After earning a Number One single earlier this year with “Rapstar,” 22-year-old rapper Polo G also landed his first Number One album with Hall of Fame. The 20-song set, which incorporates contributions from veterans (Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne), young streaming stars (Rod Wave, Kid Laroi), and several MCs from Polo …
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Lil Wayne dropped his surprise DJ Khaled-hosted No Ceilings 3 Friday, the third installment in the rapper’s ongoing mixtape series. The 20-track mixtape — which follows 2009’s No Ceilings and 2015’s No Ceilings 2, also released on a Thanksgiving weekend— features guests like Drake (“BB King Freestyle“), Young Thug, Gudda …
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More than any other pop star of the 2000s, Lil Wayne thrived in the chaos left behind by a rapidly changing music industry. When streaming was still a dream and physical CD sales were cratering, the New Orleans rapper consumed and re-contextualized everything from the Beatles to Beyoncé. It was …
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“Real Life Rock Top Ten” is a monthly column by cultural critic and RS contributing editorGreil Marcus. 1. Fernando A. Flores, Death to the Bullshit Artists of South Texas (Host Publications). After reading the 10 singular tales in this book, Flores’ first, I have no idea who the bullshit artists …
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For his third appearance as a musical guest onSaturday Night Live, Lil Wayne took over Studio 8H to performtwo hits from his 2018 album Tha Carter V on the Liev Schreiber-hosted episode. To kick-off his set, Wayne brought an empowering performance of “Can’t Be Broken,” withHalsey making a surprise appearance …
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