The “Problem” with Chance The Rapper’s Problem with Bill Maher’s N-Word Gaffe…
The n-word. Eminem – the biggest-selling rapper in history, and a white man from Detroit – can’t use it in his raps. Drake – a half-black/ half-white Jewish Canadian –…
Move Over Jay Z, Eminem and Kanye…Enter the New Chart Kings: Drake, Future and Kendrick
Until recently, Jay Z, Eminem and Kanye West were the predominant figures in hip-hop – at least in terms of sales and chart success. They have 27 Number-One albums between…
DAMN. Should We Really Be Celebrating Kendrick?
Kendrick Lamar, this generation’s hip-hop idol and critics’ darling, just dropped his fourth full album, DAMN., the official follow-up to his classic To Pimp A Butterfly (with the 2016 set…
Did Snoop Cross the Line? Plus a Fact Check On His “Failing Career”
With Snoop Dogg’s latest video, a remixed version of the song “Lavender” by a little known Canadian group called BADBADNOTGOOD, the rapper has people asking did he go a bit…
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This is Not Fake News: Nicki Minaj Ties Aretha Franklin…for Most Hot 100 Chart Singles Among Women. And Here’s How It Happened!
Believe me, I didn’t like writing this as much as many of you will probably hate reading it. And it’s likely that there will be a new single record holder…