(GEMS RADIO)---Tony! Toni! Toné! is going back on tour. Raphael Saadiq shared the news on Instagram. The reunion tour is dubbed the "Just Me and You Tour 2023". “I’ve been working on new Tonys music for about 15 years. I just felt like we should do something, a few songs, maybe seven or eight of them and then do a few shows,” he said. “So I’m not gonna be back-back […]
(GEMS RADIO)---6ix9ine was hospitalized after a beatdown in Florida. The Brooklyn rapper aka Daniel Hernandez was brutally beaten in an LA Fitness sauna in Florida. His attorney said he tried to escape but was outnumbered. Video shows the rapper covering his head while two of the assailants were kicking at him saying,"“Bitch ass! Clown ass n-gga!” one of the men can be heard shouting while kicking the young rapper. “Take […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Hit-Boy and Nas are producing a fourth installment Nas' King's Disease. Hit-Boy is now revealing what keeps their relationship alive. “When I work with Nas, it’ll literally just be me and him in there; I’m doing the beats, he’s doing the rhymes,” Hit-Boy said. “And then a lot of times when you work with younger artists, they gon’ pull up with five, six, seven, maybe 10 n-ggas with ’em, […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Killer Mike is planning on releasing one of the most anticipated albums of 2023 called Michael. He is recruiting some heavy weights for it too including Andre 3000 and Lil' Wayne. He debuted some of the material at SXSW and many embraced it. One song called “Shed Tears,” “made good use of the gospel backing vocals atop a deep bass-and-drum groove,” according to Spin Magazine. “My life truly is […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Drake's set at Argentina's Lollapalooza started late and was cut short. It seems like there were some behind the scenes logistics that did not fall into place. Drake performed for about 40 minutes. The headliners at Lollapalooza usually perform for a good hour and a half before calling it a night. The rap star allegedly did not want his show live-streamed either. That was a last minute decision too. […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Wu-Tang members Method Man, Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck, and Raekwon have reunited for a track. The track is Statik Selaktah's "Unpredictable". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-RkQtAAKP2c On it, Inspectah Deck rhymes fiercely: “So savage, total my average that’s GOAT status / Addicts fiending for these lines, that’s a coke habit.” In other news, Wu have declared a world tour with Nas starting May 9.
(GEMS RADIO)---Hit-Boy is releasing his new album, Surf or Drown, next week. “I’m literally dropping a whole album next week with me rapping,” he said. “I got features on it. It’s produced by me and a couple of the homies did some little pieces, but it’s a real good body of just what I’m on right now … It’s gonna be like 11 joints.” The first single "Slipping Into Darkness" […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Coolio's posthumous album, Long Live Coolio, will feature Treach and Too $hort. The first single "Tag ‘You It'" will be out tomorrow (March 17). According to Coolio's estate, the video will be released as well, which was filmed before Coolio's untimely death. It will pay respects to 90s hip hop. The album will be the first release since 2009's From the Bottom 2 the Top. Before his death, a […]
(GEMS RADIO)---As Gems Radio reported back in January, Papoose is now the head of Tunecore. Tunecore is a driving force in the music industry helping independent artists to thrive. "I'm passionate, and I want to see others win," said Papoose. "They say experience is the best teacher. I think it's very important we have companies like tune core because they put the artist first," said Papoose. "If you look at […]
