Sukihana is never one to shy away from crazy antics – even in the aftermath of danger. The rapper and reality star was involved in a crazy car crash with her boyfriend that left three cars wrecked, Suki in a neck brace and her boyfriend Bill on crutches. The couple posted a photo of them […]
Growing up in Chicago, Saba had, as many Midwestern kids did, a fascination with the melodic double-time flow of the five-piece Cleveland rap band Bone Thugs-N-Harmony. Their relative proximity and mid-90s radio dominance would have contributed to that, but also, Saba just seems like exactly the kind of rapper to have rooted out every single example of the genre to absorb and learn from — you can occasionally hear the influence in his flows on projects like Care For Me and Pivot Gang’s You Can’t Sit With Us.
Now, with the release of his third album, Few Good Things, just over the horizon (it drops on February 4 on Saba’s own Pivot Gang imprint), the Windy City MC gets to link up with one of his musical heroes on his latest single from the album. “Come My Way,” produced (as usual) by Daoud and daedaePIVOT, features none other than Bone Thugs member Krayzie Bone, who once won a Grammy Award for Best Rap Performance with another disciple, Chamillionaire, and recently participated in his band’s Verzuz with Three Six Mafia.
In the press release for the single, Saba said, “When I think back on first discovering Bone Thugs-N-Harmony as a child, it immediately stood out to me as unique. I started paying attention and really learning how to rap from listening to them and trying to recite it. It felt honest and completely true to themselves — authentic in a way that doesn’t come around very often and in a way that will be impossible to recreate. Their mix of melody and rhythms that I had never heard is what connected with me in a way that other music just didn’t. It inspired me to be more creative.”
Meanwhile, the inspiration for the song itself is “nostalgia and growing up, and I think ‘hopeful’ and ‘soulful’ are accurate descriptions of the song… I’m describing many things that are normal on the westside of Chicago so that it plays like just any other day — pretty stagnant but having so much life. ‘We ain’t got no time to relax’ is a harsh reality for so many people experiencing this type of poverty where the focus is on work and survival.”
Listen to Saba’s new single “Come My Way” featuring Krayzie Bone above and check out the dates for his Back Home Tour here.
Few Good Things is due 2/4 via Pivot Gang, LLC. Pre-save here.
Azealia Banks is speaking her mind, once again. As fans of the Harlem-born star already know, she’s never been one to hold back on giving her opinion – no matter how controversial – on everything from other celebrities to major world events.
Most recently, the “212” singer publicly addressed Ye in an Instagram video, saying, “I really have to get into it… Like, you love beefing with bitches! What is that about? Like, how you beef with Taylor Swift? Are you not hard?”
She went on, only getting more riled up, “so, yeah… No more beefing with bitches… I promise you, next time you try to start f*cking around with me, it’s not gonna be like… You know, some like, polite, white girl response.”
“You know, I’m not gonna stand on the balcony and cry my eyes out like Teyana Taylor… Like, don’t do it, cuz you ain’t got no goons,” she concluded, seemingly addressing some previous beef between the father of four and the “Rose In Harlem” singer.
A post uploaded to @theneighborhoodtalk on Instagram reveals that Banks was also in the comments, speculating with fans. “Andddd he apparently just beat down a fan. Today is not Ye’s day,” one person wrote, pointing out that the Atlanta-born rapper has been making headlines for allegedly getting into an altercation that saw him shove someone following him.
The 30-year-old responded, “I’m telling [you] he’s on that dog food with that bitch,” alleging that West has been using heroin with his new girlfriend, Julia Fox, as Tone Deaf notes.
She also took the opportunity to throw some shade at other artists, writing, “plus McDonald’s makes [you] angry as f*ck, why [you] think DaBaby always beating somebody ass??? That food is designed to lower [your] vibration!!”
In other news, Banks also called the Yeezy founder’s music “useless garbage” in another rant – read more about that here.
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Kanye West might be in some trouble with the police. The rapper has been named as a suspect in a battery report. Kanye West Named As A Suspect In Battery Case Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye, is a suspect in a battery case in Los Angeles. It is reported that he was involved […]
Cordae’s new album, From A Bird’s Eye View, is out after an impressive rollout that included the singles “Gifted,” “Super,” and “Sinister,” a lively Tonight Show performance, and an eye-popping LA Leakers freestyle. Now, he puts the cherry on top with a mellow NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert covering both songs from the new album and some of the fan favorites that got him here in the first place.
Opening with “Coach Carter,” Cordae and his band smoothly transition from song to song, including a melodic performance of “Want From Me,” then his Lost Boy hit “RNP” and a loving medley of “Thousand Words/Thanksgiving.” He returns to the new project to close out the set with a three-piece sequence including the single “Sinister,” the nostalgic “Momma’s Hood,” and the vulnerable “Chronicles.” Throughout, he raps, sings, and speaks with an easygoing charisma that shows exactly why he was able to secure two Grammy nominations for his first album and such an enthusiastic fanbase that eagerly awaited his second.
Their patience was rewarded with a number of fun collaborations, which include “Today” with Gunna and “Parables” with Eminem. Stevie Wonder also appeared on the tracklist, with Cordae spilling a funny story about the musical icon to The Breakfast Club.
Watch Cordae’s Tiny Desk Concert above.
