A$AP Rocky revealed he made Donât Be Dumb with a first Grammy win in mind, setting a clear goal for the album and ending his eight-year gap between projects. The Harlem rapper discussed that push in a new Billboard interview as the first round of voting began. He described a year in which music took
Paramount’s action film “Street Fighter” karate-chopped the competition this weekend with a $31 million debut at the North American box office, industry estimates showed Sunday. Andrew Koji, Noah Centineo and Callina Liang star in the film — the third feature-length adaptation of the video game and the first since production company Legendary acquired the movie
In this candid conversation with Shawn Prez, former Army Ranger sniper Nicholas Irving answers a provocative hypothetical. With one shot anywhere in world history, he says he would try to stop the Romans who captured Yeshua/Jesus, standing with Peter despite the risk of altering destiny and faith itself. Irving reflects on whether the crucifixion was
Legendary American rapper, record producer, record executive, and actor Busta Rhymes came to KCRW last week to talk to Novena Carmel about his recent album, Dillagence II, featuring the beats from the late great J Dilla. While he was here, we brought him into the KCRW CD Library to tell us about some of his
Tobey Maguire is proving there’s no bad blood between him and his ex-wife Jennifer Meyer, as the Spider-Man actor took on a special role during her wedding to music executive Geoffrey Ogunlesi. On Saturday (Oct. 10), Maguire officiated the couple’s wedding ceremony at the Four Seasons Resort Lanai in Hawaii, just weeks after his divorce
Drake expands to his arsenal of records on Billboardâs charts, claiming the trophy as the artist with the most No. 1 titles on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart outright. The hitmakerâs HABIBTI rockets to the summit after the release of its HABIBTI (FOMO) deluxe edition to secure his 18th champ, breaking from a tie with
Stephen Chowâs âKung Fu Soccerâ will hit cinemas in the U.S., Canada, the U.K. and Ireland on Oct. 23, with Singapore-based distributor Encore Films releasing the action-comedy in its original language as well as in a newly produced English-dubbed version. Jimmy O. Yang, MC Jin and Chow all voice their own characters in English for
Tobe Nwigwe had an unusual pair of studio guests when Jay Electronica came to record: two Great Danes that the Houston rapper compared to horses. Nwigwe shared the memory during an interview with Angela Yee, where he appeared with his wife and collaborator, Fat Nwigwe. He said Jay brought the dogs to a Houston session
Charleston White sits down with VladTV as DJ Vlad breaks down his fallout with N.O.R.E., from missed interview plans in Miami and Los Angeles to public shots exchanged on DJ Akademiks and Hot 97. Vlad details why he felt strung along by the Drink Champs host, compares the situation to more direct dealings with Andrew
The rapper discussed his issues with the city on a new episode of âThe Crew Has It,â hosted by Michael Rainey Jr. and Gianni Paolo, with Andrew Schulz also taking part. He said reviving a city without its support was a bad plan. When KTBS sought a response on October 14, communications director Leigh Anne
