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Rihanna Reportedly Bought The Entire Baby Phat Archive Before Forever 21’s...

Getty/Baby Phat/Uproxx Fashion retailer Forever 21 is considering bankruptcy, which means fashionistas looking for a nostalgia fix may have to search elsewhere for Cheetos or Taco Bell-branded fast...

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All The Best New Hip-Hop Albums Coming Out This Week

Uproxx Studios It’s always nice to get a big of a break after a heft slate of releases like the one we got last week, especially when the slow week includes such smart rhymes and mellow grooves as this...

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Kim Kardashian Used Twitter To Announce What Looks Like The Tracklist For...

Getty Image / Netflix It looks like Kanye might be ready to release Yandhi — or at least a new album — soon after all. After spending months delaying the album, brainstorming futuristic living...

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Post Malone Shares The Groove-Driven Single ‘Circles’ And Confirms Info About...

Republic Records Earlier this week, Post Malone shared what seemed to be the release date and title of his upcoming third album with a pair of tweets that read, “sept 6:)),” and, “Hollywood’s...

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Future Is Giving Away Actual Scholarships On His ‘Legendary Nights’ Tour With...

Getty Image Future may have made a tongue-in-cheek song about giving out “Scholarships” at the strip club with Drake, but it looks like now he’ll be doing so for real while on tour with Meek Mill. As...

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Meek Mill Will Play A Free Concert For The NFL’s Kickoff Experience

Getty Image As the controversy surrounding Jay-Z’s partnership with the NFL splits the hip-hop community and sports fans’ opinions of the mogul, Jay’s Roc Nation and the NFL continue to roll out...

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Lil Wayne And SiR Collab On The Melodic Album Cut ‘Lucy’s Love’ From ‘Chasing...

As summer winds down, Lil Wayne and SiR are chasing the high of the season up until the autumn leaves start to fall. Friday morning, SiR released his third album Chasing Summer via Top Dawg. SiR...

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Brockhampton Finds Their Chaotic Emotional Center On ‘Ginger’

Getty Image / Uproxx Studios Chaotic, genre-juggling experimentation has always been a cornerstone of Brockhampton‘s sound. So has their emotional vulnerability. The two impulses have worked in concert...

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The Best New Rap Music To Have On Your Radar

Getty Image Hip-hop is moving as fast as ever. Luckily, we’re doing the work to put it all in one place. This week, there were new videos from Goldlink, A$AP Rocky, as well as Drake and Rick Ross....

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Travis Scott’s Reese’s Puffs Have Returned In A Surprise Drop

Travis Scott is on a whole other level. And we’re not talking about the rapper’s recent song-stealing moment on Young Thug’s new single “The London” or the heavy hype cloud that looms over his next...

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Lil Durk Says He Has Been Cleared To Travel For Shows While On House Arrest

Getty Image Chicago rapper Lil Durk had some good news for his fans today after being placed on house arrest earlier this year. The “U Said” rapper shared a post on Instagram that said he has been...

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Juice WRLD And Benny Blanco’s ‘Graduation’ Music Video Is A Star-Studded High...

For their new music video “Graduation,” Juice WRLD and Benny Blanco have imagined the ending of a high school movie, complete with an all-star cast including Hailee Steinfeld, Dove Cameron, Noah...

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Post Malone Reveals Ozzy Osbourne Will Feature On His Upcoming Album...

Getty Image Post Malone has been known to work with several other iconic musicians throughout his career, such as Justin Bieber and Nicki Minaj. The rapper released a list of who’s featuring on his...

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Kodak Black Releases A Statement From Prison After Pleading Guilty To Gun...

Getty Image Kodak Black has pleaded guilty to gun charges that first put the rapper in jail last May. He allegedly falsified legal documents in order to obtain three firearms and was later arrested in...

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Chance The Rapper’s Clever Lyric Video For ‘Hot Shower’ Is Full Of Visual Puns

Getty Image Chance the Rapper recently dropped his album, The Big Day, after much anticipation. The album has many collaborators from artists like Megan Thee Stallion and Death Cab for Cutie. Chance...

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The Best Rap Albums Of August 2019

Getty Image This August was full of high-quality releases. There were several really good albums that didn’t make this month’s list, a testament to how well hip-hop collectively closed out an already...

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Earthgang Announced A Release Date For Their Album, ‘Mirrorland,’ With A...

Atlanta rap group Earthgang is gearing up for a big release. The duo, comprised of rappers Johnny Venus and Doctur Dot, has been cryptically telling fans to keep their eyes on YouTube, but they have...

