Cardi B had an altercation with Nicki Minaj‘s security detail while trying to confront the Queen rapper Friday night at a New York Fashion Week gala. After Cardi B was escorted out of the Harper’s Bazaar event, the rapper was photographed with a large bruise over her left eye, no …
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When Travis Scott failed to earn a Grammy nomination for 2016’sBirds in the Trap Sing McKnight, “that was a real dark day,” says Sickamore, the rapper’s longtime A&R, who now works at Interscope Records. Scott returned on Friday withAstroworld,an imposing LPthat’s at once baroque and bludgeoning, sludgy and slick. The …
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Spotify’s RapCaviar and ¡Viva Latino! playlists, already some of the most powerful spheres of influence in the music industry, are now also looking to be some of the most lucrative. The music-streaming service announced tour dates this week for “¡Viva Latino! Live,” a concert series featuring popular Latin music artists …
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Rap Release of the Month:Pusha-T, Daytona“I predict snow/Al Roker,” raps Pusha-T on this seven-track project’s “If You Know You Know.” But Daytona is more than just drug tales from a rapper who has specialized in coke rap since the dawn of the Aughts. As a master of metaphor and punchlines, …
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Cardi B unveiled a radiant new video for “I Like It,” her Invasion of Privacy collaboration with reggaeton star J Balvin and Latin trap master Bad Bunny. The Eif Rivera-directed video was shot in Miami and finds Cardi, Bad Bunny and Balvin sauntering through city streets, taking a summer bash …
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Meek Mill spoke with Lester Holt for a televised interview on NBC Nightly Newsthat aired on Thursday. The pair spoke via telephone about the rapper’s legal situation and what he hoped to do in the future. The rapper has been in prison since November serving a two-to-four year sentence for …
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Cardi B made her third appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon and her first as its cohost on Monday. “I’m the first late night cohost that isn’t a white guy,” she squealed during the monologue. The effervescent rapper, who unveiled her baby bump during her recentSaturday Night Liveperformance, …
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Big Boi has announced a new round of U.S. tour dates. The third leg of his ongoing “Daddy Fat Saxxx” jaunt launches May 17th in St. Louis, Missouri and concludes June 8th in his hometown of Atlanta, Georgia. Tickets are currently on sale via the rapper’s website. The 16-date trek …
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The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has namedQ-Tipthe artistic director and advisor-at-large of its new Hip-Hop Culture Council. In a video introducing the council, the influential rapper and A Tribe Called Quest member talked about his goals as director. “With hip-hop constantly changing and evolving, it is easy to …
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French Montanais working with MTV and the nonprofit organization Get Schooled to launch a “We Are the Dream,” campaign to help undocumented immigrants in the United States attain higher education. “I am one of tens of thousands of first- and second-generation immigrants that are having a significant positive impact on …
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