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Have you ever wondered why so many popular rappers seem to have ‘Lil’ as a part of their stage name? As it turns out, this is more than just a simple stylistic choice, as the moniker may have some truth.

Explore Rappers by Height 42 Dugg: 5’1″ (156 cm) Lil Uzi Vert: 5’4″ (163 cm) Kendrick Lamar: 5’6″ (168 cm) Lil Durk: 5’7″ (170 cm) Eminem: 5’8″ (173 cm) DaBaby: 5’8″ (173 cm) NBA YoungBoy: 5’8″ (173 cm) Lil Baby: 5’8″ (173 cm) Kanye West: 5’8″ (173 cm) Travis Scott: 5’10” (178 cm) Drake: 6’0″ (183 cm) Post Malone: 6’0″ (183 cm) Tyler, the Creator: 6’1″ (185 cm) Lil Nas X: 6’2″ (188 cm) Future: 6’2″ (188 cm) Jack Harlow: 6’2 ¼” (188 cm) Mgk (Machine Gun Kelly): 6’3.5″ (191.8 cm) G Eazy: 6’3.75″ (192.4 cm) Waka Flocka Flame: 6’4″ (193 cm) Snoop Dogg: 6’4″ (193 cm) 2 Chainz: 6’4.25″ (193.7 cm) Dave East: 6’4.75″ (194.9 cm) Kia Shine: 6’5″ (195 cm) Yung Gravy: 6’6″ (198 cm)

Many popular ‘Lil’ rappers tend to live up to the name with their smaller stature. However, a notable exception was the...

Near the end of fashion week, and a day before the VMAs, New York is even more bustling than usual. At Manhattan’s Sei Less, Detroit rapper Babyface Ray and I got a glimpse of just how popular he — and upscale Asian food — are in the industry. A slew of celebs and industry heads walked down into a private room on the restaurant’s lower level: Sacramento Kings forward Demar Derozan, rapper Jason Martin (fka Problem), Def Jam CEO Tunji Balogun, CAA’s Shawn “Pecas” Costner, and a couple of...

Welcome To Our weekly rundown of the best new music — featuring big new singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, a top-shelf Taylor Swift remix, a special collab between Sza and Lizzo, a highlight off the new Paramore album, and great new songs from Gracie Abrams, Jesse Ware, and Ayra Starr.

Lizzo feat. Sza, “Special” (YouTube)

Taylor Swift, “Lavender Haze” (Felix Jaehn Remix) (YouTube)

Jessie Ware, “Pearls” (YouTube)

Gracie Abrams, “Amelie” (YouTube)

Paramore, “The News” (YouTube)

Iyla feat. Symba, “Impala” (YouTube)

Babyface Ray feat. 42 Dugg,...

Babyface Ray, a dominant figure in Detroit’s rap scene, announced his second album of 2022: Mob, set to release Dec. 2. The full-length album will include Ray’s recent tracks, “Nice Guy” and “Spend It,” featuring Blxst and Nija.

In the trailer for Mob, a chain-smoking panel of people asks “contestants” to listen to Ray’s new album before it launches. As each contestant takes a seat and pulls on a pair of headphones, the camera captures their reactions, and at the end, the rapper takes a seat in front of the panel.

Detroit rapper 42 Dugg was arrested Wednesday in Michigan after failing to turn himself in to serve an outstanding six-month prison sentence.

In March 2020, a federal grand jury in Georgia charged the rising rapper, real name Dion Hayes, with possessing a firearm, a felony given Hayes was previously convicted of carjacking and firearms possessions in his native Michigan in 2011. Hayes pleaded guilty to those charges in Nov. 2020, and was sentenced to three years probation.

However, his probation was revoked in Feb. 2022 after Hayes was arrested for obstruction of law enforcement...

A favorite within Michigan’s increasingly dominant rap scene, Babyface Ray made his career with the kind of deadpan raps that are as icy as winter in the Midwest. Like a Blaxploitation character in rap form, the menacing bars he spits arrive with an almost impossible equanimity. “I done seen it all. That’s why I am so cool,” the 31-year-old rapper says over Zoom in Los Angeles. “Nothing really fazes me.”

Ray’s new album Face, out today, opens with an audacious beat switch that illustrates the rapper’s confident nonchalance.

