hip-hop

Watsky broke the record for longest freestyle rap and he’s still going

A couple of days ago, Watsky revealed he was attempting to break the Guinness World Record for Longest Continuous Rap Performance and now he’s accomplished that. Watsky has been freestyling for over 25 hours now surpassing the previous record of 25 hours, 56 minutes, and 4 seconds achieved by Pablo Alvarez but he’s still going and […]

Watsky is trying to break the world record for longest freestyle rap

Watsky is aiming for a massive achievement as he’s starting a 33-hour long freestyle rap challenge to get the Guinness World Record for Longest Continuous Rap Performance. The rapper is starting his freestyle tomorrow at 10 AM PT and will go for 33 hours and 33 minutes to beat the current record of 25 hours, 56 […]

Here are the 20 best music documentaries you can stream right now

Streaming numbers have surged because people have been spending more time at home. Many are bingeing their way through shows they’ve already watched or are consumed with the ridiculous Tiger King series. Why not break away from that and learn something about music instead? Netflix, Hulu or Amazon Prime have plenty of documentaries offering information […]

Lil Lotus is rewriting the emo playbook and there are no rules

Lil Lotus grins as he admits, “I’ve always stood out like a sore fucking thumb.” With a sawed-off shotgun tattooed above his eyebrow, a self-beheading angel on one cheek and a bleeding heart inked on the other, the 26-year-old vocalist has always shied away from expectations—with his music being no exception. By utilizing his seemingly […]

Watch Silverstein and Princess Nokia's trippy color-filled "Madness" video

Silverstein dropped their phenomenal tenth studio album A Beautiful Place To Drown recently and the band are still offering new content from it with their latest music video for their Princess Nokia featuring track “Madness.” The band are revealing the new clip today which features some aggressively colored aesthetics to match the song’s pop-leaning sensibilities. Read More: Pete […]

Watch an angelic Juice WRLD spit bars in the “No Me Ame” video

While we’re still waiting on the many posthumous songs Juice WRLD has to be released into the world, we’re getting a new collaboration from the rapper today with Jamaican producer Rvssian and Anuel’s “No Me Ame.” The track also comes with a brand new music video which features footage of Juice WRLD with a pair […]

Hear Machine Gun Kelly sample a PVRIS classic for “In These Walls”

Machine Gun Kelly fantastically sampled Shawn Mendes‘ vocals over a recent freestyle and he’s back with another sweet vocal sampling of PVRIS for his new track “My House.” As part of his isolation “Lockdown Sessions,” the rapper is dropping his latest song in a lengthy series of tracks and covers he’s been releasing. Read More: What does Frank Iero […]

Watch MGK turn Shawn Mendes’ vocals into a beat for cathartic freestyle

Machine Gun Kelly is dropping his daily new music on fans and today he’s drawing inspiration from a surprising source in Canadian pop idol Shawn Mendes. The rapper uses a sample of Mendes’ vocals for a main beat on his latest freestyle titled “Pretty Toxic Revolver” which also references Lil Peep. Read More: Every Time I Die’s […]

Watch Machine Gun Kelly prove he doesn’t need a genre in new freestyle

Machine Gun Kelly is back with another cover during his time in isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic taking on a track from fellow rapper Jack Harlow. He posted a clip of him singing along to “WHATS POPPIN” while on a video chat with Harlow himself today. Read More: See Post Malone without face tattoos in Riff Raff’s throwback […]

See Post Malone without face tattoos in Riff Raff’s throwback video

Probably one of the most recognizable things about Post Malone today is his massive number of face tattoos but Riff Raff is sharing a video from his Malone’s beginnings where he has no face ink. Riff Raff posted a clip from 2016 of the pair together today on his Instagram account and it’s quite a stark difference […]

A songwriter is suing Post Malone for “Circles” royalties he says are his

Post Malone‘s song “Circles” has become a smash hit since its release but a songwriter is claiming he was screwed over for royalties and credit on the song. According to TMZ, Tyler Armes co-wrote and co-produced the track and is filing a lawsuit for his share of royalties on the song. Read More: Gerard Way wrote […]

Hear Kool Keith team up with hardcore unit Thetan for mind-blowing LP

Hip-hop icon Kool Keith teaming up with a powerviolence hardcore unit from Nashville? We’re all in! Today Altpress is premiering Space Goretex, the stellar full-length collaboration of rugged duo Thetan with one of rap’s enduring masters. “This album continues where my earlier classic albums left off,” says Kool Keith about Space Goretex. “You can play […]

This Twitter mix-up had 21 Savage fans thinking he had passed away

Hip-hop fans were given a bit of an unnecessary shock when they opened up Twitter today when the hashtag #RIP21 was trending on the site earlier leading many to believe 21 Savage had passed away. Luckily, 21 Savage is alive and well and the trending hashtag was due to NFL players and fans paying respects […]

Watch Machine Gun Kelly hotbox and rap in his car for "Smoke And Drive"

Machine Gun Kelly has been putting his time at home during the coronavirus pandemic to good use with daily guitar cover videos and new music which he’s back up to today with a fresh new song he recorded from his car. The rapper is dropping “Smoke and Drive” which he recorded while ripping a blunt and hotboxing his […]

Listen to a snippet of an unreleased Juice WRLD single

The world tragically lost rapper Juice WRLD late last year but with his estate planning to release tracks he ended up recording prior to his death, new music is starting to trickle in. The rapper’s girlfriend, Ally Lotti, revealed a snippet of a new track on her Instagram account yesterday. Read More: Here’s how you can get […]

Code Orange are pushing their sound to extremes on ‘Underneath’

Code Orange have become one of the biggest metal bands of the past decade through constantly evolving their sound and creating something new within heavy music. From their beginnings with speedy, full-bore aggression on Love Is Love/Return To Dust to slowing things down and intertwining hardcore with industrial, they’ve always found jarring ways to captivate […]

Volumes talk hip-hop and metal’s intersection on Vengeance tour

Volumes reintroduced original co-vocalist Micheal Barr back into the fold with the release of their most recent single “holywater” to the delight of longtime fans. The band are planning to drop a new full-length at some point in 2020, but before then, Barr will be hitting the road with Volumes for the first time since […]

Lil Peep estate reveals streetwear merch collab supporting Greenpeace

Lil Peep recently got a posthumous documentary about his life and music career called Everybody’s Everything but fans of the late emo rapper have even more to be excited about with new merch items. The rapper’s estate has partnered with luxury streetwear brand Rose In Good Faith to release a collaborative merch line they’ve been teasing out over […]

Machine Gun Kelly reacts to Eminem name-dropping him again on new LP

Eminem‘s surprise album Music to Be Murdered By includes a lot of controversial and tired takes including a music video portraying an edgy take on a first-person portrayal of the Las Vegas shooter, but his name-dropping of Machine Gun Kelly is stirring up their beef which has built up over two years. While the songs make […]

Mac Miller posthumous album 'Circles' arriving soon

Mac Miller has an album arriving that was supposed to be a companion piece to his last album Swimming. The rapper’s posthumous record, Circles, will be dropping on January 17 and was written by Miller at the time of his death. Read More: Silverstein drop Aaron Gillespie collab “Infinite” with new album details According to the post announcing […]
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