After a relatively quiet year, bad boy Gucci Mane is back with his new single, “TakeDat”. Directed by Omar The Director, the accompanying video spots the Atlanta rapper referencing Diddy while recreating scenes from some of The Notorious B.I.G.’s iconic music videos. “We getting higher than a kite, no Diddy / See my artists double plat, no Diddy / Sipping yak no Diddy / Couple niggas got whacked, but no Diddy,” raps Guwop in the jacuzzi scene from “Big Poppa” before depicting the car chase scene from “Hypnotize”. “I got the power and respect but no Diddy / The CEO in the video, but no Diddy ..read more

Lola Brooke is that bitch in her new video, “Shelter Baby”. In the gritty clip courtesy of VisionBank, the Brooklyn rapper delivers her braggadocious bars from an abandoned room full of flickering lights and bullet holes. “You know I look good as fuck, don’t lie / Please, don’t run, better yet, hide,” she raps. “They be questioning Lo’, and I don’t know why / Better hand me my flowers every time you see a mic.” The Reefa-produced track is lifted off Lola Brooke’s debut album, Dennis Daughter featuring Latto, Yung Miami, Bryson Tiller, French Montana, Coi Leray, and Nija. . The post Video: Lol ..read more

Quavo is not backing down from Chris Brown. Such is the case on his latest response, “Over Hoes & Bitches”. Produced by DJ Durel, Huncho addresses feuding over women, Breezy’s authenticity in the streets, and his previous record. “Why they got Quavo out here going back and forth with a singer that turned to a junkie? / Never got light skin versus brown skin, nigga finna divide the country,” he raps. “Nigga, you ain’t been in the trenches / We stomping the yard, you know how that ended / Want smoke with me? / OHB mean fighting over hoes and bitches / Who gassed you up to put that out? / Yea ..read more

A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie interrupts our regularly schedule program with his unexpected project, Alone, the prequel to his forthcoming album, Better Off Alone. Holding it down solo with four new records, the HighBridge rapper from the Bronx opens his extended play with “Tiffanys”, before segueing into “No More Questions”, “How To Love”, and “D.T.N.”. Alone is A Boogie’s first project following last year’s B4 BOA EP. Last month, he released “Steppas“, the first single off his forthcoming album, Better Off Alone. It is the follow-up to his 2022’s Me vs Myself. The post EP: A Boogie Wit Da Hoo ..read more

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame has announced the inductees for 2024 and A Tribe Called Quest and Mary J. Blige are among the acts for the proteaginous honor. Nominated three times, ATCQ, consisting of members Q-Tip, Jarobi White, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and the late Phife Dawg, have released six critically-acclaimed albums in the span of three decades. Their last album, We got it from Here… Thank You 4 Your Service debuting at No. 1 in 2016. Phife Dawg passed away earlier in the year. Dubbed the Queen of Hip Hop & Soul, Mary J. Blige will finally take her well-deserved seat at the museum. S ..read more

G Perico brings the big payback with the release of his latest effort, G. Slim’s Revenge. On this time around, the prolific Los Angeles rapper unleashes 10 records lead by the title-track, “G Slim’s Revenge”, followed by “Rap Stalkers“, “Troll Patrol“, “She Sexy“, and “Any Means“. Other tracks include “Identification”, “Outtie”, “Steelz Interlude”, and collaborations from Steelz (“How Will”, “Bang Bang”), Wallie The Sensei (“Luxury”), and Tiny Doo (“Throw It Up”). G. Slim’s Revenge is G Perico’s first project of the year following last year’s LA Summers 3. The post Album: G Perico ‘G. Slim’s ..read more

Drake is not letting up on his ongoing feud with Kendrick Lamar. On Friday (Apr. 19), the rapper uploaded a freestyle titled “Taylor Made Freestyle” on social media platforms where he takes more shots at Kendrick while utilizing artificial intelligence generated voices from the late Tupac Shakur and West Coast icon Snoop Dogg. In the spirt of ‘Pac, Drizzy raps, “Kendrick we need ya, the West Coast savior / Engraving your name in some hip-hop history / If you deal with this viciously / You seem a little nervous about all the publicity,” before passing the torch over to Uncle Snoop. “Dot, you kn ..read more

Lola Brooke revisits her Dennis Daughter album with its new video, “Neighborhood Hero”. Directed by Ben Marc, the visual follows the Brooklyn rapper taking over the streets with her biker gang. “Spin blocks, peel those / When they bend back, gotta kill those,” she raps. “I don’t kick it with no opps, gotta wear the steel toes / Feeling like a big dawg, neighborhood hero.” Dennis Daughter is Lola Brooke’s debut album released last year. It features Latto, Yung Miami, Bryson Tiller, French Montana, Coi Leray, and Nija. She has since released its deluxe. The post Video: Lola Brooke “Neighborhood ..read more

It’s Drake verse everybody on his highly-anticipated diss record, “Push Ups”. After a premature leak surfaced online on Saturday (Apr. 13), the four-minute track was mastered and officially released on Friday (Apr. 19). It finds the 6 God taking aim at his current foes including Kendrick Lamar, Future, Metro Boomin, The Weeknd, and Rick Ross. In response to Kendrick Lamar, Drizzy raps, “Pipe squeak, pipe down / You ain’t in no Big Three / SZA got you wiped down / Travis got you wiped down / Savage got you wiped down / Like your label, boy, you in a scope right now,” before shifting his aggress ..read more

NBA YoungBoy’s recent arrest has gotten worse. Less than 24 hours since his arrest, it now has been reported that the chart-topping rapper is facing 63 charges as what authorities are describing as a “large scale prescription fraud ring.” According to the arrest affidavit, the charges include 20 counts of identity fraud, 20 counts of obtaining a prescription under false pretenses, 20 counts of forgery, and one count each of possession of a dangerous weapon by a restricted person, engaging in a pattern of unlawful activity, and possession of a controlled substance. The 24-year-old Baton Rouge n ..read more