Kanye West was invited to the land of Borat on Saturday to perform at a private wedding at the Almaty’s Hotel Royal Tulip. The performance was for the grandson of Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev. According to TMZ, Ye was reportedly paid around $3 million for the performance. Yeezus!
Round of applause for the Kang. As of last week, his LP Trouble Man: Heavy Is The Head has surpassed the 500,000 mark in sales. Congrats! Available on iTunes here.
From the pearly gates comes down Nelly’s uplifting new single featuring Daley. Off his forthcoming album M.O. dropping on September 30.
Honk 4 world peace. In support of his The Golden Age, Dizzy Wright hits the strip and spreads love in his mixtape’s latest video release. Spread love, not war.
As the Made In America festival winds down, Macklemore and Ryan Lewis brought their hits to the Liberty Stage as the final Hip-Hop act. If you didn’t tune in, here’s their entire set. Can’t hold ’em.
Pirus and Crips all got along today at Made In America. King Kendrick took over the Rocky stage and brought along his fellow Black Hippies Jay Rock, Ab-Soul, and ScHoolboy Q. The more, the merrier.
Wiz Khalifa helped close out today’s festival with his performance on the Rocky stage. Watch the Taylor Gang general do what he does best with his performance above. Put your hands up—and lighters too.
Budweiser continued their Made In America music festival today at Philly’s Benjamin Franklin Parkway with Miguel as one of the many acts. Up top is his full performance. No leg drops included.
The StarFest 2013 went down yesterday at the Staten Island Yankee Stadium. EME was center stage and caught all the action from acts featuring Stalley, UM, Mavado, Jomo, French, Lil Durk and Loso.
Pharrell brings the groove with his revamp edition of The Weeknd’s latest offering. The remix is featured as one of the bonus tracks off The Weeknd’s Kiss Land. Album drops September 10.
Man, this drop from Masspike Miles is seriously smooth from start to finish. The Road Less Traveled totally delivers on that signature R&B vibe, and the production choices across these tracks are just insane. It honestly feels more complete than a lot of full-length albums out right now. Tracks like "Devoted" with Bun B and the title track hit different when you are just cruising around the city late at night. If you are heading out to grab the physical copy or hitting up a late-night listening session across town, trying to flag down reliable taxi services can sometimes be a real hassle, so planning ahead definitely saves the mood. Overall, this project proves why he is such a vital part of the Maybach crew. Definitely keep this one on repeat for a while.