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“I would upload a song, and someone would be like, ‘I hear a guitar chord,’” Shauf says. “They would download the session, ...
GELO is the rap alter-ego of LiAngelo Ball, the onetime NBA prospect whose brothers Lonzo and LaMelo are both in the league right now. For the longest time, LiAngelo was the underachiever of the ...
Snoop Dogg is putting his wife, Shante “Boss Lady” Broadus, first. So much so that the moment he fell head over heels for her would be worth reliving. The ...
Billboard’s intrepid reporter goes deep on who performed, who partied, what they ate and drank, and what they wore (or didn’t ...
Bridges dropped his first album, 'Up the Score', last year to great acclaim, and this week Bridges dropped another strong album with 'Halftime.' ...
There are only theories to answer this question, but the prevailing thought is that the new Brat album cover represents this entire conversation about how long a moment can last, how long an album ...
Welcome to Mic Drops and Elbow Drops, Carl Lamarre's new rap and wrestling column. His first entry explores the 20th anniversary of John Cena's one and only album, You Can't See Me. By Carl ...
The annual BET Awards are an American award show that was established in 2001 by the Black Entertainment Television network to celebrate Black entertainers in music, film, sports and philanthropy ...
After releasing her third album Still last year, de Casier has surprise-released a new full-length called Lifetime. Last year she also teamed up with producer Nick Leon for "Bikini," our favorite ...
As half of the hip-hop duo OutKast, Andre 3000 was one of the most respected rappers. On Monday, he dropped a surprise album of piano improvisations, not long after releasing an album of jazz flute.
RODNEY CARMICHAEL, BYLINE: All of a sudden, the best rapper alive is playing the flute. (SOUNDBITE OF ANDRE 3000'S "I SWEAR, I REALLY WANTED TO MAKE A 'RAP' ALBUM BUT THIS IS LITERALLY THE WAY THE ...