Before Kendrick Lamar Leaves, TDE’s Top 5 Albums
Kendrick Lamar is dropping one final album with Top Dawg Entertainment. What a run they’ve had together. And what better time to look back and rank the label's Top 5 albums.
Kendrick Lamar is dropping one final album with Top Dawg Entertainment. What a run they’ve had together. And what better time to look back and rank the label's Top 5 albums.
Following his arrest earlier this week as part of a 28-person grand jury indictment that also included Gunna, Young Thug has been charged with seven more felonies.
US rappers Young Thug and Gunna have been indicted on charges of conspiracy to violate America’s RICO law - the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act.
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Alpha Place is an album and space in which Knucks gathers scenes and ideas ever present in his adolescence growing up on the Alpha House estate in Kilburn.
With his debut album, Son of Jacob, out now, we speak to Ghanaian superstar Kwesi Arthur about telling the story of his homeland, turning down a security job and why he’s nicknamed ‘the hustle manifested’.
With a new track, ‘Vibes’, out now, OneDa wants to put all the self-belief she’s come to learn into the world. We speak to her about her journey into music, her spiritual awakening and her future plans.
Tim Westwood, the former BBC Radio1 DJ, has been accused of sexual misconduct over incidents between 1992 and 2017.
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Pusha T returns with It’s Almost Dry - a typically feisty and eloquent album, with less consistency, but more variety, than 2018’s DAYTONA.
Barely out of his teens, Kayem2x has already supported Unknown T and is among a new generation of rappers making their mark, following the success of his track ‘Steady (Birkin Bop)’
Little Simz has had to cancel her North American tour due to the “huge deficit” it would put her in as an independent artist.
It’s been five years since Kendrick Lamar’s last album, DAMN, and the wait for a follow-up is nearly over, with ‘Mr Morale & The Big Steppers’ set for a release on 13th May.
Ruff Mercy (“the slurred, drunken interpretation” of Russ Murphy) has worked with Thom Yorke, Freddie Gibbs and more, creating and revamping their music videos with a stimulating buzz. The Radiohead frontman even labelled him ‘a genius’ – ruff-ly. Delve into the making of his lively works with whynow’s first episode of ‘Behind The Lens’.