The Triumph of Irv Gotti

Irv Gotti’s death at 54 is a shock for anyone who worked with him and for anyone who lived through the man’s musical heyday. The Queens native had been fairly open about his health struggles in recent years, explaining that his diabetes was “deteriorating” his body during a 2023 Drink Champs interview Irv Gotti’s death at […]

Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” Wins

Kendrick Lamar has won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year. The GNX rapper’s Drake diss track, “Not Like Us,” ended up victorious against some other big-name competitors: The Beatles’ “Now and Then,” Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ’Em,” Billie Eilish’s “Birds of a Feather,” Chappell Roan’s “Good Luck, Babe!,” Charli xcx’s “360,” Sabrina Carpenter’s “Espresso” and Taylor Swift’s […]

Ice Cube Says Tyler, The Creator Reminds Him of the Pharcyde

There’s a particular hip-hop group that Tyler, the Creator reminds Ice Cube of — specifically when it comes to creativity and nonconformity. In an interview with HipHopDX, Cube was asked his thoughts on the fellow West Coast rapper, and used the moment to send some well-deserved praise Tyler’s way. “That’s L.A. That’s the L.A. people don’t know about — ultra-creative […]

Wyclef Jean to be Honored by Largest Non-Profit Music Education Program

Wyclef Jean will be honored by Music Will, the largest non-profit music education program for schools in the United States, in April. In a press release, Music Will shared that Jean will be an honoree at its annual benefit, which will take place on April 9 at Gotham Hall in New York City. According to the […]

Top Film Winners at 2025 Critics Choice Awards

Wicked, Emilia Pérez and The Substance each won three awards at the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards, which were held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. on Friday (Feb. 7). But none of those films took the top prize, best picture, which went to Anora (which won no other awards on the night). Jon M. Chu, the director of Wicked, won […]

Here’s Where 2025 Oscar Music Races

“El Mal” from Emilia Pérez won best original song at the 30th annual Critics Choice Awards, which were held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif., on Friday (Feb. 7). The song, co-written by Clément Ducol, Camille and Jacques Audiard, the film’s writer, director and co-producer, also won the Golden Globe Award in that […]

Here’s Every Artist Performing at 2025 Super Bowl

The most highly anticipated performance, naturally, will be Kendrick Lamar’s Apple Music Halftime Show performance, executive produced by Jay-Z’s Roc Nation in combination with Jesse Collins, which is sure to feature a number of hits from the Compton rapper’s award-winning discography. But the day will also be full of additional musical numbers, from the pre-kick-off […]