2021 saw a lot of artists leave the year with a lot more money than they had at the start of it. Now, Rolling Stone has compiled a list of last year’s highest-earning musicians, and on top is Bruce Springsteen, who, largely to his massive catalog sale, brought in $590 million in 2021.
The rest of the list is mostly populated by artists who secured their bags with similar sales: Paul Simon is No. 3, Ryan Tedder is No. 5, Red Hot Chili Peppers is No. 6, Lindsey Buckingham is No. 7, Motley Crüe is No. 8, and Blake Shelton is No. 9. Meanwhile, Jay-Z is second on the list with $470 million and therefore No. 1 among artists whose 2021 earnings weren’t mostly thanks to catalog sales. Other big sales were involved, though: He sold half of his Armand de Brignac champagne for $300 million, and he and other Tidal co-owners sold 80 percent of the company for $302 million. The only other artists on the list who didn’t make bank from catalog sales are Ye (aka Kanye West) at No. 4 and Taylor Swift at No. 10. Swift is also the only woman on the list.
Zack O’Malley Greenburg, who penned the Rolling Stone post, also unveiled an extended version of the list in his newsletter, which includes Neil Young at No. 11 (the highest-ranking act not born in the US) and The Rolling Stones at No. 12.
As for the methodology used to compile the list, the publications notes, “The list measures pre-tax income for calendar year 2021 before deducting fees for agents, managers, lawyers, living expenses, etc. Estimates are generated by scouring public documents and interviewing individuals with direct knowledge of major deals.”
Check out the list here.
Bi-Coastal KOTA is back. On Friday, January 14th, the 29-year-old New York rapper shared a featureless project that sees him get super vulnerable with listeners over 10 tracks.
“Lyrics to GO Vol. III is Out now on all streaming platforms! Go stream it, share it with a friend, put it in your story & show love! This project is super personal and I hope it helps you as much as making it has helped me! Peace!” KOTA captioned an Instagram post from early this morning, also shouting out a handful of people who helped with mixing and producing the project.
Before giving us the entire record, the “Colorado” hitmaker shared a single called “Dear Fear” last Friday, which sees him get introspective while rapping over jazz-influenced production. “I been givin’ all of my energy to my real ones/If you gon’ flip the script on your homie it’s fuck a day one/Resmaa told me why is you wallowin’, pick your face up/It’s life reps, all preparation for when yo’ day comes,” he spits at the end of the first verse.
What’s your favourite song from Lyrics to GO, Vol. III? Let us know in the comments.
Tracklist:
1. Scapegoat
2. Twenty-Nine
3. Bitter
4. Prodigal Son
5. Breathe
6. For Troubled Boys
7. Dear Fear
8. Shame
9. BOY
10. Cherry Beach
Gunna made an appearance on The Breakfast Club on Friday morning (January 14) and explained the origins of his feud against Freddie Gibbs, explaining that the rapper allegedly contacted his manager after sneak-dissing him on Twitter to make a song together.
Ahead of the release of his new studio album, DS4EVER, Gunna called out Freddie Gibbs on Twitter, telling the rapper that he would have the biggest night of his career as soon as people heard his diss on the album. “I can’t f*ck with Freddie Gibbs,” he raps on “poochie gown.” The surface-level diss didn’t end up shaking up the internet but Gunna still has some explaining to do, telling the hosts of The Breakfast Club why he’s holding a grudge against the rapper.
“He tried to do a song with me through my manager. It’s like, ‘Huh? Wait, what?’,” said Gunna, explaining that Gibbs tried collaborating after sneak-dissing him years prior, sharing a video of Gunna speaking in an alleged Crime Stoppers video. “It was a long, long, long time ago, maybe years ago, and he thought I forgot. I just don’t forget. If I got a problem with you from five years ago, it’s still [a problem]. It don’t change. It can be ten years later. I’m gon’ get you.”
Check out Gunna’s interview with The Breakfast Club below, where he also speaks about this week’s incident on a private plane, his rumored relationship with Chlöe, and more. Read our review of DS4EVER here.
Wendy Williams was having a particularly rough time last May, new reports reveal. According to Yahoo Life, while filming The Wendy Williams Show from her home as the COVID-19 pandemic was peaking, the 57-year-old had too much to drink and “began stripping down and touching herself in an inappropriate way” in front of concerned bystanders.
The article notes that the mother of one previously spent some time at a sober house in 2019, but when her team noticed her unusual behaviour the next year, they called her manager to come to check on her. Upon arrival, they found an intoxicated Williams, who, after putting on quite the show for onlookers, left them with no option but to call 911.
After the call was made, the New Jersey-born broadcaster allegedly became even more belligerent and was ultimately “hospitalized for weeks” as her show went on hiatus. At the time of her hospitalization, a statement was released claiming that it was due to complications with her Graves’ disease.
“Recently, Wendy has been dealing with symptoms from her Graves’ disease which is causing fatigue. In consultation with her doctor and as a precautionary measure, she will be taking some time off as she continues to receive treatment,” it explained.
Sources informed The Sun that the entertainer “does not want to associate with anybody who was [at her house] that day,” with another adding that “everyone knows not to get too close to Wendy.” They also mentioned that “[being in her life] will backfire, and when it does, you’ll get burned.”
Over the past few months, plenty of rumours about Williams have surfaced in the media, with some speculating that she’s suffering from severe dementia, although her younger brother, Tommy has shut down those claims – read more about that here.
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