Author: Kyann-Sian Williams

Wireless Festival has announced the latest additions to its 2024 line-up, with Flo Milli, Destroy Lonely, Homixide Gang, Valiant, Jocewavy, Don Toliver, Nemzzz, and Rich Amiri joining previously-announced headliners Nicki Minaj, Doja Cat, and 21 Savage. The festival, which has been held annually since 2005, is scheduled to take place from July 12 to July… Continue reading Wireless Festival 2024: Don Toliver, Flo Milli, Nemzzz and more join line-up

Ohio rapper Slim Jesus has spoken out about the public’s reaction after he rejected an offer from Bad Boy Records, owned by Sean “Diddy” Combs. In 2015, the drill rapper went viral on YouTube with his song “Drill Time”. At 17, he was viewed as one of the genre’s next big stars and had earned… Continue reading Slim Jesus talks about rejecting Bad Boy record deal from Diddy

J. Cole made headlines last week for his latest track “7 Minute Drill” where he dissed Kendrick Lamar in response to a line from the latter’s verse on “Like That” from Future and Metro Boomin’s 2021 joint album, “We Don’t Trust You”. While performing at Dreamville Festival, J. Cole regretfully admitted that “7 Minute Drill”… Continue reading 50 Cent reacts to J. Cole apologising for Kendrick Lamar diss: “Call my phone right now”

JPEGMAFIA has issued an apology for his behaviour in recent months. The rapper, whose real name is Barrington DeVaughn Hendricks, claimed that “acting irresponsibly” doesn’t align with who he is. Earlier this year, controversy arose when he shared a photo of himself with Kanye West, claiming the rapper was his “idol”. Hendricks produced three tracks… Continue reading JPEGMAFIA apologises “for the negative energy” and “acting irresponsibly”

Sexyy Red has been accused of smelling like weed and has been denied entry to a school that invited her for a visit. The rapper took to Instagram to express her frustration with the incident. She mentions in her story that she was about to talk to the children and give them the word of… Continue reading Sexyy Red claims she got kicked off school premises for “smelling like weed”

Tori Kelly spoke to NME about her new album ‘TORI’, stating that she finally feels like she is “owning [her] craft” and living her dreams. Last Friday, the singer-songwriter was in London working on the soundtrack for an unnamed TV show. She reminisced about how, four years to the day, she was in the capital… Continue reading Tori Kelly on new album ‘TORI’: “I’m stepping into my power and owning my craft”

During a panel discussion in celebration of International Women’s Month, Tiffany Calver encouraged aspiring music industry creatives to embrace failure. The UK rap trailblazer spoke alongside Sondr, Bossy LDN founder Izzy Bossy, and Girls Can’t Sync’s Hannah Lynch at BeauBeaus in East London as part of Calver’s Tiffany Calver & Friends series. Calver advised the… Continue reading Tiffany Calver: “If I can advise you to do one thing, it’s fail”

Flavor Flav has announced that he plans to earn his high school diploma in a reality TV show. The rap legend recently confirmed the news to TMZ that he never lost hope of acquiring a diploma despite his success with Public Enemy. He explained that he is returning to high school for the sake of… Continue reading Flavor Flav set to star in new reality show about him going back to high school

Olivia Rodrigo’s fan hotline has been updated with a preview of her new song ‘Obsessed’. The snippet of the song includes harmonies and Rodrigo singing before screaming with increasing intensity. ‘Obsessed’ was originally released exclusively on limited-edition ‘GUTS’ vinyl as a hidden track and has also been included in her current setlist for the ‘GUTS’… Continue reading Olivia Rodrigo shares a snippet of unreleased song via her fan hotline

Nigerian artist Wizkid took to Instagram stories on March 17 to announce that his upcoming album is complete. Along with this announcement, he revealed that his sound would be different from his previous works and expressed his displeasure with people labelling him as an “Afrobeats” artist. “If you like Afrobeats, please don’t download my album!… Continue reading Wizkid doesn’t want to be called an “Afrobeats” artist anymore