Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar is not into these “big three” conversations. For the past few years, rap top-dog conversations have revolved around three names: Kendrick, Drake, and J. Cole. Kendrick and Drake have been taking shots at one another for more tha... more info

Stereogum — Over the past year or so, New York rap producer Evilgiane, one of the weird and brilliant young minds behind the sample drill movement, has made a name for himself by twisting familiar source material into fast, hard, deeply idiosyncratic beats. E... more info

Consequence Of Sound — Lamar’s first new music since 2022 arrives as the score for a three-minute video advertising Chanel’s 2024 Spring-Summer show. Kendrick Lamar Scores New Chanel Short Film The Button Jo Vito more info

Stereogum — In 2022, Kendrick Lamar shared his fifth studio album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers . Since then, he’s released “The Hillbillies,” a collaboration with Baby Keem that samples Bon Iver. Today, the revered rapper has a new song in a Chanel Pr... more info

Stereogum — A little more than two years ago, the much-hyped Las Vegas rapper Baby Keem released The Melodic Blue , his debut album. Keem hasn’t put out another record since then, but he’s been plenty busy. Earlier this year, Keem and his cousin Kendrick... more info

Stereogum — Last week veteran producer Trevor Horn released Echoes: Ancient & Modern, a covers album that paired him with a range of different vocalists. The most intriguing inclusion on the tracklist was a cover of Kendrick Lamar’s “Swimming Pools (Drank... more info

Stereogum — Tori Amos has a long history of releasing cover songs that radically reimagine the originals. She’s turned tracks from people like Nirvana, Eminem, and Slayer into tender, exploratory piano pieces, and now she’s done the same for one of Kendri... more info

Consequence Of Sound — A track appearing on Trevor Horn's new album, Echoes: Ancient & Modern. Tori Amos Covers Kendrick Lamar’s “Swimming Pools (Drank)”: Stream Jo Vito more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, Beyoncé collaborated with Travis Scott on “DELRESTO (ECHOES)” as well as with Kendrick Lamar for a remix of “AMERICA HAS A PROBLEM.” Her Renaissance concert film is officially in theaters today, and she used the closin... more info

Stereogum — A Weekend Update segment of this week’s Saturday Night Live made fun of Imagine Dragons for four minutes. Host Colin Jost introduced this week’s SNL “back-up band” as Remember Lizards, not to be confused with Imagine Dragons. Andrew Dismuk... more info