Fivio Foregin’s highly anticipated B.I.B.L.E, executive produced by Kanye West, has finally arrived. All year long, the Brooklyn rapper has been making an effort to officially prove to New York City that this style of music, drill music, is the new standard of New York music, and it’s here to stay. If anyone needed proof, it’s in B.I.B.L.E.
Fivio gave fans a 17-track star-studded album heavily influenced by New York’s drill music movement. B.I.B.L.E. features appearances from Kanye, ASAP Rocky, Lil Yachty, DJ Khaled, Polo G, Coi Leray, Lil Tjay, Chlöe, and more.
Not to negate what the pioneers of New York rappers accomplished in the past, but Fivio is setting a new standard. He’s still delivering that traditional raw and gritty substance of New York; he just changed the sound. Still rapping about the same struggles, he’s just putting the lyrics in a lit way.
He already has the new New York theme song, “City of God,” featuring Kanye West and Alicia Key. He followed up with “Magic City,” featuring Quavo and his album, and he dropped the “For Nothin” visual. Check out the video and album below and tell us how you feel about B.I.B.L.E.
On this day in Hip Hop history, Biz Markie (real name Marcel Theo Hall), one of the most respected and successful artist/DJs in Hip Hop, was born. Born in Harlem, and growing up in Long Island, The Biz has been moving the crowd with his unique style of rhyming since he was 14. From his earliest gig as Roxanne Shante‘s beat boxer to a headliner at Grammy Awards after parties, he’s done it all. Whether it be on screen, on the mic, or on the 1s and 2s, The Biz has remained a consistent brand in entertainment booking, averaging 175 shows a year across the globe.
Over the past four decades, Biz Markie established himself as one of the most prolific rappers/DJs in music. Since his 1988 debut Goin’ Off (which peaked at #90 on the Billboard 200), he has grabbed hold of the hearts and ears of Hip Hop lovers everywhere. His second album, 1989’s The Biz Never Sleeps, contains his timeless hit “Just a Friend,” which has made a permanent impact on pop culture.
During the ’90s, The Biz reached his apex as an icon. His third LP, I Need A Haircut, unintentionally changed the scope of Hip Hop forever. The closing track from the album, “Alone Again,” contains a sample of the song “Alone Again (Naturally)” by Gilbert O’Sullivan, which had not been cleared by Warner Bros. Records. In turn, Warner Bros. sued The Biz for his unlawful use of the sample, causing the courts to rule all samples must be cleared by the owning party before reuse from then on. The lawsuit prompted the title of Markie’s fourth LP All Samples Cleared!.After this incident, sample clearing was one of the main hurdles to jump as a recording artist in this genre.
As the new millennium approached, Markie never saw much of a decline in popularity. In 2002, he made his first major motion picture appearance in Men in Black 2. From then, he continued to make a plethora of television and big screen appearances. From Nick Cannon’s Wild N Out to Grand Theft Auto, The Biz is seen and heard throughout visual media.
During this decade, he also started his endeavors as a child educator through the children’s program Yo Gabba Gabba. Through entertainment, Markie has helped educate young children on music and artistic expression on the Nick Jr. hit show.
On July 16, 2021, Biz Markie passed away reportedly from complications of diabetes. H was 57 years old. No one has had a career in the Hip Hop game quite like “the human orchestra” Biz Markie and his impact on the game will never be forgotten. Especially on his birthday!
As the talk of the infamous slap heard throughout Hollywood continues to be a topic at conversation tables, Jada Pinkett-Smith’s post slap actions have received a lot of criticism, but none as brutal as what came from the mouth of comedian Corey Holcomb.
Holcomb gave his take on why Pinkett-Smith goes so hard to remind the world that she was close to late Hip Hop icon Tupac Shakur, but it is questionable as to whether or not they were intimate. Holcomb also brought up the letter that her daughter Willow Smith penned to Shakur after learning of the connection of the slain rap legend to her mother.
Willow wrote when she was 11 to Tupac, telling him, “I know you are alive someplace. I think that my mommy really misses you. Can you please come back so mommy and me can be happy! I wish you were here. I really do!”
Hip-hop legend Method Man is back with a new collaborative track straight from The Meth Lab. The song, entitled “Live From The Meth Lab”, has a distinctive, 90s hip hop vibe and features longtime friends, frequent collaborators, and genre iconsRedmanand KRS-Oneand Wu Tang affiliated rapper JoJo Pelligrino.
