Stereogum — Dec. 9 marks a decade since the release of J. Cole’s hip-hop favorite 2014 Forest Hills Drive. To celebrate, the rapper announced an anniversary show at New York’s Madison Square Garden, taking place next month. Tickets go on sale Wednesday. more info

New York Post — Here are the musicians added to the Super Bowl performance lineup alongside Kendrick Lamar. more info

New York Post — Drake claimed that Universal Music Group and Spotify used "bots" to increase the popularity of "Not Like Us." more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” was undeniably one of the biggest songs of the year. It was obvious Lamar won the rap feud when the Drake diss track debuted at #1, Stereogum readers declared it the Song Of The Summer, and it sparked lots of c... more info

Stereogum — Drake, who was roundly defeated by Kendrick Lamar in their feud this year, has yet to weigh in on Kendrick’s triumphant new album GNX , but he’s still picking fights with people in Kendrick’s vicinity. The latest target of his passive aggre... more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar released his instant classic album GNX by surprise on Friday, and it’s looking like early highlight “squabble up” will debut at #1 next week. In the meantime, we get a video for the track, this time directed by Calmatic rath... more info

Stereogum — In The Number Ones, I'm reviewing every single #1 single in the history of the Billboard Hot 100, starting with the chart's beginning, in 1958, and working my way up into the present. Book Bonus Beat: The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits Th... more info

Stereogum — Everyone’s recovering from Kendrick Lamar’s surprise album drop from Friday (Nov. 22). GNX has some namechecks, and Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, and Nas have responded to theirs. more info

Stereogum — On Friday (Nov. 22), Kendrick Lamar surprise-dropped the new album GNX . It also happened to be release day for Father John Misty’s Mahashmashana , and many are discussing the similarities of the two musicians’ LP schedules over the years. more info

Stereogum — Rap music is miraculous. You could be staring down what promises to be a lazy Friday afternoon, the week before a holiday, and then you could glance at your computer and realize that the world has changed. The album that you’ve been waiting on, ... more info