411 Mania — Talking with Rick Rubin... more info

Consequence of Sound — The Compton MC meets the famed producer for the first time. more info

Idolator — The rapper covers GQ Style. more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar is on the cover of the new issue of GQ Style, and for its accompanying story the magazine had the rapper sit down with super-producer Rick Rubin. It was apparently the first time the two of them had met, and GQ says they went into the ... more info

AllHipHop — DID K.DOT CASH OUT THIS YEAR? The post Did Kendrick Lamar Make Over $3 Million In Features This Year? appeared first on Exclusive Hip Hop News, Interviews, Rumors, Rap & Music Videos | Allhiphop. more info

PopSugar UK — Earlier this week, Maroon 5 and Kendrick Lamar released their new collaboration, "Don't Wanna Know." It's one of the catchiest songs of the year, and it will take 0.2 seconds to get stuck in your brainwaves. On Friday, Maroon 5 unveiled the musi... more info

PopSugar UK — Beyoncé heated up the stage at the Tidal X:1015 concert in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday. Queen Bey brought the house down with her performance during the event, which was live streamed on Tidal and also brought out Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, Robin Thic... more info

PopSugar — Beyoncé heated up the stage at the Tidal X 1015 concert in Brooklyn, NY on Saturday. Queen Bey brought the house down with her performance during the event, which was livestreamed on Tidal and also brought out Alicia Keys, Lauryn Hill, Robin Thick... more info

New York Times — Hear the 10 songs that caught our critics’ attention this week, from Emeli Sandé’s “Garden” to Priests’ “JJ.” more info

Chicago Tribune — On its 11th studio album, "American Band" (ATO), the Drive-By Truckers are a band renewed. The guitars sound rude, the voices raspy, the songs weathered, weary and introspective, even when the choruses ring out like news bulletins. At a time when art... more info