Two decades as one of the top hip-hop groups in the world is a huge accomplishment and Wu-Tang Clan is celebrating their 20th year in the game with tours, new music, and a "Family Reunion." After a stellar performance in New York at Hot 97's Summer Jam XX, RZA stopped by the radio station to drop a new Wu-Tang track, "Family Reunion." Read More »
Arguably one of biggest hip-hop concert events on the East Coast HOT 97's Summer Jam went down Sunday night at the Met Life Center in New Jersey. Celebrating 20 years of the ultimate hip-hop experience, New York's Hot 97.1 pulled no stops with an all-star line up featuring some of the household names in hip hop and R&B. French Montana, Kendrick Lamar, the whole TDE crew, 2 Chainz, Asap Rocky, Chris Brown, Miguel, and more, shut down the stage last night and just in case you missed (like us) we have a recap of some of the hottest performances of the night. Read More »
2 Chainz is back like he never left. After releasing his debut album "Based on a T.R.U. Story in August 2012, Tity Boi is ready to release new music from his second untitled album. Read More »
Fabolous dropped a new single, "When I Feel Like It," featuring 2 Chainz from his highly anticipated Loso's Way 2. The sing/songy catching hook is true to Fab's style, while the beat and Juicy J sample only makes you want to bop your head or get up and two step. Read More »
Kendrick Lamar may be from Compton, but his music is international. The TDE rapper’s “B*tch Don’t Kill My Vibe,” single from his first studio album, good kid, m.A.A.d city became a worldwide hit prompting Kendrick to make a new remixed version with UK songstress, Emeli Sande. Read More »
Haaaaannnnnnnn! French Montana didn't pay for guest appearances on his debut solo (yet heavily featured) album Excuse My French? In a recent interview with "RapFix Live" Sway Calloway, French revealed that he is blessed and has tons of friends in the rap game. Read More »
Top Dawg Entertainment is the latest crew to offer up a remix to Rocko's "U.N.E.N.O" track. K.Dot, Ab-Soul, Jay Rock, and ScHoolboy Q, go in on the infamous track giving fans a sample of what's to come on Kendrick's "good kid, m.A.A.d city" world tour which kicks off in Las Vegas tonight. Read More »
J. Cole is doing everything right to draw attention to his sophomore album Born Sinner. A few days after announcing that he would push his album release date up to June 18th, to compete with Grammy Award winning rapper Kanye West. J. Cole hit the stage on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to perform his hit "Power Trip" with a little help from the iconic house band The Roots. Read More »
Fabolous released "Ready," featuring Chris Brown more than a month ago, as fans prepared fot the June 18th release of his highly anticipated album Loso's Way 2: Rise to Power. As the release date nears, Fab talked with Rap Up about pushing back the album and which feature artists will appear on the album. Read More »
Montana Mania is in full effect. With just six days until French Montana's debut album Excuse My French drops, French is promoting like never before. The Moroccan born Bronx bred rapper just released a remix for '90's throwback "Freaks' featuring Nicki Minaj. Read More »
The Bronx DVD king turned rapper French Montana, is finally ready to release his first studio album, “Excuse My French,” May 21, but leave it up to impatient savvy hackers to find a way to leak the album a week before it hits shelves. Read More »
It's no surprise that artists miss and still love Aaliyah. From Jay-Z to Drake the music industries best has used samples of her vocals to pay homage to the late Princess of Pop and R&B who was gone to soon. Chris Brown is the latest artist to use prerecorded samples of Aaliyah's vocals for "They Don't Know" the latest single of his upcoming album "X." Read More »
What a difference a few months makes. Chris Brown and Rihanna were just reveling over their reconciliation at the 2013 Grammy Awards in February, now barely entering May, the couple has reportedly broken up-this time for good. Read More »