Pusha T‘s new album, King Push: Darkest Before Dawn, is due out in the next couple of weeks, and to help us prepare, he’s released the music video for “Untouchable,” the Timbaland-produced lead single he released last week. It’s a classic Pusha T video–menacing hand gestures, grimacing at his own filthy lyrics, subtle allusions to real […]
The first of Future‘s two #1 albums this year, DS2, has been granted plenty of music videos, the latest of them being the Metro Boomin-produced “Rich $ex,” a woozy, falsetto-happy song about having sex with expensive things on. Pretty self-explanatory. Last month, Future teased the video with a 15-second Instagram teaser featuring Blac Chyna, who made headlines […]
For years the streets were riddled with rumblings that Jadakiss‘ return was imminent. Now, you can scream it loud and proud: Jadakiss is back. The rapper’s new album, Top 5 Dead Or Alive, is finally in stores everywhere tomorrow. This is more than just a big moment for Jadakiss, it’s a big moment for Hip-Hop. […]
Adele‘s new album, 25, drops at midnight, and while we collectively wait for the world to crush under the weight of the emotions 25 will evoke from somewhere between 1.5 and 1.8 million people over the next week, here’s a bit of related news. Last week, a Heat Magazine report surfaced, claiming that Beyonce reached out […]
It looks like Meek Mill is ready to get back to the music. For the last few months, the Philadelphia rapper has been defined by his spat with Drake, and another falling out with MMG labelmate Wale that appears to have soured their relationship permanently. Outside of his response to Drake, “Wanna Know,” and a couple […]
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The Source’s Master of Ceremony celebrates one of the great pillars of Hip-Hop: emceeing. Last year, we got together some of the best underground artists in New York City, and let them rip, right in our Midtown offices. Y.C. the Cynic, Dyme-A-Duzin and more. Who had the best verse? You decide.
In this episode of Beat The Staff, Big Sean sat down with our then editor, Kaz, and beat him at his own game! Sean came in reminding everyone that he beat up on us last time, and looked to defend his Beat The Staff crown. Apparently, Sean Don is a big…
Ab-Soul is widely regarded as Top Dawg’s best lyricist, and though Kendrick has experienced the international commercial fame thus far, there’s no shortage of interest in the Carson, California native. The Black Lip Bastard invited SourceTV cameras to hang out with him for a day, and find out the many things that make the left […]
Angel Haze’s debut album, Dirty Gold, was received lukewarmly upon its release in 2013—sidebar, SIA was on it—but the Detroit rapper already had a bigger goal in mind. In fact, according to her, she’s already achieved it. In this interview with Source TV, Angel Haze claimed to be the best female rapper alive. Need we […]
Back in August, New York rapper Busta Rhymes was arrested on charges of second degree assault after he got into an altercation with an employee at his NYC gym, at whom Busta reportedly threw a protein shake at a gym employee. Busta has since struck a plea deal with the prosecutor assuring he won’t spend any […]
Macklemore had a hell of a year in 2013, selling over 13 million singles off his debut album with Ryan Lewis, The Heist, which would go on to become a platinum-selling LP in its own right, and we caught up with him in the midst of it. He talked about the difference in his styles, […]
In case you haven’t heard, Pusha T’s kind of a big deal right now, and just before he releases his sophomore album, King Push: Darkest Before Dawn, it’s only right that we re-visit one of his most insightful interviews, in which he details what it’s like to write alongside some of the most revered creative […]
It’s reasonable to think that Leonardo DiCaprio is the best living actor that’s never won an Academy Award. He wasn’t a part of the conversation when Django Unchained was released, but don’t get it twisted, he killed his role. The film would go on to gross over 400 million dollars worldwide, and once again, Leo […]
In case you didn’t know, we were the first to put J. Cole, a young kid from Fayetteville, North Carolina that scored a deal with Jay Z in New York City and had the support of an entire generation, on a magazine cover. Just before his debut album, Cole World: The Sideline Story, hit stores, […]
Adele‘s new album, 25, is set to release on Friday, November 20, and following the record-breaking success of “Hello,” she’s returned with another offering, likely the final drop from the album before its release. Above is a live performance video of “When We Were Young,” a record equally as emotional and soul-snatching as “Hello,” in which […]
2014 Source Man of the Year, Ty Dolla $ign, released his debut album, Free TC, on Friday, and among the medley of woozy R&B cuts and bouncy rap bangers is “Saved,” one of two of DJ Mustard‘s contributions to Ty’s first album. Today the video for “Saved,” which also features E-40–if you remember he helped Big Sean’s […]
