Kendrick Lamar’s To Pimp a Butterfly, released in 2015, stands as one of the most groundbreaking (and controversial) albums in modern hip-hop. Blending jazz, funk, and soul with sharp political ...

They do say great rappers think alike! Will Smith has revealed that JAY-Z and Kendrick Lamar gave him the same brutally honest advice for his new album. Earlier this month, Smith announced his plans ...

"You’ll be looking at the younger rappers and you want that to be true for you, but you don’t live like that," Smith recalled Jay-Z telling him Phil McCarten/CBS ...

Will Smith is making a highly anticipated return to music with his upcoming album, Based on a True Story, set to drop on March 28. As he prepared for his first album in two decades, Smith sought ...

The music recording industry needs to thank Compton, California rapper Kendrick Lamar for breathing life back into hip-hop. The rap game’s gotten soft. Too many artists are sleepwalking, content to ...

TDE’s Punch said JAY-Z gave Kendrick Lamar the push he needed to drop “To Pimp a Butterfly” without worrying about how people would react. While speaking on the “Elsie Not Elise” podcast, the Top Dawg ...

JAY-Z encouraged Punch to move forward with To Pimp a Butterfly despite concerns about fan reaction. The conversation gave TDE leadership confidence to support Kendrick Lamar’s creative direction. The ...

Best Rap Album also went to Lamar. Accepting the awards on stage, the rapper showed his respect for artists who came before him including fellow nominee JAY-Z. “This is a special award,” said Lamar.

“I just wanna see you win,” Kendrick Lamar and SZA sing together on “Luther,” the third track off Lamar’s most recent album, GNX. Since that song came out, they’ve done just that time and time again. ...

People really like surprising Kendrick Lamar. MTV did it when Kendrick won the title of Hottest MC, and now the TDE crew springs another surprise on the young rapper. Can’t blame everyone for wanting ...

Labor Day has passed, but the summer of dueling hip hop giants—which saw massively anticipated releases by Kanye West and Jay Z and a fire-starting verse by newcomer Kendrick Lamar—hurdles on with ...

Will Smith made two important phone calls before recording new music. The actor and rapper, 56, shared during a recent interview on Sway in the Morning that he called Jay-Z and Kendrick Lamar for ...