DJ Khaled, Kendrick Lamar and Migos are among the names nominated at the BET Awards 2018. The ‘Grateful’ hitmaker leads the pack with six nominations, securing his place with the help of chart-topping collaborations ‘Wild Thoughts’ and ‘Top Off’. Kendrick Lamar follows as the second most-nominated act with five nods, including two separate nominations for [...]
The Official Charts Company has some new competition. YouTube has decided to jump into the music ranking game by launching its own chartsto name the top songs, artists and music videos for any given week on both a global and local level. A statement from the company read: "With more than 1.8 billion global monthly [...]
This is my life, my highs and lows" The story of how Wiley emerged from East London to become the self-styled Godfather of Grime is set to receive the big screen treatment. The grime pioneer’s life story will be told in Wiley, a forthcoming biopic announced by Pulse Films and record label BMG. It’ll be [...]
Tony Williams was the creator of the British Reggae Industry Awards and a BBC Radio London DJ between 1977-1987 Pioneer radio DJ Tony Williams, who once had his own reggae show on BBC Radio London between 1977-1987 and was also the creator of the British Reggae Industry Awards which highlighted the talent of many UK [...]
Kanye West has a lot to talk about. After releasing a behind-the-scenes visual of "Ye vs. the People" and his nearly two-hour interview with Charlamagne Tha God on Tuesday (May 1), West took a break from his Twitter spree to crash the TMZ newsroom to explain his latest antics -- and things got intense. TMZ's Harvey [...]
'Crepes & Cones' is coming May 12 Krept & Konan have announced the grand opening of their own dessert restaurant in London. A few years ago, the British rap duo joked on Twitter that they would “have a dessert chain restaurant one day called ‘Crepes And Cones’. Well, that’s now a reality. Having teased fans [...]
The first look at Skepta and Nike's collaboration of the SkAir Max 97/BW have just landed. Launching last year, Skepta designed and created for general release the SkAir Max 97 to celebrate its 20th anniversary. Images of his newest collaboration have just dropped and they're definitely on the summer cop list. Featuring the popular BW upper and [...]
After an extremely controversial and widely reported sentencing of Meek Mill back in November 2017, yesterday the Superior Court of Pennsylvania overruled his sentence and declared Meek a free man. The Supreme Court overruled judge Genece Brinkley, the judge who infamously issued Meek with a controversial two to four year sentence after a probation violation last [...]
The awards celebrate "excellence in British and Irish songwriting and composing". Stormzy, Ed Sheeran and Everything Everything lead the nominations for the prestigious Ivor Novello Awards 2018, with two nominations apiece, it was announced today (April 24). Among the other contemporary music nominees are Sampha, Dave, This Is The Kit and Raleigh Ritchie. Mica Levi’s score [...]
Streaming services like Spotify and Apple Music have become the biggest contributor to the music industry's coffers for the first time ever. In total, streaming generated $7.1bn (£5bn) in 2017, more than sales of CDs and vinyl. The number of people subscribing to a streaming service topped 176 million, up from 112 million a year [...]
