Kendrick Lamar: Last News

MTV has today revealed the nominations for the 2024 MTV EMAs which will be held in Manchester for the first time. The EMAs will be held at the new Co-op Live arena on Sunday November 10 and broadcast live across the world.

EXCLUSIVE: Kendrick Lamar and Drake‘s beef nearly broke the internet earlier this year and Channel 4 is now delving deep via a single doc.

Rihanna and Kendrick Lamar have reportedly turned down the offer to headline Coachella 2025.The reports were first shared by Bloomberg, which published an article about the current state of the Indio music festival and its plans for next year’s instalment.According to the outlet, Paul Tollett – CEO of concert production company Goldenvoice, and co-founder of the festival – has been on the hunt for 2025 headliners since this year’s edition wrapped up in April.The search also comes as the festival has endured some hardships in recent years, including closing down during the pandemic, and then failing to sell out tickets over the past two years.In January, it was revealed that Coachella had seen its slowest ticket sales in 10 years for the 2024 edition.As reported by Bloomberg, Tollett has been looking to book some A-list names for next year to ensure that the lower sales figures don’t continue into 2025, but has so far not locked in the headliners.He reportedly wanted Kendrick Lamar and Rihanna for next year’s festival – two names guaranteed to draw in sales.Lamar has not only gone from strength to strength on the Coachella stage (having performed back in 2012 and 2017), he has also been one of the biggest names in music this year, namely for his highly-publicised beef with Drake.Rihanna continues to be one of the most successful pop stars of recent decades, and has got fans eagerly waiting for her upcoming ninth record.

We are still a few months away from the official lineup reveal for the 2025 Coachella Music Festival!

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Among the glut of diss tracks lobbed between Kendrick Lamar and Drake earlier this year, one reigned truly victorious: Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” which swiftly became an inescapable summer smash after it dropped in May. Since its release, the anthem has gone from a scathing shakedown to a hip-hop rallying cry, earning Lamar his first-ever No.

Drake sending Kendrick Lamar a cease-and-desist letter for ‘Not Like Us’ are not true.This past weekend (September 28-29) the music manager Wack 100 went viral after taking to a chatroom on the Clubhouse app and claiming that the ‘Headlines’ rapper had “served a cease-and-desist [to] Kendrick Lamar so he can’t perform ‘Not Like Us,’” in an exchange with another Clubhouse user. He added that Drake was “trying to get the NFL to restrict Kendrick.”Now, a representative for the ‘Hotline Bling’ rapper told Rolling Stone that the rumour was “not true,” with another source clarifying that “there was never any intention or plan to send a cease and desist to anyone.”Drake was accused of sending a cease and desist letter to Kendrick Lamar to prevent him from performing Not Like Us at the Super Bowl.

Drake has broken a new record, with his ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour being confirmed as the highest-grossing hip-hop tour in history.The reports were first shared on Instagram by Genius, which announced that the Canadian rapper had secured the milestone after selling out each of the 80 shows on his North American run of tour dates.According to the post, the ‘It’s All A Blur’ tour with J.Cole – which featured guests including 21 Savage, Sexyy Red and Travis Scott – grossed a total of $320.5million (£238.8m).As well as the total sum, the update also included a breakdown of ticket sales for each of the 39 venues Drizzy played, and confirmed that the run of shows saw him sell 1.3million tickets.A post shared by Genius (@genius)It was confirmed last November – when just 30 of the 72-scheduled shows were in the books – that the ‘Hotline Bling’ rapper had made $129.7million (£96.7m), already overtaking Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Big Steppers’ tour.The latter began in July 2022 and came in celebration of Lamar’s fifth album ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’.

YouTube in the United States over an ongoing copyright dispute.Over the weekend, hundreds – even thousands – of music videos were blocked across North America due to a copyright dispute between YouTube and licensing company SESAC. SESAC is a licensing company recognised by the US Copyright Office that “collects royalties and helps protect copyrights on behalf of thousands of songwriters and publishers in the US”.The block affected several artists, including Nirvana, Adele, Green Day, Mariah Carey, Kendrick Lamar and R.E.M to name a few.

Hozier and Pantera are among the artists proving popular with gardeners.According to a new study by First Saturday Lime Study which dug into the intersection of music and gardening, both the Irish singer-songwriter and US heavy metal band dominate Spotify gardening playlists as the most featured artists.The study analysed over 76,000 songs from Spotify playlists and surveyed 1,000 Americans before discovering some surprise revelations.Hozier’s ‘Too Sweet’ was the top song to feature on gardening playlists, followed by ‘Here Comes The Sun’ by The Beatles and ‘Good Luck, Babe!’ by Chappell Roan.Zach Bryan, Morgan Wallen and Luke Combs, meanwhile, were the top artists appearing on homesteading – meaning someone who lives self-sufficiently, usually by growing their own food – playlists on Spotify.But it was Noah Kahan‘s ‘Stick Season’ that came out as the top song on homesteading playlists.Among other findings was that 62 per cent of gardeners and homesteaders listen to music while doing so, while 56 said that listening to metal while gardening actually helps to reduces stress.However listening to heavy metal apparently does come with some potential risks, with one finding revealing that 20 per cent of people who listen to that genre of music while gardening accidentally kill their plants.Similarly, nearly one in four people who listen to EDM while gardening (23 per cent) reported a low yield of crops.Elsewhere, it was rap/hip-hop and pop that came out as the top genres on gardening playlists on Spotify, while country and pop came out on top for homesteading playlists.As for the song of the summer among gardeners and homesteaders, Kendrick Lamar‘s ‘Not Like Us’ secured that honour.Another recent study found that metal proved

