Scoot over Cardi B – SoundCloud is making some money moves of its own. The Berlin-based music platform recently launched “SoundCloud Weekly” to rival Spotify’s “Discover Weekly.” “Weekly” — like “Discover” — is an algorithmic song recommendation tool. The announcement comes in the wake of a two-year ebb for SoundCloud. In 2007, the service sprinted…

An official studio version of the Dizzee X Skepta song “Money Right” has dropped, with fans now able to stream the collaborative hip-hop track online. The song is due to appear on Rascal’s upcoming EP – and it will be interesting to see if it achieves similar success to his previous albums. Dizzee Rascal comments…

Producer, singer and rapper Malcolm James McCormick, aka Mac Miller, lost his addiction battle on September 7, 2018. According to reports, Miller suffered cardiac arrest at his Studio City home. A friend at the scene had called 911, but medics didn’t turn up in time. They pronounced the patient dead on arrival. He was 26…

Busy times for Bryson Tiller Bryson Tiller has been busy in the studio cooking up some new music for fans. He’s been on the music scene since 2011, and in recent months, there’s no slowing him down. First, he created covers of SZA’s ‘Normal Girl’ and Tory Lanez’s ‘Leaning’. He and Lanez also teamed up…

In the music industry, records are made to be broken. Many have been set or broken at the annual MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs). Unfortunately, the 2018 MTV VMAs recently broke an all-time record for least amount of viewers. The show has been a tradition for the network for many years, however its popularity has…

It’s been a year of record-breaking success for hip-hop stars including Drake and Post Malone. Drake has owned the charts and broken a major online streaming record. As for Post – he has now broken a longstanding chart record previously held by the “King of Pop”, Michael Jackson. Post Malone unseats ‘Thriller’ record Michael Jackson’s…

The profitability of music called into question Recent reports have again brought to light the discrepancy between artist earnings and those of the labels and publishers who release their music. While the music industry hit a financial peak in 2017, things aren’t necessarily looking up for musicians. Artists are reportedly earning approximately half the amount…

Hip-hop star Lil Pump recently gave fans an unexpected treat. The artist behind the upcoming “Harvard Dropout” album took to social media to tease the special track “Arms Around You”, which features the late XXXTentacion. Lil Pump gives a teaser on Instagram To give fans a taste of the track, Pump played a snippet on…

Minaj fails to deliver on time Only a few short weeks after collaborating with Ariana Grande on the provocative “Bed” film clip, it’s been revealed Nicki Minaj has had to once again push back the release date of her upcoming album. Fans kept waiting In May Minaj unveiled plans to release Queen on the 10th…

Cardi B rises through the ranks Hip-hop star Cardi B has now joined an elite category in terms of her music. She recently hit the amazing milestone of surpassing one billion streams on the Apple Music platform. That puts her in a legendary group that includes music heavyweights such as Rihanna and Nicki Minaj. Not…