Category Archives: Music – UPROXX

Lizzo Announces One Of Her Last Performances Of The Year With An American Express Unstaged Livestream
Getty Image Lizzo absolutely dominated her Outside Lands Festival headlining set in San Francisco this past weekend. She proved with flying colors that she was absolutely worthy of the top billing at ...
Adrian Spinelli Nov 03, 2021

Halle Berry’s Film ‘Bruised’ Will Feature The First All-Female Hip-Hop Soundtrack
Getty Image When the film Bruised comes out in theaters on November 17th and then on Netflix a week later, it’ll mark Halle Berry’s directorial debut on the big screen. She’ll also b...
Adrian Spinelli Nov 03, 2021

Musicians Are Selling Clothes On Depop As Both A Fun Way To Engage With Fans, And A Way To Survive
Getty Image/Ralph Ordaz Music and fashion have gone hand in hand for decades. Since the ‘50s and ‘60s, dating back to the rise of Elvis and the Beatles, popular trends in music have influe...
Zac Gelfand Nov 03, 2021
Symba Performs The Punchline-Laden ‘Ain’t Saying Sh*t’ On ‘UPROXX Sessions’
As hip-hop continues to evolve and morph into its ever-growing wealth of styles and formats, it’s nice to just hear someone spit some bars over a cool beat once in a while. In that spirit, Symba...
Aaron Williams Nov 03, 2021

The Gap Band’s Ronnie Wilson Has Died At The Age Of 73
Getty Image Odds are, if you grew up listening to hip-hop, then you also grew up listening to The Gap Band, because the funk/R&B group’s music was a staple of hip-hop’s samples and sty...
Aaron Williams Nov 03, 2021
Pink Sweats’ Romantic ‘Nothing Feels Better’ Video Details A Teenage Love Affair
The video for Philly soul singer Pink Sweats’ new single “Nothing Feels Better” hearkens to a simpler time when making a love connection was as simple as passing a note in class. The...
Aaron Williams Nov 03, 2021

After Finally Rejoining Instagram, Jay-Z Is Now The Only Person Beyonce Follows
Getty Image With today’s prevalence of social media, it’s hard to imagine a celebrity who decisively stays off popular platforms like Instagram. Some artists like Lorde keep their accounts...
Carolyn Droke Nov 03, 2021

How Black Female Singers Like Normani, Chlöe Bailey, And Doja Cat Are Redefining Pop Music
Getty Image/Ralph Ordaz Black women in music have long been considered R&B and hip-hop to fit the music industry’s expectations of ‘urban’ marketing, but current acts are pushing...
Zac Gelfand Nov 03, 2021

Drake Wants A WNBA Team In Toronto
Getty Image If there are two things we know that Drake loves, it’s basketball and women. So it makes sense that he’d like to combine the two in his hometown with a franchise of the WNBA. D...
Aaron Williams Nov 03, 2021
Congress Names November Hip-Hop History Month
US Congress isn’t usually able to agree on much of anything but it looks like the legislative branch has found one thing that Democrats and Republicans won’t fight about: Hip-hop is univer...
Aaron Williams Nov 03, 2021