Jem Aswad Executive Editor, Music Variety is excited to announce that singer-songwriter Charli xcx will be honored with the Hitmaker of the Year award at its eighth annual Hitmakers celebration. The Dec. 7 event and accompanying magazine look back at the year in music and recognize the writers, producers, publishers, managers and executives who helped make — and break — the 25 most-consumed songs of the year, as measured by Billboard and Luminate Charts.

Whitney Leavitt is speaking out again about that controversial hospital dance video — in response to Demi Engemann‘s pretty icky accusations!

Kendrick Lamar is about to put on an epic performance at the Super Bowl!

Is Taylor Swift already preparing for her next era?!

Megan Thee Stallion and Kendrick Lamar leading the way.For this year’s list, it is Megan Thee Stallion who leads the way, racking up an impressive 12 nods across the nominations. Among the categories she is up for awards in are Best Hip-Hop Video, Best Collaboration, Best Live Performer, Song Of The Year, Album Of The Year and Artist Of The Year.For the first time since the category was introduced in 2020, there are just as many female artists up for the Hip-Hop Artist Of The Year nominations – these include Megan, Cardi B, Nicki Minaj and GloRilla.While Megan is leading the pack with 12 nods, Kendrick Lamar is a close runner-up, racking up 11 nominations this year.

Pharrell Williams has said that he didn’t warn Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg or the other famous faces in his new documentary that they were going to be transformed into LEGO figures.The film, Piece By Piece, will be released on October 11. Early on in the film, Williams says that the best way he can express himself is through the medium of LEGO.“I was given Lego sets as a child, and that was a really amazing platform for me to allow my imagination to flourish and to learn things about myself, as it has for most kids and a lot of people — millions and millions of people on this planet,” Williams told Variety at the Toronto Film Festival, where Piece by Piece was premiered.It features talking head interviews and narrative sequences with many of Williams’ closest collaborators.

If you ever want to perform during the Super Bowl Halftime Show, you better make sure Jay-Z is a fan of your music!

th Emmy Awards, but Jesse Collins and his fellow executive producers are already on the go — specifically, to New Orleans. The team is flying to the Big Easy on Tuesday to scout the Superdome as they plan next February’s Super Bowl LIX halftime show, starring Kendrick Lamar. “It’s our first time with the artist team,” notes Jesse Collins Entertainment prexy Dionne Harmon.

Lil Wayne is big-time bummed.The rap superstar had been actively campaigned to headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show in his native New Orleans.But instead, it was announced last Sunday that another hip-hop giant, Kendrick Lamar, would be running the biggest stage in the game on Feb. 9 at the Caesars Superdome.While this week everyone from Nicki Minaj and Drake to Cash Money Records co-founder Birdman and New Orleans Ambassador of Entertainment Master P has been criticizing the choice of K-Dot — a Compton, California native who previously appeared at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show as part of the Dr.

Liam Gallagher has responded to rumours swirling around about Oasis joining Kendrick Lamar at the Super Bowl.Earlier this week (September 8), it was announced that Lamar would be headlining the 2025 NFL Super Bowl LIX Halftime show – which will be held at the Caesar Superdome in New Orleans next year on February 9, marking the 11th time the major sporting event will been staged in the Big Easy.The announcement of the ‘Not Like Us’ rapper headlining the major sporting event comes as the Britpop legends recently announced news of their long-awaited reformation, and took the world by storm by announcing 2025 live shows.Now, rumours of Oasis and Lamar collaborating at the Super Bowl come after a leaked image of an alleged setlist for the event began circling around social media. The setlist includes two of the rapper’s biggest hits ‘Alright’ and ‘Humble’ as well as tracks from London indie band Kero Kero Bonito.

Lil Wayne is breaking his silence after he wasn’t chosen to perform at the upcoming 2025 Super Bowl.

Lil Wayne has opened up about not being asked to perform at next year’s Super Bowl Halftime Show in his hometown of New Orleans.Earlier this week (September 8), it was announced that Kendrick Lamar would be headlining the 2025 NFL Super Bowl LIX Halftime show – which will be held at the Caesar Superdome in New Orleans next year on February 9, marking the 11th time the major sporting event will been staged in the Big Easy.The choice of having Lamar as the performer left many hip-hop fans on the fence, arguing that Lil Wayne – who was born in the city – should take centre stage in his hometown.Now, the ‘She Will’ rapper has taken to his official Instagram account to express his feelings over the Super Bowl performance snub. “First of all I want to say forgive me for the delay. I had to get the strength to do this without breaking.