Freddie Gibbs: Last News

This spring, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their 2014 album Piñata with a handful of shows. Dubbed Teñata, the three concerts will take place in May in Boston, New York City, and Chicago. El Michels Affair will back the duo at each show; Eyedress is slated to open in Boston and Chicago, with Pink Siifu joining in N.Y.C.

Todd Gilchrist With the release of “Everything Designer,” his third single since the release of “Movie” in June 2024, Your Old Droog continues to maintain a reputation as one of the most prolific rappers in the music industry. Released under the pseudonym Droogie Otis, the track featuring Boldy James marks the first song from Droog’s upcoming album-length collaboration with Madlib (nee Otis Lee Jackson, Jr.), the acclaimed producer for MF Doom, Freddie Gibbs, De La Soul, Kanye West, Erykah Badu and dozens more. It’s also the first work from Madlib since he lost his home, studio and legendary record collection in the fires that destroyed much of Altadena, California in Jan.

Thania Garcia Rapper Freddie Gibbs has signed a deal with AWAL, aligning with the label for the surprise drop of his new album, “You Only Die 1nce.” He joins a roster that includes Laufey, JPEGMAFIA, Little Simz, Djo and more. Gibbs has collaborated with Pusha T, Killer Mike, Anderson .Paak, Tyler, the Creator, Gucci Mane, Young Thug and Kanye West, among others. As an independent artist, Gibbs has also contributed music to video game franchises, such as “Grand Theft Auto,” “Max Payne,” and “NBA2K.” Of the signing, AWAL CEO Lonny Olinick noted, “It’s refreshing to partner with talent the caliber of Freddie as we expand our roster within the realms of hip hop and R&B.

50 Cent, M.I.A., Kid Rock, and Freddie Gibbs, among others – have reacted to a shooting at a Donald Trump political rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday (July 13).A man – who has been identified by the FBI as Thomas Matthew Crooks of Bethel Park, Pennsylvania – is suspected of firing rifle shots at the former president, with one bullet appearing to strike his ear. The FBI have confirmed they are treating the incident as an assassination attempt.A spokesperson for the Secret Service, Anthony Guglielmi, said that the president was “safe”, while one spectator at the rally was killed and two others were critically wounded.

Kanye West has announced that ‘Vultures 2’ – his highly anticipated second collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign – will be out next week.Back in February February, Ye and Dolla $ign released the long-awaited debut collaborative project ‘Vultures 1’ – which featured verses from the former’s daughter North West, YG, Playboi Carti, Freddie Gibbs, and more. The LP was the first instalment in the ‘Vultures’ trilogy, with the two sequels originally set to be released March 8 and April 5, respectively.This week, West sat down with social media icon Justin Laboy for the first-ever episode of The Download – a new podcast exclusively on the Yeezy website.

Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign — are hosting ‘Vultures 1 Listening Experience’ concerts at Phoenix’s Footprint Center on Sunday, March 10 and San Francisco’s Chase Center on Tuesday, March 12.At the shows, fans can expect to be treated to the duo’s controversial new, chart-topping “Vultures” album “in a high-fidelity audio and visual showcase, crafted by Kanye West and Ty Dolla Sign,” according to a press release.That’s not all, though.In addition to upsetting, controversial moments at past “Listening Experiences” — while wearing a Jason Voorhees mask, West delivered the lyric “And I’m still crazy, bipolar, anti-Semite.

Kanye West and and daughter North West performed ‘TALKING’ together during the recent Paris ‘Vultures’ Listening Experience. Watch footage below.Earlier this month, West and Ty Dolla $ign released the long-awaited first instalment of their ongoing collaborative ‘Vultures’ album trilogy.

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign have announced they will perform at three “‘Vultures’ Listening Experience” shows in Europe later this week.Earlier this month, Ye teased potential dates for his world tour on Instagram – including arena dates in Toronto, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, London and more throughout the summer. Then, the Chicagoan revealed that he and Dolla $ign will hold three ‘Vultures’ listening events in both Italy and Paris.The collaborators will hit Italy first, performing at the Milan Forum in the country’s capital tomorrow (February 22) and Bologna’s Unipol Arena on Saturday (February 24), before landing in Paris on Sunday (February 25) at the Accor Arena.Those looking to attend either Italian ‘Vultures Listening Event’ show can find them here.

