SiriusXM Is Buying Pandora | HYPEBEAST a couple of hours ago SiriusXM has agreed to purchase the online music streaming service Pandora for $3.5 billion USD. The New York Times reports that the aim for the purchase is to attract listeners who don’t want to pay for premium radio channels. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2019. HYPEBEAST reached out to […]
Kanye West & Nick Cannon End Their Beef 8 hours ago The current feud between Kanye West and Nick Cannon seems to have finally come to an end. What started out last week when West posted a slew of videos to Instagram, in which he went after Drake, Nick Cannon, and Tyson Beckford, was counteracted with Cannon going after Kim Kardashian during his VladTV interview. Cannon […]
Only One Felipe’s “Pocket” Video yesterday Buzzing Atlanta upstart Only One Felipe, born Phillip Stokes, releases the video for his Tay Keith-produced single, “Pocket.” Don’t watch this video at work as the 23-year-old rapper takes viewers to the strip club. The visual was directed by Will Hoopes. “Pocket” is a cut off Felipe’s upcoming mixtape The Only One 2, which drops […]
Childish Gambino Foot Injury Causes Concert to End yesterday Childish Gambino‘s This is America tour stop in Dallas had to cease mid-show due to the rapper suffering a be a broken foot, according to TMZ. It’s not yet reported on how severe the injury is but it was enough for Donald Glover to leave the stage quickly to get checked into a hospital. Fans on social […]
Stream Young Thug’s ‘On the Rvn’ EP a day ago After teasing the album’s release back on September 9, Young Thug has finally dropped his highly-anticipated On the Rvn EP. The six-track project serves as Thug’s third release of 2018, following Slime Language and the three-track Hear No Evil EP, and features appearances from musical icon Elton John along with 6LACK and Jaden Smith. Stream Young […]
Spotify & Ancestry Launch DNA-Curated Playlists yesterday Spotify has teamed up with the world’s largest for-profit genealogy company Ancestry to create playlists based on user DNA. These genetically-curated playlists will link your Spotify account with your AncestryDNA test results, combining the music streaming platform’s personalized recommendations with the top tracks from the cultures your ancestors came from. Quartz gave a few examples […]
French Montana & Drake’s “No Stylist” Lyrics Explained a day ago Last week French Montana dropped his single “No Stylist” featuring Drake. On the aforementioned track Drake takes aim at Kanye West with the line, “Keeping it G, I told her don’t wear no 350s around me.” With no surprise, the single quickly made headlines, even leading many to believe West was the one to share […]
Eminem Slams Music Critics With Full-Page Ad a day ago Machine Gun Kelly is not the only one on Eminem‘s current target, seeing the Detroit rapper recently took out a full-page ad to diss music critics for slamming his surprise album, Kamikaze. Printed in The Hollywood Reporter, Eminem and his labels — Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope – designed the add with text superimposed over the […]
Young Dolph “Break the Bank” MV Feat. Offset a couple of days ago Fresh off of releasing his Role Model project, Young Dolph has just shared the accompanying visuals for his track, “Break the Bank” featuring Offset. In the three-minute clip posted above, the Memphis-bred rapper and the Migos member can be seen showing off their stacks of cash and expensive cars while scantily clad woman dance around. […]
Lil Uzi Vert's Camp Confirms He Didn't Drop a Project Under his Real Name a couple of days ago For quite some time Lil Uzi Vert has teased the release of new music. The electric artist has debuted new tracks via festival performances in addition to snippets on social media. Following the official launch of his “New Patek” single, social media began buzzing about a mysterious project under his real name – Symere Woods […]
