Lil Wayne’s reputation as among the best rappers alive long preceded his career as one of the best talkers of the coronavirus pandemic. Thanks to Young Money radio, which launched on April 24 as a weekly show on Apple Music (slated to run 12 episodes deep, it airs Fridays at 7 p.m. ET), Wayne has brought in the likes of Eminem, Nicki Minaj, T-Pain, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey and New Orleans mayor LaToya Cantrell as guests on the program, which recently marked a major milestone of over two million listeners tuned in live. What was supposed to be a sports podcast initially has since turned into a weekly phenomenon…
In early April, just a few weeks into coronavirus quarantine, Ego Ella May released a re-recording of Nat King Cole’s “Smile.” “Here’s a classic song for you I just recorded, with a…
On “Dancing in the Rain,” from Blu & Exile’s 2007 debut album Below the Heavens, rapper Blu describes a symbolic act of defiance. He clocks out of work in a rainstorm and discovers that…
In keeping with the spirit of promoting Canadian hip-hop and the excellent, diverse talent coming from this country, we’d be remiss not to shine a light on individuals like veteran David Strickland…
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