Akon may not be in the limelight in regards to the music industry, but he has devoted a lot of his time to a personal project and initiative of his known as Akon Lighting Africa. The program provided reliable solar power energy and electricity in fifteen countries served 480 communities throughout Africa, provided electricity for
Michael Jackson’s daughter Paris has been open about her admiration for Snoop Dogg, whom she called her “hero” in a 2017 tweet. The model and budding actress also asked if Snoop Dogg would be her friend, and it seems the two have made a point to meet up. Paris posted a photo of her smoking
Drake has quickly become one of the most polarizing musical acts over this past decade, and for some, he’s responsible for the hottest tracklist of this current generation. With his latest single ‘God’s Plan’ going triple platinum in under a month, it looks like it’s about that time for Drizzy to take off and release
Marvel’s Black Panther is a smash-hit. Critics are hailing it as one of the best superhero movies ever, and it currently holds a 97% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Marvel Studios’ 18th film stars Chadwick Boseman, Michael B. Jordan, Danai Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o, and Daniel Kaluuya. It is the first superhero blockbuster movie featuring a predominantly
USA, in a promotion for their new series Unsolved: The Murders of Tupac and The Notorious B.I.G., teamed up with Genius to produce the “90’s Hip-Hop Challenge.” The short challenge features ten questions about 90’s rap culture. New Jersey legendary lyricists Redman filled the role of game show host, and rising star Young M.A. rose
With the released of his two-song EP Scary Hours Drake made history tallying his 21st and 22nd top 10s on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. As a result, the rapper past JAY-Z for the most Hot 100 top 10s among any rappers. “God’s Plan” blasted onto the Hot 100 at No.1 when the song was
Lil’ Wayne and Birdman had the most unexpected and acrimonious break-up in modern-day hip-hop. Their split was reminiscent of JAY-Z and Dame Dash’s highly publicized separation. The father and son rap duo sat comfortably at the top of the rap game with Cash Money and Young Money steadily pumping radio stations full of hit records
According to reports, the Kendrick Lamar-curated soundtrack for ‘Black Panther debuted at number one on the Billboard 200. Billboard noted the album moved 154,000 equivalent album units in the first week. Out of the number moved, 52,000 of those units are from traditional album sales. This is not the first time Kendrick has been a
Will Smith is the latest celebrity to show love to Marvel’s Black Panther. He took to his Instagram account today (February 20) and shouted out the cast and crew of the film. “What you have done is spectacular,” the veteran actor declared after naming the director and stars of the movie. “I watched the film
HipHopDX introduced their new series Soulful Sundays today (February 18) hosted by their Editor-In-Chief Trent Clark. The first episode features Los Angeles’ own Nipsey Hussle who is on the heels of the release of his official album Victory Lap. Nip and Trent sit down over plates of comfort food at Comfort LA, a soul food restaurant
