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Burna Boy and Seyi Vibez have shared a TG Omori-directed music video for their joint track “Giza,” a cut from Burna’s latest album, I Told Them… The clip opens on a gladiatorial, Mortal Kombat-inspired fight scene in which two teenage boys duel for their lives as a crowd watches on from a two-tiered balcony and a man in a bamboo hat soundtracks the battle with a wooden flute. As the camera pans above the building, a hulking pyramid appears in the background.

Empress Of has shared "What's Love," a new song written and recorded with MUNA. The track will appear on Empress Of's new album For Your Consideration, which will be released on March 22 via Giant Music. Scroll down to hear "What's Love" now.

Kendrick Lamar has shared new music in an ad for Chanel’s upcoming Spring-Summer 2024 Haute Couture show. The Button is a collaboration between the fashion brand and pgLang, the creative company run by Lamar and director Dave Free.

Ariana Grande has dropped "Yes, And?" the first single from her upcoming 2024 album. The song was written by Grande alongside her regular collaborators, producer Max Martin and songwriter Ilya Salmanzadeh.

Ghostface Killah will release his memoir next year via St. Martin’s Press, an imprint of publisher Macmillan.

More than 18 months after Atlanta prosecutors charged Young Thug and 26 other men with conspiracy to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and more in a sweeping indictment, the jury trial of Thug and his five remaining co-defendants began Monday morning. Much like its preliminary process, the trial’s opening statements got off to a rocky start, with multiple interruptions along the way.

Mannequin Pussy have announced details a 2024 North American tour. The tour will begin soon after the release of the band's new album I Got Heaven, which drops on March 1 next year.

Alixandra Buckelew, a prosecutor who helped convict three men accused in the 2018 murder of XXXTentacion, has been assigned to YNW Melly‘s double murder trial. Broward Circuit Court Judge John Murphy brought Buckelew onto the case after recusing Broward County Assistant State Attorney Kristine Bradley on Friday, October 13. Bradley was removed from the case last week following a motion filed by Melly’s defense team.

Attorneys for Daystar Peterson (Tory Lanez) have filed a motion for his release on bail pending the appeal of his sentence in the Megan Thee Stallion shooting case. It’s the second such motion submitted by his defense team since Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge David Herriford sentenced him in early August to 10 years in prison.

YNW Melly was charged with witness tampering in his own double homicide case Tuesday night (October 3), the South Florida Sun Sentinel reports and online arrest records confirm. Melly (born Jamell Maurice Demons) and Cortlen Malik Henry (aka YNW Bortlen) are accused of murdering their childhood friends and crew members Christopher Thomas (YNW Juvy) and Anthony Williams (YNW Sakchaser) in 2018. Melly has been denied bond on multiple occasions, including last week.

An arrest has been made in the 1996 murder of Tupac Shakur, the Associated Press reports. Duane “Keffe D” Davis, a California-born member of the South Side Compton Crips, was arrested on Friday morning in Las Vegas; specific charges were not available as of press time.

PinkPantheress has returned with a new song, titled "Mosquito," and an accompanying music video. The video, which can be seen below, stars the U.K.

Burna Boy is heading to North America on the heels of his new album I Told Them… for a run of tour dates. The shows begin November 2023 in Los Angeles at BMO Stadium and run for a month with stops in Seattle, Vancouver, Edmonton, Denver, Houston, and Austin.

Beyoncé's hometown show in Houston, Texas couldn't be completed without the city's newest starlet. For the anticipated gig last Saturday (September 23), Beyoncé brought out Megan Thee Stallion for their collaboration, "Savage Remix," which came out in 2020.

The Alchemist, MIKE, and Wiki are sharing music ahead of their collaborative release later this week. "Mayor's A Cop" is the first single from the album, Faith Is A Rock, which they announced last week.

After Voir Dire, his surprise full-length album with Earl Sweatshirt, The Alchemist is gearing up for yet another collaboration. It’s called Faith Is A Rock, and features N.Y.C.

The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) Cartel has threatened violence against Peso Pluma should he choose to go through with his next scheduled performance in Mexico, Vice reports. After the 24-year-old corridos tumbados superstar played in Mexico City Monday night (September 11), narcomantas — banners put up in public places by cartels to send loud messages — were seen across Tijuana Tuesday morning telling him to keep out.

In the early 2010s, Jeffrey Lamar Williams — the Atlanta rapper known as Young Thug — began building an empire. He founded the YSL collective out of his home in the Jonesboro South projects, enlisting friends, family members, and acquaintances.

