Eminem‘sKamikaze, the album he unexpectedly released Thursday night, was designed to sow controversy. Its most incendiary track is likely “Fall,” which features open disses towards a host of Eminem’s perceived foes, from hip-hop commentators Joe Budden and DJ Akademiks to Tyler, the Creator, who Eminem calls a “faggot” on the …
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Michael Jackson had to give up a little bit of space on his throne this week, when Post Malone broke a record that The King of Pop held for 34 years. The 23-year-old rapper whose name has crept slowly and then very rapidly into the mainstream in recent years just …
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Last Monday, Aubry “Big Juice” Delaine went into the studio for a marathon recording session with Nicki Minaj. He didn’t leave again until Thursday night, when they had finally completed the rapper’s new Queen album, which hit streaming services Friday around noon. Delaine has served as Minaj’s go-to recording engineer …
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Lin-Manuel Miranda dropped an unreleasedHamilton-themed Mobb Deep track, “Boom Goes the Cannon…,” for the June installment of his year-long Hamildrops series. The track features Prodigy, who died nearly one year ago on June 20th, 2017. “Rest in peace, Prodigy. Thank you Havoc,” Miranda tweeted of the rap duo after unveiling …
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As if on cue, a Top Dawg Entertainment employee politely interrupts producer Mark “Sounwave” Spears, who was telling the story about how he linked with rap icon Kendrick Lamar more than a decade ago. “I think you’ll be pretty happy with this,” the TDE staffer slyly winks. “Is that what …
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UPDATE:Philadelphia district attorney Larry Krasner filed a motion to the state Supreme Court backing Meek Mill‘s request to be released from prison on bail, Billboard reports. This reiterates a motion the prosecutors filed last month, which stated they were “unopposed” to Meek Mill’s bail request. According to Billboard, the new …
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Kanye West has settled his lawsuit against insurer Lloyd’s of London. Howard King, the attorney representing West’s touring company in the suit, confirmed in a statement to Rolling Stone that “the dispute has been amicably resolved.” The rapper alleged the insurer withheld paying claims from the portion of West’s canceled …
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Emimem is involved in another battle rap-related film, Bodied. However, rather than starring in it as with his semi-autobiographical 2002 blockbuster 8 Mile, he is serving as the upcoming film’s producer. Based on a script penned by rap battle champion Alex “Kid Twist” Larsen, Bodied is directed by music video …
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