Music Is Hip Hop Dead? How Afrobeats May Become the World’s Biggest Music Genre By 2024 by Sylvestre Lattao Afrobeats emerges as the quiet contender, poised to claim the spotlight as the next big thing in music. In music nothing is ever stagnant. Toupee…
News Ticketmaster’s corporate greed strikes again as Drake fans are exploited by Chelsea Howard Drake fans are the next to be burnt by Ticketmaster after surprise second concert announcement. Ticketmaster has continued its rampage of terror against music fans…
Features Film and TV Lists Music ‘The Idol’ and 9 other television series created by musicians by Tom Disalvo The Weeknd, Drake and Childish Gambino are among the artists who’ve ventured from the studio booth to the writer’s room. With The White Lotus’ uber…
Features Lists Music The 10 best surprise release albums, from Radiohead to Frank Ocean by Tom Disalvo We’re counting down the surprise albums that shocked the world upon their spontaneous arrival, from In Rainbows to Channel Orange. There’s an art to surprise…
Features Lists Music 10 landmark albums turning 10 in 2023 by Tom Disalvo From history-making debuts to unforgettable comebacks, we’re counting down the 10 landmark albums celebrating their 10-year anniversary in 2023. These 10 albums turning 10 prove…
Music News Sports Drake bet a million big ones on the World Cup and lost by Tammy Moir The ‘Drake Curse’ continues as the rapper loses another big money bet. Drake bet a million on the World Cup and lost, after placing $1…
Music News YouTube hits ctrl-C on Spotify Wrapped with its list of most played songs of 2022 by Tom Disalvo In keeping with streaming giants’ year-end reveals of 2022’s biggest tracks, YouTube names the top ten most-viewed artists, songs, and videos for 2022. Casting a…
Music News Pop Culture Alicia Keys, Drake, Megan Thee Stallion and more sign open letter protesting use of rap lyrics in court by Tom Disalvo Alicia Keys, Drake and Megan Thee Stallion are among the dozens of artists who’ve signed ‘Art on Trial: Protect Black Art’, an open letter protesting…
Lists Best Hip Hop and R&B of 2014 by Lucille Sadek Check out Happy’s list of Best Hip Hop and R&B albums of 2014. From the established greats of Drake to the fast-emerging artists of Raury….
Music News Kanye West, Drake and Kendrick Lamar lead the 2022 BET Awards nominations by Tom Disalvo The nominations for this year’s BET Hip-Hop Music Awards have been revealed, with rappers, and on-again-off-again beefers, Kanye West and Drake leading the pack. Drake’s…
Music News Pop Culture Video WATCH: Drake joins the Backstreet Boys onstage for ‘I Want It That Way’ by Amy Davidson Drake made a surprise appearance at a Backstreet Boys gig, and joined them on stage for I Want It That Way as the band’s “sixth member.”…
Music News Pop Culture Drake responds to criticism of album: “It’s all good if you don’t get it yet” by Tom Blain After just 9 months since his previous album Certified Lover Boy was released, Drake has returned with his follow-up album: ‘Honestly, Nevermind’ and it’s received lukewarm…
Music News Eminem becomes the most Gold and Platinum certified artist of all time by Lochie Schuster Thanks to a resurgence in listeners after this year’s Super Bowl Halftime performance, Eminem has taken RIAA’s top spot for Gold and Platinum singles. Eminem…