Down in the seedy underbelly of YouTube, PatrickCC is quietly blowing up with his interesting and unique takes on underground rap and upcoming artists. The current music scene climate is being dominated by mainstream melodic superstars, but who gives rise to the artists who may not appear on your radar until they sign their first…

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A disaster of millennial proportions, Fyre Festival landed in the pop-culture annals under Epic Fails. Nevertheless, event co-producer, Ja Rule, isn’t giving up on the “luxury music festival” game. Ja Rule’s First Attempt: The Epic Fyre Fail Back in 2016, Billy Billy Mcfarland, a college dropout with a Midas tongue and a taste for the…

Jay-Z thinks the immigration case against 21 Savage is a gross miscarriage of justice. In response, he’s supplying the “Rap Saved Me” singer with a top-shelf legal team. Jay-Z Standing with 21 Savage “In addition to being a successful recording artist, Savage deserves to be reunited with his children immediately,” remonstrated Jay-Z about the recent…

Rumors swirled around social media that a track-separated stream of Frank Ocean’s “Endless” was about to drop. But it was all fake news in the end. “Endless” Outside of Apple Frank Ocean’s “Endless” — a 21-track, audio-visual opus — first hit the scene in 2016 as an Apple exclusive. Ultimately an acclaimed effort, the project…

Mr. Champagne Papi — aka Drake — is hitting Europe for a five-country tour. The news hit a few days after the Hot Line Bling singer announced a Vegas residency at XS Nightclub. Drake’s 2019 European Tour This month, via an Instagram post pulsating with throw-back Miami Vice vibes, Adonis’s baby-daddy announced his 2019 Assassination…

Edge-lord-artist Kanye West huffed-and-puffed his way out of Coachella after learning that a port-a-potty problem would scupper his design dreams. Kanye West: No Dome for Me Means No Ye! For this year’s Coachella concert, West envisioned himself performing in an elaborate dome positioned smack in the middle of the fairgrounds. So he and a trusted…

Lil Uzi Vert – a.k.a Symere Woods – has announced his retirement at the ripe age of 24. However, it’s unclear if it is a legitimate industry split, or if the rapper is drumming up publicity before his new album drops. Lil Uzi Vert: “I’m Done With Music” “I’m done with music,” vowed Lil Uzi…

Kendrick Lamar “claims he hasn’t been working on a new album,” explained Los Angeles Times reporter Jeff Weiss last month. But a recent IG post has people convinced that the DAMN artist will drop another LP this year. Kendrick Lamar LP Tease: Marketing Ploy or Genuine Mistake? For a short time on Christmas Day, Polydor…

Russian President Vladimir Putin champions censorship, and recently his despotic attention was turned towards the rap scene. Putin’s Plan to “Take Charge” of Rap “If it’s impossible to stop something,” stated Putin at a recent meeting of Russia’s Council for Culture and Art, “you’ve got to take charge of it!”. At issue was rap music.…