Chance the Rapper, Keenan Thompson, and Leslie Jones channeled Run-D.M.C.’s “Christmas in Hollis” for “Jingle Barack,” an SNL musical tribute to “the first, maybe last, black president” and “the last Christmas before Trump next year.” More
In addition to performing a pair of songs, Chance the Rapper also appeared in a sketch alongside Kenan Thomspon as Run-DMC on last night’s episode of “Saturday Night Live.” The pair parodied the group’s song “Christmas in Hollis” and…
Chance the Rapper was the musical guest on the final “Saturday Night Live” of the year, which was hosted by Casey Affleck. Watch him perform his Coloring Book tracks…
(AllHipHop News) The legacy of Long Beach, California singer Nate Dogg will continue on through his son, Lil Nate Dogg, who’s working on an album called Son Of A G.
Lil Nate Dogg, born Nathaniel Hale Jr., has assembled a variety of West Coast rappers to support his debut release.
Rappers like Kurupt, Sen Dog from Cypress Hill and Baby Bash are featured on Son Of A G.
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Back in July, a song featuring Big Sean, Chance the Rapper, and Jeremih called “Living Single” surfaced. Chance tweeted that the leak did not “feel good,” and Big Sean…
Just days after Kanye West returned home from his hospitalization for an alleged mental breakdown, the rapper and his wife Kim Kardashian are in the festive spirit to celebrate Christmas. More
2 Chainz, a longtime fashion connoisseur and one of the first rappers to enter the ugly Christmas sweater market, has upped the ante. He is selling the World’s Most Expensive Christmas Sweater, retailing at a whopping $90,000. Designed by 2 Chainz himself and hand-crafted by Avianne, it includes 50 carats of diamonds and 250 grams of gold. There is…
The NAACP has announced that Chance the Rapper will speak at a January event in Washington, D.C. The “People’s Inauguration” rally will take place at Howard University on January 21–the day after the presidential inauguration. It’s hosted by the Youth & College division of the NAACP, along with the Justice League New York and the Empowerment Movement. The rally is part of a new movement called
(AllHipHop News) Apparently, rapper Lupe Fiasco is done with music.
The rapper announced that he was cancelling all three of his upcoming albums, and giving up the microphone.
Lupe has been involved in a mild controversy, over lyrics contained in his latest song “N.E.R.D.,” which was a freestyle over J. Cole’s song “Everybody Dies.”
Yesterday, (December 12) Lupe was involved in a public spat with DJBooth.com, which called the art the Chicago MC out over what they considered antisemitic lyrics in the song.
According to Lupe, Soundcloud even removed “N.E.R.D.,” claiming the freestyle was taken down because of hate speech.
As a result, Lupe has cancelled the…
Kanye West staged an impromptu meeting with President-Elect Donald Trump at Trump Tower Tuesday morning. More