More money, more problems. Rapper Kendrick Lamar may be making an appearance in a California federal court pretty soon. The TDE rapper is being accused of improper sampling on “Keisha’s Song (Her Pain),” a well-known track off of his 2011 LP, “Section.80.” Woolfsongs Limited, a U.K. company responsible for managing the works of Eric […]
Singer Jhene Aiko is garnering a lot of attention due to her airy vocals and raw honesty in her songwriting. Now that the world knows she can sing, Aiko is unveiling a new talent–rapping. Aiko has released a new version of her beloved song “Stay Ready (What A Life).” The song originally featured Los Angeles […]
R&B singer Alicia Keys fancies herself something like a superhero. She drives the point home in the video for her new song “It’s On Again.” The song, produced by Pharrell Williams and featuring Kendrick Lamar, is featured on the soundtrack to “The Amazing Spider Man 2.” In the clip, Keys looks over the city from […]
Baltimore native Carlos Coleman aka King Los is known by many as the fresh faced word wizard who’s been methodically blacking out all over the airwaves of morning radio shows across the country with the kind of freestyle verses that send vets dashing back to the drawing board. And after Kendrick Lamar dropped the bomb on Big Sean’s […]
How tall is Kendrick Lamar? Kendrick Lamar stands 5 feet, 6 inches tall, according to CelebrityMeasurement.com, and if that number is correct, the Compton rapper is shorter than the average American male. Of course, the average American male can’t write albums as great as “Good Kid, m.A.A.d City,” Kendrick’s first proper studio outing following a series […]
How much is Kendrick Lamar worth? Kendrick Lamar is worth $10 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, and while he’s nowhere near as rich as, say, his hero and mentor Dr. Dre, he’s doing OK for himself. After all, the Compton rapper has only released one proper studio album, “Good Kid, m.A.A.d City,” which dropped […]
Where is Kendrick Lamar from? Kendrick Lamar is from Compton, California, where he was born Kendrick Lamar Duckworth on June 17, 1987. Kendrick’s hometown holds a special place in hip-hop history, as it’s the birthplace of N.W.A., the group that pioneered gangsta rap in the late ’80s and launched the careers of Dr. Dre and […]
The time for the First Lady of TDE, SZA, to drop her debut album. With the April 8th release date around the corner, the New Jersey native unveiled the track listing for the album. “Z” boasts ten songs with very few features. TDE’s top dog Kendrick Lamar makes an appearance. Chance the Rapper lends his […]
Singer Alicia Keys is all about empowering one’s self. For her latest track off “The Amazing Spider Man 2” soundtrack, Keys gets Kendrick Lamar and Pharrell to join her empowerment movement. The trio wind up on a song called “It’s On Again.” After a particularly impassioned verse from Compton’s native son, Keys bounces over Pharrell’s […]
While Nick Young is controlling the flow of the ball on the court and Kendrick Lamar is controlling the rap game, it’s safe to say although they’re in different fields talent runs in the family. Yes, you read that right Kendrick Lamar and Nick Young are cousins. Don’t feel as though you were left out, […]
Music fans always complain about the Grammy Awards not getting it right when it comes to the winners. Fans were especially angry that breakthrough rapper of the year Kendrick Lamar was shut out of all seven of his nominations. India Arie, the Grammy Award-winning singer who was shut out of all seven of her Grammy […]
When Kendrick Lamar performed with breakthrough rock band Imagine Dragons, audiences were treated to the most energizing performance of the 2014 Grammys. After their spellbinding show last night, Kendrick and the rock band are releasing the remix to Imagine Dragons’ hit song “Radioactive.” The remixed version finds spitting one of his signature searing verses. After […]
