50 Cent was the most feared and dominant star in all of rap music, and his fall from that position was swift and devastating. In the past year, though, 50 has been taking steps toward solidifying his status as a beloved rap elder. Part of that is nostalgia, and part of it is the goodwill…

Three 6 Mafia have announced that they will perform the first arena concert in the US since the onset of the pandemic. The show is set to take place 12/11 at the Rupp Arena in Lexington, Kentucky. It will be hosted by Sean Da Don and feature special guest Project Pat, and Gem and Real…

These days, Griselda Records, the Buffalo rap crew and label, is on an absolute roll. There's a huge audience for intense and artful versions of '90s street-rap, and Griselda is determined to feed that appetite. In the past couple of months, there have been new albums from Westside Gunn and Conway The Machine, as well…

Rapper and activist Killer Mike received the first ever Change Maker Award at the 2020 Billboard Music Awards tonight in honor of his "dedication to equality, social justice and financial literacy in the Black community." The award, which recognizes an artist who "speaks truth to power through their music, celebrity, and community," was presente...

Over the summer, the a quartet of titans at the intersection of jazz, hip-hop, and soul formed a low-stakes supergroup called Dinner Party. Terrace Martin, Kamasi Washington, Robert Glasper, and 9th Wonder comprised this dream team, and their debut album essentially featured Phoelix, a singer known for his collaborations with Noname, as an unoff...

The revelation came during a chat with Big Sean on an episode of Joe's Instagram Live showThe post Eminem wants Fat Joe to come out of rap retirement appeared first on NME Music News, Reviews, Videos, Galleries, Tickets and Blogs | NME.COM.

The music of New Orleans rap duo $uicideboy$ is explicitly inspired by the early Three 6 Mafia sound. It seemed the admiration was mutual, as Juicy J, one of the architects of that sound, recruited them to produce his mixtapes Highly Intoxicated and Shutdafukup. But now, AllHipHop reports that Three 6 Mafia's Juicy J and…