PHOTO CREDIT: DAVID CROTTY | GETTY IMAGES Kendrick Lamar, who had the best selling album in 2017, is set to work on the ‘Black Panther’ soundtrack with Top Dawg Entertainment. The decision to have Kendrick Lamar curate the whole album was ‘Black Panther’ director, Ryan Coogler. “I am honored to be working with such an incredible…… Continue Reading
Photo Credit: Getty Images – Prince Williams It has been confirmed since October that Alexis Skyy was pregnant with Fetty Wap’s baby. Well, it turns out that the baby is coming into the world a lot earlier than expected. On Wednesday (Jan. 3) it was reported that Skyy was already in labor with their…… Continue Reading
Photo Credit: Aurelien Morissard| Getty Images Former President Obama decided to end his year by sharing a list of his favorite songs and books for 2017. Obama is no stranger to hip-hop, in fact throughout his presidency, he made his support for rappers known. Who could forget when Barack named Kendrick’s track off of To…… Continue Reading
Photo Credit: Prince Williams | Getty Images No doubt 2017 was a great year for hip-hop. According to Variety hip-hop made up 40% of the top 1000 most streamed songs of the year. Hip-hop was also the leading genre of song consumption with 20.9%. The leaders of the pack were none other than Drake and…… Continue Reading
photo credit: Gustavo Caballero l Getty Images Cardi B and Bruno Mars are taking it back to the 90’s with the visuals to “Finesse” remix. The song which was originally put on Brunos 2016 album 24K Magic. The full three in a half minute video definitely makes us feel the nostalgia as they channel a few…… Continue Reading
Photo Credit: Johnny Nunez | Getty Images A$AP Rocky and Playboi Carti have one of the most entertaining friendships in Hip Hop history. Now, Rocky takes things to a new level. #ASAPRocky roasting #PlayboiCarti A post shared by HotNewHipHop (@hotnewhiphop) on Jan 2, 2018 at 10:25pm PST Apparently, A$AP Rocky caught wind of a photo…… Continue Reading
Photo Credit: Jeff Kravitz | Getty Images Governors Ball Music Festival is the Coachella of the East Coast. Now, it returns to Randall’s Island Park in New York City on June 1 to June 3. These 3 days of music heaven will feature over 60 performances from some of the hottest artists across all genres. tickets on…… Continue Reading
Photo Credit: Matt Winkelmeyer | Getty Images It’s always a good day when Frank Ocean makes headlines. Now, he drops another hint at new music in the new year. [[{“fid”:”181436″,”view_mode”:”default”,”fields”:{“format”:”default”,”alignment”:””,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:false,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:false,”media_title[und][0][value]”:””,”field_media_author[und][0][value]”:””,”media_description[und][0][value]”:””,”media_description[und][0][format]”:”wysiwyg”},”type”:”media”,”field_deltas”:{“1”:{“format”:”default”,”alignment”:””,”field_file_image_alt_text[und][0][value]”:false,”field_file_image_title_text[und][0][value]”:false,”media_title[und][0][value]”:””,”field_media_author[und][0][value]”:””,”media_description[und][0][value]”:””,”media_description[und][0][format]”:”wysiwyg”}},”link_text”:null,”attributes”:{“height”:”1278″,”width”:”896″,”class”:”media-element file-default”,”data-delta”:”1″}}]] While the elusive R&B singer remains under the radar with no social media, he still manages to be somewhat active on his Tumblr account. The most recent post…… Continue Reading
photo credit: Lester Cohen l Getty Images Looks like Cardi B‘s luck and blessings are spewing over into the new year! After just breaking another Billboard record with having 3 singles on the Hot 100 billboard chart, the rapper and R&B crooner Bruno Mars just announced a new collab to drop at midnight, January 4th.…… Continue Reading
Photo Credit: Getty Images- Allen Berezovsky If you Googled the founder of the NBA today, you would have been surprised who came up. Today, someone at Google made a major mistake saying that the outspoken LaVar Ball was the founder of the National Basketball Association. That’s right, a major mistake was made on googles…… Continue Reading
