The 'Shiro's Story' creator met with JAY-Z at his family home in Los Angeles to sign the deal with Roc Nation. UK artist Rapman has signed a huge deal with JAY-Z’s Roc Nation following the success of his viral online series 'Shiro’s Story'. The UK rapper announced that his huge new deal includes management, television, [...]
The rights have just been picked up Inner City Pressure: The Story of Grime, the acclaimed book by author and journalist Dan Hancox, is potentially set to become a TV series. The book follows grime from its roots and inception in East London at the turn of the century, its decline and its recent resurgence, [...]
Rumours are he's topping the bill on Friday Major festivals website eFestivals have said that grime superstar Stormzy is ‘confirmed’ to headline next year’s Glastonbury. In a post on their forums, the site’s admin quoted “a music biz newsheet I subscribe to”, which names Stormzy as the Friday night bill-topper. It also claims that either [...]
Rihanna has issued a cease-and-desist letter ordering Donald Trump not to play her music at his rallies. The pop star was alerted via Twitter that the US president had played her 2007 hit Don't Stop The Music at an event in Chattanooga, Tennessee, on Sunday. Rihanna called Mr Trump's rallies "tragic" and said he would [...]
Candace Owens had launched a range of merch encouraging a "black exit" from the Democratic Party she claimed was designed by West Kanye West has denied designing a range of shirts supporting right-wing commentator Candace Owens’ “black exit” campaign. Owens, founder of Red Pill Black and Turning Point USA communications director, is leading a campaign [...]
Charlie Sloth's final 10 BBC radio shows have been cancelled, following his stage invasion earlier this week at the Audio And Radio Industry Awards (ARIAs). The DJ had previously announced that he would be stepping down from his Radio 1 and 1Xtra shows, but was not expected to leave the corporation for a further few [...]
One of the most ground-breaking MCs of the decade, Skepta made his Sydney Opera House debut this September, the first Grime artist ever to bring his signature bass-heavy bravado and menacing beats to the Concert Hall stage.
Beefing with 50 Cent is tricky. He mostly has jokes and not raps these days so you know you ain't gonna win. He's essentially a comedian of sorts! He's doing other things now. Part of that includes TV and internet ventures. Now, as I said already, over the weekend, Drake was chillin with Conor McGregor, [...]
Lil Wayne and Kendrick Lamar fell one slot short of opening at #1 on the Hot 100 chart. However, their "Mona Lisa" collaboration debuted at #2, and Wayne's "Don't Cry" featuring XXXTentacion landed at #5. That makes the New Orleans-bred emcee the first artist in history to have two songs premiere in the Top 5 [...]
