Stereogum — Rumors of a collaborative album between Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole have been swirling around the internet for a while now. Yesterday, the two rappers freestyled over each other’s tracks in honor of Black Friday, with Cole rapping, “When you and K... more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar and J. Cole have swapped freestyles over each other’s tracks in honor of Black Friday. Both tracks are named after the holiday — Lamar raps over J. Cole’s Forest Hills Drive cut “A Tale Of 2 Citiez,” while Cole does his thing... more info

Stereogum — Black Hippy OG Jay Rock put out the underrated 90059 a couple of months ago. Slightly confusingly, a short song with TDE labelmate SZA was included as part of the video for the album’s title track, but on the actual LP, it was used as an outro for ... more info

Brooklyn Vegan — photos by Jimmy King Last week, David Bowie released the really great title track off his upcoming album '★' (pronounced "Blackstar") and now a new feature on Rolling Stone reveals more details on the album. LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy, who... more info

Stereogum — Last week, David Bowie debuted his 10-minute-long single “Blackstar” with an appropriately epic video. Rolling Stone spoke with some of his collaborators about his new album, and there’s some interesting stuff in there! Apparently, ★ was insp... more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar apparently tried to crash a wedding reception at a hotel in Columbus, OH last month. TMZ has obtained video of the rapper walking up to the dance floor as Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody” is playing and breaking ou... more info

Stereogum — Ty Dolla $ign, the West Coast R&B hedonist and visionary, has been working on Free TC, his full-length major-label debut, for what feels like forever. And we’ve already heard a ton of songs from it; in recent days, we’ve heard “Solid,” with B... more info

Mercury News, California — Kendrick Lamar thrills fans at the Fox Theater in Oakland. more info

Brooklyn Vegan — by Andrew Sacher photo: Jay Rock at Terminal 5 earlier this month (more by PSquared) Jay Rock just wrapped up a tour supporting fellow Black Hippy member Kendrick Lamar, which hit NYC at Terminal 5 (pictures). (We also caught the... more info

Stereogum — Ty Dolla $ign’s debut studio album Free TC comes out next week. So far, we’ve heard a bunch of tracks, including the most recent ones “Saved,” “Solid,” and “Sitting Pretty,” and today the rapper’s shared a particularly guest-heavy c... more info