• Digital Rap: Top 7 Rappers Discovered on SoundCloud

    Digital Rap: Top 7 Rappers Discovered on SoundCloud

    While popstars like Justin Bieber and Shawn Mendes gets discovered via YouTube, rappers also make their way to stardom from humble beginnings on SoundCloud. Here are some of the best rappers who were discovered on SoundCloud.

  • Tour Dates Roundup: Classixx, Lil Dicky, Brand New, GTA & Dusky

    Catch these artists touring across North America this fall. Each week there are plenty of tours that are announced by artists big and small. We can't get to them all with individual posts every single time, so here we have recapped a bunch of announcements into one convenient post for you.

  • Lil Dicky Reveals Dreams of Life on the Big (or Small) Screen

    Lil Dicky, born David Burd, always wanted to be a star. Even though he holds a college degree in business and marketing, entertainment and performing was always his dream. Even in his music, there's a good mix of rhymes and comedy that goes into each song, and Dicky thrives on both aspects. "I knew I could rap a little bit, which is not the most unique way for being funny," he told XXLmag.com. "The more I did it, the better I got at rapping and then I fell in love with the craft of it and the possibility that I was a good rapper was very intriguing." Now that his career is blowing up, the YouTube star is looking towards his next venture: acting.

  • Lil Dicky's No-Budget '$ave Dat Money' Video is SO Baller [WATCH]

    Rapper Lil Dicky whose real name Dave Burd, released his music video for "$ave Dat Money," last month (Sept. 17) off of his 'Professional Rapper' album without spending a ton of money. Although it was a bit of a sleeper hit press wise, it's certainly receiving it now for being super baller while costing almost nothing to make. It also features celebrities Fetty Wap and Rich Homie Quan.

  • Led Zeppelin Dominates Albums Chart with 'Out Door,' 'Coda.' 'Presence' Rereleases

    A slow week in album releases means that one performer dominated record sales this week, and it's not Taylor Swift: Led Zeppelin landed three different albums in spots nos. 2-4 on the charts. The last three titles in the band's discography—'In Through The Out Door,' 'Coda' and 'Presence,' respectively—were given remastered rereleases, featuring new content, which was enough to bring classic rock fans out to record stores to pick up the new entries. 'Out Door' sold 24,000 copies, and 'Coda' came in at just less than that total. 'Presence,' perhaps the band's least popular album, sold 23,500 copies.

  • Disney 'Descendants' Tops Billboard 200; Led Zeppelin, Drake Return to Top 10

    Another week and another soundtrack on top of the Billboard 200 as Descendants, the newest Disney TV movie, manages to get its musical half to no. 1. The compilation moved a total of 42,000 units, which was the lowest number of albums moved by a no. 1 so far during 2015. It may have been a slow sales week, but Disney's not going to complain about another high entry for one of its soundtracks (Teen Beach 2 cracked the Top 10 earlier this year). This is the fourth soundtrack to top the Billboard 200 so far during 2015-the most since 2009-as Descendants follows Empire, Furious 7 and Pitch Perfect 2. We'll see if another title joins that list by the end of the year.
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