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The Game Warns Rappers To Reject ‘Slave Deals,” Stay Indie

Outspoken rapper The Game is warning his peers to avoid signing “slave deals” with record labels. “The labels sign young artists to slave deals & their only concern is how. Continue reading

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How To Become A Beat Making Machine (in 7 Steps)

Being able to make quality music quickly is one of the major factors behind the success of some of hip hops biggest stars. Fortunately for aspiring beat makers, this type. Continue reading

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Jucee Froot Signs Joint Venture With Atlantic Records and Art@War

The traditional major label record deal is morphing as Memphis rapper Jucee Froot reminds with her new joint venture deal that includes major label Atlantic Records and indie Art@War via. Continue reading

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MON. BRIEF: Grammy CEO Fallout • Paradigm Cuts Staff • Hip Hop Grows • More

MONDAY 1.20.2020 • Music Business News From Across The Web Updated Continuously Under The More News Tab Above

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Why Country Music Now Looks, Sounds Like Hip-Hop [VIDEO]

While many legacy country artists continue to release more “traditional” sounding country, a newer generation of talent is pushing the envelope on the genre, and heavily sprinkling their material with. Continue reading

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Complex, Spotify Partner For Life Of Tekashi 6ix9ine Podcast

Complex and Spotify are partnering for a podcast about the life of Tekashi 6ix9ine. Titled “Infamous: The Tekashi 6ix9ine Story,” the 8 episode series will follow his journey from high school dropout. Continue reading

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UPDATE: Juice WRLD Dies Of Heart Attack At Age 21

[UPDATED] Rising Rapper Juice WRLD, one of a new crop of singing rappers who first found an audience on SoundCloud has died. He was 21. Cook County, IL authorities have. Continue reading

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Jay Z Returns To Spotify On His 50th Birthday

To celebrate his 50h, Jay Z has returned his entire music catalog to Spotify. The rapper and entrepreneur owns rival music streaming service Tidal. Jay Z’s solo albums were pulled. Continue reading

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Post Malone’s Rise Through Entertainment Marketing

Who would have thought a scraggly-bearded 24- year old all the way from Grapevine, Texas would become one of the biggest hip-hop acts today? Born Austin Post but adopting the. Continue reading

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Grammys To Honor Dr. Dre For Trailblazing Production Work

Dr. Dre will be honored by the Recording Academy for his trailblazing production work.  Dre broke onto the music scene in the late 1980s as a co-founding member of groundbreaking. Continue reading

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Secret Services Interviews Eminem Over Anti-Trump Lyrics

Rapper Eminem was recently interviewed by the United States Secret Service over lyrics from the track “Framed” from his most recent album Revival.

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