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Lil Peep management files dispute against claims in wrongful death lawsuit
The two-year anniversary of Lil Peep‘s death was marked with a new album, documentary and more but legal questions related to the music industry’s involvement in his passing are still being debated. According to Rolling Stone, the late rapper’s management and label, First Access Entertainment, is disputing claims including negligence, breach of contract, and wrongful death […]
Vic Mensa reflects on how “rap is much to blame” for Juice WRLD’s death
Vic Mensa believes the hip-hop/rap scene is also to blame for Juice WRLD‘s death. He also states that rappers should be more careful about what they say for their audience. Jarad Anthony Higgins, died after suffering a seizure in a Chicago airport, TMZ reports. The incident occurred after Higgins deplaned from a private jet traveling from California to […]
MGK wants Fronz, the Used on his Travis Barker-produced pop-punk LP
Machine Gun Kelly has made quite a name for himself within hip-hop but it looks like the musician is planning to double down on his rock-leaning tracks with a pop-punk album. In an interview with Zane Lowe, the rapper reveals he is working on a pop-punk project with Travis Barker alongside YUNGBLUD, blackbear, Trippie Redd and Young Thug, while […]
Lil Xtra celebrates Hopeless Records signing with moody new song, video
Lil Xtra has dropped a new track “Under The Weather” to celebrate signing a contract with Hopeless Records. The rapper dropped an emotional video for the track that features his singing the track in the middle of the woods. Read more: Here’s everything coming and leaving Netflix in January 2020 The genre-blending song appears to […]
Yellowcard lawsuit against Juice WRLD on pause after rapper’s death
Yellowcard’s lawsuit against late emo rapper Juice WRLD for alleged copyright infringement has been put on hold. The band was seeking $15 million in damages in the suit. They claim the rapper’s 2018 hit “Lucid Dreams” was a knock off of their 2006 track “Holly Wood Died”. Read more: Chester Bennington re-recorded Grey Daze LP […]
Juice WRLD mourned by music community after death at 21
The entire music community is mourning the death of rapper Juice WRLD, aka Jarad Anthony Higgins. The 21-year-old rapper was reported dead on Sunday via TMZ. Read more: Juice WRLD dies at age 21 after suffering seizure in Chicago airport Higgins was on a private jet from California to Chicago. Once landing at Chicago Midway […]
Top 10 hip-hop and metal collaborations you need to hear
Metal and hip-hop share many similarities in values, ethics and, increasingly now, overall aesthetic of the artists, but it’s rare when the two genres meet up with each other. From early collaborations between Aerosmith and Run-D.M.C. or Anthrax and Public Enemy, it’s evident that guitars and rap can collide in meaningful ways, and the mix […]
Ozzy Osbourne producer says new album was written in four days
Ozzy Osbourne is dropping his long-awaited new album Ordinary Man in January and producer Andrew Watts says the record only took four days to create. In an interview with Billboard, Watts reveals the process behind creating the album and how despite it seeming unlikely to make at many points, it came together in a very short time frame. […]
Post Malone brings Ozzy Osbourne, Travis Scott out for fiery AMAs set
Post Malone performed “Take What You Want” featuring Travis Scott and Ozzy Osbourne during the 2019 American Music Awards. The rapper was introduced by Rivers Cuomo of Weezer and Pete Wentz of Fall Out Boy. Read more: Post Malone becomes instant meme with AMAs rap album win speech The rapper began his performance solo with […]
Post Malone becomes instant meme with AMAs rap album win speech
Post Malone won the award for best rap/hip-hop album during the 2019 American Music Awards. The rapper won for his latest album Hollywood’s Bleeding, which features artists such as Ozzy Osbourne, Halsey, Travis Scott and more. Read more: Green Day bring “Basket Case” to AMAs stage for ‘Dookie’ anniversary At the end of the artist’s […]
XXXTentacion posthumous LP featuring blink-182 release date revealed
A year and a half after his death, XXXtentacion‘s final album Bad Vibes Forever, which features blink-182, Lil Wayne and more, has a release date. The late rapper’s team dropped the title track from the album this morning along with the news it will be arriving on December 7. Read More: ‘Nightmare Before Christmas’ Vans line drops new Jack Skellington design […]
Ghostemane show cancelled over safety issues allegedly caused by opener
Seeing rapper Ghostemane live is typically a chaotic experience but his show last night (November 19) was more chaotic than usual. The rapper’s show was canceled after opening act Horus the Astroneer (also Ghostemane’s brother) allegedly got in an altercation with venue security and their sound tech. Read More: Ozzy continues teasing “Straight To Hell” with ominous […]
Machine Gun Kelly pays tribute to Lil Peep with acoustic cover
The new Lil Peep documentary and album Everybody’s Everything arrived last week on the two-year anniversary of the rapper’s death. In the days following, Machine Gun Kelly showed his love for the late rapper with an acoustic cover. Kelly posted a clip of him playing along to Peep’s “walk away as the door slams” on his Instagram feed. Read […]
Marilyn Manson mosh pit, Bible burning divides ASTROWORLD fest crowd
Marilyn Manson shocked the internet when he was added to the lineup of Travis Scott’s ASTROWORLD Festival. The second-annual festival took place Saturday at NRG Park in Houston, Texas. Read more: Slayer may stay active after final tour, manager says The lineup included performances Migos, Marilyn Manson, Pharrell, Gucci Mane, Rosalia, Young Thug, Megan Thee […]
Kanye West Christian album sparks Church Of Satan response
The new Kanye West album has seemingly taken over everyone’s attention after a predictably sloppy release, and now even the Church Of Satan has joined in on the conversation. The new record, JESUS IS KING, follows Kanye’s rebranding as a devout Christian and an announcement he will be re-recording all of his albums without any swearing. Read More: […]
Machine Gun Kelly, G-Eazy beef was squashed thanks to Kid Cudi
Last year, things began to heat up between Machine Gun Kelly and Eminem with several diss tracks and callouts via interviews and social media. It didn’t take long for G-Eazy to get involved with a diss track of his own after MGK dropped a freestyle rap allegedly aimed at him. In April of this year, […]
Machine Gun Kelly takes a psychedelic trip in “5:3666” video with phem
Machine Gun Kelly has released a trippy new music video for “5:3666” featuring phem. The video “captures MGK’s psychedelic frame of mind as he rhymes about addiction, paranoia and family trails,” according to a press release. Read more: ‘Hocus Pocus’ remix of Lizzo’s “Truth Hurts” is the new Halloween anthem The videos utilizes many visual […]
Frank Iero had a “blast” drinking Post Malone Bud Light at rapper’s gig
Frank Iero spent the long weekend jamming out at a Post Malone show and sipping on customized Posty Bud Light, and honestly, we’re pretty jealous. The rapper performed at Madison Square Garden in New York Monday night, and Iero was in the crowd having a “blast with (his) friends”. Read more: Taco Bell recalls 2.3 […]
Machine Gun Kelly climbs Rolling Loud stage for next-level performance
Machine Gun Kelly proved he isn’t afraid of heights by climbing to the very top of his stage setup during his performance at Rolling Loud New York. MGK was rapping his track “Till I Die” when he decided to take things to the next level. Read more: Avril Lavigne announces 2020 ‘Head Above Water’ world […]
Lil Peep’s team says mother’s lawsuit claims are “categorically untrue”
claim On Monday, the mother of late rapper Lil Peep filed a lawsuit against the artist’s former management and tour company nearly two years after his death. According to TMZ, Liza Womack, Peep’s mother, filed sued First Access Entertainment, the company that was responsible for the rapper’s last tour prior to his death. Read more: […]
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