October 2018 Blog Posts (164)

Billboard’s Streaming Songs chart dated Oct. 13 is chock full of Lil Wayne, who scores 19 of the 50 tracks on the tally, including the entire top five, following the release of new album Tha Carter V.

The Weezy onslaught is led by “Mona Lisa,” featuring Kendrick Lamar, which bows at No. 1, the rapper’s first chart-topping debut on the list as a lead artist (and second…

Rolling Loud is invading downtown Los Angeles this holiday season, taking over the Banc of California Stadium and Exposition Park on December 14 and 15. RL made it official Friday (Oct. 12), announcing that Cardi B, Lil Wayne, Post Malone and Lil Uzi Vert would serve as nightly headliners.

The two-day festival features a stacked lineup that should cater to a…

Drake opened up about his beef with Pusha-T and Kanye West, fatherhood, and more during an eye-opening interview with LeBron James and Maverick Carter that aired Friday night (Oct. 12) on the new HBO Sports series The Shop.

The interview, which plays out more as a casual conversation, opens with James and Drake discussing the challenges of growing up in a broken home…

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Lil Peep fans are incensed that Quavo may have dissed the late rapper on his new album “Quavo Huncho.”

The lyrics in question, which have been the subject of speculation since the album dropped late Thursday night, are featured on the song “Big Bro.”

On the track, the Migos emcee raps, “Think you poppin’ Xanax bars, but it’s Fentanyl / Think you’re living life…

Lil Peep fans are incensed that Quavo may have dissed the late rapper on his new album “Quavo Huncho.”

The lyrics in question, which have been the subject of speculation since the album dropped late Thursday night, are featured on the song “Big Bro.”

On the track, the Migos emcee raps, “Think you poppin’ Xanax bars, but it’s Fentanyl / Think you’re living life…

If you think that Cardi B is the only rapper who has beef with Nicki Minaj, think again. And this time, it’s actually a male MC — Migos’ Quavo — who is taking aim at Minaj.

On his debut solo album, “Quavo Huncho,” released Thursday night, Quavo responds to Minaj’s recent diss track “Barbie Dreams” with his similarly titled “Huncho Dreams” — a song that suggests that…

Queen Latifah is “unable to accept” an award named for a pioneering opera singer, citing personal reasons.

The Marian Anderson Award made the announcement on its website. The organization wasn’t more explicit, and Queen Latifah’s spokeswoman did not immediately return an email Friday.

The award is given in Philadelphia to critically acclaimed artists for their…

Beyoncé paid homage to a high-profile music executive being honored at a charity event to raise money for cancer research.

The singer’s vocals soared as she performed three ballads including her 2009 smash hit “Halo” and “Ava Maria” after saluting the character of Warner/Chappell Music Publishing CEO Jon Platt at the City of Hope gala near Los Angeles on Thursday…

Justin Combs, Diddy’s 24-year-old son, seemed to have his eyes on rising rapper Bia during a late night of partying.

Joined by a group of friends, the pair arrived at Miami megaclub LIV at Fontainebleau on Thursday around 1:30 a.m. where they were spotted at the VIP table drinking bottles of Cîroc, an insider told Page Six.

“Justin seemed to pay…

Meek Mill showed up unexpectedly at Goldbar for a private listening party for Shy Glizzy’s new album “Fully Loaded.”

Meek rolled up with four black Bentleys, and had Goldbar close down Mulberry Street before entering to order a parade of five bottles of Don Julio 1942.

Cam’ron’s booked for a Halloween party there on Oct. 27.…

Kanye West on Thursday delivered a bizarre, F-bomb and curse-filled rant during a meeting in the Oval Office — after which President Trump said the MAGA-hat wearing rapper could one day fill his shoes as the commander-in-chief.

“Could very well be,” Trump said when asked if he thought West was presidential material.

“Only after 2024,” Yeezy…

Tekashi 6ix9ine‘s next gig could be behind bars if he doesn’t start showing up to court.

The rainbow-maned rhymester skipped out on his court date Wednesday, prompting a Brooklyn judge to threaten to have him locked up next time he misses a scheduled appearance.

“Counselor, if your client is not here on Tuesday, [there’ll be] a bench warrant,” Judge Edwin…

Fabolous is facing four felony charges related to his alleged assault against girlfriend Emily Bustamante.

A grand jury in New Jersey indicted the 40-year-old rapper on one count of domestic violence with significant bodily injury, two counts of threatening to kill and one count of possession of a weapon, TMZ reported. Each charge can bring up to five years in…

Cardi B matches Iggy Azalea for the most career weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 among female rappers, as both MCs have now spent seven weeks at the chart's summit in their careers.

As previously reported, Maroon 5's "Girls Like You," featuring Cardi B, logs a third week at No. 1 (on the chart dated Oct. 13). Cardi B previously led for a week in July with "I…

Chance the Rapper continues to inch away from Kanye West.

During an appearance on “The Joe Budden Podcast,” the rapper, 25, admitted he’s not sure if “Good Ass Job,” an album he and West, 41, were planning to collaborate on, will ever even come out.

“I had talked to Ye when I was in Wyoming about making this project happen. He was like, ‘Yeah, we’ll do a…

If a swear jar existed in Amber Rose‘s home, it would be pretty full.

“I let my son curse in the house because it’s a form of expression,” Rose told Us Weekly over the weekend. “I tell him when it’s appropriate and not to say it at school. That’s it.”

Speaking to the magazine at her annual SlutWalk, where she wore a wedding dress, the mom of 5-year-old…

When Eli Manning goes low, Lil Wayne goes higher. And, uh, higher.

A day after the Giants quarterback spoke about the rapper for perhaps the first time in his life, a bothered Lil Wayne, enormous blunt in hand, released a series of Instagram videos in which he was incredulous he was on the receiving end of a shot from one of his favorite quarterbacks.

The…

Rick Ross has reportedly settled a massive debt with the IRS. According to court documents obtained by The Blast, the Department of Treasury recently filed a Certificate of Release of Federal Tax Lien against Ross.

Consequently, Rozay was forced to pay a total of $4,617,370.86, which settled a 2012 tax bill he’d left unpaid for over a year.

The IRS hit Ross…