The Best and Worst of Last Night’s ‘SNL’ with Chance the Rapper

Chance the Rapper nailed it as host on last night’s SNL, even if the spotty as hell episode didn’t always provide him with much material to go on. From confused sports announcer and porn star, to high school nerd in love with his dad and more, Chance was up for whatever and full of enthusiasm. […]

Chance the Rapper Hosts the Best ‘Saturday Night Live’ of Season 43 So Far

That’s right. Out of the six episodes of Saturday Night Live we’ve had so far, the best episode of the season wasn’t hosted by a huge movie star or a popular comedian. Instead it was hosted by chart-topping hip-hop artist Chance the Rapper, who makes the case for his own career in comedy effortlessly. Chance […]

Chance the Rapper Debuted a New Song Last Night on ‘Colbert’

When Chance the Rapper was booked to appear on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night, he was planning to perform “Grown Ass Kid,” an outtake from his Coloring Book mixtape. But he was moved to debut a new song (with Daniel Caesar), written over the past few days, not even titled yet – […]

Taylor Swift booted from No. 1 as rapper Cardi B makes chart…

Taylor Swift booted from No. 1 as rapper Cardi B makes chart history While Swift’s “LWYMMD” broke all sorts of streaming records, “Bodak Yellow” is historic in an even bigger way: It’s only the second song by an unaccompanied female rapper to hit No. 1 in the Hot 100’s history. Entertainment Weekly

Rapper Lil Wayne has been hospitalised after suffer multiple seizures

Thomson Reuters (Reuters) – Grammy-winning rap star Lil Wayne was taken to hospital on Sunday after suffering a seizure and being found unconscious in his Chicago hotel room, TMZ said on its web site. Lil Wayne, 34, who has become one of the biggest names in rap music over a two-decade career, suffered a second […]

The Female Rapper Trading Verses With Kendrick Lamar

When you’re from Snow Hill, North Carolina — population maybe 1,800 — the odds of making it as a successful hip-hop artist are about as remote as winning Powerball. But in the case of Marlanna Evans, better known as Rapsody, when you dedicate your life to defying those odds, developing a reputation for wicked wordplay […]

Rapper The Game is promoting the initial coin offering of a company looking to usher in the weed revolution

Getty Images/David Livingston The Game is promoting the initial coin offering, a blockchain-based fundraising method, of a tech company looking to transform the cannabis industry. The market for ICOs has exploded to $ 1.8 billion, and a lot of people are calling it a bubble. The Game, a hip-hop artist, is promoting a tech company […]

Black Lightning Casts Albino DC Villain Tobias Whale With Rapper Krondon

Black Lightning has already cast its most formidable foe, adding rapper Marvin “Krondon” Jones III in the series regular role of Tobias Whale, the CW announced on Thursday. The character of Tobias Whale, an African-American man with albinism, was first introduced in 1977’s Black Lightning #1. He is a local politician who goes on to murder Alvin Pierce, father to […]

90 People Hospitalized At Chance The Rapper Concert

Connecticut police say more than 90 people were hospitalized during a Hartford concert where Chance the Rapper was performing on Friday. A “large number” of the attendees who were hospitalized were underage drinkers “experiencing severe intoxication,” authorities said in a statement provided to BuzzFeed News. Police also said they issued court summonses to some 50 […]

Watch: Chance the Rapper Performs Stevie Wonder’s “They Won’t Go When I Go” During Surprise Tiny Desk Concert

Early in June, Chance the Rapper took the staffers at NPR by surprise by coming by their office unannounced (until everyone found when it was announced over a PA system) and performing a Tiny Desk Concert. The moment was well-documented by staffers expressing their surprise/glee on social media, of course: …but today the full video of […]