Kanye West appeared to address last year’s controversial Venice boat exposure incident on his new ‘Vultures 1‘ song ‘Fuck Sumn’.West and his partner Bianca Censori caused controversy last year after they were caught in a compromising position on a boat in Italy, with reports later emerging that they were being investigated by police.The pair were photographed on a water taxi in August showing West’s trousers pulled down with Censori’s head in his lap.They were reportedly “banned for life” from using the boat company after the incident.West – who now goes by Ye – and Ty Dolla $ign finally released their much-delayed controversial new collaborative album ‘Vultures 1’ this month, which features Lil Durk, Bump J, Freddie Gibbs, Quavo and more.The 10th song on the album, ‘Fuck Sumn’ featuring Travis Scott and Playboi Carti, appears to make reference to the Venice scandal.In the second verse, West raps: “Hold my coat, hold my drink/ On my own, come with me/ Shawty wanna fuck on somethin’?/ Fuck on me, suck on me publicly.”West announced the release this month by sharing the album artwork, which appears to show him in all-black and a hockey mask alongside by Censori in the nude.West has previously received criticism for sharing photos of his reported wife in either the nude or revealing attire – with System Of A Down drummer John Dolmayan telling him to “show some class“, adding: “Your wife isn’t supposed to be your trophy, she’s your place of pride and dignity. This isn’t the way”.The new album has continued to stir up controversy, after Donna Summer’s estate criticised West for using an ‘I Feel Love’ sample without permission.

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign have finally released their controversial new collaborative album, ‘Vultures 1’.The pair have been teasing their new album for some months, after news first circulated in August 2023 that West would be releasing new music “imminently” before reports of a late January release and then a drop date set for yesterday (Friday February 9).When that failed to materialise, many expected an indefinite wait. However, the record – the first in an instalment of three – has now been released on Apple Music, Amazon Music, TIDAL and Spotify. There was some delay before it arrived on the latter, leading many to believe that it might be available on the platform.The 16-track album also features contributions Lil Durk, Bump J, Freddie Gibbs, Playboi Carti, Travis Scott, Quavo, and West’s daughter, North.

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music After a long series of fakeouts that have become standard operating procedure for Kanye West releases, the embattled artist and Ty Dolla $ign have finally dropped their “Vultures 1” album. The release, which occurred sometime in the wee hours of Saturday morning, is curiously not available on Spotify, although it can be found on most other major streaming services.

Freddie Gibbs and Madlib have announced a 10th anniversary tour to celebrate their 2014 collaborative album ‘Piñata’.The duo have so far announced three ‘Teñata’ shows throughout May 2024 in Boston (5), New York (11) and Chicago (19), and a press release teases “more coming soon”.They’ll be backed by El Michels Affair, who performed with Gibbs and Madlib for a Tiny Desk Concert in 2019, while Eyedress and Pink Siifu will support on select dates.A number of pre-sales start today (January 23) at 10am EST, before general save goes live Friday (January 26) at 10am EST from here.A post shared by Freddie Gibbs (@freddiegibbs)MAY10 – Boston, MA @ MGM Music Hall at Fenway *11 – New York, NY @ The Rooftop at Pier 17 ^19 – Chicago, IL @ The Salt Shed ** = w/ Eyedress^ = w/ Pink SiifuReviewing ‘Piñata’ upon its release, NME wrote that while the collaboration “may sound unlikely on paper”, on record, “Gibbs’ coarsely inventive flow works perfectly with Madlib’s imperfectly human beats”.The collaborators followed up ‘Piñata’ with their 2019 release ‘Bandana’, which received a glowing five-star review from NME: “On ‘Bandana’, Gibbs hits another level as a lyricist. He still makes an art out of violent imagery (on the potent ‘Flat Tummy Tea’ he threatens to use a sword to knock “white Jesus” off a horse), but now has developed much more of a philosophical edge, too.

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign‘s collaborative album ‘Vultures’ will land on January 12, their representatives have confirmed.The controversial record was originally slated for release on December 15 but never materialised. It has already been delayed twice, having originally been expected to drop on October 13 before it was pushed back to November 3, supposedly to coincide with a “multi-stadium listening event” that ended up being cancelled.Kanye and Ty’s collaborative album has been in the works for a while, with Ty telling an audience in November that they had just been recording together in Saudi Arabia.The album is expected to be released under the artist name ¥$, and is said to include features from Freddie Gibbs, Playboi Carti, Future, James Blake and several others.

Kanye West has responded to Nicki Minaj not granting him permission to use her verse on his track ‘New Body’.The rapper was supposed to release his joint album ‘Vultures’ with Ty Dolla $ign today (December 15). The LP is set to include features from Freddie Gibbs, Playboi Carti, Future, James Blake, and others. It was also recently reported it would interpolate Backstreet Boys’ ‘Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)’ and feature his own daughter North.

