Stereogum — Every year, Top Dawg Entertainment throws an annual Christmas concert and toy drive in the Nickerson Gardens, the Watts housing project where label founder Anthony “Top Dawg” Tiffith and rapper Jay Rock both grew up. It’s a free show and a c... more info

Stereogum — From the moment he popped out for a guest verse on Future & Metro Boomin’s “Like That,” 2024 belonged to Kendrick Lamar. After declaring and winning a war against Drake — and landing a couple #1 singles in the process — that much was cle... more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar and SZA are tight. They used to be Top Dawg Entertainment labelmates, and they’ve continued to collaborate since Kendrick launched his own pgLang label, including two tracks on his new zeitgeist-seizing GNX LP. They did one of t... more info

Stereogum — Last week, Shaboozey tied the record. The Virginia artist’s out-of-nowhere crossover-country smash “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” spent its 19th non-consecutive week at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. That’s the same span of time that Lil Nas X and Bil... more info

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