Dan Rys
Cee-Lo Green Says Andre 3000 Has Stage Fright, May Never Return To Music
Cee-Lo Green has known OutKast's Andre 3000 since the two were in the third grade, and the Dungeon Family members have remained close as both of their stars have risen in the music industry over the past two decades. So with rumors abounding of a new Andre solo album and Cee-Lo's Goodie Mob out on a press tour in support of their new album Age Against The Machine, Cee-Lo was asked about his childh
Nicki Minaj Responds To Ransom Lyric: “I Don’t Need No Ghostwriter”
After New Jersey's Ransom dropped his new track "Man Alone"—which features the lyric "Before Nicki was wearing those crazy wigs / I was doing verses for her just hoping she made it big"—reports began surfacing that he'd claimed that he was ghostwriting for Nicki Minaj. Well, trus...
Talib Kweli Working With Q-Tip On New Album
With his last album Prisoner of Conscious still on the shelves and an upcoming tour with Big K.R.I.T. and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis on the horizon, Talib Kweli isn't standing still. Yesterday while speaking with XXL, Kweli mentioned he's started working with A Tribe Called Quest's Q-Tip on a new album, tentatively scheduled for next year.
"Q-Tip—I'...
Talib Kweli Is Excited By Pro Era, Occupying The Florida Governor’s Office And Loves Bill Murray
Talib Kweli has been one of the most outspoken advocates in hip-hop in his fifteen-plus years in the industry, from bigging up younger artists to underlining the importance of confronting racism head-on in American society. With a new album, Prisoner of Conscious, out a few months ago, new videos dropping, and an upcoming tour with Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and Big K.R.I.T., ...
Peyton Manning And Eli Manning Make…A Rap Video?
Well, this was unexpected, to say the least. It seems that DirecTV got the Manning brothers Peyton and Eli together down in their hometown of New Orleans, gave them ridiculous wigs and a golden football, and, well...had them make a rap video...
Master P Drops New Mixtape ‘Famous Again’
Master P has been back in the news recently for a few reasons. The former No Limit chief dropped a video for his new song "Letter To My Daddy" around Father's Day (below), and attended his grandmother's funeral over the weekend, where he was at least able to see his brother C-Murder who was released from prison, where he's serving a life sentence, in order to attend...
Beyonce Brings Out Jay Z To Perform “Tom Ford” In Brooklyn
Jay and Bey were at it again in Brooklyn last night as Beyoncé completed her string of three dates at the Barclays Center. During her performance of "Bow Down," her sassy new track with a Houston flair, Jay appeared wearing enough chains to light the stage himself and transitioned into his own new track with an H-town shoutout, Magna Carta's "Tom Ford." Bey jumpe...
Kevin Gates Battles Out Of The Hood And Into The Studio
It starts even before he gets on stage, just as the DJ ends his set but still before the madness really takes hold. Sometimes it's the DJ who starts it, sometimes it's someone in his entourage, sometimes it springs organically from the swell of the anxious crowd...
Chief Keef Ordered To Pay $230,000 Over Abandoned London Show
The law ruled against Chief Keef again, though he didn't even know it this time. According to a report from TMZ, the Chicago rapper was scheduled to perform in London last December, linking up with a promotion company called Team Major who was putting on the show, only to eventually bail on the gig and not show up...
Best Hip-Hop Tweets Of The Week, 7/28-8/3
From new bangers from 2 Chainz, Big Sean and Drizzy to major media fuckups from Riley Cooper and Don Lemon to simple appreciations of success—with a couple celebrations of classic releases in between—hip-hop has had a lot to say in the past week, and they took to Twitter to say it. We've coll...
Kevin Gates Posts New “Hometown Takeover” Vlog
Louisiana rapper Kevin Gates recently swung through his home state for a string of tour dates, his first in the Pelican State since earlier this year. Hitting up Howlin' Wolf's in New Orleans, the Varsity Theater in Baton Rouge and Kokopellis in Shreveport, Gates did a run of radio interviews and promotional events leading up to each of his sold-out performances...
Machine Gun Kelly On His Standing In Hip-Hop: “There’s No Way I’m Not In The Top Five”
Machine Gun Kelly speaks to Boss Lady in a fairly awkward interview on SiriusXM in support of his recently-released mixtape—or free album, as he's referring to it—Black Flag. Boss Lady kicks things off by immediately comparing MGK's name switch up to J. Lo, which ...