The song is the third release off the upcoming ‘Meth Lab 3: The Rehab’project, following “The Last 2 Minutes” featuring Iron Mic and “Butterfly Effect” featuring RJ Payne, which saw high praise from Complex, UPROXX, HipHopDX, Okayplayer, Hot New Hip-Hop, VIBE, Revoltand more.
The Meth Lab project is a platform curated with friend and collaborator Hanz Onthat draws upon the Staten Island hip-hop community to put on up-and-coming artists alongside some of Wu Tang’s finest and noteworthy affiliates. The album was recorded in Meth Lab Studios on Staten Island and will be released on May 6, 2022 via Hanz On Music Entertainment (H.O.M.E.) / ONErpm.
The game is about to change again. Always one to make an entrance, GRAMMY® Award-winning chart-dominating multiplatinum force of nature Lil Baby returns with two new records today entitled “Right On” and “In A Minute”via Quality Control Music Group/Wolfpack Global Music/Motown Records. He also unleashes music videos to accompany each respective track. Listen to “Right On” HERE and watch the music video HERE. Listen to “In A Minute” HERE and watch the music video HERE.
Following a series of mega chart-topping collaborations, these two songs mark his first new solo music of 2022. During “Right On,” he rips through bars with infectious intensity, tearing up the orchestral production and punchy 808s. Affirming his place in the culture, he promises, “I ain’t about that fake shit, I’d rather keep it real,” as he urges, “Tell the police I don’t do nothing, I been selling these songs.” In many ways, one statement sums it up, “I’m way better than last time.” This confidence and charisma carry over to the music video where he cruises in the Rolls Royce in the very same neighborhood of Oakland City, Atlanta, GA where he grew up. He mentions at the beginning of the track and raps from the backseat before turning up in a parking lot as fleet of luxury cars surround him.
Then, there’s the introspective and incisive “In A Minute.” Ominous piano and airy harmonies brush up against his intense delivery as he declares, “I’m in a different league. I’m tired of showing what I can get done, what you gonna do for me?” accompanied with a cinematic visual.
Just last week, he notably picked up his very first GRAMMY® Award in the category of “Best Melodic Rap Performance” for “Hurricane” with Kanye West and The Weeknd.
French Montana has entered a new relationship with Canada Dry. “Big Comfy,” a fun take on why staying home from the club is the most comfortable way to spend the evening, was co-written by Canada Dry and the artist.
The spoof video features a humorous Montana as an infomercial actor hawking the most comfortable lime green fur slippers that no one can resist, directed by James Larese and scored by Montana’s old buddy Harry Fraud. “I’m drinkin’ my Canada Dry, I’m comfortable with shorty, I ain’t comin’ outside,” he raps, transforming the advertisement into a dreamlike vision of an at-home “Montana party.” ‘What’s the craziest thing you’ve ever done in your life?’ she asked. “Watch a full series in one night,” I advised her.
Montana is accompanied solely by his fiancée (Montana’s brother, Ayoub Kharbouch, also makes a cameo) and a distinct, bubbling green can of his favorite soft drink, Canada Dry Ginger Ale, on the couch, as if it were a club on a Friday night.
“It’s been so legendary to bring my creative vision to life in this collaboration with Canada Dry,” said French Montana. “A night in wouldn’t be the same without a comfy robe, slippers, and Canada Dry Ginger Ale by my side…that’s what we call a MONTANA PARTY.”
Derek Dabrowski, VP, Brand Marketing, said of the campaign, “Canada Dry has been a fan favorite for years, and the brand’s continuous growth is a testament to that. The collaboration with French Montana will remind audiences everywhere the joys of staying in and finding comfort by unwinding with Canada Dry.”
Could T.I. have made the most expensive heckle in history? While he may have crowned himself the King of the South, the 41-year-old Atlanta native may not have been exemplifying King behavior in a comedy club earlier this week after the comedian Lauren Knight exposed T.I. for disrespecting her during her set.
In a clip that surfaced on the internet earlier this week, T.I. can be seen closely approaching the comedian on stage following a joke she made regarding sexual assault accusations pointed at the “U Dont Know Me” rapper and his wife, Tiny.
“Listen, as many times as you joke on that sh*t, I’m gon’ check your motherf*ckin’ a** as long as it takes. N*gga, when you stop talking about it and playing with me and mine, I’m gonna stop saying something,” T.I. can be heard saying into the mic. “N*gga, ain’t no motherf*ckin’ case, ain’t never been no motherf*ckin’ case ’cause I ain’t did nothing wrong and my wife ain’t did nothing wrong. And if you keep on playing with me n*gga, I’m gonna motherf*ckin’ continue to confront you publicly, verbally…”
While many were hesitant to side with T.I., Knight later posted a video on her social media addressing what caused her to make the wily joke in the first place. “He kept telling me to shut the f*ck up and called me all types of b*tches. Basically heckling me,” she explained in the video.
