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Image Image Credit Gilbert Flores / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Kehlani at the 2025 BET Awards Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: “Folded” signals a new chapter in Kehlani’s artistry, with themes of vulnerability and rebirth. Directed by City James, the music video features symbolic scenes set in a dry cleaner’s and water-soaked stage. Fans praised its choreography and emotional depth, calling it a standout moment in Kehlani’s visual evolution. Kehlani sure knows how to fold and fix what’s broken. On Thursday (June 26), the singer released the music video for “Folded,” their first solo single of the year.…
Image Image Credit Arik Mazur / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Juice WRLD at Made in America Festival 2019 Image Size landscape-medium When an artist passes away, the music they leave behind becomes so much more than just a body of work. In rap, especially, a posthumous album can be a powerful continuation or perhaps even a painful reminder of what might’ve been. While some are handled with care — assembled by people who genuinely understand what the artist stood for — others, unfortunately, are made to prioritize profit over legacy, with bloated tracklists and features that would’ve never…
Matty Healy’s mom, Denise Welch, is happy her son moved on from Taylor Swift.Welch made an appearance on Watch What Happens Live with Andy Cohen this week, where the titular host quizzed her on Swift’s most recent album, The Tortured Poets Department. Swift discussed their brief relationship on several songs, like “Guilty as Sin?” “Fresh Out the Slammer,” “I Can Fix Him (No Really I Can),” and “loml.” “Obviously, on pain of death, can I talk about that episode. But not being her mother-in-law is a role that I am glad that I lost,” Welch said as the studio audience…
Image Image Credit Mark Blinch / Stringer via Getty Images and Christopher Polk / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Drake and Playboi Carti Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: A new Drake track previewed at Playboi Carti’s “After Hours til Dawn Tour” concert afterparty features a flip of Twista’s “Slow Jamz.” DJ Swamp Izzo’s set sparked speculation about a potential collaboration between the two artists. The moment has reignited fan interest in their dynamic since “Pain 1993” and “No Face.” It sounds like Drake and Playboi Carti might have some new collaborative music in the works. On Wednesday (June 25)…
YouTuber Milagro Gramz has been ordered to pay $5,000 to cover attorney fees for Megan Thee Stallion.According to legal documents obtained by Complex, a federal judge in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida is ordering Gramz, whose real name is Milagro Elizabeth Cooper, to pay fees incurred by the rapper’s lawyers for forcing the disclosure of Cooper’s texts, as well as other potential evidence.Megan’s lawyers believe that some important texts and WhatsApp messages may have been tampered with, but the judge has yet to rule on that issue.The rapper’s legal team claimed that Gramz missed the…
Image Image Credit Aaron J. Thornton / Contributor via Getty Images, Joseph Okpako / Contributor via Getty Images and River Callaway / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt GloRilla at 2025 BET Experience, Chris Brown at Wireless Fest and Cardi B at REVOLVE Fest Image Size landscape-medium Some songs just sound like summer — maybe because of their beats, their hooks or just because Rihanna or Cardi B is involved. Whatever the reason, there are certain tracks that practically bring the heat with them. Rap-Up decided to round up 13 songs that capture the essence of summer. Between DJ Khaled,…
An extremely niche Nicki Minaj challenge has emerged on social media. In true TikTok fashion, it’s starting to get a little out of hand. What is the Nicki Minaj trend?In the last week, a clip from the music video for Minaj’s 2013 Lil Wayne-featuring song, “High School,” has taken on a life of its own. TikTok users are attempting to recreate the Pinkprint rapper’s poolside pose, which sees her squatting and crossing one of her legs over the other in extremely high heels.Of course, TikTok has taken it to extremes, with participants striking the pose while balanced on top of…
Image Image Credit Cole Burston / Contributor via Getty Images and Julia Beverly / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Drake and T-Pain Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: T-Pain criticized Drake for not following through on his own “graceful exit” plan from Hip Hop. Drake responded by accusing T-Pain of long-standing resentment. Their exchange adds fuel to the ongoing debate about how and when artists should step away from rap. Drake has a few words for T-Pain after he suggested the “God’s Plan” artist wasn’t taking his own advice about gracefully exiting the music industry. On the “Crash Dummies Podcast”…
Lady Gaga is a creative force, both in music and on-screen. And a big collaboration with a legendary director is on the way.During the Giffoni Film Festival, director Tim Burton answered some questions from fans in the audience following a screening of the second season of Wednesday. When asked what it was like working with Gaga, Burton sang her praises.“Honestly, she’s an amazing artist, and I just worked with her on Wednesday a little bit,” said Burton, before hinting at a future project. “And I’ve done something else with her.”Burton didn’t go into much detail about what this “something else”…
Image Image Credit Jason Kempin/Contributor via Getty Images, Paras Griffin/Contributor via Getty Images, and Kaitlyn Morris/Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Morgan Wallen, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: The “Miami” remix brings together Morgan Wallen, Lil Wayne and Rick Ross in a genre-bending country-rap collaboration. The track samples Keith Whitley’s “Miami, My Amy” and includes lyrical nods to Trina, Will Smith and Trick Daddy. Wallen’s past Hip Hop collaborations include work with Lil Durk and Moneybagg Yo, plus a cameo in Drake’s “You Broke My Heart” music video. Morgan Wallen is back in Hip Hop’s…