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Heat Check is here to let you know what and who is really hot in these streets when it comes to music. 2020 provided us some amazing fire. Rolling out wants to make you’re aware of the temperature with Heat Check. This week’s installment features six of Chicago’s best from the R&B and rap worlds.…

Capone & Daz Dillinger talk about their new album “Guidelines,” the state of hip-hop and more on the AM Wake Up Call. The two rappers discussed as much with rolling out, their musical journey through the years and what it took to maintain a lock on their creativity.

Horrified fans are very concerned about the mental well-being of rapper Azealia Banks after she dug up her dead cat and boiled it on Instagram. The controversial and cantankerous musician told her 686,000 Instagram followers the reason behind cooking the feline’s remains was to “to bring her back to life.” Banks also posted a photo…

Lil Wayne may have faced an impossible choice in the fall of 2020: incur the wrath of millions by publicly supporting Donald Trump’s reelection, or quietly vote for Joe Biden and serve 10 years in prison. We know what decision 38-year-old New Orleans-born Dwayne Carter Jr. made. Wayne is among a handful of people, that…

Rap revolutionary Dr. Dre was rushed to the intensive care unit at a Los Angeles area hospital after suffering a medical emergency, the media has reported. According to ExtraTV.com, the 55-year-old super-producer born Andre R. Young suffered a brain aneurysm on Monday, Jan. 4, 2020. He was taken to the Cedars Sinai Medical Center in…

Mulatto is learning what most celebrities find out once they ascend to a certain plateau in terms of fame and finances: family members, even many who are estranged or who hated on you when you had nothing, are suddenly emboldened to ask for handouts. Mulatto let her family and fans know that she is not…

Rising rap star YK Osiris has renounced his enviable collection of wondrous whips. He said he sold his Lamborghini, Rolls-Royce and Cadillac and bought a much lower profile Hyundai sedan. The 22-year-old “Worth It” emcee, who was born Osiris Jahkail Williams in Jacksonville, Florida, told his two million Instagram follower he has grown tired of…

It has been reported by multiple news sources that Daniel Dumile, also known as the rapper MF DOOM, has died at the age of 49. His passing was confirmed in an Instagram post from his wife Jasmine. At the end of the post she mentioned that he “Transitioned October 31, 2020.” Dumile started his rap…

We now know why Young Thug has refused to do interviews for the vast majority of his career. It took a few days for Young Thug, 29, to dig himself out after getting buried under an avalanche of fan outrage for having the audacity to say he has more club anthems than the legendary Jay-Z.…

Charlamagne tha God believes strongly that the Drake era, one of the most dominant and prolific in the history of rap music, has come to an inauspicious conclusion. The host of the nationally-renowned “The Breakfast Club” morning radio show made the pronouncement during his visit to the “Brilliant Idiots” podcast. “Let me ask y’all a…

A rising rapper in Florida is reportedly facing the possibility of life in prison after he and his crew allegedly kidnapped a couple, stole tens of thousands of dollars and allegedly raped the wife. Federal authorities believe Splash Zanotti was the ring leader of a three-man crew that broke into their South Florida home of a…

Young Thug’s fiancée, Jerrika Karlae, has just broken off the engagement with the famed Atlanta rapper on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020, calling him the “devil” while accusing him of relentless abuse and chronic cheating. The female rapper and socialite made the announcement about her relationship status in a plain but powerful two-worded message on her…

Gucci Mane and wife Keyshia Ka’oir Davis have welcomed a newborn son into the world on Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020. The infant, whom they named Ice Davis, is their first child together. Gucci Mane already is a father to son Keitheon Davis, 12, whom he shares with his ex Sheena Evans. Keyshia Davis, who…

Big Sean excitedly announced that he is now working for his hometown NBA team, the Detroit Pistons. The “Blessings” rapper and singer told his 13 million Instagram fans that he has been hired by the Pistons as the new creative director of innovation. Sean, who was born Sean Michael-Leonard Anderson, in Santa Monica, California, but…

T.I. continues his pre-Christmas tradition of philanthropy work in and around Atlanta for area children. The Grand Hustle boss and his Harris Community Works foundation took 50 boys from the Next Level Boys Academy on a $200 shopping spree at the popular urban clothing store, DTLR. Clifford “Tip” Harris Jr., also donated a coat…

DaBaby is one of the most prolific and successful rap stars to come along in the past five years, and his fame has continued to rise even during the apex of the pandemic and social upheaval in 2020. The “Rockstar” emcee said he’s exceeded many of his childhood aspirations, including his dream of landing a…

Shocking images of an inebriated Famous Dex raced through cyberspace on Sunday, Dec. 20, birthing the hashtag, #SaveFamousDex, by alarmed fans who believe the talented but tortured rapper is teetering on the brink. The Chicago-based rapper, whose real name is Dexter Tiewon Gore, Jr., posted a series of photos that blew back his 5 million…

Veteran rapper Ja Rule continues to needle his archrival 50 Cent, even though many hip-hop fans believe that Fifty effectively ended his career near the turn of the century after delivering a series of devastating diss tracks. Now, Ja Rule, 44, wants to reenter the metaphorical ring with Fifty, 45, in a Verzuz battle, even…

Uncle Luke, the resident Miami rap mogul most famous for heading up the pioneering group 2 Live Crew, recently contracted the treacherous coronavirus after caving in to pressure to attend a birthday party. The normally head-strong Luke told the Miami Times that he had strictly abided by the CDC’s guidelines to avoid contracting the disease.…

Rising rapper Mulatto has come to the conclusion she needs to change her controversial stage moniker because of its historical implications. The Columbus, Ohio-born Mulatto, who just turned 22, won the first-year competition on Jermaine Dupri’s reality show “The Rap Game” in 2016 and has been steadily churning out hits ever since. However, the Queen…