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(FTS) Ahead of their upcoming debut full-length album, Rawls Royce has just released a new single, "Woe, Toronto" - via Steady Riot Records, along with a music video. "Woe, Toronto" explores Toronto's history of class conflict, political violence, and anti-fascist organizing…
Jay-Z, Lil’ Kim and Chris Rock all grew up in Brooklyn’s Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood, but they are far from the only famous entertainers with surprisingly close hometown connections. Some Black celebrities share much more than red carpets, award shows, and industry…
Snoop Dogg was supposed to make history in Costa Rica this December. Instead, the show is dead, ticket holders are waiting on refunds, and the man who booked him is fighting to clear his name. The Long Beach legend had…
Magdum’s visa journey began in December 2025, when he sought permission to travel to the US for a tour with Boy Throb. The band had gained attention online, but its unusual rise to fame also prompted questions about whether it was…
This isn’t a list of the most conscious Hip Hop albums, nor is it limited to records with an explicitly spiritual message. It’s about artists using music to explore what it means to be human: to suffer, believe, doubt, change,…
LOS ANGELES: Viral TikTok personality Looze Cannon sat down with TMZ for an interview discussing his sudden rise to fame as a Michael Jackson impersonator, his upcoming album, and the challenges of online celebrity. The Detroit-area recording artist, whose real…
Nas can’t stop thinking about a grave nobody can find. In a new open letter, the Queensbridge rapper pointed to Robert Johnson, the Delta blues musician whose final resting place is still a mystery, as proof of how badly the…
I don’t usually get interested in the biographies of famous people, but Eminem’s story grabbed me in a way that others never have. I saw a video … Eminem: A Childhood of Scars, A Legacy of Survival Curiosity led me deeper…
‘Spend Dat‘ hitmaker Yung Miami has been spending most of her time prepping her growing legion of fans for her long-awaited debut album ‘Watch Dis.’ Ahead of the project’s arrival to digital shelves on October 23, Miami (born Caresha Brownlee) has…
The story starts with his 1989 album, “Walking With a Panther.” It landed at No. 6 on the Billboard 200 and claimed the top spot on the R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart. Still, as hip-hop grew harder at the end of the decade, critics…