TMZ — Kendrick Lamar and SZA were monumentally huge artists and that's what propelled the soundtrack for "Black Panther" ... not a 19-second clip an artist claims was a rip-off of her artwork. Kendrick and SZA just filed legal docs asking a… more info

NME — The track had been set to feature on frequent Kanye collaborator Swizz Beatz's upcoming new album Bono / Kanye West A Kanye West and Bono collaboration will stay unreleased after producer Swizz Beatz elected not to include it on his upcoming new... more info

Stereogum — Superproducer Swizz Beatz has been teasing a new solo album for over a decade now. His last, One Man Band, debuted in 2007, and Pitchfork reports that the follow-up will finally be out this summer via Epic. The album is called Poison and it features ... more info

Core News — “Diplo & Friends exclusively in the mix, this week with Bianca Oblivion and LUCA LUSH going in! Expect brand new and exclusive music from the likes of 4B, Spooky, TC4, Lady Leshurr, Dos Flakos, Major Lazer, Roska, YehMe2, Omulu, Anna Lunoe, Baauer,... more info

NME — "This is my word" Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar has spoken out on the time he recently interrupted a white fan on stage for rapping the N-word. Last month, the rapper was performing at Hangout Fest in Alabama when he invited the fan onto the st... more info

Time — The rapper won for his album, DAMN. more info

Chorus.fm — Lisa Robinson, writing for Variety: I tell him that Chuck D once told me that in the 1980s, “We was broke, but we wasn’t broken,” and Kendrick says, “I love that. I felt that for sure. Because the times we had to wait for food stamps every mo... more info

Stereogum — Since the Internet's last album, 2015's Ego Death, frontwoman Syd released her great solo debut Fin , Matt Martians released the solo LP The Drum Chord Theory , Steve Lacy dropped the Steve Lacy's Demo EP and worked with everyone from Kendrick La... more info

NME — The rapper has discussed being awarded the prestigious prize in a new interview Kendrick Lamar Kendrick Lamar has said hip-hop should have been recognised by the Pulitzer Prize “a long time ago” in a new interview. The rapper received the Pu... more info

Stereogum — Kendrick Lamar has reached the point in his career where he only does a few interviews a year, and where every interview is an event. Case in point: Kendrick is on the cover of the new issue of Vanity Fair. The cover story, from writer Lisa Robinson,... more info