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In the aftermath of Juice WRLD’s sudden death at 21, fans of the Chicago rapper streamed his genre-blending hip-hop by the millions, launching him to Number One in both streams and song sales on Sunday. Juice WRLD‘s on-demand audio streams spiked 487 percent on Sunday to over 38.2 million in …

A jack-o-lantern, Aaliyah, The CN Tower, Denzel Washington, a flaming skull, an emoji praying hands, a more realistic set of praying hands, Rihanna eating ice cream, Steph Curry, and Kevin Durant — these tattoos represent only a smattering of the random, awkward, and symbolic ink, Drake has committed to his …

“Hot Wings” is a little cruel. 2 Chainz’s latest effort is less about chicken wings and more about the lengths a woman will go to acquire said poultry. “Bitch is fuckin’ for hot wings / Bitch is fuckin’ for American deli / Bitch is fuckin’ for some eye cream,” Chainz …

Music reality TV with a hip-hop angle doesn’t have a long history, and there are basically only two moments in the genre that really matter: That one time Diddy made the contestants on Making The Band walk to get him cheesecake, and the other time he made an entirely new …

30 years later, 1988 still stands as rap’s greatest year. The lyrical molotovs of Nation of Millions and Straight Outta Compton, the post-modern (and pre-lawsuit) free-for-all of sampling, the national spotlight of a new show called Yo! MTV Raps and much more. To celebrate 30 years, Rolling Stone’s Best of …

Quavo is the rapper most likely to survive the apocalypse. The ex-quarterback, recreational basketball player and pop star has an innate talent for adaptability and a wide array of talents he can leverage during end times. That surprising part of the Quavo and Daps-directed video for “B U B B …

After a summer of blockbuster albums (often to diminishing returns), Kanye West and Jay-Z are supposedly adding to the release schedule. On Saturday, Kanye West took to Twitter to announce:“throne2 coming soon.”However,it is unclear if both halves of the duo got the memo. https://thisforall.net/kanyewest/status/1038573949880164352 The succinct and mysterious announcement didn’t …

Meek Mill‘s motion to remove the controversial judge overseeing his case was denied Tuesday after Pennsylvania’s Supreme Court voted to allow Philadelphia Judge Genece Brinkley to continue presiding over the rapper’s criminal case. The Pennsylvania Supreme Court, the state’s highest court, was divided on Meek Mill‘s motion – three supported …

UPDATE (December 13, 2018):T.I. has reached a plea agreement in the court case involving a run-in with a security guard at the rapper’s gated community near Atlanta, T.I.’s lawyer Steve Sadow confirms toRolling Stone. “Tip was innocent of all charges and would’ve been found not guilty by a jury at …

UPDATE:Kanye West shared a behind-the-scenes video chronicling the making of his new collaboration with T.I., “Ye Vs. the People.” The clip, like the song, finds the two rappers debating West’s support of President Donald Trump, as well as crafting the track’s back-and-forth in the studio. In the video, West claims …