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Bryson Tiller just ended his 34 city T R A P S O U L tour this past weekend with a show in his hometown of Louisville. The singer received a special honor that day (March 12), as his hometown gave him a key to the city. They even went so far as to declare March 12 as Bryson Tiller Day. The Kentucky native got a special visit at his show from Detroit native Big Sean, who came to show support of Tiller. Tiller has spoken in the past about how he taught himself to sing at a young age. “[I listened to] a lot of R. Kelly,” Tiller told XXL. “My uncle used to play like 112, Dru Hill and all those super ’90s R&B groups. Then I got into Omarion. That’s when I was like, aight cool, I want to sing now. So I started teaching myself how to sing. I started mimicking w

Chris Brown took to Instagram to vent his frustrations over Trump’s views on race, and to ask for future protestors to go to Trump’s rallies in larger numbers. “Man, this shit is getting crazy,” Brown said. “Black people getting assaulted at rallies where you’re supposed to talk at… Trump and all that bullshit. What you need to start doing, all these black people, go together. 40-50 deep, see what they do then. Keep touching us motherfucker.” Along with the video, Chris Brown posted a long rant about Donald Trump and the rhetoric he has used on the campaign trail. “Fuck Trump and fuck the pigs!” Brown wrote. “To see this evil shit is so wrong! God will have his revenge! Trust me! Without our black culture, Asian culture, Latin culture

Joe Young initially got his start as a party promoter in Germany, and by being surrounded by the hip-hop/rap scene. As any respectable artist would, he draws inspiration for his lyrics and writing from everyday life. “I write songs based on real life situations, from either myself or my homies. I try not to listen to other artists for inspiration like that.” Most recently, he was just in the studio and recorded a song with the one and only DMX. Please visit https://soundcloud.com/joeyoungofficial/dmx-ft-big-moeses-joe-young-moe-wings to check out the brand new track now! As for music that he listens to outside of his creative process, it’s a lot of older stuff like Dr. Dre and Wu-Tang Clan. But as soon as he begins work in the studio, he says, “I focus on myself and

In a recent interview with Benji B on BBC 1 Radio, Metro Boomin revealed that he had been in the studio with two heavy hitters, namely Kendrick Lamar and Big Sean. “I never ever really talk about things like this, but we in the UK so…I met Kendrick and we were in the studio, he picked a bunch of beats out,” he says. “That was great. He’s a great guy, we vibed out for the day.” Metro also went on to say that he’s “been working on a bunch of stuff for Big Sean’s new album.” Metro has been a big dog himself in the past year, executive producing Future’s Purple Reign mixtape, producing several tracks on Kanye West’s The Life Of Pablo, and a multitude of other songs. The St. Louis producer also took to Instagram to post

It might surprise some to learn that Swedish producer iSHi, despite working with hip-hop artist Pusha T most recently, listens to a little bit of everything. In the past he’s worked with hip-hop artists like Tinie Tempah, Lupe Fiasco, and Pusha T, but he will tell you himself that he listens to all types of music. “I actually listen to classical music like Mozart pretty frequently. People probably expect me to listen to just hip-hop, and I definitely listen to it, but it’s not all I listen to. Music overall has been a big part of my life,” he says. The producer and songwriter got his start early on, even attending music school where he first familiarized himself with the drums and later picked up on piano. The reason behind his choice to learn piano? He fell in love wi

Today (March 7), West took to Twitter to let the world know that he is thinking of killing all future releases on compact discs and sticking exclusively to streaming for the rest of his career. “I was thinking about not making CDs ever again… Only streaming,” he Tweeted. “The Yeezus album packaging was an open casket to CDs r.i.p.” He soon seemed to confirm his own decision, saying, “uuuuuuum, so there it is… No more CDs from me.” West eventually returned to Twitter once more to question why people won’t just let him live his life. “question… Why do people not want me to be me?” he tweeted. “I want people to be the best version of themselves and I will be the best version of me. Growing and learning but not being told to