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Francis And The Lights Reunites Bon Iver And Kanye West On The Spiritual...

Getty Image Kanye West is gearing up for the release of his long-awaited album — which may have undergone a title change since it was conceived as “Yandhi” — but that didn’t stop him from reuniting...

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Is Post Malone Still A Hip-Hop Outsider?

Getty Image Arriving as he did at the height of the debate surrounding cultural appropriation in hip-hop, it’s no surprise that Post Malone has become one of music’s most polarizing figures. What is...

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Future And Young Thug Go ‘600 Days No Sleep’ On Their New Southside-Produced...

Getty Image The fact that Future isn’t yet suffering from some kind of musical burnout is a lightweight miracle, as the Atlanta trap rap vet drops yet another new single. This time, he goes “600 Days...

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Lizzo’s ‘Truth Hurts’ Is Officially The No. 1 Song In The Country, Two Years...

Getty Image In September 2017, Lizzo released “Truth Hurts” as a single, and it was relatively uneventful at the time, as the track didn’t even make it onto the charts. Things are much different now,...

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Fetty Wap Was Arrested In Las Vegas On Sunday For Allegedly Punching Hotel...

Getty Image Fetty Wap was in Las Vegas on Sunday, but unfortunately for him what happened in Vegas did not stay in Vegas. Fetty, whose real name is Willie Maxwell II, was arrested on Sunday Morning for...

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Chart Pioneer Cardi B Celebrates Lizzo Reaching No. 1 On The Hot 100

Getty Image It’s been a little under two years since Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow” climbed to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart and already, the results of the Bronx-born rapper’s glass ceiling...

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Rick Ross Reveals The Cause Of His Seizures In 2018

Getty Image Rick Ross is the biggest boss in the rap game, but that doesn’t mean he’s invincible. In 2018, Ross was hospitalized for, at the time, reasons unknown. Foreshadowing the release of his...

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Post Malone Is The Last Knight Standing In His Fairy Tale ‘Circles’ Video

Post Malone finally confirmed info about his upcoming album recently: It’s called Hollywood’s Bleeding, and it is set for release really soon, on September 6. He also shared the single “Circles,”...

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Drakeo The Ruler Is Reportedly Going Back On Trial For Criminal Gang Conspiracy

Dewanne Buckmire Watts rapper Drakeo, once poised as one of the rising stars of LA hip-hop, now faces the prospect of being locked up for the remainder of his prime years after the Los Angeles District...

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All The Best New Music From This Week That You Need To Hear

Getty Image Keeping up with new music can be exhausting, even impossible. From the weekly album releases to standalone singles dropping on a daily basis, the amount of music is so vast it’s easy for...

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Post Malone’s New Album Tracklist Reveals That Travis Scott And Ozzy Osbourne...

Getty Image Post Malone has slowly but surely been teasing info about his upcoming album Hollywood’s Bleeding, which is set to drop in just a couple days. He recently revealed the impressive roster of...

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IDK Contemplates Faith On His Adventurous Major Label Debut, ‘Is He Real?’

Getty Image / Warner Records / Uproxx Studios The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest...

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Earthgang Announces Their ‘Welcome To Mirrorland’ Tour In Support Of Their...

Getty Image With the impending release of their major-label debut album Mirrorland on Friday via Dreamville and Interscope, Earthgang announced that they’ll be headlining a North American tour dubbed...

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Conway The Machine Announces His New Mixtape With The Threatening Single...

Conway The Machine is back with more of his signature, sinister, street slang on “Tito’s Back,” the lead single from his upcoming mixtape, Look What I Became… along with his Griselda Records cohorts...

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Azealia Banks Comes For Lizzo, Adele, Cardi B, And Lil Nas X In A Series Of...

Getty Image Oops, Azealia Banks is clout-chasing again. Tuesday, Azealia Banks took to Instagram to post her opinion of fellow female artist Lizzo, while comparing her to Adele and Jasmine Sullivan....

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Mac Miller’s Alleged Drug Supplier Has Been Arrested For His Involvement In...

Getty Image Today, the Drug Enforcement Agency arrested a 23-year-old Hollywood Hills resident named Cameron Pettit for allegedly selling Mac Miller counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl before his...

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Lil Nas X Called Out Kevin Hart For Trying To Gaslight Him About Coming Out...

Getty Image Lil Nas X’s historical run at No. 1 on the Hot 100 was made even more historical when he came out as queer while “Old Town Road” continued to dominate the chart earlier this year....

