Travis Scott Goes Fishing In A Laid-Back ‘Kick Out’ Video

It doesn’t look like Travis Scott is sweating Clipse’s scathing assessment of him on their new album Let God Sort Em Out. Instead, he’s busy promoting his own new project, Jackboys 2, the follow-up to the EP that introduced the world to his Cactus Jack Records signees at large. To that end, he’s released the […]
King Princess Shares ‘Cry Cry Cry’ From ‘Girl Violence’

Mikaela Straus is starring in the new season of Hulu’s Nine Perfect Strangers at the moment, but she also has a new King Princess album to roll out. She announced Girl Violence and shared the lead single “RIP KP” in June, and now she has another single out now, “Cry Cry Cry.” Straus says of […]
Hanumankind ‘OTW Tour’ Dates + ‘Monsoon ‘Season’ Announce

Viral rapper Hanumankind blew his way into the spotlight last year with his breakout single “Big Dawgs,” continuing his rise to stardom with follow-up single “Run It Up” and his well-received Coachella debut. Now, he’s preparing to release his debut mixtape, Monsoon Season, and with it, he’s announced his first-ever North American tour dates. The […]
Clipse & Kendrick Lamar Share ‘Chains & Whips’ Video

Clipse’s “Chains & Whips” was always going to be the standout from their new album Let God Sort Em Out. For one, it features Kendrick Lamar, a pairing that has been fascinating fans since “Nosestalgia” from Pusha T’s 2013 album My Name Is My Name. For another, it has some of Pusha and Malice’s most […]
Eminem Shares ‘Stans’ Documentary Trailer With Fan Questions

Last February, it was announced that Eminem was producing a documentary about his superfans, fittingly titled Stans after his 2000 hit coining the term for overly enthusiastic admirers of a celebrity. Today, Eminem revealed its premiere date and shared the first teaser trailer, in which he asks, “What’s your first question?” The one-weekend-only screening is […]
Bruno Mars Jokes About Gambling Debt Post-Blackpink

Last year, quite the rumor about Bruno Mars made the rounds: Supposedly, he had amassed a whopping $50 million in gambling debt with MGM Resorts. MGM quickly refuted the rumor, but it’s been Mars himself who has kept the conversation alive by continually joking about the situation. The latest example is an Instagram post from […]
The Best Songs About Summer, Ranked

This column concerns songs about summer. Subject matter will include: the heat, grilling, surfing, driving around, making out, partying, sweating, seasonal depression disorder, and other tangential topics. Song titles that directly mention summer will be favored, though explicitness is not a requirement. In some cases, songs may not state which season they take place in. […]
Cardi B Daughter Kulture Got A Hello Kitty Birthday Party

Cardi B and Offset’s daughter Kulture has apparently hit the age where she’s REALLY into Hello Kitty. The seven-year-old had another extravagant birthday party over the weekend, this time themed for the popular Japanese character (who is, technically, NOT a cat?). As usual, Cardi and ‘Set went all-out on the decorations, as revealed in Cardi’s […]
2025 ESPY Awards Performers: Gelo, Busta Rhymes, Clipse

The performers for the 2025 ESPY Awards have been announced, and it seems like fate that one of them is former basketball player LiAngelo Ball — who goes by the rap name Gelo. He’ll be joined by Busta Rhymes, Clipse, and Tobe Nwigwe. The show is scheduled for this Wednesday, July 16, at the Dolby […]
Back To The Roots Of Soul With ‘Beloved’

Even though recent discussions about whether R&B and soul music have died have been overblown, there’s still a nugget of truth somewhere in all the noise. Once upon a time, it was kind of a mark of music media’s inherent racism that singers kept getting classified as rappers in news coverage — especially when it […]