Vince Staples’ Dark Times was one of the most important rap albums of 2024. While his Netflix series The Vince Staples Show was canceled early this year, he’s been busy gearing up for his new independent era. Staples recently launched a private D... more info

Before his Coachella headlining set, Justin Bieber held intimate, invite-only shows in LA and no phones were allowed. Last night, Olivia Rodrigo did something similar at LA's The Echo and brought out Natalie Mering aka Weyes Blood to debut what appea... more info

LA’s Sugar World are releasing new album supercassettevision later this year on Sunday Records. They’ve already teased the follow-up to their 2022 debut with the single “Red Heart On Fire” and “In Magazines.” Yesterday, they returned wit... more info

If you were a big Clipse/Neptune fan in the ’00s, then perhaps you remember Rosco P Coldchain, the verbose, gravelly Philly rap hardnose who always seemed like he was poised for a breakout moment. Coldchain had some vivid, memorable verses on Neptu... more info

There’s a decent single that the 2007 ringtone-rap anthem “Yahhh!” is the greatest contribution that Soulja Boy ever made to society. Over a maddening one-finger keyboard riff, Soulja and his associate Arab bellowed gibberish at fans who approa... more info

French folk artist Minda Tindle released her lovely album Compass Rosa last November. A few songs on it featured Sufjan Stevens, including the single “Heaven Thunder.” Today, Tindle released an expanded version of the album with three new songs, ... more info

The world of UK grime is way more rooted in club culture than US rap is. Grime evolved directly out of the rave and pirate radio scenes, and plenty of UK rappers have had their biggest pop successes on EDM tracks — Dizzee Rascal on “Bonkers” an... more info

“Tadow, Queens be the birthplace/ Turn you to a fuckin’ cheeseburger at a children’s birthday/ Yeah, I deserve a mermaid/ So I could buy my bitch fake Hermes.” It’s Bam Bam! No rapper other than Action Bronson would write those lines in a m... more info

After bringing debut album All Hell back online a few months back, Daughn Gibson is now rolling out Lake Mary not mysterious, his first digitally available album in over a decade. (He released the limited-edition physical-only The Bergundy Daughns in... more info

Red Hot Chili Peppers frontman and cold brew innovator Anthony Kiedis has a long history of dating women much, much younger than him. He's been doing that ever since he was young. At 24, for instance, Kiedis was involved with the 16-year-old movie st... more info