Hip Hop News

TikTok has announced that it has 150 million active users in the U.S., up 50 % from 100 million users in August 2020. Privacy concerns driven by TikTok owner ByteDance’s connections to the Chinese government have made it a political punching bag, with jabs coming from both Republican and Democratic lawmakers, as well as President […]

Sometimes the best new R&B can be hard to find, but there are plenty of great rhythm-and-blues tunes to get into if you have the time to sift through the hundreds of newly released songs every week. So that R&B heads can focus on listening to what they really love in its true form, we’ll

Love deep house music? There’s a playlist for that. Do you have some underground trap music you want everyone to nod along to? There’s a hard rap playlist just waiting for you to submit to within the depths of these vast reaching services. Not to mention the songs on these playlists are likely to also be

HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Bernard Smalls / @BeanzGotGamez / Jadakiss The current version of Kanye West sucks, and finally, one of his Hip-Hop brethren, Jadakiss, is admitting that. Hip-Hop has a Kanye West problem. No matter what headassery he does, rappers still run to whatever janky makeshift studio setup he builds to add their

With collaborations far from few in the electronic dance industry, it is always a thrilling moment when legendary acts combine their talents, and in turn, bless us all with an end product for the ages. Achieving just that, and even more, for that matter, Psytrance titans Vini Vici have joined forces with no other than

The Hip Hop Organics collective is proud to announce the release of UHWONTWO, a new single by MC Jonny T and Xzibit. Produced by Hip Hop Organics member and longtime collaborator Madd Scientist, UHWONTWO embodies everything missing from rap tracks in 2023. MC Jonny T has tapped into an intricate rhyme style ala Twista or

You don’t need a Bachelor’s in Music Business to make it in the industry, but there are some things that every musician needs to know to survive on their own. by Angela Tyler of SoundFly When I think of DIY musicians vs the corporate world, I’m met with the image of Matthew Lillard battling his dad in

The long-in-the-works follow-up to her 2019 album LEGACY! LEGACY!, Jamila Woods will release her next project Water Made Us on October 13. “Water Made Us feels like the most personal and vulnerable piece of art I’ve ever made. I love creating from source material, diving deep into a subject and extrapolating from what I discover.”

As intimidating as it seems, releasing new music each week has many undeniable benefits. Aside from making your fans happy to hear more from you, this practice does so much more good no matter what level of your career you’re at. In this post, we’ll give you 6 reasons to release new music every week.