T.I. would later respond by asking the woman to prove that he called her out of her name, and he would pay her 1 million dollars, to which she followed up with a video of the rapper indeed shouting “B*tch” during her set.
It’s safe to say T.I. was able to put his money where his mouth is, as the rapper shared to a fan that he paid Knight 1 million dollars after she posted exhibit A. Check out the entire altercation below.
Comedian Lauren Knight responds to T.I.’s recent live where he denied calling her out of her name, prior to her making a joke about past allegations against him!! pic.twitter.com/R9H0VGBFVJ
It’s Future season! Pluto plans on taking over the summer as he’s gearing up to drop a new album. Future told us earlier this week that Scooter said it was time for an album, and Future is reassuring fans.
Yesterday the Atlanta rap megastar sent out tweets that fully confirmed he’s in album mode. Even though he didn’t give a name and release date for the album, he did drop a few names of artists who will be on the album. The Freeband Gang President already confirmed features from that Kanye West and BabyFace Ray.
Future and Ye got close back in 2014 when they collaborated on “I Won.” Since then, their relationship has blossomed. Kanye came out as a special guest during the Atlanta native’s Rolling Loud California set in December. Not to mention, Ye recruited Hendrix to executive produce his latest album DONDA 2.
Just recently, Future and Kanye were seen shooting a video. Pluto posted the footage on his Instagram story and stated that Kanye West killed what song they were on. Future said, “.. YE SPAZZED ON DIS SH*T.”
The last time we got an entire body of work from Future came in 2020 when he dropped High Off Life. That album featured Drake, Travis Scott, Young Thug, and more appearances. The project earned Pluto his seventh consecutive solo No. 1 after earning 153,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.
Roddy Ricch tends to live a low-key, private life. The only real way into the Compton rapper’s life is through his music. Every once in a while, when it seems as if Roddy’s presence has been missing from Hip-Hop, he drops off a preview of what we’re used to hearing from him.
Yesterday, Roddy took it to Instagram live, shared an unreleased track, and is still musically inclined.
— Is Feed Tha Streets 3 Dropping Today? (@LiveLifeFastRR) April 8, 2022
This song snippet reminds us of what we’ve been getting from Roddy, authentic quality-sounding street music. Roddy is using the beat to vent to us. He uses his melodic flow to give us an insight into his life.
This isn’t the first time the Feed Tha Streets rapper dropped a snippet of new music. He previewed a new track back in February after receiving some Twitter hate. Some fans from the social media platform thought that everything Ricch has dropped since Please Excuse Me for Being Antisocial was “mid.” I guess his recent album LiveLife Fast didn’t meet expectations. They want that Feed Tha Streets Roddy, and from its sounds, that’s what we’re going to get whenever he drops his next project.
Over the years, Snoop Dogg has proven to be Hollywood’s biggest hustlers. From rapping to acting or even hosting, Snoop D.O double is always working, and as expected, the California entertainer just landed another gig.
The Netflix Is A Joke Festival recently expanded its line up and Snoop Dogg’s F*cn Around Comedy Special made the cut. Billed by Netflix as “a night of legendary black comics,” a live taping of Snoop Dogg’s special will take place May 5 at the Hollywood Palladium. Katt Williams, Mike Epps, Sommore, and more are all set to join him.
This will be the first time the film streaming hosted a platform live comedy festival.
Netflix Is a Joke: The Festival begins April 28 and runs through May 8 in Los Angeles. Along with Snoop Dogg, Netflix added John Mulaney, and Bill Burr.
Again Snoop’s comedy special will take place on May 5 at the Hollywood Palladium.
Mulaney will first perform John Mulaney: From Scratch with Special Guest Earthquake at The Forum on May 3 and again at Hollywood Bowl on May 7, and Burr will perform two shows for Bill Burr & Friends at Hollywood Palladium, both on May 4.
Other new additions to the 11-day comedy event include Dana Carvey, David Spade, Sasheer Zamata, Sebastian Maniscalco, Franco Escamilla, and the stars of Cobra Kai and Never Have I Ever. The festival comprises more than 250 live shows, be spread across 30 Los Angeles venues between April 27 and May 7.