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Lil Nas X Is Inescapable In His New Cyberpunk ‘Panini’ Video

After spending an amazing 19 weeks on top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart, Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” finally lost its No. 1 spot. Now that the viral hit is no longer the top song in the country, Lil...

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Rexx Life Raj And Kenny Beats Fight Aliens In Their Spacefaring ‘Moonwalk’ Video

In the new video for Rexx Life Raj’s new video, “Moonwalk,” space ranger Kenny Beats has been missing since the 1980s, so it’s up to Raj to suit up and bring him back. Inspired by sci-fi, B movies, the...

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The Judge In Tekashi 69’s Trial Reportedly Rules The Defense Can’t Mention...

Getty Image It’s almost time for Tekashi 69 to take the stand as a witness in the racketeering case against his former Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods associates and according to Complex, Tekashi and the...

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Denzel Curry’s Loosie ‘Crash The Server’ Reappears On Netflix’s ‘Carole &...

Denzel Curry is back with new music. On a new episode of Carole & Tuesday Wednesday, the show’s character Ezekiel performs Curry’s “Crash The Server” on his behalf in a scripted rap battle among...

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Nicki Minaj Says She Is Retiring To Start A Family

Getty Image After spending a decade as the queen of hip-hop, Nicki Minaj has apparently decided to abdicate her throne and take a stab at being a family woman. The “Megatron” rapper sent a tweet to...

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Mustard And Future Plot Out A Bank Heist In Their New ‘Interstate 10’ Video

While on their “Legendary Nights” tour with Meek Mill and Megan Thee Stallion, Mustard and Future have released their second music video together in as many months with “Interstate 10,” the fifth track...

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Check Out A Preview Of UPROXX’s ‘The Masters’ Featuring Producer 88-Keys

If you know anything about producer, rapper, and style icon 88-Keys — aka Charles Misodi Njapa — it’s that the man has stories. From meeting Tribe Called Quest’s Q-Tip at age 14 to crate-digging with...

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50 Cent Says He Doesn’t Want Nicki Minaj To Retire From Her Music Career

Getty Image Last week, Nicki Minaj announced she would be retiring from music in order to start a family in a decision that shocked fans and the music community alike. Some responded with...

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Kanye West Plays ‘Jesus Walks’ And Other Hits At His Chicago Edition Of...

Getty Image Kanye West returned to his hometown to spread his gospel music. The rapper hosted a Chicago edition of his weekly Sunday Service performance and offered free entry. He entranced the crowd...

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A Stampede At Lil Wayne’s Lil Weezyana Fest Led To Reports Of Injuries And Theft

This past weekend, Lil Wayne‘s Lil Weezyana Fest took place at UNO Lakefront Arena with a crowd estimated around 15,000 concertgoers. According to The Times-Picayune’s NOLA.com, a large number of...

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Swae Lee’s Ex-Girlfriend Was Arrested After Allegedly Headbutting Him Last Month

Swae Lee’s ex-girlfriend was arrested after allegedly headbutting him, according to TMZ. The police were reportedly called to Swae’s LA home, where he and his ex-girlfriend Marliesia Ortiz had...

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Kid Cudi’s Next Album Will Be The Soundtrack To His Upcoming Netflix Show

In a new Complex cover story, emo-rap pioneer Kid Cudi reveals that not only is he working on new music, but that his next album will also be the soundtrack to a Netflix animated show he is developing...

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Rapsody’s ‘Oprah’ Video Goes Back To The Hood To Showcase Black Enterprise...

Rapsody‘s “Oprah” video goes back to the hood to showcase Black unity and power. From shooting dice with big-faced hundreds on the corner around a handle of Bumbu Rum to taking a homeless man on a joy...

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Rihanna Teases Her Star-Studded Savage X Fenty Fashion Show Featuring ASAP...

Getty Image Rihanna just released the scorching trailer for her upcoming 2019 Savage X Fenty fashion show taking place tonight and from the looks of it, it’s going to be a night to remember. Have no...

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Jpegmafia Goes After Keyboard Warriors On His New Single, ‘Beta Male Strategies’

Jpegmafia‘s third solo album All My Heroes Are Cornballs isn’t out until Friday via EQT Recordings, LLC, but that didn’t stop the Los-Angeles-based artist from releasing a new song this week. Tuesday,...

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Maxo Kream Parodies ‘Flavor Of Love’ With Megan Thee Stallion In Their...

In anticipation of his headlining “Brandon Banks” tour, Maxo Kream released the visual to “She Live” today. The album cut is the sixth track from Maxo’s second solo album Brandon Banks, which was...

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