Rick Ross‘s new album, Black Market, will be released on December 4, and you can watch the dramatic trailer for the Biggest Bawse’s 8th LP here. It’s his last album under his current Def Jam deal so, as you’d imagine, he’s going out with a bang. Part of that bang appears to be the tracklist […]
Last week, Pusha T was named the President of G.O.O.D. Music, and the rap world couldn’t be more excited. When it comes to Hip Hop, you’ll be hard pressed to find a purer thoroughbred than Terrence Thornton, a slick, vivacious lyricist responsible for inspiring generations with his early work, and staving off the extinction of […]
There are few people who appear to enjoy dancing the night away more than Kendrick Lamar. Whether it’s his music videos for “i,” “King Kunta,” or “These Walls,” or his live performances, Kendrick gets his two-step off just about every time he goes to work, and it’s certainly a labor of love. This time, he may have […]
There’s trouble in the Odd Future paradise. Frank Ocean’s album going AWOL is the least of the West Coast clique’s problem. At last night’s Camp Flog Gnaw festivities, before Tyler The Creator took the stage, fellow Odd Future member Hodgy Beats performed his set, and had a few interesting things to say about the OFWGKTA “frontman,” […]
Cam Newton is having one hell of a season. The #1 pick in the 2011 NFL Draft has his Carolina Panthers at 9-0, good for first place in the NFC South, and tied for the best record through 10 weeks in the league, tied with Tom Brady’s Pats, who squeaked out a 1-point victory against the […]
Stephen Curry has officially a higher-ranked Splash Bro than his dad, Dell Curry, the OG Spash Bro aka Splash Dad. The ridiculous Golden State Warrior has, game in and game out so far this season, done some absurd sh*t with an inch of space and a basketball, so it’s pretty fitting that he breaks some […]
Lately, the NFL has been criticized heavily for choosing to fine players that wore pink in their uniform after the league’s window for acknowledging breast cancer awareness closed. Most notably, they fined Pittsburgh Steeler DeAngelo Williams for wearing “Find a Cure” messages on his eye black to pay respect to his mother, Sandra Hill, who lost her […]
As they prepare to release a celebrator, partially remixed version of their classic debut album, People’s Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm, A Tribe Called Quest took to Jimmy Fallon‘s late night post, The Tonight Show, to perform one of their signature records, “Can I Kick It?” Backed by The Roots, a legendary group […]
Last night, as late-night television show host Stephen Colbert learned of the attacks in Paris, he took the time to address the nation, and offer his deepest condolences to France, and all those affected by the tragic terrorist attacks, which have claimed the lives of a reported 128 people and counting. Though last night’s episode […]
Late yesterday, tragedy struck several areas of Paris, France as terrorist attacks erupted around the city, resulting in the deaths of a reported 128 people. That number could rise today as the injured are tended to and authorities are able to truly assess the damage. Explosions outside of a France vs Germany football match–which France […]
There’s no one like DJ Khaled in Hip-Hop. Like his storied collaborations, his personality is larger than life, and he goes harder than most for the people he rocks with. Thankfully, that includes The Source. We went down to Miami to shoot Khaled a couple summers ago, along with his We The Best standout, Ace […]
The Associated Press is reporting that at least 60 people have died in separate incidents in Paris today. A series of explosions that was reportedly “loud enough to penetrate the sounds of cheering fans,” occurred outside a Paris stadium at a nearby bar, and a shootout in another restaurant claimed the lives of at 11 people on […]
Mac Miller just dropped his third, and possibly his best album, GO:OD AM, so let’s take a quick look back at when he was just a young gun, without a major label deal, but a sh*t ton of cult fans that would help him achieve continued commercial success. It’s not every day a young kid […]
Samuel Jackson is starring in Spike Lee’s controversial Chi-Raq movie, which is due out on December 4, so we decided to take this time to look back on another controversial role of Jacksons’, as Stephen the house slave in Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained. We sat with Samuel and chatted about his role, and what it […]
Puff Daddy & The Family – Apple Music Puff Daddy is still on a roll, and with MMM currently tearing up the streets, he’s decided to let loose with a video for one of his more popular records, the Travi$ Scott and Big Sean-featured “Workin”. Despite being featured on the album version of the record, […]
Yesterday, Pusha T released his new single, “Untouchable,” the Biggie Smalls-sampling, Timbaland-produced head banger of a lead record, in preparation for his impending new album, King Push. A couple years ago, he headlined the Brooklyn Hip-Hop Festival, and performed some of his deepest, best cuts live, including his sparring match with Kanye West, “New God […]
