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The long wait for Drake‘s Iceman album will soon be over. The OVO Sound superstar has announced that his eagerly anticipated ninth LP — and first solo project since his high-profile rap battle with Kendrick Lamar — will be released on May 15. The…

Drake has ramped up his Iceman rollout in spectacular fashion by hiding the album’s release date in a huge ice structure in Toronto. On Monday (April 20), the Canadian hitmaker announced on Instagram that he had erected an enormous ice…

There may be no major rap album this week, but there’s still plenty of great music worth checking out in this week’s New Music Friday. Ludacris, who hasn’t released an album in over a decade, returns with a playful new single called “Pull Over”…

Isaiah Rashad has revealed the tracklist and artwork for his new album It’s Been Awful ahead of its release next month. The project, which serves as the long-awaited follow-up to 2021’s The House is Burning, clocks in at 16 songs and includes the…

Wu-Tang Clan have officially been voted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. The Class of 2026 inductees were unveiled on Monday (April 13), with Sade, Luther Vandross, Oasis, Iron Maiden, Phil Collins, Billy Idol and Joy Division/New Order…

Afrika Bambaataa, the hip-hop pioneer with a checkered past of sexual abuse allegations, has died at the age of 68. The visionary rapper, DJ and producer (real name Lance Taylor) died on Thursday (April 9) in Pennsylvania, according to TMZ.…

This week’s New Music Friday marks the beginning of a new chapter for multiple artists. After a five-year hiatus, Isaiah Rashad returns to kickstart the rollout for his new album with “Same Sh!t,” a southern-fried trunk-rattler that captures the…

Gucci Mane has taken aim at Pooh Shiesty and Big30 on wax, just days after they were arrested for allegedly kidnapping and robbing him. The 1017 boss released a hard-hitting new song on Friday (April 10) called “Crash Dummy,” which finds him…

Kanye West has weighed in on the age-old debate over who (if anybody) could beat him in a Verzuz battle — and his answer is the most Kanye answer ever. The Chicago rap icon made a surprise appearance at Deon Cole’s comedy show at Hollywood Improv…

Lil Tjay has hit out at Offset after being arrested in connection with the former Migos rapper’s shooting. Offset was hospitalized with non-life-threatening injuries on Monday evening (April 6) after being shot outside the Seminole Hard Rock…

Isaiah Rashad is making his long-awaited return next month with his first album in five years. The Tennessee native has announced his new album It’s Been Awful, which will be released on May 1 via Top Dawg Entertainment and Warner Records. Along…

Wireless Festival has been canceled after its headliner, Kanye West, was denied entry into the UK. The London-based rap and R&B festival announced in a statement on Tuesday (April 7): “As a result of the Home Office banning YE from entering…

Offset has been hospitalized after being shot outside a casino in Hollywood, Florida. The attack occured on Monday evening (April 6) in the valet area of the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, according to the Seminole Police Department. The…

Jay Electronica did not take kindly to being booed at his show in Los Angeles over the weekend as he jumped into the crowd to confront the hecklers. The Roc Nation rapper’s concert at The Compound on Saturday (April 4) went south when some…

Kanye West‘s Bully has made a decent splash on the Billboard 200 despite the whirlwind of controversy leading up to its release. The album has debuted at number two on the chart after earning 152,000 equivalent units in its first week, according…

Pooh Shiesty, along with his father Lontrell Williams Sr. and fellow rapper Big30, has been arrested for allegedy robbing and kidnapping at gunpoint Gucci Mane and two others earlier this year. Shiesty (real name Lontrell Williams. Jr.) is one of…