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YG is gearing up to release his new album, The Gentlemen’s Club, his first project in six years. When asked about his long stretch between albums, the Compton rhymer said that he’s heeding the advice that Kendrick Lamar gave him about rushing albums just to escape a deal.In a video conversation with DJ Hed, which premiered on YouTube on Thursday (June 4), YG said he played K-Dot his new album and acknowledged there was a time when he was just dropping projects so he could exit out of his Def Jam deal. In response, Kendrick advised him against rushing his…
After two years sharpening his pen at Pendulum Ink, Hip-Hop’s legendary lyricism academy, John Brown The Rapper stepped into the studio with pioneering production duo Da Beatminerz (Mr. Walt & DJ Evil Dee) and never looked back. What started as a single song grew into an EP, then finally Waxing In Mecca, an 18-track full-length album out now via Soulspazm/Fatbeats. With guest verses from Mickey Factz, Your Old Droog, Rockness Monsta, Ras Kass, and Smif-N-Wessun, the album pairs sharp, dense lyricism with the raw, rugged boom-bap sound that Da Beatminerz helped shape in the early ’90s. The title itself nods to…
The feds show Lil Durk killing a Quando Rondo look-alike in a music video and reveal a text saying Durk can’t let King Von’s death slide in a new indictment.On Thursday (June 4), the government filed a third superseding indictment in the United States Court for the Central District of California, which charges the Chicago rapper with the additional crimes of murder in aid of racketeering and conspiracy to commit stalking. In the 30-page document, the prosecution shares more new evidence, including screenshots from an unreleased music video for the song “Redman,” which allegedly shows Durk shooting and killing a…
EBK Jaaybo pleads guilty to federal gun and drug charges.On Thursday (June 4), the Stockton, Calif., rapper, born Jaymani Gorman, ended his legal fight in connection with his 2025 arrest in Arkansas. Jaaybo entered a guilty plea to one count of possession of a machine gun and one count of possession with intent to distribute marijuana. His codefendant, Xavier “Baby Maxx” Jones, pleaded guilty to the same charges.Jaaybo was arrested following a traffic stop in Arkansas last May, when police discovered an illegally modified Glock pistol, roughly five ounces of marijuana and $8,534 in cash, according to court records.He was initially…
Vince Staples has officially thrown a brick through the window of the rap establishment, and he did it on the very first day of his fully independent era. Cry Baby is the seventh studio album from the Long Beach mastermind, officially released June 5, 2026, under Loma Vista Recordings and his own Section Eight Arthouse imprint following his departure from Def Jam after 2024’s Dark Times. Clocking in at 10 tracks and a blistering 35 minutes, Cry Baby lands with the force of an opening salvo, announced with a classic, deadpan Vince statement: “As the world burns, I have decided to release this album.” If…
SIR RENDER feels like Navy Blue at his most exposed and his most complete. Across more than a decade in the underground, Sage Elsesser has never stopped running. He moved from the smoky, lo-fi jazz-rap circles of sLUm in the mid-2010s, backing Earl Sweatshirt and MIKE while carving his own path, to becoming one of the most vital architects of modern conscious Hip Hop. Now, on his self-released third album in a trilogy, he finally stops. He doesn’t slow down to look back. He comes to a dead halt and asks you to look at him. SIR RENDER is the final…
This is the 9th studio LP from Brooklyn, New York skateboarder, MC, producer, songwriter, visual artist & model Navy Blue. Breaking out a decade ago off his debut EP According to the Waterbearer, he would go on to drop 9 more EPs & 6 full-lengths preceding the Def Jam Recordings-backed Ways of Knowing produced by Budgie to critical acclaim. Coming off the Memoirs in Armour EP along with The Sword & The Soaring however, he’s refusing to slow down giving us Sir Render almost 7 months later. “Commencement” opens up with this drumless intro talking about capsizing & turning his life over to God afterwards whereas “Baron” produced by The Alchemist embraces a…
Drake’s Iceman album is one of the hottest albums in the streets right now and rappers like Lil Tjay, Lucki, Conway The Machine, and more have put their own lyrical spin on beats from the project. For example, on his 30th birthday (May 29), Chicago spitter Lucki dropped his freestyle over the eerie production of “Plot Twist.” In the clip, which can be viewed below, Lucki raps his lowkey bars while counting stacks of money and having a celebratory birthday dinner with his friends.Another standout track from Drizzy’s project is “Janice STFU,” in which the 6 God throws lyrical darts…
Big30 has been granted pre-trial release in the Gucci Mane robbery and kidnapping case.After previously being deemed a flight risk and kept in custody without bond, on Thursday (June 4), a judge reversed the ruling, according to court documents obtained by XXL.”The Court finds that the Government has failed to establish that Wright is a flight risk or that the conditions of release imposed by Judge Christoff will not reasonably assure the safety of any person in the community,” the ruling reads. “Accordingly, the Court denies the government’s motion. The Court vacates any stay of the release order.”Big30 was initially…
Latto explains why she called out Cardi B on the new song “Gimmie Dat” and Cardi responds.On Thursday (June 4), Latto was a guest on The Breakfast Club, where she confirmed she was sending shots at Bardi on the track off her new Big Mama album. Latto explained that Cardi publicly apologized to her for calling Latto “pu**y” during a leaked 2025 phone call, but didn’t apologize privately until a few months later, which left a bad taste in Latto’s mouth, leading to the diss.”I was at an early stage in my pregnancy,” Latto said. “I rushed to the studio…