Stereogum — The South Central Los Angeles rapper AZ Chike has been making reckless, energized underground music for many years, and now he's taking his shot at the mainstream. He got his biggest-ever look a couple of years ago when he traded bars with Kendrick L... more info

Stereogum — It's been six years since Jhené Aiko graced us with her last album Chilombo . She announced the long-awaited follow-up, titled Westside Whimsy, only a couple days ago, not giving us much time to process the information. Today, we get to hear the 20... more info

Stereogum — South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone have been working on a movie with Kendrick Lamar for a while now. There's been few details about the project, other than the working title for the musical comedy film is Whitney Springs. The release dat... more info

Stereogum — Anytime that Kendrick Lamar shows up on anyone else's song, it's news. Earlier this year, for instance, Kendrick was on his protege Baby Keem's album Ca$ino . Today, he's on a new record from Dahi, the veteran Inglewood-born rap producer. The post ... more info

Stereogum — The Divine Feminine was one of the best and most important albums of Mac Miller's career. With 2015's GOOD:AM, the Pittsburgh native was already redefining himself as a soulful, melodic sonic adventurer, a fixture of a burgeoning Los Angeles hip-hop... more info

New York Post — “Jam session” just took on a whole new meaning. more info

Stereogum — Back in 2017, two different teenage Vallejo, California rap duos joined forces to form the group SOB x RBE, and they took off quickly with a hard, energetic style that felt like a fresh take on classic Bay Area sounds. By 2018, they were showing up o... more info

Stereogum — Dacoury Dahi Natche, the DJ and producer known as Dahi (formerly DJ Dahi), has worked on a staggering number of great records. You'll find him in the credits of 2010s rap classics like Kendrick Lamar's "Money Trees," Drake's "Worst Behavior," and Big... more info

Stereogum — In 2020, just before the pandemic, Kendrick Lamar and his longtime business partner Dave Free launched their “multi-lingual, at service company” pgLang. Officially, pgLang is more than a record label — it’s also a film production company, an ... more info

Stereogum — Ryan Porter, a trombonist who became a beloved fixture of the Los Angeles-based West Coast Get Down jazz scene and played on key albums by Kendrick Lamar and Kamasi Washington, has died, the Los Angeles Times reports. Porter passed away Saturday afte... more info