Reputation” on Friday (November 10) selling over 700,000 copies in its first day. Swift first announced the release of the album on her Instagram account back in August. The lead single, “Look
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When I decided to create this branch on my website, it was to give a platform for up-and-coming artists to tell the world about themselves and their music. The opportunity to build their portfolios of write-ups for their music. Ven is an artist who’s music I really enjoy, because it is close to a sound that I have always listened
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This year’s Rolling Loud Festival in the Bay Area has started with a bang. Literally. This past Saturday (October 21) Rapper turned Twitter Prophet Lil B the BasedGod, found himself in a real bad situation when he was jumped by a 10-man entourage, including rappers PNB Rock and A Boogie. However, in this turn of events, it wasn’t rapper versus
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