Big Sean Downplays Rumored Tensions With Kendrick Lamar On Unreleased Nipsey Hussle Collaboration

Kendrick Lamar’s final DAMN. track, “DUCKWORTH.,” is an elaborate piece of hip-hop storytelling built around a trio of diverse samples. In a new interview with NPR, producer 9th Wonder broke down each one and explained how he succeeded at interweaving three very different songs together.

Grammy-winning singer-bassist Thundercat says that the saying “It Is What It Is” — which just so happens to be the title of his fourth album, out Friday — might actually help you cope with coronavirus anxiety.

On the first anniversary of Nipsey Hussle's passing (March 31), his girlfriend, Lauren London, paid tribute to him with an endearing poem on Instagram.

One year following his tragic murder, Lauren London is continuing to pay tribute to her late partner Nipsey Hussle.

Standing strong. Lauren London shared a heartfelt tribute to her late boyfriend, Nipsey Hussle, on the one-year anniversary of his death.

Lauren London has led tributes to her late boyfriend Nipsey Hussle on the first anniversary of his death.

Lauren London is remembering her late boyfriend, Nipsey Hussle, a year after he was tragically shot in Los Angeles.

A year after Nipsey Hussle's tragic death, Lauren London continues to mourn and honor the rapper's memory.  "Time is deceptive, it's been a year since you transitioned. The pain is as heavy today as it was a year ago," the 35-year-old wrote of her late partner on Instagram on the one-year anniversary of his death.

Lauren London, 35, gave a touching Instagram tribute to Nipsey Hussle on Mar. 31, which marked one year since his tragic passing. The doting beauty shared a photo of her and her late partner standing inside his clothing store, The Marathon Clothing, where his murder took place just steps away, along with a long and thoughtful message that revealed her grief.

Lauren London is sharing a heartfelt message to her late love, Nipsey Hussle, on the anniversary of his untimely death.

Ermias Asghedom and Eric Holder both grew up in the same Los Angeles neighborhood, were both part of the gang known as the Rollin’ 60s, and were both aspiring rappers. Asghedom, who went by the name Nipsey Hussle, would go on to become a hip-hop star, neighborhood legend and local hero.

Just a couple of months ahead of his death, the attention directed toward rapper and community activist Nipsey Hussle was for his Grammy-nominated debut disc, Victory Lap, a full-length album some four years in the making that earned the musician raves from his contemporaries.  But exactly one year ago today, the tributes pouring in were decidedly different.

It’s been nearly three years since Kendrick Lamar’s last solo album, and while there’s still few details about its potential release, one of the rapper’s longtime collaborators recently revealed his own involvement in the recording process. In an interview with Japanese fashion company Neet Tokyo posted on YouTube on Friday, Thundercat said that he’s been in the studio with Kendrick.

Jessie Reyez’s new album, BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US, has arrived, and while she keeps the guest features to a minimum, she does pay homage to some several big-name rappers on the project’s ninth track, “ROOF.” The Worth It and Bizness Boi-produced song features a prominent interpolation of Kendrick Lamar’s flow on ScHoolboy Q’s “Collard Greens.” In the same breath, she shouts out a trip of rap and R&B albums, too.

Today (March 25) is Big Sean’s 32nd birthday, and, to celebrate, he’s revealed the title of his next album: Detroit 2. The record, which does not yet have a release date, will arrive via G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam Recordings. Check out Sean’s new Detroit 2 trailer below.

Despite festivals like SXSW and Coachella being canceled or postponed in the wake of concerns surrounding COVID-19, the 2020 Glastonbury Festival recently announced Kendrick Lamar as one of its headliner. The rapper joins Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Diana Ross, Burna Boy, FKA twigs, Thom Yorke and more on the festival's 50th-anniversary lineup.

Compton, Calif., native Sounwave, born Mark Spears, is an in-house producer at the record label Top Dawg Entertainment and has had a hand in every release from rapper Kendrick Lamar since his self-titled debut EP in 2009, including Black Panther: The Album (2018), DAMN. (2017) and To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).