‘’I was saying that they had amnesia about everything: The Cocaine City DVDs, the Coke Boys era, from Chinx to the Max B collaborations,” French Montana tells me. “I felt like they have had amnesia about my accomplishments.” The rapper spent the past couple of years out of the spotlight, in part to focus on fatherhood, in part to focus on his health. He quit drinking after being hospitalized in 2019 for exhaustion — or, as he put it, “turning up too much.”

Montana’s new album, They Got Amnesia, plays on...

Big Sean and Hit-Boy appeared on The Tonight Show to showcase their joint track “What a Life.” The dramatic performance took place on an expansive set, with the pair starting the track around a dinner table and rapping their way to the front of the stage.

“What a Life” comes off Big Sean and Hit-Boy’s collaborative EP, What You Expect, which dropped in October. The The six-song collection features guest appearances from Bryson Tiller, Lil Durk, Babyface Ray, and 42 Dugg. The pair previewed the EP with a video for “What a Life,...

Est Gee has been approaching the hip-hop limelight for months, and now, it seems, he’s bathing in it. The Louisville native takes Number One on Rolling Stone’s Breakthrough 25 chart, which ranks the fastest-rising up-and-coming artists of the month on streaming.

Est Gee had a breakout moment with the release of his mixtape I Still Don’t Feel Nun in December, then kept growing his streams from there. In March, he reached the Top 100 Songs Chart for the first time thanks to a feature on Lil Baby’s “Real as It Gets,...

When Rolling Loud Miami’s 2021 return was announced, it felt like every rap star in the country was on the bill. The 130-artist line-up included hot names like Megan Thee Stallion, Lil Baby, and Playboi Carti; veterans like Fetty Wap, Gucci Mane, and T-Pain; and newbies like Morray, Ken The Man, and Kenny Mason. As one of the country’s first major Irl fests since 2019, it felt like Rolling Loud got every young person in the U.S. to Miami this weekend, too. They moshed, sang, and danced, warmly welcoming...

VH1 has set a Season 16 premiere date for its hit franchise Wild ‘N Out, created and hosted by Nick Cannon. The network has slotted Tuesday, August 10 at 8 Pm Et/Pt for the return of the comedy improv competition series. Following the premiere, new episodes will air every Tuesday and Wednesday night.

Cannon reunited with ViacomCBS in February following his firing in the summer of 2020 over what the company called “hateful speech and…anti-Semitic conspiracy theories.” The two sides reconciled after Cannon apologized and partnered with Jewish leaders to educate himself, and became an anti-hate advocate himself. The remaining episodes of Season 15, postponed by the pandemic, aired in April.

Leading up to the Season 16 premiere, Wild ‘N Out is partnering with technology platform, Stage Ten, for an hour-long live interactive digital special. In the special, fans will be able to connect with the cast via real-time comments and directly impact gameplay through live voting,...

Yo Gotti has released a new music video for “Drop,” his recent single featuring DaBaby.

“Drop,” which was produced by J. White Did It, boasts a hard-hitting beat, glitchy synths, and a no-nonsense chorus: “Drop, shake your ass then/Stop, with your best friend.” The accompanying clip, directed by Arrad, is a complementary blast of uncut summer hedonism as Yo Gotti and DaBaby preside over a wild pool party.

“Drop” marks Yo Gotti’s first solo single of 2021 and it follows his December 2020 holiday offering, “Wish List.” The Memphis rapper’s most recent album,...

Detroit rapper 42 Dugg leads the Breakthrough 25 Chart for the month of May thanks to the success of his latest mixtape, Free Dem Boyz.

After first seeing a breakout moment with last year’s mixtape Young & Turnt Vol. 2, Free Dem Boyz took him to a new level of stardom, reaching the top 50 on the Artists 500 chart for his first time, peaking this week at Number 39. Free Dem Boyz also managed to debut in the top 10 on the Rs 200. Overall, 42 Dugg saw 26 million more streams in May than he did in April.

Hollywood figures, despite the industry’s major shutdowns due to the Covid-19 pandemic, continue to find chart-topping success. Among the industry names finding a place in YouTube’s Top Trending Videos of 2020 list are Dave Chappell, Ricky Gervais and John Krasinski.

The popular video streaming platform dropped the complete list of videos that have dominated the year, celebrating breakout creators and musician’s engaging music videos.

Topping the annual list was Dave Chappelle’s 8:46 segment, which appeared on Netflix is a Joke back in June. Titled after the length of time Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin held his knee on George Floyd’s neck, Chappelle’s comedy special addressed the May slaying of Floyd and criticized media coverage of the murder.

