Category Archives: Music – UPROXX
‘BMF’: Here’s All The Music You Heard In Season 2, Episode 1
STARZ (SPOILERS for this week’s BMF episode will be found below.) BMF returned last week with a season two premiere episode that left us with plenty to talk about. Meech and Terry are still spli...
Jan 11, 2023
50 Cent Apologized For Comparing Megan Thee Stallion To Jussie Smollett During Tory Lanez’s Assault Trial
Getty Image Among the many, many men trolling Megan Thee Stallion during Tory Lanez’s assault trial, perhaps the highest-profile one was 50 Cent. While Drake issued a tone-deaf punchline on his ...
Jan 11, 2023
Freddie Gibbs Says He’s Now Working On Not One, Not Two But Four Albums At Once
Getty Image Uproxx cover star Freddie Gibbs has been more prolific than ever in recent years, releasing no fewer than five projects over the past five years. Beginning with Freddie in June 2018, he&rs...
Jan 11, 2023
03 Greedo’s First Post-Prison Mixtape Highlights The Cruelty Of An Unjust Justice System
Getty Image/Ralph Ordaz If nothing else proves that the US justice system desperately needs to be reworked, it’s this not-so-fun fact: In the same week that Watts rapper 03 Greedo came home from...
Jan 11, 2023
Cordae Will Soon Join The Ranks Of Rap Dads As Naomi Osaka Announced Her Pregancy
Getty Image The past few years have seen a slew of top rappers newly touting the joys of parenthood; Big Sean, Cardi B, Drake, J. Cole, Kendrick Lamar, Nicki Minaj, and Pusha T have all crossed the th...
Jan 11, 2023
Lizzo, Harry Styles, And Taylor Swift Lead The List Of 2023 iHeartRadio Music Awards Nominees
Getty Image The iHeartRadio Music Awards are set to return to Los Angeles in March. The awards ceremony will celebrate their 10th anniversary on Monday, March 27. Today (January 11), iHeart has announ...
Jan 11, 2023
Music Streaming Set A New Record By Crossing The Trillion-Play Threshold In 2022, With R&B And Hip-Hop At The Helm
Getty Image Musicians and industry professionals have a well-documented obsession with chart placement. However, now in the dawn of streaming, there’s a growing pressure to deliver in other anal...
Jan 11, 2023
The Weeknd Revealed He’s ‘Been In The Studio’ Working On New Music Amid Oscars Buzz
Getty Image The Weeknd just celebrated the one-year anniversary of his fifth studio album, Dawn FM, but it looks like a new era may soon be upon us. In a recent interview with The Hollywood Reporter, ...
Jan 11, 2023
Leikeli47 Pulled Out All The Stops In A Ball-Inspired Performance For NPR Music’s 15th Anniversary
NPR Music is celebrating its 15th anniversary with a string of live concerts at the 9:30 Club in Washington, D.C., and fortunately for anyone who isn’t located in the capital city, NPR is sharin...
Jan 11, 2023
Dr. Dre, Missy Elliott, And Lil Wayne Are Being Honored By The Recording Academy’s Global Impact Awards
Getty Image / Kevin C. Cox Ahead of this year’s Grammys, the Recording Academy and the Black Music Collective unveiled the recipients of the 2023 Global Impact Awards. The annual honors are goin...
Jan 11, 2023