Tag Archives: hip-hop

ScHoolboy Q’s sunny disposition on “Soccer Dad,” his latest single, will still straighten your back. When he describes himself as a “groovy ass, no face killer that love to smile,” “killer” is as palpable as “love to smile” is heartwarming. A rare solo release after roughly two and a half …

Russ‘ “Handsomer” is minimal and teeth-rattling, little more than a stream of boasts delivered over a clap-thunk beat. Released last month, the single quickly started to peak interest on TikTok, spurring the rapper to launch an open verse challenge — an opportunity for aspiring artists to add their own eight …

Kanye West, Kendrick Lamar and Future will headline 2022 Rolling Loud Miami. The festival returns to Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens on July 22-24 for its seventh edition. Tickets go on sale Monday, March 7 at 12 p.m. ET. Ye heads up the first night’s festivities, while Future headlines …

Chance the Rapper gave Nelly‘s “Hot in Herre” a country rock spin during That’s My Jam, Jimmy Fallon‘s upcoming music and comedy variety game show, which premieres Jan. 3 on NBC. In the preview clip for the show, Chance pulls a lever that lands on the “Musical Genre Challenge,” which …

Is there anybody out there who isn’t riding with Lil Nas X? No, Tucker Carlson does not count. Just a couple of years ago, Montero Lamar Hill was a 19-year-old college dropout from Atlanta, and even after his banjo-trap landmark “Old Town Road” became the longest-running Number One song ever, …

A new music video for Juice WRLD’s “Conversations” captures the thrill, angst, and potential of the late Chicago rapper’s short life.   In the video, Juice WRLD’s raps about his vices are overlaid with scenes of his life on the road and the stage. In between, motocross riders hit explosive tricks …

In the first week of January 2020, a remix of Saint Jhn‘s “Roses” flew into Spotify’s Top 100. It spent much of the year in the same lofty position, even cracking the Top Five last April, at which point it was earning more than four million streams a day on …

Ricky Powell, the revered hip-hop photographer best known for his association with Beastie Boys, has died at the age of 59, eliciting an outpouring of tributes from Q-Tip, Chuck D, Questlove, and more. Powell’s manager and business partner Tono Radvany confirmed his death to Complex Monday night, February 1st. “I …

It’s hard to categorize the music that Navy Blue, né Sage Elsesser, makes. Convenience calls for describing it as rap and calling Elsesser, who moonlights as a professional skateboarder, a rapper. He’s part of a growing cohort of musicians who make what’s been dubbed “lo-fi” rap, which seems just as …

Megan Thee Stallion has dropped new song, “Girls in the Hood.” The track interpolates Eazy-E and N.W.A‘s classic 1987 single, “Boyz-n-the-Hood.” “I’m a hot girl, I do hot shit … ” she raps on the hook. “I don’t text quick, ’cause I ain’t thirsty/These bitches mad, mad, they wanna hurt …