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Hip-hop heads flame-broiled DJ Khaled for being a hater and a bitter bird after his much-ballyhooed album, Father of Asahd, debuted second to Tyler, the Creator’s IGOR on the Billboard charts. More specifically, DJ Khaled reportedly blasted through the doors of Epic Records and unleashed a profanity-laced, high-decibel tirade against the music bosses for not marketing and promoting…

Rolling out recently invited alternative R&B artist Nai Br.xx to a live performance. She later shared how performing live helps the songs come alive for her. Her goal is to make music that all people can connect to. Name: Nai Br.xx] Industry: Music City: Atlanta Genre: R&B Favorite Artist: Mariah Carey Describe who Nai Br.xx is in five…

Twitter is abuzz with positive reviews for Tyler, the Creator’s latest album which he dropped on Friday, May 17, 2019. Prior to the release of his fifth studio album, Igor, the 28-year-old rapper left what some have described as an instructional note for how fans should listen to his latest work. “I believe the first…

Actor and rapper Jaden Smith, the son of Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith, unloaded on his concert audience with a topic worthy of an episode on his mother’s insanely popular “Red Table Talk” series. The Hollywood heavyweight couple has raised their children to be free-thinking, free-spirited young people. And Smith, 20, has used that autonomy…

Minneapolis’ Soundset Music Festival is the place to be this Memorial weekend. There is a myriad of reasons to head North for Soundset 2018. The number one reason: spring in Minneapolis is awesome. Sunny days, blooming flowers, fun in the park and, of course, music at the Soundset Music Festival. Soundset Music Festival, which is…

This year was great for the culture of hip-hop via rap music. We witnessed the emergence of women who rap, an increase in social commentary and an all-out assault on depression with an emphasis on living your best life. The five projects that made the top 5 best rap album list for 2017 encompass all…

Since its birth in the 1970s, hip-hop has pioneered urban culture through custom fashion more than music itself. An artist can make a hit record that nods heads, but their style typically must also turn heads to establish a stable identitiy and sell records. Artists who master both of these aspects make great advertisers for brands looking…

Tyler, The Creator‘s fourth album Flower Boy just missed the No. 1 spot for albums in its debut week, losing to Lana Del Rey’s release by 1K units. While a lot of people are talking about his album, not enough people are talking about the actual content of the project. Flower Boy originally leaked on July…

Tyler, The Creator has had a complicated relationship with the LGBT community thanks to his use of gay slurs in his music. But despite his love of the f-bomb, Tyler has shown support for the LGBT community as well, and he recently flexed his gay ally muscle when he revealed his new anti-homophobia T-shirts. A few days…

Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith are no strangers to gay rumors, and now it seems that their son, Jaden Smith, is being subjected to them too because a webloid recently claimed that he came out of the closet online. Earlier this week, Smith wished his friend, Tyler, The Creator, a happy birthday on Twitter…

Music stars Erykah Badu and Tyler, The Creator will be among a handful of stars lending their voices to a special upcoming episode of Adult Swim’s popular animated series, “Black Dynamite.” The episode titled, “The Wizard of Watts,” will take on police brutality and racial tension in the wake of nationwide protests in the aftermath…

Tyler the Creator slammed Eminem’s Shady Records compilation “Shady XV” via Twitter, admitting that he does not the album at all.

Rappers Iggy Azalea and Tyler, the Creator have engaged in a small war of words this week. The bad blood began when Tyler took a verbal shot at Iggy during a recent appearance on “`106 & Park” stating that “She stinks.” Iggy then fired back at Tyler on Twitter–with the two trading jabs before Tyler seemed to laugh off the entire thing.

Odd Future frontman Tyler, The Creator appeared on BET’s “106 & Park” yesterday (May 15) and mentioned fellow hip-hop star Iggy Azalea. Tyler had some not-so-flattering things to say about Iggy–and specifically clowned the rapstresses famous backside. Safe to say, Tyler doesn’t believe she “got it from her momma.”

Earl Sweatshirt claimed several months ago that his planned collaborative album with fellow Odd Future co-hort Tyler, the Creator was still planned for release. The EarlWolf album has been on the shelf for a while, but fans still expected that the long-awaited project would one day see the light of day. But in an exchange with a fan on his Spring.me account, Tyler himself indicated that he has no interest in finishing the album.

Odd Future leader Tyler, The Creator was arrested in Texas March 15. We won’t say the rapper was on the run trying to flee the state after a warrant was issued for his arrest, but that’s what it surely looks like. Sources say the situation began when at a SXSW event earlier in the week…

We all know that the Odd Future crew is pretty wild. However, are they real live threats to public safety? New Zealand officials certainly think so. The OFWGKTA clan was scheduled to perform as a part of Eminem’s Rapture tour over the weekend, but received word, as they were on their way to the airport, that their visas had…

Rambunctious rapper Danny Brown had what can only be described as a Twitter meltdown earlier this week. Brown got real emotional as he declared that he is suffering from depression stemming from his frustrations in dealing with the music business. Taking shots at Big Sean, Tyler The Creator, Mac Miller, Nas, and even Adidas, Brown…

Apparently, not everyone loves Snoop. The charismatic rapper has faced protest by a women’s organization called, Collective Shout that was hoping to stop his scheduled touring of Australia because they say his music “glorify violence against women.” The group went so far as to try to have his work/visa permit revoked and deny his entry into…