(GEMS RADIO)---Kendrick Lamar was shut out of the major categories at this year's Grammys. No surprise there. Where were the Grammy's changes, then? Although, Lamar swept the rap categories, he deserved to take a trophy home for one of three major categories at least. Mr Morale and The Big Steppers was a conscious look at hip hop this past year. It's unfortunate that he is overlooked every year for Album […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Ludacris is rapping again. The rapper turned actor has not released any new music since 2015's Ludaversal, but that hasn't stopped him from taking on Instagram to bust some rhymes. “I’m original, indispensable, rhyme zone/ Skydweller Rolex , fuck a time zone/ My watch feeling like ‘Pac/ It’s all eyez on/ And I’m the truth in the booth/ Get your lies on,” he took to Instagram. It made us […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Souls of Mischief will be embarking on a 30th Anniversary world tour beginning in March. The Bay Area rap group is known for their classic album '93 Til Infinity. The group will be hitting the world with 93 tour dates at hand starting in the UK and ending in Bulgaria in April. The tour will see an NYC date as well. Breakbeat Lou and The Architect will be the […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Nas and Lauryn Hill have teamed up again for the soundtrack of the George Foreman biopic. The film follows Foreman's rise from poverty into two-time heavyweight champion. The trailer has a reworked version of Nas and Lauryn Hill's "If I Ruled The World" in it. Nas recently sat down with Ebro Darden and Ebro had this to say: “I feel like she doesn’t understand how much she’s needed, similar […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Hip Hop's 50th Anniversary will be celebrated at The Grammy Awards this Sunday evening. Questlove will be helping to take the celebration to shape. Some big names will be announced from Hip Hop's past, present, and future. Quavo will also a perform a tribute to his late Migos partner in crime, Takeoff, at the ceremony as well. He will performing "Without You". The 2023 GRAMMYs will be broadcast live […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Kendrick Lamar's To Pimp A Butterfly is the highest rated of all time now. This is according to Rate Your Music. Kendrick's To Pimp A Butterfly surpassed Radiohead's OK Computer to achieve the number one slot on Rate Your Music. The album, which was released in March 2015, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 after selling 324,000 copies in its first week. Lamar revealed he took a […]
(GEMS RADIO)---XXXTentacion deserves more. Nearly five years after his death, his trial is finally beginning later this week. The late rapper died in an armed robbery back in 2018. Three out of the four alleged co-defendants (Michael Boatwright Dedrick Devonshay Williams and Trayvon Newsome) will stand trial. Robert Allen, the fourth co-defendant, is set to testify against his accomplices to get a lighter sentencing. “[Allen] pleaded guilty to a lesser […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Air Jordan is celebrating 50 years of hip hop music. The sneaker is getting together with the Christopher Wallace Memorial Foundation. The foundation was set up to honor the late great Notorious B.I.G. The foundation helps inner city with educational resources. Twenty-three pairs of Air Jordan's newest sneakers will go on auction between Jan. 23 and Feb. 3. They will also be on display at Sotheby's New York galleries […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Lil Baby performed "Forever" and "California Breeze" last night on Saturday Night Live. Michael B. Jordan introduced the rapper. Lil Baby's album It's Only Me had the fourth biggest debut of 2022. Released in October of last year, the rapper had special guests Young Thug, Future, EST Gee, among others on the album. When having a conversation with XXL about pressure adding to each project he said: “Yes, and then […]
