Lauryn Hill returned to Harvard University Friday to speak with students about writing music. Clips of her roundtable discussion captured her as she spoke about the importance of finding a community that understands and appreciates you and focusing on the truth rather than the performance. “I write what I love, I find what I care…
Angela Weiss/AFP via Getty Images, FILE Jury selection starts Monday in the sex trafficking trial of Sean “Diddy” Combs, beginning the first courtroom test of whether one of hip-hop’s most important figures used power and wealth amassed in the music, clothing and spirits industries to sexually abuse, coerce and exploit alleged victims for decades. Known by various…
Paper Route Empire, LLC Key Glock‘s hiatus is over: He’s returned with his new album, Glockaveli, a tribute to 2Pac‘s The Don Killuminati: The 7 Day Theory, released under the Makaveli moniker. Glock tells Billboard he was introduced to Pac and his music when he was about 8 years old and came up with the concept of the album about…
Tyla is one week away from releasing a new single. She announced that “Bliss” will arrive Friday, May 9, sharing the news alongside an image of her with her eyes closed and sand crystals glistening on her skin. Travis Scott has inspired the latest collection of jerseys for FC Barcelona. He teamed with Spotify and the…
Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images 2 Chainz most recently appeared on Starz’s BMF, but his next move in Hollywood is a short film. According to Variety, the rapper teamed with Omar Epps to write Red Clay, which will make its premiere at the Atlanta Film Festival on Saturday. The film tells the story of Nook and…
LVRN/Interscope Records Summer Walker is entering a brand new era with her latest single, “Spend It,” arriving with two versions. The song is different than her tracks about love and romance, as Summer prioritizes luxury and material things this go-round. “It’s a song about power, pain, and pleasure—wrapped in silk, laced with satire, and set to a…
Doechii joins Westside Gunn on the remix of his song “Egypt,” which starts with a snippet of Doechii telling DJ Ebro that Westside is one her of favorites rappers. “I wanna Thank @officialdoechii for this Body Bag!!!! She’s ALWAYS gave me my [flowers] and I’m forever grateful and humble, u didn’t have to bless me like this fresh…
One World/Kelani Fatai Oladimeji Three generations united onstage at Beyoncé‘s Cowboy Carter tour show Thursday, when she took time to congratulate her mother for becoming a New York Times bestseller. After performing the Cowboy Carter cut “Protector” alongside daughters Blue Ivy and Rumi, she brought out her mom, Tina Knowles, and acknowledged the success of Tina’s…
Kid Cudi once teased his retirement from the rap game, but that time is not yet here. He announced that he has a new single called “Neverland” on the way and shared a countdown for its scheduled release date of May 9. Alongside a video featuring various clips of amusement park rides, he wrote on social…
Photo by Jacopo Raule/GC Images A$AP Rocky‘s role as a father has not taken from his creative process; instead, he says, it’s influenced it. “Being a father is my creative process now because I just embodied it as a whole,” he shared on The Run-Through with Vogue podcast. “I never really had a role model or just…