“I knew from the jump that it was gonna be a challenge for my listeners’ ear,” Kendrick Lamar tells Rick Rubin about To Pimp a Butterfly. “But if I’m challenging myself in the studio, I want to challenge you as well.” For GQ Style’s first-ever Holiday issue, Kendrick sat down with the legendary record producer/former co-President of Columbia […]

Following the release of “Pneumonia” and “Rolling Stone” featuring South African singer-songwriter Petite Noir, Danny Brown returns with another single from his forthcoming album. Perhaps the most buzzworthy single from Atrocity Exhibition so far, “Really Doe” features Kendrick Lamar, Ab-Soul, and none other than Earl Sweatshirt. The track comes after Brown teased fans with a snippet on […]

After releasing her This Is Acting LP earlier this year, Sia returns with another hit.

Headkrack runs through some of the most notable details about this year’s BET Hip-Hop Awards, which is one of the few award shows a hip-hop fan can get truly hype for nowadays. Leading the nominations, of course, is none other than Drake. The categories, however, are jam-packed with some incredible artists, so the competition is […]

Here's what went down inside the 2016 Radio One Blitz event in NYC last night.

Kendrick Lamar‘s partnership with Reebok just got more inspiring. After breaking barriers with his first Reebok collab, which aimed to lessen the tension between Crips and Bloods in his hometown of Compton, California, K.Dot has another fresh pair of kicks on the way. This time around, the Nabil Elderkin-directed clip shows Kendrick, 29, roaming the streets with his […]

Who knew Kendrick Lamar was so athletic? Kendrick Lamar and ScHoolboy Q are incredible artists, and by the looks of this video, the TDE emcees are also pretty amazing athletes. K.Dot and Q stopped by Los Angeles’ newly acquired NFL franchise, the L.A. Rams, to check out their summer training camp. Kendrick and ScHoolboy hit up UC […]

ESSENCE Festival 2016 is finally upon us, and with festivities just hours away, ESSENCE has announced they will celebrate the life of Prince with a New Orleans-themed tribute on Sunday (July 3).

Remember when Kendrick Lamar threw a subtle jab on “Control” that rubbed Drake the wrong way? Well, according to former NFL player Marcellus Wiley, it turns out that the mini beef could’ve been a lot worse. Wiley, who hosts ESPN‘s SportsNation, took to his podcast to mention that the riff between the two rappers was very real […]