• Golden State Rap Songs: E-40, Mistah F.A.B. (and Lil B?) Get Behind Warriors

    Tonight the Cleveland Cavaliers and LeBron James will go up against Steph Curry and the Golden State Warriors for the first game of the NBA championship. To get revved up for the series, Music Times has assembled hip-hop songs about each of the respective teams, as few musicians get as amped for their local sports teams as rappers (the number of songs/mixtapes named "Beast Mode" after Marshawn Lynch is astounding). We'll start with the Western Conference and Golden State, representing Oakland and its hyphy hip-hoppers. And no: "CoCo" by O.T. Genasis doesn't count...regardless of how often the team sings it.

  • Lil B Delivers Rousing Lecture at UCLA on Individuality, Love [WATCH]

    Lil B, real name Brandon McCartney, or better known as the based god, made another appearance behind the lectern at one of the world's finest universities last week when he lectured to over 700 students at UCLA. Over his 75 minutes, Lil B touched on a wide variety of topics including love, individuality, self-worth and even communicating with turkeys.

  • Frank Ocean Interviewed Lil B For His New 'Boys Don't Cry' Magazine, Nabil Elderkin Confirms

    Late last year, Lil B teased a collaboration with Frank Ocean, and although music from the two has yet to surface, the Based God did contribute to Ocean's forthcoming magazine, Boys Don't Cry, which is due out in July. Nabil Elderkin shared a photo on Instagram of the Oakland rapper with the caption, "That's a Rap wit the sensei @lilbisgod what a bro!" which probed the Fader to ask whether or not the director had shot a Lil B video. Nabil replied their inquiry, revealing that Ocean had interviewed the Based God for his magazine. Elderkin did, however, add that he would "def" do a video with Lil B if the opportunity came up, calling him a "cool bro."

  • Lil B Takes Credit for Kevin Durant Injury

    The curse strikes again -- or so Lil B is claiming. News recently broke that Oklahoma City Thunder All-Pro forward Kevin Durant was shut down for the remainder of the 2014-15 season because of a nagging foot injury that has plagued him all year and Lil B -- real name Brandon McCartney -- is claiming responsibility. He will lift the curse on KD if the b-baller plays him at a game of 21.

  • Timbaland Says Aaliyah Spoke to Him in A Dream at SXSW, Declared Tink to Be 'The One'

    The "next Aaliyah" has been in discussion for more than 13 years following the R&B star during 2001. Timbaland believes that 19 year-old Chicago performer Tink is the final answer, and he's got other backers telling him the same thing: Aaliyah herself. The producer/performer told a crowd at the South by Southwest Festival this week that his former collaborator had visited him in a dream to deliver the prophecy.

  • Gucci Mane Drops 'Views From Zone 6' EP

    Gucci Mane is on a music-dropping rampage as of late. The Atlanta rapper kicked off 2015 with "1017 Mafia: Incarcerated" before dropping "Brick Factory 3" last week. Ahead of his "Trap House 5" release, Mane has shared an eight-song EP, "Views From Zone 6," featuring the likes of 2 Chainz, Chief Keef and Lil B. Fans can stream the effort below via SoundCloud, "Noisey" noted.

  • Stream Gucci Mane's 'Brick Factory 3' Feat. Young Thug, Lil B, More [LISTEN]

    Even without a recording studio at his disposal, Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane remains one of the most prolific rappers in the game. He has released his latest album "Brick Factory 3," the third edition in a series of mixtapes and albums that have been put out in the past 10 months. The latest 13-track album is packed with features from the likes of Young Thug, Lil B, Peewee Longway and others.

  • Buku Music & Art Project '15 Lineup: Empire of the Sun, Bassnectar, A$AP Rocky

    Buku Music & Arts Project has completed its lineup for the artists who will be making the trip down to New Orleans in a little more than a month's time. The second and final phase of artists includes acts like RL Grime; DJ Windows 98 (Win Butler of Arcade Fire's DJ side project); Claude vonStroke; Lil B, back from a near death experience; BadBadNotGood alongside Ghostface Killah; Hudson Mohawke; one of our 2015 artists to watch; Zella Day; and 2015 festival favorite ILoveMakonnen. Empire of the Sun, A$AP Rocky and Bassnectar will be headlining.

  • Hear Frank Ocean's Moving Cover of Aaliyah's 'At Your Best (You Are Love)' [LISTEN]

    On Jan. 16, treasured R&B/soul singer Aaliyah would have turned 36, and to honor her life, Frank Ocean covered the One In A Million singer's rendition of "At Your Best (You Are Love)," an Isley Brothers track from 1976 that was covered by Aaliyah in 1994. Frank Ocean took to his active Tumblr account to share the stripped-down and soulful cover. The Channel Orange singer dishes a moving falsetto, which he titles "You Are Luhh," that is a fitting tribute to the R&B singer who was taken from us too soon. His version seems to transition at the end into something unrelated — possibly new music from Ocean. Listen to the rendition below via Ocean's Tumblr.

  • Lil B Saved by Teen From Apartment Fire

    Lil B is a treasured item of our musical generation. So when his apartment building caught fire, somebody had to be there to save the based god. According to a report, Lil B and six others were saved by 15-year-old Mateo Ysmael who ran through the building to wake everyone up so they would get out in time.
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