Nicki Minaj has denied her verse to be used on unreleased song ‘New Body’ after collaborator Kanye West publicly pleaded with her to clear the track.The rapper announced he would release his joint album ‘Vultures’ with Ty Dolla $ign today (December 15), and is set to include features from Freddie Gibbs, Playboi Carti, Future, James Blake, and others. It was also recently reported it would interpolate Backstreet Boys’ ‘Everybody (Backstreet’s Back)’ and feature his own daughter North.

Kanye West appears to have announced that his new collaborative album with Ty Dolla $ign will be released on Friday (December 15).West, who legally changed his name to Ye last year, made an appearance in a club over the weekend, where, as reported by The Independent, he was overheard saying, “It’s called ‘Vultures’, and it’s coming out this Friday.”Last week, Ty confirmed the album’s tracklisting with a handwritten note posted on Instagram. The album is expected to be released under the artist name ¥$, and is said to include features from Freddie Gibbs, Playboi Carti, Future, James Blake, Nicki Minaj and several others.In November, the rapper returned with the record’s first single, ‘Vultures’.

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Kanye West waits on no one. Fans experienced this firsthand at the world premiere of “Vultures,” his long-awaited collaborative album with Ty Dolla Sign under the name ¥$.

Ellise Shafer Lana Del Rey, Pulp and SZA are among the headlining acts for next year’s Primavera Sound festival in Barcelona, Spain. Other bold-faced artists performing at the festival include Disclosure, FKA Twigs, Justice, Mitski, The National, Phoenix, PJ Harvey and Vampire Weekend. Also on the stacked lineup are Arca, Beth Gibbons, Bikini Kill, Charli XCX, Clipse, Deftones, Jai Paul, Kim Petras, Omar Apollo, Peggy Gou, Rels B, Troye Sivan, 070 Shake, Amyl and the Sniffers, Anothr, BadBadNotGood, Ethel Cain, Faye Webster, Freddie Gibbs and Madlib (in a special “Pinata” 10-year anniversary performance), L’Imperatrice, Milo J, Mochakk, Roisin Murphy, Romy, Stella Maris and Yo La Tengo.

Mick Jenkins has a chip on his shoulder when it comes to defending hip-hop’s under-appreciated underground. “We’re celebrating 50 years of hip-hop, and a lot of artists like myself who’ve been in this joint for 10, 15 years, underground the whole time, don’t get to be a part of the celebration, but artists who’ve been here for six months get to be on stage at the award show,” he points out in conversation with Dylan Green on this week’s episode of The FADER Interview. “We’re celebrating 50 years of hip hop, not 50 years of rap.

Deftones have revealed the line-up for their fourth annual Dia De Los Deftones festival – find all the details below.The 2023 edition of the event is due to take place at Petco Park in San Diego, California on Saturday, November 4.Headlined, hosted, and curated by Deftones, the one-dayer will also include live performances from 100 Gecs, Knocked Loose, Doechii, Pinback, Pieri, Rile, and Capra across two stages.Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time tomorrow (Friday, August 18) – you’ll be able to buy yours here. Alternatively, you can access a pre-sale now at the same link by using the code “TRACK”.#DiaDeLosDeftones returns to San Diego on Nov 4, 2023 for our annual celebration of music and culture.

Lionel Messi isn’t the only mega star hitting Miami this weekend.On July 21-23, the Rolling Loud Festival will take over Hard Rock Stadium for three days of hip-hop featuring some of the biggest names in music.Just a few of the icons on this year’s lineup include Travis Scott, A$AP Rocky, Ice Spice, Playboi Carti and Lil Uzi Vert.They’ll be joined by Lil Durk, 21 Savage, City Girls, Latto and Kodak Black.Trippie Redd, Ski Mask the Slump God, Don Toliver, Polo G and Chief Keef will be there too.Heck, even Anuel AA, El Alfa, Rae Sremmurd and Freddie Gibbs are on the bill.And we’re still getting started.All in all, over 100 (!) artists are set to take the stage over the long weekend.Best of all though, last-minute general admission passes are still available.At the time of publication, we found three-day passes going for as low as $307 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes start at $144 before fees.Need a few more details before securing your tix?Keep reading.We’ve got all the Rolling Loud 2023 information you’re looking for just one short scroll away.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown including all the best single and multi-day Rolling Loud passes can be found below.(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time.