Just days after the release of her sixth album, Princess of Power, singer MARINA (who previously recorded under the name Marina and the Diamonds) announced the dates for her upcoming fall 2025 North American tour on Monday (June 9). The three-month outing will kick off with a series of festival gigs at Bonnaroo (June 13), […]

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When you have a cerebral rap savant like Kendrick Lamar in your Rolodex, who wouldn’t take advantage of that? Ray Vaughn revealed that he sought out Kendrick’s guidance on certain tracks during his battle with Joey Bada$$. The Top Dawg Entertainment rapper stopped by The Bootleg Kev Podcast on Friday (June 6), where he opened

Can Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” hold on to No. 1? Tetris Kelly: This is the Billboard Hot 100 top 10 for the week, dated June 14, “Nokia” drops to No. 10, as “Beautiful Things” is up to nine. “Lose Control” stays at No. 8, so does “Die With A Smile” at seven, and “A Bar Song

How did Angie Martinez become The Voice of New York? She remained true to Angie Martinez. After beginning her tenure at HOT 97 as a teenager answering phones, Martinez skyrocketed to fame with “The Angie Martinez Show.” Interviewing hip-hop icons such as The Notorious B.I.G., Tupac Shakur, Jay-Z, the show quickly became one of urban

Over the weekend, Lil Wayne shook the game up once again by dropping off his latest album Tha Carter VI. To celebrate the release, Weezy also hosted a blockbuster show at New York’s Madison Square Garden on Friday (June 6), where he ran through hits both new and old, flexing his dominating catalog in a

Alex Warren’s “Ordinary” adds a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, a week after it became the singer-songwriter’s first leader on the list. Warren co-wrote “Ordinary” with Mags Duval, Cal Shapiro and Adam Yaron, who solely produced it. As reported on Billboard’s new Substack channel, Duval, celebrated the song topping the