Last summer, Pop Smoke’s music––guttural, raw, irresistible––coursed through New York’s clubs, car stereos, yawning apartment windows. Born Bashar Barakah Jackson and raised in Canarsie, on Brooklyn’s Eastern shore, the young rapper had broken through with “Welcome to the Party,” a hypnotic study in tone. That song’s video opened with a group of young men invoking the names of those dead or imprisoned, while a red-lettered warning about prop guns flashed on the screen; the beat itself is grim and Gothic, the lyric full of threats. And yet it did feel like party music, somehow, capable of cutting through the humidity and making swaths of people dance, or at least move their shoulders a little bit while they grimaced into their phones’ cameras…
While balancing being a father, a student, an entrepreneur, and more, The-Dream still manages to create incredible projects fans can vibe to through his artistry. He even recently released his newest…
The story of No Limit Records has a dark origin. Master P’s grandfather was killed in a work-related accident at a New Orleans hospital. The hospital settled a negligence claim over his…
The Roots are taking their Roots Picnic online this year, and they’re teaming up with former First Lady Michelle Obama to give the event an extra boost. The 13th annual Roots Picnic will go…
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