R&B/Hip-Hop Fresh Picks of the Week: Giveon, TA Thomas, Jordan Hawkins & More
With Fresh Picks, Billboard aims to highlight some of the best and most interesting new sounds across R&B and hip-hop — from Tyga and Shenseea’s steamy new collaboration to Giveon’s solo comeback. Be ...
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As He Releases a New Mixtape, Montana 700 Talks About Using Rap to Build Unity
"You can’t gatekeep what is destined to happen," the rapper says of the "New Dallas" movement toward community building.
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Doechii narrates Nike’s women athletes Super Bowl commercial
Doechii narrates Nike’s Super Bowl commercial after Grammy win On Sunday night, the Philadelphia Eagles made history by ...
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums, videos, and songs from 2 Chainz, Larry June, Tyga, and more. On the eve of ...
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DJ Holiday Spills on Gucci Mane, Nicki Minaj, & How He Made Money Off Mixtapes
The Baller Alert Show was packed with major gems as Ferrari Simmons and BT sat down with legendary DJ Holiday, who pulled up to share his journey from college parties […] The post DJ Holiday Spills on ...
Doechii cries during emotional Grammy Awards win for best rap album: 'I bared my life'
Rapper Doechii won best rap album at Sunday's Grammy Awards, becoming the third woman in the award show's history to claim ...
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‘Walk It Out’ and ‘2 Step’ Hip-Hop Favorite Dies Suddenly: DJ Unk Was 43
DJ Unk, the Atlanta rapper who rose to fame in the early 2000s with hits like “Walk It Out” and “2 Step,” has died. The musician, born Anthony Leonard Platt, passed away in his sleep after suffering a ...
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DJ Unk, 'Walk It Out' rapper, dies at 43
The album included the hit single "Walk It Out," which peaked at No. 2 on Billboard's R&B/Hip-Hop charts and No. 10 on the Hot 100 chart. A remix of the song featured André 3000 and Jim Jones.
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Barry Michael Cooper, Famed Screenwriter & “New Jack Swing” Phrase Inventor, Dies At 66
From The Nelson George Mixtape: Barry Michael Cooper died today in Baltimore, according to his son Mathew. It’ll take me a minute to gather all my thoughts, but just wanted to thank him for ...
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Central Cee Unveils Track List for Debut Album ‘Can’t Rush Greatness,’ Featuring Collabs With Dave, Skepta, Young Miko & More
first full-length album also arrives three years since his last solo mixtape 23, which included the PinkPantheress-sampling hit “Obsessed with You” that topped the U.K. Hip-Hop and R&B Singles ...
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Have You Heard of Kris Kross? These 90s Teen Hip-Hop Stars Endured Fame and Tragedy
The label would go on to launch the careers of successful R&B and hip-hop groups, including Xscape, Jagged Edge, Lil Jon and Da Brat, and it put Atlanta on the map as a musical force to be ...
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The Best New Hip-Hop This Week
The Best New Hip-Hop This Week includes albums ... he could do worse than fiddling around with the sounds of his 2013 mixtape, The Abstract And The Dragon, which featured and was guided by ...