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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 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.

Kendrick Lamar has surprise released a new single on social media – you can check it out below.Today (September 12), the rapper took to Instagram to share a new track. It has yet to hit streaming platforms, and is reportedly titled ‘Watch The Party Die’ according to Variety. It marks the rapper’s first new music since ‘Not Like Us’ during his recent feud with Drake.The video comes with a photograph of beaten up black Air Force 1s, a reference to Drake’s ‘Push Ups’, in which the Canadian musician mocked Lamar’s shoe size.

Elton John, The Rolling Stones, Sex Pistols and David Bowie.Now, launching in mid-October, the new site will mark the first time that the iconic street has had a record shop. It will be spread over two floors and carry a huge selection of curated vinyl across all genres, as well as books, clothing, merchandise and limited edition one-offs.It’ll join the three other Rough Trade stores in the UK capital – Rough Trade East, Rough Trade West and Soho.

Eminem has announced a deluxe edition of his latest album, ‘The Death Of Slim Shady (Coup De Grâce)’ – find out more below.Last night, the rapper took to social media to announce the deluxe version of the record, which has been titled the ‘Expanded Mourner’s Edition’. The expanded version is due to arrive this Friday September 13.So far, no other information has been revealed about the record, including the additional tracks that weren’t on the original release.

Lil Wayne expressing his desire to headline at an NFL Super Bowl Halftime show has re-surfaced after the news that Kendrick Lamar will be playing next year.On Sunday (September 8), it was announced that Lamar would be headlining the 2025 NFL Super Bowl LIX Halftime show – which will be held in New Orleans. This decision has rattled many in the hip-hop world, with arguing that Wayne – who was born in New Orleans – should take centre stage in his hometown.A clip has now resurfaced from LA rapper YG‘s 4HUNNID podcast back in February, where Wayne was asked if he’d want to headline the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show.At the time he told them that he had “not got a call” from Jay-Z or anyone at Roc Nation – the NFL’s live music entertainment strategists.

Nicki Minaj, Birdman and more have hit out over the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime booking, expressing their disappointment that Kendrick Lamar was picked over Lil Wayne.Last weekend it was announced that Lamar would be headlining the prestigious Super Bowl LIX Halftime Show next year, which will take place on February 9 at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.However, while the news was well received among sporting and music fans, it hasn’t gone down too well with some fellow rappers – particularly given that the host city is Lil Wayne’s hometown – with both Minaj and Birdman taking issue with the announcement.“Denying a young black man what he rightfully put into this game for no other reason but your ego,” Minaj wrote in a post on X.“Your hatred for BIRDMAN, Drake & Nicki got you punishing Lil Wayne?!?!!! LIL WAYNE!!!!!!!!!! THE GOAT?!!!!!!!!!!! Nola what’s good?!!!!!! Eminem stood firm on having 50Cent come out.”Denying a young black man what he rightfully put into this game for no other reason but your ego. Your hatred for BIRDMAN, Drake & Nicki got you punishing Lil Wayne?!?!!! LIL WAYNE!!!!!!!!!! THE GOAT?!!!!!!!!!!! Nola what’s good?!!!!!! Eminem stood firm on having 50Cent come out.…— Nicki Minaj (@NICKIMINAJ) September 9, 2024The rapper also seemed to take aim at Jay-Z, who was named the co-producer of the Super Bowl halftime show in 2019.“One n*** took a knee The other n*** took the bag.

Childish Gambino, aka Donald Glover, said he is postponing the rest of his North American tour to focus on his physical health.The rapper was supposed to have US shows for his ‘New World’ Tour until early August, however, they have all been put on hold until further notice. He confirmed they will be rescheduled and all tickets will be valid for the new date.hey everyone.

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Master P has publicly called for the NFL to include Lil Wayne in the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show – see what he had to say below.Yesterday (September 8), the NFL confirmed Kendrick Lamar as the headliner for next year’s Super Bowl Halftime show at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. While the announcement was celebrated by most, some people were baffled that Kendrick Lamar was booked instead of hometown hero Lil Wayne.One such person calling for Lil Wayne to be involved in the Super Bowl Halftime show is rap veteran Master P, who shared a post on Instagram congratulating Kendrick Lamar.

Jay-Z has voiced his support for Kendrick Lamar after he was named the headline perform for the 2025 Super Bowl Halftime show – see what Jay-Z had to say below.Yesterday (September 8), the NFL announced that Kendrick Lamar has been tapped as next year’s Super Bowl Halftime performer. Now, Jay-Z – who serves as the NFL’s music strategist via his label Roc Nation’s partnership with the league – has shared his thoughts on Kendrick as the 2025 performer.Jay-Z said in a statement, per Rolling Stone: “Kendrick Lamar is truly a once-in-a-generation artist and performer. His deep love for hip-hop and culture informs his artistic vision.

