By now you’ve heard the news of the deaths of both Florida rapper XXXTentacion and Philadelphia rapper Jimmy Wopo, both tragically killed by gun violence. Although I wasn’t a huge fan of either men’s music, that’s beside the point, someone in the world lost someone who meant the world to them. Social media has become a place where we come to
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Pusha T is still pushing the G.O.O.D.S known as the DAYTONA album as he releases the unofficial video for “If You Know You Know.” As of now, the video is a Spotify exclusive. The visual appears to be on a smartphone, which gives it a low-fi aesthetic, shows Pusha rapping into the camera on a late night drive. The ‘DAYTONA’ rapper is
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On Wednesday (May 23) G.O.O.D. Music CEO Pusha T shares information on his new album set to be released on Friday. Pusha T announced that the title of his third album has been changed from King Push to Daytona and will feature guest verses from Kanye West (“What Would Meek Do?”) and Rick Ross (“Hard Piano”). All seven songs on the album are produced singlehandedly by Kanye West.
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Although the video is still spankin’ brand new, I chose this video because not only is it a fun video to watch, but it also depicts clearly what money can do to a person. Although I am still trying to figure out if the protagonist of the video is J. Cole, himself or his alter ego kiLL edward, there is a
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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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