After U2’s performance for (RED)’s World AIDS Day was jeopardized due to Bono’s November 16th bike accident in New York’s Central Park, Kanye West and Carried Underwood have stepped to the plate to fill in. West and Underwood will perform at the (RED) event, which starts at 7:30 PM EST. Also, singers Chris Martin and Bruce Springsteen will join U2 (minus Bono), as Bono remains under doctors’ orders to refrain from performing until fully recuperated from his injuries.
Check out the tracklist for Lupe Fiasco’s upcoming album Tetsuo & Youth. After a lot of friction between Lupe and his label, Atlantic Records, it appears that Tetsuo & Youth is finally coming out on January 20th. Lupe’s new 16-track album will have features from Ab-Soul, Guy Sebastian Nikki Jean, and more! Peep the whole tracklist and the official cover art below.
A couple weeks ago, rapper Ty Dolla $ign gave fans his new track ‘Stand For’ and today we have the video. Look out for Ty’s debut studio album Free TC, coming soon and check out the WorldStarHipHop premiere for ‘Stand For’ below.
Lana Del Rey had a great 2014 with the release of her album Ultraviolence, one of the year’s top project. To keep things going in 2015, Lana has just announced her summer tour with none-other-than rocker Courtney Love. Check out the dates below, as this is a ticket that you will definitely not want to miss out on. Tickets go on sale this Friday at Live Nation, with additional dates and acts to be announced later.
Earlier this month we revealed the news that J. Cole’s next album was coming a lot sooner than anyone expected. Cole’s upcoming project, 2014 Forest Hill Drive (named after Cole’s childhood address) will come next month and today we have the tracklist. It doesn’t appear that the album will have any features, and J. Cole himself executively produced the project.
Last night, Vic Mensa performed to a sold out and hometown crowd at The Metro in Chicago, IL. Vic gave fans a great mix of new music, tracks from his INNANETAPE mixtape and his ‘Down On My Luck’ and ‘Feel That’ singles. The show was kicked off by opening performances from Leather Corduroys and Towkio Shawn and DJ sets by Va$htie, Stefan Ponce (Childish Gambino, Vic Mensa) and DJ Oreo (Chance the Rapper). If that wasn’t enough, Chicago’s own and longtime friend of Vic, Chance the Rapper made a guest performance to perform a new song with Vic.
Ferg’s long awaited debut solo mixtape is finally here. The Gangsta Grillz project contains 19 tracks and is hosted by DJ Drama. Big Sean, SZA, YG, Twista, M.I.A., Crystal Caines, and more are featured on the tape and production comes Big K.R.I.T., Clams Casino, and more!
Frank Ocean has finally come of out hiding. After a two year hiatus, hours ago Frank Ocean shared his new track, ‘Memrise’. Posting the song through his Tumblr, ‘Memrise’ is like nothing we heard on Frank’s debut channel ORANGE. It is definitely good to hear some new music from Frank, as he has kept fans waiting and just days ago we posted a piece on Frank and long hiatuses in music. Stream the new track here!
We weren’t fans of Eminem’s new Shady Records album, ShadyXV, and neither is Odd Future’s Tyler the Creator. Taking to Twitter to share his thoughts, Tyler the Creator sent out a message to Eminem that his music isn’t quite up to par.
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