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Ralph Ordaz/Factory New/Kyle The Hooligan In the wake of the controversy surrounding the virtual rapper FN Meka, a Houston-based rapper named Kyle The Hooligan has posted a video on Instagram claiming that he wasn’t paid by Factory New, the company behind FN Meka, for his work voicing the...

Getty Image/Ralph Ordaz By now, you’ve probably already heard about the virtual rapper FN Meka, who was signed to Capitol Records a few weeks ago, and promptly dropped once folks on Twitter heard about it. Now, you may understand the backlash against the project. You might also be wondering...

Kevin Gates is only two months removed from the release of his third studio album, Khaza, but he’s already got a new single out. On “Major League,” Gates utilizes a cacophonous beat to reiterate his street credentials, shouting out the Baton Rouge roads upon which he made his name. There’s no...

Getty Image The war of words between former baseball star turned record label owner Carl Crawford and his most successful signee Megan Thee Stallion continues to escalate as Meg pushes to leave Crawford’s label, 1501 Certified Entertainment. Yesterday, when headlines broke about Meg’s amended...

Getty Image It seems like Elon Musk never stops, and in early 2020, he even found time to release an EDM song, “Don’t Doubt Ur Vibe.” It’s been about two-and-a-half years since the track came out and now it’s back, via a new Tesla ad. The clip runs for about 90 seconds and features four Tesla...

Getty Image Azealia Banks is always up to something. Sometimes she’s causing trouble, like provoking Beyonce fans or roasting Iggy Azalea. Today, though, the rapper took to her Instagram Story, where she often posts, to announce that she has a reality TV show in the making. “Ok so the Azealia...

Getty Image Recently, it was reported that R. Kelly wanted to ban jurors if they had watched any portion of the 2019 doc series Surviving R. Kelly, which was denied. Now, the Chicago Tribune has reported today that the prosecution’s top witness was Charles Freeman, who became friends with Kelly...

Getty Image Lil Tjay has had a tough year so far. In the early morning of June 22, the rapper was rushed to the hospital for emergency surgery after being shot multiple times. He regained consciousness and doctors removed his breathing tube a week after the surgery. Now, a mere two months...

courtesy of Rapper Big Pooh One half of influential North Carolina hip-hop duo Little Brother, the gregarious Rapper Big Pooh is adding to his prolific solo output. With over a dozen projects under his belt as a solo artist, Pooh has just dropped his latest album, To Dream In Color. It plays...

Manchester United is coming off a triumphant Premier League win against Liverpool on Monday Night Football this week. The Red Devils (who are not being bought by Elon Musk) claimed goals from Jadon Sancho and Marcus Rashford, while holding strong following a late goal from Liverpool’s Mo Saleh...

Capitol Records Just a few weeks after it was announced that Capitol Records had signed an artificial intelligence rapper named FN Meka, the label dropped the project after hip-hop fans called out the decision online, according to longtime New York Times music reporter Joe Coscarelli. In a...

Getty Image Kendrick Lamar is famously reclusive when it comes to social media. His Instagram account has 11.6 million followers and has been scrubbed down to zero photos. His Twitter frequently goes dormant for many months at a time and even when posts get made, they feel like mostly...

Toronto rapper Nav has returned and announced his fourth studio album, Demons Protected By Angels, which drops later this year on XO/Republic. It follows 2020’s Good Intentions, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart led by the single “Turks” featuring Gunna and Travis Scott...

Getty Image JID‘s rollout for The Forever Story continues. Yesterday, the Atlanta rapper piqued interest by releasing the tracklist, sans features. While previously released tracks like “Dance Now” and “Surround Sound” had their featured artists included, the rest were obscured, suggesting...

Getty Image 50 Cent, Carly Rae Jepsen, and Mariah Carey are all hugely successful musicians, but baseball fans may know them best as purveyors of some of the worst ceremonial first pitches in the history of the sport. It’s not all bad when it comes to musical artists doing athletic stuff...

Getty Image/Ralph Ordaz The MTV VMAs are coming back this month to crown the best music videos of the past year. The 2022 MTV VMAs will be hosted by a familiar host personality in LL Cool J and two more co-hosts, Nicki Minaj and Jack Harlow. Kendrick Lamar, Harlow, and Lil Nas X lead the way...

Getty Image / Edward Berthelot Back in January, Los Angeles police began investigating Kanye West after he allegedly punched a male fan who approached him outside of the Soho Warehouse in downtown LA. Had he been convicted of misdemeanor battery, he would’ve faced up to six months of jail time...

Getty Image/Ralph Ordaz One of the benefits of all the advancements in technology we’ve seen over the years is that nearly everything has become more convenient. Even music festivals have seen the benefit of adopting a hybrid streaming option, because not everyone can always make it out in...

Getty Image DJ Khaled’s albums are always star-studded and the upcoming God Did will be no different: Khaled unveiled the LP’s tracklist today ahead of its release this Friday (August 26) and it’s absolutely packed. All told, the tracklist has features from Eminem, Kanye West, Drake, Jay-Z...

Flo Milli is still riding high on the success of her debut studio album You Still Here, Ho?, which dropped in July and featured new tracks like “PBC,” “Conceited,” and “No Face.” Never one to be content with her previous output, Milli keeps the ball rolling with another new video, this time for...