• Future's 'Dirty Sprite 2' Leads Billboard 200; Alan Jackson and Jason Isbell Rep

    Future found the secret to moving more albums with his 'Dirty Sprite 2': Don't give people time to think about it. The album topped the Billboard 200 with more than 147,000 equivalent copies sold, just two weeks after the album was announced. It's been a little more than a year since he released Honest, and he more than doubled the sales of that effort. The quick-release method has helped other rappers Drake, Kendrick Lamar and Meek Mill get to the top of the charts as well during 2015.

  • Albums Sequels That Worked: Led Zeppelin, Lil Wayne, Future and More

    The average blockbuster is hardly an original concept...everybody knows that the big money lies in sequels, such as the newly announced follow-up to Jurassic World, or the seventh installment of the Fast & Furious series. Granted, most of the time these films rarely end up being better than the original franchise. Although Furious 7 bucks the trend (the films actually got progressively better thanks to more and more absurd stunts and car chases), many questioned the need for the reintroduction to the Jurassic Park universe, especially after the last two sequels fell flat with critics (then again...all three of the follow-ups to the classic original have been box office smashes...so we're all to blame). Albums often work the same way, but occasionally the later chapters outshine the originals, or at least match them. Here are six albums that were better than the preceding ones with similar titles.

  • Future's 'DS2' NYC Concert: Mike Will Made It, DJ Esco Let 'Futurehive' In The Trap

    July 22, rapper Future hit New York City's Highline Ballroom as his third stop on his four major city tour to celebrate the release of his latest album, DS2. After the location and time for the free pop-up concert was announced, early Wednesday morning, a sea of people rushed over to West 16th to lock in their spot for the private show and with the help of Mike Will Made It and DJ Esco, the night remained an unforgettable one.

  • Future's Free Los Angeles Show Moved from Roxy to House of Blues due to Crowds

    The final free concert from Future's "Salute The Fans" mini-tour was moved last night after fans in Los Angeles became rowdy while waiting for wristbands. The rapper had tweeted "The Roxy" early in the morning, as he had at three previous dates. The crowd began piling up outside the venue's doors at 9 a.m. (more than 15 hours before the shows was scheduled to start) and as the line became longer and more raucous, police shut the whole thing down.

  • Future Annouces Free Tour to Commemorate 'DS2' Sales

    In celebration of Future's projected 125K-135K units being sold in his first week, the ATL rapper announced on Sunday that he would be kicking off a free four city tour via his Instagram to commemorate the big milestone.

  • Future to Ex Ciara: Keep Russell Wilson Away from Our Son

    Hours before the release of DS2 (Dirty Sprite 2), Future stopped by The Breakfast Club to hype up the new album and speak on a few hot topics, including his ex and baby mama Ciara and her new all-pro quarterback boy toy Russell Wilson. The exes have traded shots over the past few days, and though Future insists there's no bad blood, he had one more message for his former fiancée: Don't bring another man around my son, Future Jr.

  • Listen to Future & Drake's New Banger Off 'Dirty Sprite 2': 'Where Ya At'

    Well here's a late candidate for rap song of the summer. To spike up the anticipation for Future's Dirty Sprite 2, we've got what's sure to be one of the album's hottest tracks hours ahead of the scheduled release, tonight at midnight. On "Where Ya At," Future enlists Drake, DS2's lone feature. And the "Jungle" tourmates don't disappoint.

  • Future Responds to OG Maco's Twitter Rant

    Last week, OG Maco sent #FutureHive into an uproar when the "U Guessed It" rapper tweeted that Future has destroyed lives by making it cool to be a drug addict. Future responded during a recent interview.

  • HipHopWired Drops 'Official' Rapper Emojis: Drake, Eminem, Future and More

    The NBA was recently rocked by several emoji-related news stories, including DeAndre Jordan's waffling between the Clippers and the Mavericks, and DeMarcus Cousins labeling coach George Karl a "snake in the grass" with the digital art. It's somewhat humorous to consider near seven-foot men tweeting like teenage girls, but we digress. HipHopWired took it in an entirely different direction when it decided to make an "unofficially official" listing of hip-hop emojis for most of the genre's biggest stars.
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