SNL: Chance the Rapper Name-Checks Angel and Buffy in Monologue Rap

RELATED STORIES In an ode to also-rans everywhere, Chance the Rapper spent this week’s Saturday Night Live monologue extolling the virtues of the second-best things, people and places in life. The exuberant song was spurred by the fact that it was his second time hosting the late-night sketch show (and the first pulling double-duty as both host […]

SNL: Chance the Rapper to Pull Double Duty as Host and Musical Guest

RELATED STORIES Chance the Rapper is heading back to Studio 8H. He’ll serve as both host and musical guest for Saturday Night Live‘s Oct. 26 episode, the show announced Saturday. The musician fronted the show once before, in Season 44. Eminem was his musical guest. Highlights of that episode included “Come Back, Barack,” a Boyz […]

Rapper ‘Young Greatness’ killed outside New Orleans Waffle House – reports

Published time: 29 Oct, 2018 16:45 Edited time: 29 Oct, 2018 16:46 Rapper Theodore Jones – better known as ‘Young Greatness’ – has been shot and killed outside of a Waffle House in his hometown of New Orleans, according to local media reports. The shooting occurred at around 1:35 am on Monday, with first responders […]

Mac Miller Funeral: Talented young rapper dead at 26 and THIS song spoke of dying young

The young star, real name Malcolm James McCormick, dated Ariana Grande until May this year. The pair made a prominent UK appearance together when they were united on-stage at Grande’s One Love Manchester concert in June 2017. He topped the Us Billboard 200 album chart in 2011 with his debut album Blue Slid Park when he […]

Tom Hardy’s Venom Voice is the Rapper Redman Crossed With…Woody Allen?

When Tom Hardy uttered his first line in the Venom trailer, it was met with a universal “…Huh?” Was Hardy doing his best Terrence Howard impression? Is this what he thought an intrepid journalist sounded like? And mostly, why? Hardy is the rare kind of actor who seems to hate his own face and voice. And though […]

'This is Iraq': Rapper decries US legacy in Iraq in bitter parody of Childish Gambino (VIDEO)

A musical video by an Iraqi rapper calling out the US on its abuses at Abu Ghraib and elsewhere in the war-ravaged country following the 2003 invasion has gone viral, racking up over 500,000 views. The video was filmed by rapper I-NZ as another parody of Childish Gambino’s ‘This is America.’ While Gambino took on […]

‘Art is not a crime’: Hundreds protest jailing of Spanish rapper for ‘insulting’ king (VIDEO)

Crowds of protesters gathered in Madrid’s central square to demand the acquittal of Valtonyc, a rapper whose lyrics landed him in jail for insulting the Spanish crown and glorifying terrorism. Friday evening saw throngs of demonstrators show up at the Puerta del Sol square to show support for Mallorcan artist Jose Miguel Arenas, who goes […]

Opposition cries censorship as Spanish rapper jailed for insulting king & glorifying terrorism

The Spanish Supreme Court has upheld a decision to jail a rapper for three and a half years for a song deemed to have glorified terrorism and insulted the crown, sparking a debate about freedom of expression in the country. The court rejected arguments on Tuesday by little-known rapper Jose Miguel Arenas Beltran, stage name […]

Internet erupts over black unemployment after Trump’s unlikely feud with rapper Jay-Z

Donald Trump has lashed out at Jay-Z’s recent remarks about him, telling the rapper that black unemployment has actually dropped under his presidency. Twitter was divided over whether Trump had anything to do with the fall. “Somebody please inform Jay-Z that because of my policies, Black Unemployment has just been reported to be at the […]