Hip Hop
Join us for the conclusion of our “50 Years of Hip-Hop” series with two musical cult films from 1984: Breakin’ and Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo. PLUS, a live set by WDKX own DJ Sight in our parking lot between the films! Grab dinner from Rob’s Kabobs food truck, a drink from our concession stand, and […]
Directed by Lamar and his pgLang co-founder, Dave Free. Lamar’s family are among the cameos from California, including Tommy the Clown, Compton native and former Toronto Raptors All-Star DeMar DeRozan, producer Mustard (pointedly wearing a Toronto Blue Jays cap), and Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith. The new “Not Like Us” video follows Lamar’s Pop Out concert that […]
Album of the Year – Killer Mike, Michael Best Female R&B/Pop Artist – SZA Best Male R&B/Pop Artist – Usher Best Group – ¥$, Ye, Ty Dolla $ign Best Collaboration – Lil Durk feat. J. Cole, “All My Life” Best Female Hip-Hop Artist – Nicki Minaj Best Male Hip-Hop Artist – Kendrick Lamar Best New Artist […]
Following the release of her new album, Megan. Megan Thee Stallion is set to open Culture’s Biggest Night, BET Awards 2024, airing on BET on June 30 at 8 pm ET. Her performance adds to an already stellar line-up, including Will Smith, GloRilla, Ice Spice, Latto, Ms. Lauryn Hill &YG Marley, Muni Long, Sexyy Red, Shaboozey, Tyla, and Victoria Monét. Additionally, Tanner Adell will perform on […]
“SkeeYee” Rapper, Sexyy Red’s The Sexyy Red 4 President Tour, which will hit arenas across the U.S. to close out the summer. Big Sexyy — who previously leaned into the presidential theme with her In Sexyy We Trust project, which arrived via Rebel/Gamma in May — tapped Hunxho, Loe Shimmy and fellow St. Louis native BlakeIANA […]
Megan Thee Stallion revealed her third studio album will be, self-titled & released under her own Hot Girl Productions June 28th. After the May 31 and June 1 dates of her Atlanta concerts were postponed due to burst water pipes and outages, Megan shared the news of her album with a QR code and speech […]
That didn’t take long! On Thursday afternoon, the “Taylor Made” audio Drake posted last week was no longer available on his Instagram. This comes after, Tupac Shakur’s estate has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Drake over his use of an AI-generated imitation of Tupac’s voice in a new song, calling it “a blatant abuse of the legacy of […]
Drake’s new song Taylor Made (Freestyle), uses an AI-generated imitation of Tupac’s voice. Now, Tupac Shakur’s estate has sent a cease-and-desist letter to Drake calling it “a blatant abuse of the legacy of one of the greatest hip-hop artists of all time.” In a letter obtained by USA TODAY Wednesday, the estate of Tupac and his […]
Mary J. Blige and A Tribe Called Quest are among the 16 artists or other musical figures who will be inducted in 2024 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Also Foreigner has been nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and features Rochester native Lou Gramm who sang for the band at its […]
It’s considered one Hip Hop greatest album of all time on April 19th 1994 Nas delivered his debut album Illmatic that forever changed hip hop. This album was one of the first hip hop albums with an all star producer line up from Large Professor, DJ Premier, Pete Rock, Q-Tip, and Les, and another rapper from East […]