Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Kanye West at Governors Ball 2013 (more by Dana (distortion) Yavin) We were just saying in today's rap roundup that Kanye West is supposedly releasing a new song every Friday starting today (1/8) ahead of his... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Kid Cudi at 2015 Pemberton Fest (more by Chris & Rae Graham) We're always posting about about a ton of rap, like the brand new Kendrick Lamar song, but still some stuff falls through the cracks.... more info

Perez Hilton — Kendrick Lamar is kicking off the new year in full force! The King Kunta rapper stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Thursday night, and it looks like with a new year, comes new music from K Dot. He performed a BRAND NEW song with The... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Back in late 2014, Kendrick Lamar debuted an untitled song on The Colbert Report that didn't end up on the great To Pimp A Butterfly, and last night (1/7) he debuted "untitled 2" on The Tonight Show... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher Rapsody North Carolina rapper Rapsody, who had a major guest verse on Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly and also put out her own great album Beauty and the Beast, is the first artist to do an... more info

Stereogum — Apparel company Billy Reid invited Justin Vernon and celebrity chef Ashley Christensen to participate in their Fan Club series, “wherein we invite chef and musician friends, who we know share a mutual admiration, to create a list of ‘burning ques... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher, Bill Pearis & Amanda Hatfield photo: Kendrick Lamar at Day For Night 2015 (more by Tim Griffin) Every year is a good year for new music, but 2015 felt like the best one in a while. It... more info

Stereogum — “God Is Gangsta” isn’t the name of a song on To Pimp A Butterfly, but it is the title of a new video that Kendrick Lamar released late last night. The Jack Begert-directed short was produced by Psycho Studios, and initiates with Lamar getting b... more info

Perez Hilton — He should definitely win a few! Kendrick Lamar's most recent album, To Pimp a Butterfly, is so AH-Mazing that it earned the rapper 11 Grammy Award nominations. While it's not quite a record — it's one shy of Michael Jacksons record 12 nominations �... more info

New York Post — If hearing “Can’t Feel My Face” so many times has left your ears numb, maybe it’s time to try something meatier than the overplayed Billboard Hot 100 fodder. So turn down the “Uptown Funk” for a minute and behold the five best albums of 2... more info