Yesterday, Kendrick Lamar released surprised album “GNX” and it stormed the charts right away. The album is currently #1 in the 93 countries, including United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and New Zealand. Kendrick Lamar’s “squabble up” has recently reached #1 on US Apple Music, replacing his own “wacced out murals” atop the chart. He has now earned FIVE #1 singles on US Apple Music this year, the most of ANY artist: ⦿ Like That (with Future & Metro Boomin) ⦿ Euphoria ⦿ Not Like Us ⦿ wacced out murals ⦿ squabble up Kendrick Lamar is also #1 on the…
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Kendrick Lamar stamped his 2024 rap MVP campaign with a brand new album when GNX hit streaming services without any sort of warning on Friday (Nov. 22) around noon ET. Initially, a GNX teaser arrived on YouTube in the form of a one-minute snippet, and fans hoped it meant the start of a rollout. But that wasn’t it, as Kenny went back to back and didn’t waste any time in following up with the 12-track GNX album via pgLang. SZA joins her former Top Daw Entertainment for a soothing collaboration on “Luther,” while Dot bounces off a sample of Debbie…
Grammy award-winning rapper Kendrick Lamar seemingly addressed the Super Bowl controversy in his surprise 12-track album “GNX,” which has left hip-hop fans in a frenzy. In the intro song “wacced out murals,” the Compton, California MC touched on Lil Wayne and the overall reaction to his announcement that he will headline the 2025 Apple Music halftime show in February. The NFL’s decision sparked a heated debate online amongst fans and music pundits on whether he should have been chosen over the “A Milli” rapper, who was born and raised in New Orleans, where Super Bowl 59 is slated to take…
Kendrick Lamar is the latest superstar artist to drop a new album with little to no warning with GNX, which arrived worldwide at noon ET today (Nov. 22). The 12-track pgLang/Interscope album boasts songwriting and production contributions from Jack Antonoff, Sounwave, SZA, Kamasi Washington, Tyler Mehlenbacher, Craig Balmoris, Mustard, Sean Momberger, Sam Dew, Terrace Martin, AzChike, Juju, Hitta J3, Peysoh, Young Threat, Kenny & Billy and Tim Maxey. GNX is the follow-up to 2022’s Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers and also comes in the aftermath of Lamar’s Drake diss track “Not Like Us,” which topped charts around the world. It’s nominated for five honors…
Metro Boomin has shed light on the conflict between himself and Drake in a new interview with GQ Magazine. Metro and Future appear on the cover of the magazine’s ‘Men of the Year’ issue, and the quotes from the unreleased piece were shared by Elliott Wilson on social media Wednesday. “Me and [Drake], we had a personal issue, and for the record, not over no girl or nothing silly like that,” Metro told GQ senior editor Frazier Tharpe, courtesy of Wilson. “It was a personal issue that really hurt me and disappointed me.” “But if you take all the rap…
Yesterday, Playboi Carti confirmed that Kanye West will be producing his elusive album I AM MUSIC. HotNewHipHop reported that the artist shared the news at a recent Las Vegas appearance, first giving West a shoutout in front of the crowd. “He over here making beats and sh*t,” he said. “That album gonna be crazy, I can’t wait to show y’all n****s.” View this post on Instagram A post shared by YeVault (@yevault) This isn’t the first time Carti has teased Ye’s involvement in his upcoming album, however. Earlier this September, he took to Instagram and wrote,”@Ye KANT WAIT…
Mustard continued his 2024 victory lap by trolling Drake during his 2024 Camp Flog Gnaw set on Sunday (Nov. 17) in Los Angeles. The West Coast superproducer played the first few seconds of “Crew Love” off Drake’s Take Care before making a smooth transition into Future, Metro Boomin and Kendrick Lamar’s “Like That” to zing the 6 God. “Sike,” he said while firing up the Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit, which drew a roar from the Dodger Stadium crowd. Later, he also preformed “Not Like Us.” “This is hate on another level,” one fan wrote to X. Another chimed…
While fans continue to await the release of his highly anticipated The Fall Off album, J. Cole and his management are reportedly gearing up for the release of a new audio series titled Inevitable. Early today, Cole took to X to post a long thread that explains what he plans on showcasing with Inevitable. “It’s hard to write a caption to describe what this is. I really don’t even know what to call it. We settled on calling it an “audio series” but to me, it plays like a movie in the form of a conversation. First, me and Ib…
Drake made yet another big bet on a sporting event, and this one definitely did not pay off. On Friday (November 15), the superstar revealed that he had placed a $355K wager on Mike Tyson to beat Jake Paul in their fight that evening. “I’m late but I’m here money on the liiiiiiiiine for today and tmrw,” he captioned his Instagram post. Paul was heavily favored, so Drizzy stood to win over a million dollars if his bet turned out. However, that was not to be the case. Paul defeated Tyson by unanimous decision in the eight-round bout, meaning Drake…
The days of the rap label steering the culture may have gone the way of Suge Knight, but as it celebrates its 20th anniversary, Top Dawg Entertainment remains the guardian of Hip Hop on the West Coast (and beyond). Seeing the TDE logo on an album cover is the closest Hip Hop has to a hallmark of quality. When albums used to bear the Death Row chair, Def Jam logo or giant “A” for Aftermath, it usually gave the buyer confidence in the product, even if they had never listened to the artist before. Now, with virtually everything a subsidiary…