Good Life Festival Promoters Respond to Nasty Viral Video of Security Guard Being Kicked in the Head

A nasty viral video has been making the rounds on social media showing a concert-goer violently kicking a security guard in the head at...

Top Dawg Teases Upcoming LPs Including Possible Black Hippy Release Next Year

Top Dawg Entertainment CEO Anthony Tiffith has just posted an Instagram of a whiteboard teasing a whole bunch of upcoming TDE releases. There’s a...

Troy Ave Takes Aim at Joey Bada$$ on New Diss Track "BAD ASS"

Joey Bada$$ and Troy Ave have never gotten along very well, but Troy took things to a whole new level tonight when he dropped the diss track...

Watch Pro Era's Joey Bada$$, Kirk Knight, and Nyck Caution Spit a Dope Group Freestyle

Pro Era rappers Joey Bada$$, Kirk Knight, and Nyck Caution stopped by Hot 97’s Real Late with Pete Rosenberg to chop it up about their upcoming tours, new music, and relationship...

French Montana and Belly Live Large in the New Video for "Jackson 5"

Fresh off the release of his Max B-hosted mixtape Wave Gods, French Montana is back with a luxurious set of visuals for the project’s track “Jackson 5.” The...

TDE's CEO Gives Update on 2016 Release Schedule and Hints at New Artist Signings

Things have been mostly quiet from Top Dawg Entertainment‘s camp ever since the release of Jay Rock‘s 90059 album in September of last year. Kendrick Lamar made a dynamite appearance...

Baskerville Jones – Mile 1 EP Review

Baskerville Jones will drop her new EP in May 2016. Hailing from So-Cal (Southern California), Ms. Jones combines soul, blues, folk, pop and alt...

Vic Mensa Debuted His Powerful New Song "16 Shots" at Justice for Flint Benefit

Last night, Vic Mensa performed at Ryan Coogler‘s Justice for Flint benefit event in Michigan to help raise money and awareness for the ongoing water...

A$AP Rocky Does An Impeccable Tyler, The Creator Impression

A$AP Rocky was a guest on Tyler, The Creator’s GOLF Radio show recently, and while recounting a conversation between him and Tyler about copping...

Swans’ Michael Gira Cancels Australian Solo Dates

Swans frontman Michael Gira was scheduled to play three shows in Australia this month beginning Saturday in Brisbane. Pitchfork reports that those dates are...

Rihanna‘s “Work” tops the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the second week in a row. The singer’s ANTI single and fourteenth No. 1 song beat...

Prince Gave Steph Curry a Shout-Out During a Show in Oakland Last Night

There are no certainties in life. That’s the conclusion that Prince came to during two sold-out ‘Piano & A Microphone’ shows in Oakland last...

London duo turned trio the Big Pink are in full promo mode leading up to their Empire Underground EP. They’ve unleashed the stellar singles...

It Looks Like dvsn Has Signed to Drake's OVO Sound Label

It appears as if Drake may have expanded his OVO Sound roster with the addition of dvsn. Noah “40” Shebib, Drake’s longtime collaborator and OVO Sound...

Kanye West Begins Work On Turbo Grafx 16 Album

Look: Kanye West is not going to release an album this summer, and it’s certainly not going to be called Turbo Grafx 16. We...

Clips Of Alleged Frank Ocean Album Listening Session Leak

Remember last summer when we all thought Frank Ocean’s new album was imminent? What a simpler time! The only Ocean material we’ve gotten since...

Yung – “Pills”

Denmark’s Yung were a Band To Watch in 2015 on the strength of their EP These Thoughts Are Like Mandatory Chores, and they’re back...

Watch A$AP Rocky Completely Nail an Impression of Tyler, the Creator

A$AP Rocky has his impression of Tyler, the Creator completely nailed down. In a recent episode of Tyler’s GOLF radio, Rocky reminisced about the...

Brooklyn Museum Announces Nude Iggy Pop Exhibit

Iggy Pop is no stranger to getting naked on stage, but for a new art exhibition he stripped down in a different context. Last...

Greys – “No Star”

Toronto punks Greys have been taking things at a measured pace since we named them a Band To Watch back in 2012. They put...

Watch Vic Mensa Debut “16 Shots” At Flint Benefit Concert

The political fervor behind the movement against police brutality is reaching a fever pitch in music. A police union boycott of Beyoncé is gaining...

The Black Market: The Month In Metal – February 2016

Earlier this month, the Wall Street Journal ran a piece called “The Weird Global Appeal Of Heavy Metal.” The article provides a brief but...

Teyana Taylor Is Collaborating With Reebok on Allen Iverson's First Sneaker

It looks like the G.O.O.D. Music family is about to add yet another sneaker collaboration as the label’s first lady Teyana Taylor just took to...

Kim Kardashian Shares Video From First Date With Kanye West

Kim Kardashian decided to throw it all the way back to 2012 on Monday with a short clip of her and Kanye West‘s first...

Premiere: Toronto Producer Eestbound Drops a New Track, "Television"

Eestbound is set for a big year. After playing a role in crafting Travi$ Scott‘s banger “Antidote” last year, the up-and-coming Toronto-based producer is continually pushing...

