(AllHipHop News) Drake’s latest album is a bona fide commercial success. Views is set to open with over 850,000 copies sold, and the LP is looking to break the record for most album streams in one week. [ALSO READ: Drake’s ‘Views’ Now Projected To Sell Under 1 Million Copies In Its First Week] According to HitsDailyDouble, Drizzy’s most recent musical […]
(AllHipHop News) Bobby Shmurda is still locked up in New York for conspiracy, drugs, and weapons possession charges. However, a new report claims someone connected to the Brooklyn rapper has suffered an even worse fate. [ALSO READ: Bobby Shmurda Plans To Get Involved In Politics & Protesting Social Injustice After Release (AUDIO)] According to DNAInfo, Peter Martinez’s body was discovered earlier […]
(AllHipHop News) Grammy winning rapper Tip “T.I.” Harris has announced a new artist-led initiative known as TIDAL X: MONEY TALK. The Atlanta native is teaming with the streaming service Tidal to help promote education. [ALSO READ: T.I. Announces Roc Nation Partnership & Tidal Ownership During Atlanta Show] Tip and Tidal are offering philanthropists the chance to […]
(AllHipHop Events) Some of Atlanta’s music dignitaries were on the scene for “The Benefit Of ET Skater Chic Listening Party” on April 28. The historic Rhodes Hall location served as the setting for Hot 107.9 personality ET Cali’s presentation of his new EP. [ALSO READ: EXCLUSIVE: From ATL Radio Star To ‘Skater Chic’ Rapper, ET Breaks Down His Transition […]
(AllHipHop News) The tale of Marvel superhero Spider-Man has been transformed into several motion pictures. Over the years, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, and Tom Holland have been tapped to portray the web slinger and his secret identity Peter Parker on the big screen. [ALSO READ: Marvel To Feature Black-Puerto Rican Character Miles Morales As New […]
(AllHipHop News) Five years ago, a new R&B voice arrived on the music scene with the well received mixtape House Of Balloons. The Weeknd’s debut project is now considered groundbreaking material that influenced other acts such as Drake, Zayn, Justin Bieber, and Nick Jonas. The man born Abel Tesfaye spoke with Vogue about House Of Balloons. [ALSO READ: Drake Discusses His […]
(AllHipHop News) Every year Forbes magazine releases a list of the wealthiest people in Hip Hop. The usual suspects make their way to “The Forbes Five” annually, but 2016 sees a new face crack into the top. [ALSO READ: Forbes Hip-Hop Wealthiest Artists Of 2015] According to the publication, Aubrey Drake Graham has joined Sean “Diddy” […]
(AllHipHop News) When Quentin Miller released the song “unHOLY,” certain lyrics on the record seemed to be a response to Drake’s “Summer Sixteen.” Drizzy rapped, “How am I keeping it real by keeping this sh-t to myself? You was never gang, gang, gang, gang, you was never one of us.” Miller came back with, “You can throw […]
(AllHipHop News) VH1 is set to air a special this Sunday titled Dear Mama. The Mother’s Day program (which borrows its name from the classic 2Pac song about his mom Afeni Shakur) will feature celebrities paying tribute to their mothers. [ALSO READ: 2Pac’s Mother Afeni Shakur Reported Dead At 69] Alicia Keys, Queen Latifah, Jaden Smith, and Willow […]
(AllHipHop Features) If there was ever any doubt that Lupe Fiasco is capable of captivating a crowd, one would have only had to experience his “Tour For The Fans” appearance at Variety Playhouse in Atlanta on Monday night. Over an hour into the Chicago native’s set, Lupe was still able to mesmerize his audience with the nearly […]
(AllHipHop News) The public has watched Zonnique Pullins grow from being a child star to a young woman. Most of the world first became aware of the now 20-year-old Atlanta resident from her appearances on the unscripted television series Tiny and Toya and T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle. However, Zonnique also grabbed the attention […]
(AllHipHop News) R&B/Pop superstar Beyoncé adds another major career milestone to her résumé. The Houston bred singer is now the first female artist to chart 12 or more songs on Billboard‘s Hot 100 at the same time. [ALSO READ: Rihanna Joins The Beatles In Second Place For Hot 100 Record] The publication revealed Bey accomplished the feat this […]
(AllHipHop News) Singer-songwriter Andra Day has joined with Coca-Cola and McDonald’s for the Rise Up ESSENCE Festival program. Those four parties have also partnered with Shazam for a new visual-recognition technology for content distribution. [ALSO READ: ALTERNATIVE PICK Andra Day – “Forever Mine”] As an extension of Coca-Cola’s “Share A Coke And A Song” campaign, 40 million cups at select McDonald’s restaurants across […]
(AllHipHop News) The line between mixtapes and albums have blurred to the point were in many cases it is impossible to differentiate between the two. Rappers release albums for free and put mixtapes on sale. But what are the advantages for artists to give their fans music without having to pay for it? [ALSO READ: Run […]
RIP AFENI SHAKUR!
(AllHipHop News) When Drake’s VIEWS landed last week, the early predictions were that the set could sell over 1 million copies in its first week. After a few more days of release, it now appears Drizzy will just miss joining Eminem, 50 Cent, and Lil Wayne on the list of rappers to cross a milli […]
(AllHipHop News) The annual Met Gala was held last night in New York City. Plenty of celebrities were on hand for the charity fashion event including Kanye West and his wife Kim Kardashian. Ye’s choice to wear blue eye contacts caused a lot of reaction on social media. [ALSO READ: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian West […]
(AllHipHop Features) Raynel “Headkrack” Ruffin is a man of many talents. The Bronx, New York native can be heard every morning as a co-host of the nationally syndicated Rickey Smiley Morning Show, and he can be seen every night as a commentator on the television program Dish Nation. Besides maintaining his successful career as a radio and TV personality, […]
(AllHipHop News) It comes as no surprise that Beyoncé’s latest musical effort Lemonade lands in the #1 spot on the Billboard 200 album chart. The project totaled 653,000 equivalent album units (485,000 pure sales) in its first week. [ALSO READ: Beyoncé’s ‘Lemonade’ Album Is Available For Purchase On iTunes] At the moment, Lemonade has earned the […]
(AllHipHop News) Former Roc-A-Fella Records artist Memphis Bleek did an interview with N.O.R.E.’s Drink Champs podcast. The conversation included the Jay Z associate claiming he tried to warn Damon Dash about the fall of Roc-A-Fella and how the industry would turn its back on him. Dash responded to Bleek’s statements while speaking with Dr. Boyce Watkins. [ALSO READ: Memphis […]
