Denmark's Roskilde Festival has announced the final additions to its 50th anniversary event with scheduled performances from Kendrick Lamar, Haim, The Strokes and Charli XCX.
13.02.2020 - 01:16 / genius.com
Kendrick Lamar released his single, “Backseat Freestyle,” in 2012 from his second album, good kid, m.A.A.d city. It received endless praise and has since been certified Platinum. The song is produced by Hit-Boy, who’s worked with a number of major artists. Genius recently sat down with the Southern California producer to break down how the song was made.
“Kendrick came through my crib actually,” said Hit-Boy. “I think it was him and Dave Free. Took the beat, and I remember him texting me like,
Denmark's Roskilde Festival has announced the final additions to its 50th anniversary event with scheduled performances from Kendrick Lamar, Haim, The Strokes and Charli XCX.
Since forming in 2017, British group Easy Life have been blazing their own trail with a sound that blends indie rock with hip-hop.
The Danish festival will primarily be held between July 1-4
Now-defunct indie band Yeasayer have sued Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd over “Pray For Me,” a song the pair wrote for the 2018 Black Panther soundtrack. A report from Pitchfork confirms that the band, who broke up in 2019, are claiming that “Pray For Me” infringes on their 2007 track “Sunrise;” as such, they are seeking to claim profits from the song, as well as damages.
Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd’s Black Panther soundtrack collaboration, “Pray For Me,” is the subject of a copyright lawsuit. On Monday, recently disbanded Brooklyn band Yeasayer filed a complaint in the US District Court in New York alleging the track infringes on the group’s 2007 song, “Sunrise,” as first reported by TMZ and then confirmed by Pitchfork.
Kendrick Lamar is being sued over the soundtrack to Black Panther again, this time by the defunct experimental rock back Yeasayer.
Yeasayer have sued Kendrick Lamar and the Weeknd
Kendrick Lamar and The Weeknd’s Black Panther soundtrack collaboration “Pray for Me” gave both artists another chart success in February 2018, when the hard-charging track peaked at No. 7 on the Billboard Hot 100.
Yeasayer have sued Kendrick Lamar and the Weeknd over the Black Panther soundtrack single “Pray For Me,” TMZ reports and documents viewed by Pitchfork confirm. The band claims in the lawsuit that “Pray For Me” infringes on their All Hour Cymbals song “Sunrise.”
Former Celtic winger Lewis Morgan says he moved to Inter Miami to get out of his "comfort zone" as he admits he's finding the climate difficult to adjust to.
Eminem just sat down for a wide-ranging discussion with Crook’s Corner, and the topic of his one-time collaborator, Kendrick Lamar, came up. In the new episode, the Shady Records head noted how the DAMN. artist’s stylistic change-ups make him a “top-tier lyricist.”
It all started after the pair teamed up on 'Control' in 2013
This time last year, D Smoke was a relatively unknown artist with rap dreams that he is currently living out thanks to career-changing co-signs from Cardi B, Chance the Rapper and T.I. The Inglewood, Calif. native made headlines in 2019 after he was crowned king on the first season of Netflix’s hit rap competition show, Rhythm + Flow, and now he is looking to fulfill his promise off the strength of his new album, Black Habits.
Big Sean and Kendrick Lamar have a history of working together, but rumors of a beef arose following their team-up on “Control.” The pair has attracted plenty of speculation about traded subliminals over the years, but Big Sean asserts that’s not the whole story. In an interview on Joe Budden’s series Pull Up, the 31-year-old set the record straight about the “mutual respect” he shares with the Compton rapper.