Music

On Tuesday, James Todd Smith, better known as LL Cool J, launched a new fashion line of limited-edition apparel and accessories, which he has named Rock the Bells. ‘Rock the Bells’ is also the title of one of LL Cool J’s hit songs from his debut album. Appropriately named, the clothing line is a throwback […]

Drake & Future’s leaked song “Desires” is keeping hope alive for What a Time to Be Alive 2! First the pair dropped the highly infectious single and visual “Life is Good”, which comes fully equipped with an apparel line. And now this….   Neither Drake or Future have confirmed the existence of the What a […]

2020 is shaping up to be an amazing year for Shady Records. First Buffalo’s gritty hip-hop group Griselda performs on the Jimmy Fallon Show. Then Eminem drops a surprise album “Music to be murdered by” and it goes straight to #1 on the Billboard Charts. It also inspired the #GodzillaChallenge on TikTok where wanna be […]

New York DJ and Diggin In The Crates producer Buckwild has a collection of previously unreleased beats that he dropped this month and has appropriately named it Abandoned Beats, Volume 1. He has spent the better part of the last 20 years contributing to other people’s music. Buckwild has previously lent beats to the likes […]

Hip-hop recording artist Shaun Boothe is currently touring a chapter of his Unauthorized Biography Series entitled “Repackaging History through hip Hop.” Boothe is co-creator of the Unauthorized Biography Series and founder of the Live Your Legacy Academy as well as a TEDx speaker. Boothe’s presentations are usually made up of part music, part TedTalk and […]

When we first got word of Yo Gotti’s new album last year, he was feeling “Trapped” but as the release date finally approaches, he is officially “Untrapped” and “More Ready Than Ever” to drop that heat for the streets. The new LP drops on Friday Jan 31. For those who can’t wait, Gotti released this […]

The 2020 Grammy’s took place last night and I will say it was actually pretty good. Alicia Keys hosted and did a fantastic job and she kicked off the Grammy’s in a way she only could, singing. It was beautiful! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqk5cGzXVV0 One of my new favorite artists Billie Eilish swept the Grammy’s wining the most […]

D Smoke’s “Black Habits” video explores a diverse spectrum of life from the black perspective. From African tribal dances to white-owned and black-worked plantations, D Smoke also depicts present-day sights such as cruising in a vehicle and wearing gold jewelry. The video opens with moss-draped trees on a Southern plantation where a white man on […]

Last night on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon rap trio Griselda from Buffalo, N.Y. performed Dr. Bird’s off of their album WWCD. If you are not familiar with Griselda may I suggest you check them out especially if you love hip hop. West Side Gunn, Conway The Machine, and Benny The Butcher together embody the […]

The Queen is back. After a brief retirement, Nicki Minaj returns to the top of the charts, breaking records and giving haters something to talk about. As of 2/14/2020 Nicki has 50 million monthly listeners on Spotify, more than any other female rapper and she has over 14B streams overall. Yikes! The Queen was killing […]