Curren$y is, easily, one of the most animated characters in Hip-Hop, and he proves that with this vintage episode of Beat The Staff, in which Spitta battles one of our writers in a multiple-choice contest, fielding questions about Academy Award winners, the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and more. Watch the hilarity that ensues, […]
Yesterday, 2 Chainz made a rather big announcement, revealing that he’s got two new projects on the way: his third LP, B.C. (Before Chainz), and a joint project with Lil Wayne, Colligrove. It’s been over 2 years since Tity Boi’s had an album in stores, but he’s kept busy, releasing an EP and a mixtape—Freebase […]
He’s back. For the past few days, you got the feeling Pusha T was finally about to do something. He’d been teasing his sophomore solo album, King Push, since January of last year, showing off sessions with the likes of Pharrell and Puff Daddy on social media, and recently, news that he’d been in with […]
Taraji P. Henson is an international star currently enjoying the biggest success of her career, thanks to Empire, the Hip-Hop show that’s taken over network television. A few years ago, when the ageless D.C. native was on the cusp of her stardom, she posed for our cameras, showing off her flawless physique and that disarming […]
Shortly after the release of his critically-acclaimed Section.80 album, most of the music world knew that this young kid from Compton, Kendrick Lamar, was on to something. He would go on to prove that the following year, with his debut LP, good kid, m.A.A.d. city, widely regarded as the first proper classic album of this […]
You may have heard that Rick Ross is a pretty interesting guy. We captured his larger-than-life personality back towards the end of 2013, as he prepared to release his 6th album, Mastermind. He posed for our cameras in Williamsburg, New York City graced the cover of our October issue, donning several furs, including the infamous […]
Kanye West just named Pusha T, his 2010 signee and former one-half of The Clipse, as the president of G.O.O.D. Music, making this the perfect time to unearth this precious video clip. Just before Pusha was set to release his solo debut album, My Name Is My Name, in October of 2013, he hosted a […]
Colorado Rockies shortstop Jose Reyes was arrested on Halloween in Maui, Hawaii, on suspicions of domestic abuse, according to Hawaii News Now. Hotel security called police after Reyes allegedly grabbed his wife by the throat, and slammed her into a sliding glass door in their hotel room at the Four Seasons Resort Maui at Wailea. Reyes […]
When Pusha T signed with Kanye West‘s G.O.O.D. Music label in 2010, and trotted out to perform with Kanye at the MTV VMAs, social media was ablaze with messages like, “Is that the guy from The Clipse?” No one’s asking that question anymore. Since then, Pusha has released several critically-acclaimed projects, including his debut solo […]
Wiz Khalifa doesn’t release projects at a necessarily alarming rate, and we’re over a year removed from his last studio album, 2014’s Blacc Hollywood. Still, the Pittsburgh native continues to feed the streets, dropping loosies, music videos, teasing verses, whatever it takes to stay bubbling until his rumored Rolling Papers 2 album, or whichever mixtape […]
It may not have been enough to get him the #1 record, but Drake‘s “Hotline Bling” dance is still a favorite of people just about everywhere. Last night, sitting courtside at the Staples Center for the Los Angeles Clippers’ showdown against the Houston Rockets–James Harden scored 46 in a thrilling Rockets victory–Drake’s huge hit, “Hotline […]
Will Smith is the NFL’s public enemy #1 in the new trailer for Concussion, the suspense thriller chronicling the controversial work of Dr. Bennet Omalu, who aimed to bring to light the permanent damage concussions were having on NFL players, resulting in violent outbreaks, depression, and death. The intense trailer, which also features co-stars Alec Baldwin […]
Hillary Clinton is currently in the midst of her final 12-month push to the presidency, a battle that’s expected to include fighting off guys like Ben Carson, Donald Trump, Bernie Sanders and potentially more. Hillary’s husband, and former 2-term President of the United States Bill Clinton isn’t one of those foes, but if he were, Hill feels […]
Jeremy David Mardis is now the youngest person to be shot and killed by the police this year, after his father, Chris Few, struck police cars with his vehicle as he tried to get away from city marshals looking to serve him a warrant. Mardis was sitting in the passenger seat while Few drove, and in the […]
Cristiano Ronaldo is one of the best soccer players on the planet, and his success is even more eye-opening when you take into account his rocky past. In a new trailer for a documentary about his life, Ronaldo, and according to USA Today’s For The Win, it features a revealing conversation with his mother, who […]
