Rap
Young Thug, Atlanta Rap Star, Is Arrested on Gang-Related Charges
Mr. Williams is named as having committed a number of illegal acts for which he is not charged, but which are described as “overt acts” in furtherance of the group’s criminal conspiracy. Among those allegations are an instance of threatening to kill a man at a mall and possession of methamphetamine with the intent to …
Kanye West buries Pete Davidson character in ‘Eazy’ music video
Kanye West’s disdain for Pete Davidson has been memorialized in his new music video with the rapper literally kidnapping and burying a cartoon version of the “Saturday Night Live” star. The “Eazy” video gives life to the Game-featured viral hit that caught mass attention in January due to 44-year-old West rapping about “beating Pete Davidson’s …
DMX, electrifying rapper who defined 2000s rap, dies at 50
DMX, the prolific rapper and actor who rose to fame in the late 1990s and 2000s, has died nearly a week after suffering a heart attack, his family said in a statement Friday. He was 50 years old. The rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons, was hospitalized in White Plains, New York, after suffering …
Kanye West Announces New Jesus Is King Documentary
Kanye West has announced a documentary about the making of his new album Jesus Is King. Kanye previewed the film at an event at Detroit’s Fox Theatre called “Jesus Is King: A Kanye West Experience,” and again at a similar event Saturday night at Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre. The documentary, which is also titled Jesus Is …
Kanye West Is Releasing New Album Jesus Is King on Sunday, Kim Says
Kanye West’s new studio album Jesus Is King was originally slated for release today (September 27), however the album has yet to materialize. After hosting a Sunday Service performance in Detroit, as well as a listening event at the city’s Fox Theatre, Kanye’s wife Kim Kardashian West has announced that the new album will arrive …
Katy Perry and collaborators ordered to pay $2.78 million for copying Christian rap song
‘American Idol’ judge Katy Perry ‘collapses’ after contestant’s steamy performance ‘American Idol’ judge Katy Perry was blown away by contestant Uche Ndubizu’s steamy performance of Bruno Mars’ ‘Finesse’ Sunday night, so much so that she ‘collapsed’ on the table as fellow judges Lionel Richie and Luke Bryan pretended to perform CPR. ‘Excuse me, are we …
Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” Copied Christian Rap Song, Jury Finds
After a week-long trial, a California jury has concluded that the pop singer’s song is a copyright infringement. After a week-long trial, a California jury has reached its conclusion that Katy Perry’s “Dark Horse” is a copyright infringement. The lawsuit was brought by Christian rapper Marcus Gray, professionally known as Flame, who asserted that Perry’s 2013 …
‘So flawed and problematic’: why the term ‘world music’ is dead | Music
Ask most musicians what genre they play and you’ll likely get a prickly response. As one well-known, and slightly tipsy, jazz musician once told me: “If you all stopped obsessing about me playing ‘jazz’, maybe I would be playing festival stages rather than tiny clubs by now.” But while there have been meandering debates about …
