(GEMS RADIO)---Fetty Wap is headed to prison for drug trafficking that covered Long Island and New Jersey in cocaine, heroin, fentanyl and crack. The drugs were brought over from the West Coast and stored in Suffolk County. According to ABC News: The rapper pleaded guilty in August in a New York federal court to conspiracy to distribute and possess controlled substances. He apologized for the pain he caused and said […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Harlem Festival of Culture just announced Fat Joe, Cam'ron, and Ma$e as performers at this year's inaugural event. It will take place on Randall's Island from July 28-30. Teyana Taylor, Tink, Bell Biv Devoe, Remy Ma, and Wyclef Jean are some more notable acts. The event was inspired by the historic Harlem Cultural Festival of 1969. The festival's co-founder and technical & talent producer Yvonne McNai said this about […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Benny The Butcher is back in the lab and promises to deliver a new album with producer Hit-Boy at the helm. The new album will alter the sound of Benny's usual beats. “NO…my album won’t be loaded up with boom bap beats…I did that already,” he wrote. “the sound watered down too much y’all can have that shit. I’m talkin all this shit but the beats that are boom […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Lil Durk has recruited some big star power for his next album called Almost Healed. The album has 21 songs on it that features Alicia Keys, Metro Boomin, Wheezy, among others. Producer Dr. Luke is behind some of the tracks as well. Almost Healed will be the first since 2022's 7220. Almost Healed was called The Voice 2.0 originally. “Growth, that’s what the 2.0 stand for,” he said. “Just […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Lance 'Un' Rivera is finally coming clean. JAY-Z was not responsible for stabbing Lance 'Un' Rivera in 1999, according to the music executive. Rivera signed Notorious B.I.G. among others in the 90s. He now opens up about that fateful night that made headlines in 1999 with Vlad TV. JAY was accused of stabbing Lance in a nightclub in December of 99. The incident was in regards to Lance's leaking […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Beyoncé has dropped the remix 0f "America Has A Problem" with Kendrick Lamar. He raps on the track “I’m an honorary Beyhive/let’s see why them diamonds don’t be fly.” This is not the first time the two collaborated. Beyoncé and Lamar collaborated on “Freedom” off of her Lemonade release as well as “Nile” from The Lion King: The Gift. Listen to the remix below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=66eW7CCFLOM
(GEMS RADIO)---Tems, Nigerian singer and songwriter, has broken a record on the R&B/Hip Hop Radio Charts. Her song "Free Mind" sits at number one for its seventeenth week on the chart, which is a first for a lead female artist. According to Billboard: The historic week for “Free Mind” is on the chart dated May 20, where it wins a 17th frame on top after a 1% bump to 19.2 […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Busta Rhymes is readying his new album with Swizz Beatz, Timbaland, and Pharrell on board producer wise. He told TMZ he is having an amazing year. He also says this eleventh studio album will "shift the culture". Swizz Beatz says: “My brother’s been doing this so long, from Leaders of the New School … to headlining every major festival, tour, show. Leaders was the ’80s and Busta’s been kicking […]
(GEMS RADIO)---Conway The Machine considers JAY-Z a genuine friend. “This is probably the one guy, only guy who I felt like genuinely cared about me and my well-being,” Conway said. “He ask about how I’m doing and family stuff, shit like that. It’s just regular shit. I kind of respect that and like that a little more.” The two have not recorded a lot of music together but keeps it […]