“Heart on My Sleeve,” a song created by the producer Ghostwriter using deepfaked vocal likenesses of Drake and The Weeknd, has been submitted to the Grammys for consideration, the New York Times reports. The song debuted in April and was created without the approval of either artist; after the song quickly became a viral sensation, Universal Music Group successfully pulled it from streaming services.

You have to imagine this has been a bad summer for DJ Akademiks, even if he puts on a brave face. First came the March arrest of Andrew Tate, the British-American influencer who racked up billions of TikTok views advocating violent misogyny — “I think he’s a positive role model for men,” Akademiks said of the alleged rapist and human trafficker during an early August stream. Then Tory Lanez was sentenced to 10 years in prison this month after he was found guilty of shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot in 2020.

Jane Remover has released her first offering for the year, “Lips,” the lead single of her newly announced sophomore album, Census Designated. The ten-track project is scheduled to arrive on October 20 via deadAir.

DJ Shadow has announced details of his first new album in four years. Action Adventure will be released on October 27 on Mass Appeal/Liquid Amber.

Slayyyter is counting down the days to the September 22 release of her second album STARFUCKER, a project themed around fame, sex, femme fatales, and celebrity obsession. It is the second of those themes that acts as the basis for “Erotic Electronic,” the latest single to be lifted from the album following “Out of Time” and “Miss Belladonna.” Read Next: The artists of Portola Fest on the state of sampled music The song is a sleazy electro-pop banger filled with lust and desire.

Tory Lanez has been sentenced to 10 years in prison for the 2020 shooting of Megan Thee Stallion. He faced up to 22 years and eight months in prison for his conviction on three felony counts last December, though prosecutors suggested a 13-year sentence. Attorneys for the defense asked that Lanez be released on probation while they attempt to appeal the initial verdict.] The FADER has reached out to attorneys for both Megan Thee Stallion and Lanez for comment.

Burna Boy will return with a new album next month. I Told Them… will be released on August 25 via Spaceship/Bad Habit/Atlantic Records.

yeule has announced a new album. softscars is out September 22 (via Ninja Tune). Below, watch videos for two tracks, "dazies" and "fish in the pool." "dazies" will appear on the album while b-side "fish in the pool" is a cover of an instrumental track featured in 2004 Japanese movie Hana and Alice.

It's hard to believe it's been ten years since Doris, Earl Sweatshirt's seminal debut album, was released. To celebrate the milestone, the rapper is putting on a one-night-only performance at Los Angeles' The Novo on August 19 where he will perform the album in full for the first time ever.

Young Thug‘s new album Business Is Business is out now. The project was officially announced yesterday (June 22) with the cover art, though Thug teased it the previous week with a QR code that led to this site (prior to today, the site was a countdown to June 22 at midnight).

Kimora Lee Simmons has claimed that her ex-husband, Def Jam co-founder Russell Simmons, of threatening behavior in a series of social media posts. In Instagram stories viewed by The FADER, Kimora Lee wrote "this man has been threatening my kids’ lives. I’m hearing so much more now.

Every Christine and the Queens cover is an occasion. The pop auteur makes consistently great curatorial choices, and often recasts the production — and even lyrics — of songs to find new notes of emotional resonance.

City Girls seem intent on owning the weekend. Yesterday (June 8) they released “I Need A Thug,” a track that interpolated LL Cool J‘s “I Need Love” and kept the Miami duo in their lyrical comfort zones, outlining exactly what they need out of a partner and what they can offer in return.

Takeoff's mother, Titania Davenport, is reportedly suing the owners of the bowling alley outside of which her son was killed. Rolling Stone and Billboard report that Davenport has filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the owners of 810 Billiards & Bowling in Houston, Texas citing multiple claims of negligence.

The much-hyped The Idol premiered on HBO this week, revealing a curious mixture of music industry satire and less successful eoritc thriller homage. The show is centered around Lily-Rose Depp's Jocelyn, a pop star whose lack of control in life drives her into the arms of a mysterious club owner Tedros (played by The Weeknd a.k.a.

A person was rescued after a car was driven into a bollard and flipped onto its roof in a crash on Thursday evening (June 8).

A post shared by police advising people on where to leave their car keys at night has been met with a number of hilarious responses on social media.

A man was left with serious injuries after being attacked by a 'group of males' in Radcliffe. The victim had been assaulted in a premises near Wordsworth Avenue at around 11pm on May 12.