A$AP Ferg and Tory Lanez kick off their "Level Up Tour" on May 18th in Philadelphia. Here's a new song from the duo titled "Line Up the Flex." Give it a listen up top.
Collective Music Group recording artist Snootie Wild shoots an official music video for his collaboration with Kirko Bangz titled "Come Around." Check it out below.
Written by @snootiewild (EPIC/CMG) & @KirkoBangz Produced by @IAm_30Roc Video Directed by @221.Freshp & 221.Justo (221 Films)
Here's some rare footage recorded in 2004 of Drake recording at ILLfire Studios in Toronto, while he was still an actor on the show, "Degrassi: The Next Generation."
"I keep my music pretty under wraps," he says in the clip. "This is gonna be a shocker to people I work with on set because nobody really knows I do anything. I really keep it to myself, but it's ironic because it's probably the biggest part of my life. I've essentially become obsessed with music."
We all know how this turned out. Check it out below beginning at the4:34mark.
Irma Bule, an Indonesian singer, died on Sunday, April 3, during her performance in West Java.
Bule, real name Irmawati, was bitten by a king cobra, refused an antidote from the snake's handler and continued to perform for 45 more minutes. She later collapsed, went into convulsions and died at a hospital.
— People En Español (@peopleenespanol) April 7, 2016
According toTIME, snakes are regularly used as props by Indonesian singers because their performance fee will increase from$20to$25.
The reptiles the 26-year old mother of three normally uses during her act are nonvenomous pythons that have their mouths duct-taped shut, but somehow those precautions weren't taken and Irma ended up being handed a venomous cobra.
"Why do you think she's getting Donkey of the Day? Because her dumb ass got bitten by a king cobra and didn't go to the hospital immediately," Charlamagne Tha God said on Power 105.1 on Friday, April 8th.
You can watch the video of Irma onstage at the time she was bitten and Charlamagne's response below.
In the latest Drink Champs podcast, DMX shared a story with hosts N.O.R.E. and DJ EFN about the time Diddy offered him a record deal after initially turning him down. The "Party Up" rapper recalled auditioning for Diddy before getting signed to Def Jam, and while the audition didn't lead to a deal, DMX said that he respects Diddy for telling him to his face what he didn't like about his rap skills.
Just three weeks later, DMX says Diddy offered him a deal with Bad Boy after finding out he was signing to Def Jam, but the New York rapper didn't accept. He explained that if Diddy couldn't see his talent from the beginning, he couldn't sign with him.
Check out more of the sit-down in the above below, including DMX speaking about battling Jay Z.
Memphis rapper Yo Gotti calls on Bay Area legend E-40 to collaborate on "Law." This is off of Gotti's latest album titled "The Art of Hustle." Check out the official visuals below.
Chris Brown recruits an all-star consisting of August Alsina, Miguel and Trey Songz for his latest "Fuck You Back To Sleep" (Remix). Give it a listen up top.
A$AP Ferg feeds the streets with another track off of his forthcoming, "Always Strive and Prosper" album. This one is titled "Hungry Ham" and features Crystal Caines and Skrillex.
Comedian and actor Lil Duval visited The Breakfast Club to promote his new movie, "Meet the Blacks."
He explains why he cried on Snapchat, talks Katt Williams being the new Rick James, getting body slammed by a woman in West Virginia, feeling bad he clowned Teairra Mari, Amber Rose's slutwalk not being genuine, Patti Labelle, Oprah Winfrey, being attracted to grandmas, being proud of Blac Chyna for getting engaged to Rob Kardashian and much more
Styles P a.k.a. Holiday Styles on The Lox drops off four new freestyles. Take a listen to "G-B-H," "Might Be Ghost," "Ghost With Attitude" and "Ghost for Ghost."
Jennifer Lopez helped to make it a memorable night as American Idol ended after 15 seasons. Watch J-Lo perform her new single "Ain't Your Mama" and "Let's Get Loud" below.
SMACK/ URL'S Double Impact event took place in NYC on March 26th. The turnout was massive as fans from around the country showed up to witness the All-Star game of MC Battling. SMACK/ URL paired up some of the biggest Battle MC's in the culture into teams for a 2 on 2 battle event and the result was electric. This is the first release from the event which features Charlie Clips/ John John Da Don VS Big T / Th3 Saga .
It looks like (2016) will be the breakout year for the American Idol star Lazaro Arbos. Typically you hear about star contestants not being able to follow up with successful content after being voted off, but quoted from billboard record producer James A Worthy "this song will not only show his fans another side of him, but will show the world our versatility". The title of this record is called "I Want More" written by Princess J a former American Idol contestant, in which Lazaro's fans are eager for more to add in their playlist. By description the song is an uptempo style of track mixed with a pop, and R&B infusion. Something interesting for the listeners to review for a debut single. The scheduled release date is April 8th, 2016 on all major distributional outlets.