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In the fall of 2020, an interviewer asked Dayvon Bennett about the ongoing violence in his hometown of Chicago. “Somebody killed someone, everybody got family— now everybody that was close with them is trying to kill that person,” said the rapper, better known to fans by his stage name of …

Lil Wayne and Young Money signee Allan Cubas team up in the new video for “Cameras.” The single appears on the re-release of the rapper’s 2011 mixtape Sorry 4 the Wait, which hit streaming platforms earlier this year. The Damian Fyffe-directed “Cameras” — one of four new songs on the …

Quavo reflects on his journey in the video for new solo song “Shooters Inside My Crib.” In the visual for the Money Montage, Ayo B and CTP-produced clip, the Migos rapper is seen enjoying his achievements — performing onstage, showcasing multi-platinum award placards and rocking diamond-studded jewelry — while he …

Cordae has dropped the video for new song “Super.” Produced by longtime collaborator Kid Culture along with Genius, the track will appear on his upcoming album, From a Bird’s Eye View, which is expected to arrive later this year. The new Arrad-directed clip opens on Cordae standing atop a tall …

G-Eazy and Demi Lovato search for solace in the midst of chaos in the video for new song “Breakdown.” The song appears on the rapper’s upcoming fourth studio album, These Things Happen Too, which arrives on September 24th. The harrowing visual opens on closeups of Lovato and G-Eazy as headlines …

Pop some bubbly and pass the cigars: It’s a Certified Lover Boy! More than two years after Drake began teasing fans with hints about its creation, his sixth studio album is finally here. At 21 songs and nearly 90 minutes, there’s a lot to enjoy and debate. Our full review …

Gunna and Polo G have linked up for a new song, “Waves,” from basketball star Kawhi Leonard’s upcoming compilation, Culture Jam. “Waves” boasts a sinister mix of creeping guitar loops and sharp percussion, over which Gunna and Polo G rattle off bars that can be both brash (“D&G down to …

There have been great hip-hop albums since the Nineties, and that will continue on into infinity. But rarely do you find an album that makes you want to go back and decode every lyric. Especially in the past few decades, those sorts of releases have become increasingly rare. It isn’t …

In 1995, a young rapper named Jay-Z appeared on The Stretch Armstrong and Bobbito Show, a radio program that served as an essential proving ground for any fledgling New York MC. The gifts that would transform Jay-Z into a million-selling megastar were already evident as he freestyled, shifting deftly between …

The Zoom interview has just begun when 24kGoldn, more or less unprompted, calls himself “the Steve Jobs of the music industry right now.” It’s the kind of braggadocious claim that only a 20-year-old with one of the biggest songs of the past year can say without a hint of irony. …