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Hip hop superstar Jay-Z has made his back catalogue available to Spotify after two years away from the streaming giant.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, hip-hop, Jay-Z, rap, Spotify, Tidal

P. Diddy and Mary J. Blige To Produce Blige Documentary For Amazon

Mary J. Blige and Sean “P. Diddy” Combs have teamed up to produce a documentary on Blige that is headed for Amazon.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, hip-hop, Mary J Blige, P. Diddy, Puff Daddy, R&B, Sean Combs

Grime Legend Stormzy Heads To Australia

Grime Superstar Stormzy is making a huge return to Australia in May 2020.

Tagged as: Australia, Australian, british music, Glastonbury, grime, hip-hop, London, mercury music prize, Stormzy, tour

Jay-Z Sues Australian Children’s Book Publisher

Hip hop superstar Jay-Z is suing an Australian author and publisher Jessica Chiha for her children’s book ‘AB to Jay-Z’.

Tagged as: Australia, books, children's book, culture, Federal court, hip-hop, Jay-Z, lawsuit, literature, little homie, sues

A$AP Rocky Wants To Design Swedish Prison Uniforms

A$AP Rocky wants to design new uniforms for Swedish prisons.

Tagged as: 10s, A$AP Rocky, hip-hop, rap, USA

Ja Rule Cleared Over Fyre Festival Disaster

Ja Rule has been officially cleared of wrongdoing in a $100 million (£77 million) class action lawsuit over the disastrous 2017 Fyre Festival.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, 90s, hip-hop, Ja Rule, pop, R'n'B, USA

Remi Releases New Song ‘Brain’

by Paul Cashmere

Remi has a new song ‘Brain’ with Lori.

Tagged as: 10s, Australia, hip-hop, Remi

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Diddy Says He Has Semi-Retired

Diddy has semi-retired from the music industry.

Tagged as: 90s, Diddy, hip-hop, P. Diddy, pop, rap, Sean Combs

Cough Kanye West Thinks He Is Going To President

Kanye West announced plans to run for president in America’s upcoming 2020 election, and whilst his plans never came into fruition, he has hinted that a political career is still on his agenda, as he said “there will be a time” when he is President of the United States.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, hip-hop, Kanye West, pop, rap, USA

Diddy Wants To Change His Name … Again

Sean Combs has been known by several stage names – including Puff Daddy, P. Diddy, Puffy, and Diddy – but it has now been claimed he’s filed legal documents to have his real name, Sean John Combs, altered so that his middle name is Love.

Tagged as: 90s, Diddy, hip-hop, P. Diddy, pop, rap, Sean Combs

Nicki Minaj Marries

Nicki Minaj is a married woman, after tying the knot with her boyfriend Kenneth Petty.

Tagged as: 10s, hip-hop, Nicki Miniaj, pop, rap, USA

Kanye West Donates $1m To Charity

Kanye West donated $1 million (£765,900) to charity in Kim Kardashian’s name to celebrate her birthday on Monday.

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Kanye West Almost Called His Son Ye

Kanye West almost chose a very different name for his son Psalm.

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Gang Starr Reveal Details of their First Album

by Paul Cashmere

Gang Starr’s first album in 16 years is called ‘One of the Best Yet’.

Tagged as: 90s, Gang Starr, hip-hop, rap, USA

Ludacris Becomes Artist In Resident At Georgia State University

Ludacris has been named artist-in-residence at his alma mater Georgia State University.

Tagged as: 10s, hip-hop, Ludacris, pop, rap, USA

Pharrell Williams Is Embarrassed By His Old Chauvinist Music

Pharrell Williams says he has learned a lot from the backlash to his and Robin Thicke’s 2013 collaboration ‘Blurred Lines’ as it “blew [his] mind” that some of his lyrics could be regarded as derogatory towards women and the controversy completely changed his attitude.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, hip-hop, Pharrell Williams, pop, USA

Kanye West Says He Is A Recent Christian Convert

Kanye West told the audience at a listening party for his new album Jesus Is King that he’s a “recent convert” to Christianity.

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Harvard to Honor Queen Latifah

Queen Latifah is to be honoured by Harvard University for her contributions to black history and culture.

Tagged as: 90s, hip-hop, Queen Latifah, rap, USA

Chance The Rapper has a Hotline To Barack Obama

Chance the Rapper has a special phone number he can call when he wants to speak to former U.S. President Barack Obama.

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Kanye West Reconfirms His Love of Trump

Kanye West reiterated his support for U.S. leader Donald Trump during his latest Sunday Service event in Utah.

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Kanye West is Lacing His Next Album With Religious Text

Kanye West borrows from “religious texts” for the lyrics on his long-awaited album ‘Jesus Is King’.

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Sampa The Great 13th AMP showcase Pop up at the Arts Centre Foyer Melbourne on a Flatbed Truck. Photo Ros O'Gorman

Sampa The Great debuts new song Freedom

by Paul Cashmere

Here is the new Sampa The Great song ‘Freedom’.

Tagged as: 10s, Africa, Australia, hip-hop, pop, Sampa The Great, soul, Zambia

Iggy Azalea criticised for sharing Game of Thrones spoiler

Iggy Azalea has caused a stir on social media by sharing a spoiler from a recent episode of Game of Thrones.

Tagged as: 00s, 10s, hip-hop, Iggy Azalea, pop, R&B, USA

UK Charts: Stormzy has the no 1 song with Vossi Bop

Stormzy’s Vossi Bop has gone straight in at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart with massive streaming figures.

Tagged as: 10s, hip-hop, rap, Stormzy, UK

Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus Perform Old Town Road with Diplo

Rapper Lil Nas X and Billy Ray Cyrus teamed up on Sunday (28Apr19) to perform their smash hit Old Town Road for the very first time at California country festival Stagecoach.

Tagged as: 10s, Billy Ray Cyrus, Diplo, hip-hop, Lil Nas X, pop, rap, Stagecoach, USA

Australian Charts: Lil Nas X & Billy Ray Cyrus have the number one song

by Gavin Ryan

After leaping to No.2 last week the country-rap song for Lil’ Nas X featuring Billy Ray Cyrus called “Old Town Road (I Got Horses in the Back)” takes over the top of the ARIA Singles Chart this week and is newly Gold (●) in sales.

Tagged as: 10s, 90s, Billy Ray Cyrus, country, hip-hop, Lil Nas X, pop, USA