Urban Daypop Archives

Pharrell is collaborating with Black-ish creator Kenya Barris on a musical about Juneteenth, the holiday celebrating the abolition of slavery. Barris will pen Juneteenth’s libretto with fellow Black-ish writer Peter Saji. Pharrell will write, compose and produce the music.

On the heels of XXXTENTACION’s untimely death, hip-hop has suffered another loss. Rapper Jimmy Wopo was killed in a shooting in his hometown on Monday, June 18. Wopo, whose real name is Travon Smart, was transported to

Kanye West and Kid Cudi’s KIDS SEE GHOSTS landed firmly at number two on the chart, just narrowly missing the top spot and making it Kanye West’s 9th number one album. The album had a respectable 142k

Rapper XXXTentacion was shot and killed during an apparent robbery Monday in Broward County, Florida, police said. The 20-year-old rapper, whose real name was Jahseh Onfroy, was leaving a motorsports store shortly before 4 p.m. when two

Rich the Kid was the victim of an alleged home invasion attack; the altercation reportedly took place at Rich’s girlfriend Tori Brixx’s house in Los Angeles, according to TMZ. Two men broke into the house demanding money

Nas’ 11th solo studio album, Nasir, was released on Friday (June 15),  This is Nas’ first release in 6 years, and the Kanye West-produced album has only seven tracks, which he debuted during a listening party under

Drake has shared the video for his song ‘I’m Upset’ and confirmed the exact release date of his forthcoming new album, ‘Scorpion’. Drake released the video for his single ‘I’m Upset’ Thursday night, which sees the rapper

Playboi Carti is launching a summer North American tour in support of his recently released debut LP, Die Lit. The tour is set to begin in San Francisco, California on July 24th and will wrap up August

 Meek Mill has temporarily lost his bid to remove the judge overseeing his probation violation case. The rapper spent five months in prison before his release in April, after lawmakers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania overturned Judge Genece Brinkley’s