Brooklyn Vegan — Also: watch YG perform 'Big Bank' at the BET Awards with Nicki Minaj, 2 Chainz, and Big Sean. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Tonight is the 2018 BET Awards. Jamie Foxx is hosting and so far we've seen performances from Jay Rock, Miguel, Migos, Nicki Minaj, and YG with 2 Chainz, Big Sean, and Nicki. Migos have won Best Group award, "Wild Thoughts" by DJ Khaled feat. Rihanna... more info

Stereogum — Compton rapper YG released the gang-themed "Suu Whoop" back in February and followed it with the ridiculously fun posse cut "Big Bank" in March. The yin of the former's red-tinted, fittingly intense music video sees its yang today in the bright, play... more info

Consequence of Sound — "VIP my squad" is the first lyric, and that about sums it up. more info

Stereogum — Apparently not content to be one of rap's finest guest-verse specialists, 2 Chainz has been churning out the albums in recent years. In 2016, it was the full-length Lil Wayne collab ColleGrove sandwiched by EPs Felt Like Cappin and Hibachi For Lunch.... more info

Perez Hilton — Kanye West debuted his new album Thursday night in Wyoming to a couple hundred fans. Gathered around a bonfire, the 40-year-old rapper played the new songs from his latest project entitled Ye during an intimate listening party in Jackson Hole. Celeb ... more info

Consequence of Sound — The group track, produced by Mustard, appears on YG's forthcoming album, Stay Dangerous. more info

Stereogum — This is obviously a huge fucking morning for rap music, with entire new albums from Pusha-T and A$AP Rocky out there in the world. If you're going to put a big single out there today, you need to be extremely fucking confident that it can get enough ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — The new soundtrack for Netflix's rap docuseries 'Rapture' features collaborations from Killer Mike & 2 Chainz, T.I. & Rapsody, Nas & Dave East, and more. Continue reading… more info

Stereogum — Netflix premiered the first season of Rapture, an eight-part documentary series following the lives of notable rappers and producers like Nas, T.I., 2 Chainz, Logic, Just Blaze, Rapsody, G-Eazy, Dave East, and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie, back in March. A... more info