It appears that Kanye West has been quietly giving away records meant for his forthcoming album, SWISH. Earlier this year, on Travi$ Scott‘s debut album Rodeo, Kanye was featured on a song called “Piss On Your Grave,” which has long been rumored to be a song West, Mike Dean and Paul McCartney were working on […]
We all know Serena Williams is a beast, but this guy recently learned out that she’s not to be underestimated, regardless of whether or not she has a tennis racket in her hand. According to an entertaining and lengthy Instagram caption uploaded by the best female tennis player on the planet, a man recently tried […]
Kobe Bryant was expected to come back this season and provide a jolt to a Lakers team that desperately needs it. After they failed to land any of the big name free agents that flirted with them, namely LaMarcus Aldridge and DeMarcus Cousins, it would be up to Kobe, their #2 draft pick (D’Angelo Russell), […]
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has emerged over the last few months as the only real threat to dethrone Hillary Clinton as the Democratic favorite that will challenge Ben Carson, or Donald Trump, or Jeb Bush a year from now for the Oval Office, and while Hillary spends her days defending her private e-mail server […]
Straight Outta Compton was one of this summer’s biggest sensations at the box office, and it’s officially become a record-breaking achievement. The F. Gary Gray-directed N.W.A biopic, starring Corey Hawkins, Jason Mitchell, O’Shea Jackson Jr. and more, that stole the hearts of Hip-Hop fans worldwide, has officially crossed the $200 million mark, making it the […]
In April, it was announced that Spike Lee had teamed with Amazon for a film titled Chi-raq that would involve Kanye West, Common and more. Later on in the year, Dave Chappelle was announced as an addition to a cast that had expanded to include Samuel L. Jackson, Nick Cannon and more. Finally, we have […]
TMZ is apparently so ravenous when it comes to Chris Brown stories, the pop star correctly predicted them running a “bullsh*t” story on him yesterday. In a string of tweets posted yesterday evening, Chris Brown claimed that because the popular gossip and breaking news site wasn’t “getting any traffic,” they would be running a “bogus […]
Introducing, the “Like” button. The “Favorite” function on Twitter, long known as the most effective way to keep a running log of the results of your timeline creeping, is no longer. Twitter has gone the Facebook route, and made the third tweet action–the first and second being “Reply” and “Retweet”–a “Like” button, which is displayed in the […]
Ah, dating rumors. Aren’t they exciting? Yet another member of the Kardashian-Jenner clan has been linked to a basketball player, this time, it’s Los Angeles Lakers rookie D’Angelo Russell, who is reportedly dating Kendall Jenner, who turns 20 today (!). In case you’re wondering about the ethics of it all, D’Angelo Russell is just as […]
The minister in charge of the NDS, the National Drug Strategy, the organization in Ireland that most deals with the country’s drug problems (and solutions), believes that there’s a very specific way the country can begin to attack drug abuse and addiction at its core: legalize it all. The NDS believes there needs to be […]
For the second consecutive year, Jeezy is preparing to release a full-length album, proving that despite being over 10 years in, his hunger has yet to subside. The forthcoming LP, titled Church In These Streets (November 13), appropriate for the man that gets referred to fondly as Pastor Young by fans on social media, looks to […]
French Montana‘s sophomore album, Mac & Cheese: The Album, has been delayed since December of 2014, but it hasn’t prevented the New York native from consistently releasing music. Earlier this year, the “Off The Rip” rapper dropped his Casino Life 2 mixtape, which featured “Moses,” a bouncy posse cut featuring both Chris Brown and the Migos. […]
Towards the end of last season, as Kevin Durant sat on the bench and watched his injury-laden team fight tooth and nail for a playoff spot, Russell Westbrook was not-so-quietly having one of the best stretches of any point guard in NBA history. If he wasn’t putting up back-to-back (to back) triple-doubles, he was scoring […]
For months, Raven-Symone has been in the headlines for her controversial, prejudiced comments made on The View, and elsewhere, like her infamous comments on Oprah‘s OWN network, and people are beginning to take both notice, and action. A petition to remove the former Disney and The Cosby Show star from the popular daytime talk show […]
At one point, David Banner was bopping his head so hard, I was sure–despite the fact that it was snugly pulled over a healthy head of hair–that his hat was going to violently tip over onto his laptop, and unfortunately disturb the medley of iPhone chargers, cups half-full of Hennessy, and The God Box booklets strewn […]
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