Coming in at the third spot was Saturday Night Live’s first debate cold open, which aired on Oct. 3. The sketch saw Jim Carrey as now President-elect Joe...

Lil Wayne is gearing up for his return this week with 'No Ceilings 3'.

The 38-year-old musician is releasing the much-awaited third installment of his project, 'No Ceilings' on Friday (Nov. 27).

The new tape is a sequel to ‘No Ceilings 2’ which released in 2015.

'No Ceilings 3' is reportedly hosted by DJ Khaled, who also previewed the songs from the project on Wednesday. Khaled also shared two clips from the record on Twitter including a new collaboration between Wayne and Drake along with a remix version of Lil Baby and 42 Dugg‘s track 'We Paid.'

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Big Sean has dropped off his fifth album, Detroit 2.

It’s been three years since the rappers last album I Decided, and it's the moment that his fans have been waiting for: Detroit 2, the first solo full-length album has finally arrived.

The 21-track record is billed as the direct followup to its successful predecessor Detroit, released back in 2012.

Detroit 2 features appearances from the likes of the late Nipsey Hussle in 'Deep Reverence,' Post Malone in 'Wolves,' Travis Scott in 'Lithuania,' Ty Dolla $ign and Jhené Aiko in 'Body Language,' comedian Dave Chappelle, Erykah Badu, and Stevie Wonder.

In line with the album’s theme, Big Sean also brought some of the well-known names from Detroit on the energetic cut 'Friday Night Cypher,' serving as one of the

project’s highlights with Tee Grizzley, Kash Doll, Cash Kidd, Payroll, 42 Dugg, Boldy James, Drego,...

Two more categories were announced for the MTV Video Music Awards with only a few days to go before the August 30 ceremony. Scroll down to see the nominees for Best Group and Song of the Summer.

Best Group was reintroduced in 2019 after it had been discontinued for 12 years. The Korean pop band Bts are the defending champion, and unsurprisingly they’re nominated again this year in a field of 10 nominees that also includes fellow K-Pop stars Blackpink and Monsta X, plus a couple of other international boy bands: Australia’s 5 Seconds of Summer and the Latin American quintet Cnco.

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Meanwhile, this year’s Song of the Summer race has a whopping 16 nominees and includes a couple of past winners. Harry Styles is up for “Watermelon Sugar” after winning in 2013 for “Best Song Ever” as a...

MTV has announced the list of performers for the Video Music Awards pre-show, as well as the nominees in the social categories that are to be voted on by fans in the days leading up to the broadcast on Sunday.

Among the artists set to take the virtual pre-show stage are Chloe x Halle; Jack Harlow; Lewis Capaldi; Tate McRae; and Machine Gun Kelly, featuring Travis Barker and blackbear.

The 90-minute pre-show will be hosted by MTV’s Nessa Diab and Jamila Mustafa. In addition to performances from the artists listed above, the show will also feature “celebrity interviews and coast-to-coast coverage from celebrity correspondents, Kevan Kenney and Travis Mills.” It airs Sunday, Aug. 30 at 6:30 p.m. Et/Pt, leading into the VMAs broadcast, hosted by Keke Palmer at 8 p.m. Et/Pt.

MTV also unveiled new award this year, which will also be handed out during the main show broadcast,...

DaBaby and Roddy Ricch’s “Rockstar” notched another week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart, fending off a strong challenge from the new remix for Jack Harlow’s breakout hit, “Whats Poppin.”

“Rockstar” racked up 26.2 million song streams for the week of June 26th through July 2nd, which helped it move a total of 245,100 song units. Meanwhile, the “What’s Poppin” remix — which coincidentally features DaBaby, as well as Lil Wayne and Tory Lanez — fell just shy at Number Two with 25.6 million song streams and 217,900 song units.

DaBaby’s “Rockstar,” a sinewy collaboration with Roddy Ricch, spent another week at Number One on the Rolling Stone Top 100 Songs chart. The single earned more than 26 million streams, allowing it to repeat at Number One without breaking a sweat.

The contest for the runner-up spot was far more intense: Megan Thee Stallion’s “Savage” remix featuring Beyoncé barely beat Lil Baby’s “The Bigger Picture” to take Number Two.

“The Bigger Picture,” which settled at Number Three, was one of two Lil Baby tracks in the Top Ten. “We Paid,...