This emotional Tiny Desk (home) concert by D Smoke is riveting. Last year, the rapper and pianist, born Daniel Farris, rose to national acclaim when he won Netflix’s MC battle show Rhythm + Flow, judged by Chance the Rapper, Cardi B and T.I. Rhythm + Flow shifted the course of his life, allowing him to exit his teaching career and produce music full-time. D Smoke’s songs here — taken from his latest album Black Habits, out earlier this year — acknowledge the disparities impacting the black experience that are simultaneously personal and universal…
Ledisi‘s latest single, ‘Anything for You,’ serves as the first taste from her yet-titled 9th studio album. Drenched in Neo-Soul, the slow-burning cut was greeted with critical acclaim upon its…
Las Vegas rapper Prince Taee recently signed with Atlantic Records imprint Art@War, and now he’s linked up with YK Osiris for a smooth new single that samples Tamia’s “So Into…
Nick Cannon is channeling his frustration over George Floyd’s death through a powerful spoken word video. On Sunday (May 31), as protests broke out across the U.S. following the killing of the…
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