Meek Mill performed his single “Dangerous” on Tuesday’s Tonight Show. The rapper, who recently released his Legends of Summer EP, took the stage alongside Jeremih and PnB Rock, along with house band the Roots. Mill also discussed justice reform on the show. The 31-year-old emcee, who was released from prison …
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It’s unclear how, exactly, Drake pulled it off. On “Don’t Matter To Me,” a late song on the rapper’s latest album Scorpion, he recruits Michael Jackson for a duet. The late King of Pop is listed as a feature, and true to that billing, his voice handles chorus duties over …
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Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, whose work in the spoken-word group the Last Poets helped earn him the title of the “Grandfather of Rap,” died Monday. He was 74. “It is with extreme sadness and a heavy heart that the family of Jalal Nuriddin announce the passing of this great pioneer of …
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Kim Kardashian defended Kanye West against accusations that he’s abandoned Donda’s House, the foundation the rapper co-founded to honor his late mother, in a series of tweets Saturday. Kardashian’s tweets were aimed at Che “Rhymefest” Smith, the Chicago rapper and West collaborator who co-founded Donda’s House; earlier in the day, …
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Killer Mike and 2 Chainz reflect on their rise from drug dealing to hip-hop domination on new collaborative single “Black Power. White Powder.” Over the song’s flickering synth-bells and grinding trap beat, Killer Mike opens with a choppy, minimalist flow, proclaiming that he paved his way to “freedom” through cash. …
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The triple album format springs to mind career-surveying hits compilations, Zappa-type improvisations, Grateful Dead live sets or the Clash’s Sandinista! A 27-song, three-disc record of all new material is not the kind of thing you’d associate with a pop-friendly hip-hop duo that had its first hits just four years ago. …
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PRhyme, the project of DJ Premier and Detroit rapper Royce Da 5’9″, unveiled a shrewd new song, “Era,” featuring New York MC Dave East. The track marks first single off the duo’s new album,PRhyme 2, out March 16th via PRhyme Records. On PRhyme’s first album, DJ Premier pulled samples exclusively …
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