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The Roots and Live Nation Urban have announced the return of “Roots Picnic.” For the first time in-person since 2019, the annual festival headlined, hosted, and curated by the GRAMMY® Award-winning multiplatinum hip-hop luminaries will take over the Mann at Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, PA, for two days of music, art, and culture on Saturday […]
Entertainment Icon, Hip Hop Legend and Entrepreneur Snoop Dogg has announced he has acquired the Death Row Records brand from MNRK Music Group, which is controlled by private equity funds managed by leading global investment firm Blackstone (“Blackstone”). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. The deal comes on the heels of Snoop Dogg’s latest […]
The life and times of Jevon “ODW” Barnes, aka DRTY WHITE, reads like something out of a Hollywood screenplay. As a child and early teenager, DRTY lived the relatable story of being deeply tormented by his alcohol-and drug-addicted father. After a childhood of mental and physical abuse, he ran away from home at 15, which […]
Northern California duo, NOBLE POETS, continue to bring their honest, earnest brand of Hip Hop to an ever-growing audience. Jevon ‘ODW’ Barnes and Caleb May are proud to present their second single “Humpty Dumpty”. The video for the new single continues the narrative started by the previous single, “Never Fit In.” Both videos were inspired […]
Following the announcement of his new project SICK! (now available for pre-order) due on January 14th, 2022, via Tan Cressida / Warner Records, Los Angeles rapper Earl Sweatshirt shares the 10-song tracklist including a brand new single and visualizer in “Titanic.” The Black Noi$e-produced track marks the third single arriving after “2010” and “Tabula Rasa […]
STARZ announced today it is in development on “A Moment in Time: Murder was the Case” (working title) executive produced by Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson and Calvin “Snoop Dogg” Broadus. A search for a writer is underway on this second project put in development on the “A Moment in Time” seasonal anthology series that will […]
Phoenix via Philadelphia rapper and video game enthusiest Mega Ran has shared the official music video for “Flight 2.0” today. The cut comes on the heels of last week’s “Live 95 (Basketball Diaries)” music video, which premiered HERE via KUTX. “Flight” is all about my obsession and love/hate relationship with sneakers and sneaker culture, which […]
Grammy-nominated musician, entrepreneur and criminal justice reform advocate Meek Mill released his fifth studio album, Expensive Pain, which includes collaborations with Lil Baby, Kehlani, Lil Uzi Vert, Moneybagg Yo, Young Thug, Lil Durk, A$AP Ferg, Brent Faiyaz, Giggs and Vory. Stream Expensive Pain HERE. To celebrate the highly-anticipated release of the album, Mill also announced a special “Expensive Pain: Meek Mill & Friends” album playback concert on Oct. 23 at Madison Square Garden, where he will perform the new project in its entirety alongside several star-studded special guests. Tickets for the show will […]
Def Jam Recordings/UMe is celebrating the 30th Anniversary of Public Enemy‘s platinum selling, landmark release, Apocalypse 91… The Enemy Strikes Black with a Deluxe Digital Edition. The Deluxe Edition of Apocalypse 91… features thirteen bonus tracks, eight of which have never been available through digital platforms, and it can be pre-ordered and pre-saved HERE. “We never […]