The Best Rap Verse of the Month

T.L.O.P. is honest, incoherent, contradictory, and spiritual all in the same breath—much like the artist that created it. Kanye West has given us better...

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis Announce 'This Unruly Mess I've Made' North American Tour

Macklemore and Ryan Lewis are heading out on a North American tour in support of their new album, This Unruly Mess I’ve Made. The upcoming dates...

A$AP Rocky Explains What Exactly Went Down in That Elevator Attack in New Zealand

A few days back, a report emerged that A$AP Rocky had been attacked at his hotel in New Zealand. Rocky reportedly entered the hotel’s...

Watch Lady Gaga Perform “Til It Happens To You” At The Oscars

Lady Gaga performed “Til It Happens to You,” her Oscar-nominated song from the campus sexual assault documentary The Hunting Ground, at tonight’s Academy Awards...

Sam Smith Wins Best Song Oscar, Ennio Morricone Wins Best Score

The Golden Globes repeated themselves a bit at the Oscars tonight, with Sam Smith and Jimmy Napes picking up a Best Original Song Academy...

The 88th Academy Awards are airing live at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and it just announced the winner of Best Original Song....

Watch Dave Grohl Play “Blackbird” For Oscars’ In Memoriam

It turns out that Dave Grohl’s previously announced “special performance” at the Oscars was an acoustic rendition of the Beatles’ “Blackbird,” which he played...

Adele's '25' Is No. 1 on the Billboard 200 Chart for the 10th Week

This week in chart news, Adele’s 25 is No. 1 again on the Billboard 200 for a tenth nonconsecutive week, selling 100,000 copies (81,000...

Amy Wins Best Documentary Oscar

Asif Kapadia’s Amy Winehouse documentary Amy has won the Academy Award for Best Documentary at tonight’s Oscars, beating out the Nina Simone doc What...

Watch The Weeknd Perform “Earned It” At The Oscars

“Earned It,” the Weeknd’s contribution to the Fifty Shades Of Grey soundtrack, is nominated for Best Original Song at the Oscars tonight. Along with...

Watch Sam Smith Sing “Writing’s On The Wall” At The Oscars

Sam Smith performed “Writing’s On The Wall,” his theme from the most recent James Bond film Spectre, at tonight’s Oscars ceremony. The song, which...

Watch Performances By Lady Gaga, Sam Smith, The Weeknd and More at Oscars 2016

Tonight is the 88th Academy Awards hosted by Chris Rock. There are a lot of nominees, celebrities and presenters in attendance, as well as...

Watch Puff Daddy Bless Justin Bieber With a Bad Boy Letterman Jacket for His Birthday

Justin Bieber is turning 22 on March 1, but he went ahead and threw himself a big rager in Bel Air over the weekend...

Did Future Send a Message to Copycat Rappers at His Concert in NYC?

Rap Twitter has been buzzing about Brooklyn rapper Desiigner and how he sounds similar to Future. As we all know, information on the Internet...

Adele Turned Down Macklemore's Invitation to Appear on 'This Unruly Mess I've Made'

In the last few years, the duo of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis have blown up to become one of the biggest things in the music...

Killer Mike Calls Out Hillary Clinton Over Her Record on Race

Killer Mike has long been one of Vermont Senator and presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders’ most vocal advocate. The Run the Jewels rapper has, for...

Arca Announces New Album Reverie

London-via-Venezuela producer Alejandro Ghersi aka Arca had a good 2015 with the release of his sophomore album Mutant. Today via Instagram, he announced a...

Kylie Minogue Opposes Kylie Jenner’s Trademark Attempt

According to Kylie Jenner and Kylie Minogue, there’s only room for one “Kylie” in the entertainment biz. Reality star/Snapchatter/whatever Jenner has filed U.S. trademark...

Juicy J Previewed His New Track "No English" Featuring Travis $cott Last Night

Juicy J was performing a set the OHM nightclub in L.A. last night and took the opportunity to preview a brand new song. Titled...

Watch Lady Gaga Join Elton John At Surprise Sunset Strip Show

Yesterday, Elton John held a free surprise concert outside the site of the old Tower Records in West Hollywood, a place John frequented so...

Here's Video of a 12-Year-Old Kanye West Dropping a Hot Freestyle

At one point in Kanye West’s newer songs “No More Parties in L.A.” from his latest album The Life of Pablo, the rapper claims to be...

Jack Ü Travels the World in Their New Video for "Mind" f/ Kai

Exactly one year ago, Skrillex and Diplo’s self-titled album Jack Ü came out today. To celebrate the milestone, the pair has released an official video...

DJ Maximum of BBK Is the Special Guest on Episode 16 of OVO Sound Radio

We could be anticipating something big on today’s episode of OVO Sound Radio. If you have been a regular listener, we usually get a...

“Holy Grail” Beatles Record Heading To Auction

A rare early Beatles record, described by the editor of Record Collector Rare Record Price Guide as “one of those Holy Grail items like...

Watch Killer Mike Slam Hillary Clinton’s Response To Black Lives Matter Activists

A young Black Lives Matter activist confronted Hillary Clinton at a private fundraiser in Charleston, South Carolina on Wednesday, interrupting the candidate to call...