Lecrae

Lecrae has penned an op-ed piece for Billboard, offering his opinion on the recent shooting that left nine dead in Charleston, S.C. last Wednesday (June 17). The Grammy-Winning artist says that ignoring America's dark history and "the brokenness of our country," is a major factor behind the Charleston church shooting. The 3...

Lecrae holds nothing back in the powerful video for "Welcome to America," his cut from last year's Anomaly album. In the song, Lecrae raps from the perspective of a drug dealer, a war veteran and an immigrant while images of seemingly everyday scenes from across the country play out ...

Many within the hip-hop community have responded to the events that occurred this week in Ferguson, Mo., when a grand jury declined to indict Darren Wilson for the killing of Michael Brown. The issue has affected the nation, leading to protests in Los Angeles, Seattle, New York and Washington, D...

Taylor Swift's latest album, 1989, made history this week. The album sold 1.287 million copies in its first week, registering the largest sales week for an album since June 2, 2002, when Eminem's The Eminem Show sold 1.322 million in its second chart week at No...

T.I.'s Paperwork and Logic's Under Pressure finished No. 2 and No. 4 respectively in this week's album sales, a refreshing sight to see after a few weeks of disappointing hip-hop sales. Paperwork grabbed the No. 2 spot this week with 80,000 units sold, a solid showing for one of ATL's finest. XXL Fres...

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The Game's Blood Moon: Year Of The Wolf debuted at No. 8 on the charts this week, with 30,544 units sold. It's a rather disappointing showing for an album that had a good amount of promo behind it, and a few solid tracks with all-star features such as "Hit Em Hard," "Fuck Yo Feelings," and "Really" among others. In comparison...

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Tinashe's debut album, Aquarius debuted at No. 16 on the charts this week, a slightly disappointing showing for an album which had a lead single "2 On" that was arguably the song of the summer. In comparison, one of Tinashe's contemporaries, Jhené Aiko, debuted at No. 3 on the charts...

In this age of the Internet, where illegal downloads are just a click away, and where musicians and labels pay exorbitant amounts of money for promotion of projects in an effort to boost sales in a struggling record industry, it is not often that a project that is dropped without any prior warning is able to break into the Top 50...

Lecrae is winning. There's no other way around it. Still reeling off claiming a No. 1 Billboard spot with his latest album, Anomaly, L Boogy recently stopped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon and performed his track, "Nothin" backed by the live sounds of The Roots...