• Rich Homie Quan Apologizes For Second Leaked Song About Raping Women

    Rich Homie Quan, real name Dequantes Lamar, has had a rough go of things lately and he only has himself to blame. In May a treasure trove of tracks were leaked from the Rich Gang archive, most of then unfinished demos that were never intended for release. As they spread on the Internet, unfortunately for Rich Homie Quan, two of the songs were him discussing raping women. He apologized for the first track, but after the second song, "Day 1," the "Flex" rapper was left without much moral ground to stand on. He has attempted to apologize for the second track in a new interview for Billboard, saying that he was young and had no guidance in his life at the time.

  • LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy Got Sponsors, Still No Love for 'Subway Symphony'

    Former LCD Soundsystem frontman James Murphy is looking to spice up his hometown New York City and plans on doing so by creating a "subway symphony." The (for now) theoretical project will consist of subway station turnstiles that play notes...to theoretically perform pieces of music just by swiping a metro card and entering.

  • Louder Than Life Announces Rob Zombie, Godsmack, ZZ Top as Headliners

    Louisville's Louder Than Life Festival will return for a second year, this time featuring headlining slots from ZZ Top, Rob Zombie and Godsmack. Shinedown, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and Slash (as well as Myles Kennedy and The Conspirators) are also listed among the top acts at the event this year.

  • XXL Releases Fetty Wap's 2015 Freshman Class Freestyle and Profile [WATCH]

    Earlier this month, XXL unveiled its 2015 Freshman Class list and Fetty Wap is the first of the pack to be presented to the masses. The hip-hop magazine recently released the New Jersey rap singer's freestyle and profile. The 2015 Freshman Class list also left out at least one rapper determined to call out XXL.

  • Nas Performs 'Made You Look' With Run The Jewels at Northside Festival

    Last night a special hip-hop moment happened. One of the very best to ever pick up a mic, Nas appeared on stage with Run The Jewels -- one of the hottest up-and-coming duos in hip-hop right now. Run The Jewels were scheduled to perform as the headliner at 50 Kent, the main outdoor venue at the Northside Festival in Brooklyn, and they had a very special trick up their sleeves. The Illmatic rapper showed up as a surprise guest to perform his 'God's Son' track "Made You Look" at the end of RTJ's set and your author was on hand to capture the action on video.

  • Kurt Vile Announces New Album Title, World Tour Dates for Late 2015

    Kurt Vile has been speaking about new music for some time and now the guitarist has confirmed a new album from himself and the Violators titled b'lieve i'm goin down to be released during the Fall. A specific drop date hasn't been announced but perhaps it will come in September, before his world tour—which was also newly announced—will kick off on October 1.
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