Megan Thee Stallion has declared that she would like to collaborate with Taylor Swift, saying that “she’s a stallion too”.The ‘Hiss’ rapper has put it out there that she wants to work with Swift on a project, having just completed a commercial shoot with her boyfriend Travis Kelce for a Pepsi advert.“I love Taylor Swift,” she told People. “And I would like to collab with her one day.”“She’s a stallion too,” she continued. “She’s a tall girl.

Kendrick Lamar has announced that he will be headlining the prestigious Super Bowl Halftime Show in 2025.In a video posted to the rapper’s YouTube channel on Sunday (September 8), Lamar is seen standing on a football field in front of a giant American flag, firing off footballs into the distance.“What you doing everybody? My name’s Kendrick Lamar, and I’ll be performing at Super Bowl LIX,” he says to camera. “Will you be pulling up? I hope so! You know there’s only one opportunity to win the championship, no round twos.

Pharrell Williams has shared a new song ‘Piece By Piece’ from the soundtrack of his upcoming LEGO biopic of the same name. Check it out below.The musician will chronicle his life and career in the new movie directed by Morgan Neville, which is out on October 11 in the US and November 8 in the UK.

Travis Scott‘s label is disputing reports that Sabrina Carpenter beat him to the Number One slot on Billboard‘s album chart.Two weeks ago, Carpenter released her sixth studio album ‘Short N’ Sweet‘, while Scott shared a 10th anniversary reissue of his 2014 mixtape ‘Days Before Rodeo’ to streaming platforms.The two releases were poised to take the coveted Number One slot, but it was ‘Short N’ Sweet’ that won the chart battle in the end, with Carpenter selling 362,000 album units, compared to Scott’s 361,000.Now, Vulture is reporting that an anonymous representative from Cactus Jack Records, the label founded by Scott, sent a letter of complaint to Billboard and tabulation company Luminate, disputing the final chart.The representative reportedly claimed that Billboard‘s methods were “unreliable and incomplete” and that they had missed “an extremely high volume of orders” from their counting that would have presumably increased ‘Days Before Rodeo”s chances of reaching Number One.Cactus Jack representatives also reportedly claimed that a Luminate employee might have “a personal incentive” to want Carpenter to reach Number One, on account of his former employment at Island Records – Carpenter’s label.

Snoop Dogg has said he’d love to start the “Hood Olympics” in LA ahead of the city hosting the 2028 gamesThe legendary Doggfather has been in recent headlines for his time at this year’s Paris Olympics, where he was one of NBC‘s television correspondents. While attending the red carpet for the film premiere of the thriller 1992, Entertainment Tonight asked Snoop about his plans when the Olympics come to his home state of Los Angeles in four years.“One thing I wanna do is have the Hood Olympics,” the Long Beach star said.

Atlanta rapper and former Rich Gang member Rich Homie Quan has died. A representative of the Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the news to Rolling Stone on Thursday evening. He was 34.

Rod Wave is staging a massive arena tour.This time around, the popular rapper will hit arenas all over North America on his ‘Last Lap Tour’ which features special guests Moneybagg Yo, Toosi, Lil Poppa, Dess Dior and Eelmatic on select dates.Near the end of the 36-concert run, the 26-year-old Florida native is slated to drop in at Belmont Park, NY’s UBS Arena on Monday, Dec. 2 and Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Tuesday, Dec.

Megan Thee Stallion has opened up on her feud with Nicki Minaj.In a new interview with Billboard, the rapper spoke about her beef with Minaj, which kicked off when Megan dropped the song ‘Hiss‘ earlier this year including the line: “These hoes don’t be mad at Megan, these hoes mad at Megan’s Law.” Megan’s Law requires information about registered sex offenders to be available to the public.Minaj – whose husband Kenneth Petty is a registered sex offender after pleading guilty to attempted rape at age 16 – responded by dropping the diss track ‘Big Foot‘. The title alludes to an incident with Tory Lanez, who was found guilty of shooting Megan in her feet last year in August.Speaking to Billboard, Megan said: “I still to this day don’t know what the problem is.

Rejjie Snow has announced his third album ‘Peace 2 Da World’ – listen to new single ‘Karen’ below.The Irish rapper and songwriter is due to release the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Baw Baw Black Sheep’ on October 25 via Honeymoon/ +1 Records. You can pre-order/pre-save it here.Speaking about the forthcoming project – which features production from frequent collaborator Rahki (Kendrick Lamar, Schoolboy Q) – Snow explained: “It’s a worldly album, sonically and emotionally.”He continued: “I’m a nomadic person so this is my soundtrack to those days and the places I roamed.