Vince Staples Teaming Up With City Officials To Launch Long Beach Youth Program

Long Beach rapper Vince Staples has made quite the name for himself this past year.  In 2015, he not only secured himself a position in XXL's Freshman Class, but he also released his debut album, Summertime 06, to widespread acclaim.  With the production responsibilities largely being...Read more

Schoolboy Q Releases Cinematic Trailer for Upcoming Blank Face LP

On the heels of the success surrounding his 2014 major label debut, Oxymoron, ScHoolboy Q is now about to release his sophomore album, Blank Face.  With just a few days left before the album hits store shelves, Q has just released an accompanying cinematic trailer.  Complete with consummat...Read more

TLC has completed work on comeback album

TLC was one of the biggest hip hop/R&B acts of the 90's and early 2000's, but following the tragic death of Lisa "Left Eye" Lopes in 2002, new material from the band has been rare. That's going to change very soon, as the remaining members of TLC have announced that they&#3...Read more

Chance the Rapper announces world tour date

Chance the Rapper has been riding high ever since the release of his critically acclaimed, Billboard-chart topping "Coloring Book," and today he announced the details of his upcoming worldwide victory lap, the Magnificent Coloring World Tour. The Chicago rapper will be taking his act ar...Read more

Kanye West to Headline Meadows Music and Arts Festival

With the release of The Life of Pablo and the album's companion St. Pablo tour that he is set to embark upon, Kanye West has certainly had no shortage of activities with which to occupy his time.  Now, you can add performing at the inaugural edition of the new Meadows Music and Arts Festiva...Read more

Frank Ocean denounces LGBT discrimination

Grammy award winning singer Frank Ocean has posted a heartfelt, emotional response to the recent Orlando shooting, in which the singer denounces and speaks about his own experiences with discrimination. "I was six years old when I heard my dad call our transgender waitress a faggot as he dra...Read more