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The BET awards were telecast last night from Los Angeles’ Microsoft Theater, and the recipients of its coveted awards for hip-hop and R&B were largely expected/deserved. Kendrick Lamar, for instance, won in the Best Male Hip-Hop Artist category, and I don’t think many people are going to be scrambling to deny that that was the […]
Really sad news: according to TMZ, Albert Johnson — better known as Prodigy, the rapper who was one half of Mobb Deep — has died in Las Vegas at the age of only 42. TMZ isn’t the most reliable of sources, but its piece quotes Prodigy’s publicist, who said explained that the rapper was hospitalized […]
Harrison Jacobs/Business Insider This weekend is the seventh edition of the annual Governors Ball music festival at Randall’s Island in New York City. Throughout the three-day festival, over 50 musicians will perform, with headliners like Chance the Rapper, Lorde, Phoenix, Childish Gambino, and Tool. As with any festival these days, there are artists from all different genres […]
The rapper – real name Anna Georgette Gilford – divided opinion with her performances on Simon Cowell’s singing competition but managed to make it through to the quarter finals. Honey G failed to make an impression on the charts when she released her debut single in December through Cowell’s Syco label. However, ITV bosses think […]
Theo Wargo/Getty They may not have lost themselves in the music or the moment but a judge and nine lawyers in a New Zealand courtroom did listen politely to Eminem’s “Lose Yourself” as a copyright trial involving the country’s ruling political party began Monday. The Detroit-based music publishers for Eminem are suing New Zealand’s conservative […]
Baked Alaska Tim “Treadstone” Gionet was not always a supporter of President Donald Trump. The 29-year-old internet troll, most widely known as Baked Alaska, seemed to be an unlikely person to wade into the real-estate mogul’s camp at the start of the 2016 election season. Back then, Gionet identified as a carefree, easygoing libertarian. He […]
Track: Pillow Talking | Artist: Lil Dicky | Album: Professional Rapper Kotaku Soundtrack is a selection of the stuff we’re listening to at the moment. Kotaku
[Image: Tree Village] Here’s a look at official Parappa The Rapper food, which will be at an upcoming Parappa The Rapper anniversary cafe in Tokyo that will run from April 20 to May 31. Kotaku
It’s tough for streaming music services to stand out. Cosmetic differences aside, all of them offer virtually the same thing. Each major platform has the songs listeners want, for the most part. One method that services are using to stand out is exclusive releases — even if they’re only exclusive for a short time. For […]
Apple Music paid Chance the Rapper a whopping $ 500,000 to put his album “Coloring Book” on the service for a two-week exclusive window, Chance said Friday. “I never felt the need to correct folks on my relationship with @apple but now that more people have tried to discredit my independence,” Chance wrote on Twitter. […]
