Last week, Alicia Keys dropped an entire new album, called “Here,” but it feels like nobody is paying any attention. She’s made some headlines this year with decision to go make-up free on the red carpet, and subsequent reveal that she’s not exactly one hundred percent make-up free. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Her first […]
This year’s BET hip-hop awards showcased a plethora of dope performances by artists new to the game, as well as the industry veterans we all know and love. Notably, Desiigner hit the stage with his usual bag of strange tricks, though energized and animated as usual. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Still, despite being interesting […]
Lil Wayne‘s memoir, “Gone Til November,” is full of a lot of secrets and details that the public isn’t privy to when it comes to the lives of our favorite performers and their interactions with each other. News that Drake slept with Wayne’s girlfriend while he was jail quickly made its way around the world […]
Three very talented visionaries came by the studio to chat with Headkrack: Ali Shaheed Muhammad from the legendary rap group “A Tribe Called Quest,” music producer Adrian Younge and Cheo Coker, who is the creator of Marvel’s “Luke Cage.” They explain what Netflix’s newest show, which Cheo says is “basically a black hip-hop western,” aims to […]
We all know that Jay-Z has reached that point in wealthiness in which he just gets to take his money and use it to make more money with cool projects and deals with major companies. Well, he’s taking this financial freedom to the big (and small screen). Jay-Z is no stranger to the film industry, […]
Gucci Mane wasted no time getting back into the swing of things after his release from a prison sentence that lasted a little over three years. After his highly anticipated and celebrated release, he dropped an album, with another one on the way, as well as a memoir. Sign Up For Our Newsletter![sailthru_widgetfields=”email” sailthru_list=”Rickey Smiley […]
Headkrack has been saying for ages that Drake is “the panda,” because pandas look cute and harmless but are still bears, and bears can be vicious. Case in point: when Lil Wayne was in prison in 2011, his girlfriend, Tammy Torres cheated on him- with Drake. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! Despite this awkward betrayal, […]
For a rapper, Ty Dolla $ign keeps a pretty low profile, and while his most well-known song might be “Paranoid,” which features B.O.B., Ty is out here making much bigger moves than that. He dropped a brand new project called, “Campaign.” And if you didn’t notice because he’s just not quite on your radar, you […]
The issue of Colin Kaepernick‘s controversiality following his decision to protest the National Anthem is something close to Rickey Smiley‘s heart. He explains the cruel realities of racism in America that leads people to protest, and why people really have no right to look down on Colin because of his decision to take a knee. […]
A couple of days ago, we found ourselves totally wrapped up in more Chris Brown drama when he was suddenly in a stand-off with police, who had surrounded his house, complete with a SWAT team and helicopters. It took hours for anything to actually go down, as cops had showed up without a warrant and […]
De La Soul‘s new album “And The Anonymous Nobody” is out and has been getting rave reviews from listeners. Headkrack enjoyed it too, calling it “grown rap” for people who are “seasoned.” He remarks at their ability to allow their music to grow up, which is unusual for hip-hop listeners. Sign Up For Our Newsletter! […]
Rihanna was the designated star of the night at the 2016 VMAs, as the winner of the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. She performed four times, each one heating up a little bit more than the last. That didn’t stop Beyonce from stealing the show yet again, performing a medley of songs from her incredible […]
