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Snoop Dogg To Release Gospel Album “Bible of Love”
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Missy Elliott To Be Honored At Essence’s 2018 Black Women In Music Celebration ?
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Calvin Harris Remixes SZA’s “The Weekend” but We Didn’t Need It
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Beats, Rhymes, Life: Eugene The Dream
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Yung Lean Drops New Fire “VOLT”
The #SadBoys are back! Check Out the tour dates for their North American Tour below: 12/1/14 – Webster Hall – New York, NY * 12/2/14 – Union Transfer – P…
Prada Mane and Little Pain are More Than Pretty Faces and a Durag
When I saw Prada Mane and Little Pain perform three Thursdays ago at Palisades, I didn’t know what to expect. I knew I was going to be biased because I secretly root for them, but I never saw th…
Teyana Taylor and the Becoming of a Woman
From her days on My Super Sweet 16 to appearing on red carpet events, whether it’s for her versatile, androgynous style or her relationship with beau Iman Shumpert, Teyana Taylor has shown that …
The Lost Souls
17-year-old rap, twins and their producer fill MEFeater in on their plan for World Domination. If you walked past the trio on the streets of Brooklyn, you might think they are normal teens. They hang …
Common Visits The Breakfast Club
Common visits The Breakfast Club to talk about Chicago, Kanye, Drake, music, relationships and much more. Charlamagne starts the interview by asking Common about the 40 people who were shot and…
New Artist: Malvo
Brooklyn Native, Malvo stops by and tells MEFeater about his new song and project in the works. Q. Gabrielle Amani: How would you describe your sound? A. Malvo: The voice of the struggle. Q. Gabrielle…
Katy Perry and Madonna Show Their S&M Side for V Magazine
Our Fashion prayers have finally been answered! Madonna and Katy Perry has finally joined forces for a fabulous, sexy fashion spread for the summer issue of V Magazine . Styled by Mad…
The Ultimate Breakup Playlist
Did you just get into a breakup and need some comfort? Well instead of stuffing your face with ice cream, why don’t you indulge in some tunes that can you help mend your pain. Every Break up is …
Azealia Banks Will Leak the Album!
Despite having no release date for Broke with Expensive Taste, Azealia Banks tweeted that the “Album leaks starting April 15th.” It’s about time she takes matters…
Kenny Parker is Full of Money Indeed!
Chicago born and Brooklyn raised Mr. Kenny Parker is hitting the New York City streets with his new, fresh music. Kenny P. has dropped his video for his new single “Goyard 66…
ARTIST OF THE WEEK – JACQUEES
ARTIST OF THE WEEK JACQUEES New artist on the block, Jacquees known for his many remixes or in his case “QUEMIXES” dropped his EP album Jacquees 19 this week! And boy oh boy, can we sa…
“I LUH YA PAPI”
Two words. “MUY CALIENTE!” Probably the only words you’ll be able to say after watching JLO’s new video “I LUH PAPI” ft. French Montana. This video is sexy and JLO …
Leaf Releases her New EP Queen of Heart!
New York’s very own Leaf has dropped her new EP Queen of Heart on March 19. The EP features a mix of R&B and pop melodic sounds making Leaf’s music refreshingly cool and similar to th…
Why MEFeater Loves JUCE!
If you were looking for a new soulful, groovy girl group to listen to, look no further! British girl group JUCE literally has the juice! The London trio is made up of members Georgia, Cherish, and Cha…
Lana Del Rey Announces Tour!
As you already know, Lana Del Rey is planning to release her album Ultraviolence on its tentative release, May 1st. In accordance to her upcoming album, she has announced the start of her tour!…
Lana Del Rey’s New Album Approaching!
This woman has done it again! Back in late 2013, she created the amazing record, “Young and Beautiful” for the soundtrack of The Great Gatsby and now, she’s made another record that will make &n…
Danity Kane is Back…..Minus 1!
Even though we thought we saw the last of them on the final reunion of Making the Band(when the group unfortunately disbanded), they are back at it again! But as you can see only one person is m…
Hot 97 Joins Reality Television
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Iggy Azalea Plays “Clueless” for her New “Fancy” Video
The Bootylicious Australian Rapper can add another great visual piece to her collection. Her new video for her Single “Fancy” is a total Home run! She played homage to every rich girl̵…
Little Dragon is Back with a Banger!
Your favorite Swedish Trip Hop band is back! Their new single Klapp Klapp is everything that Little Dragon fans can wish for. The song is fun, trippy, interesting and melodic. Front woman Yukimi Nag…
Tuki Carter Releases Music Video for “She Said”
Taylor Gang artist Tuki Carter releases the Music Video for She Said featuring fellow inked Rapper Wiz Khalifa. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @MEFeater Like us on Facebook! Subscrib…
Frank, Where Have You Been?
Frank Ocean, the man who left us with great hits such as: “Thinking ‘Bout You,” “Bad Religion,” and “Pyramids,” from the album, Channel Orange has seemingly vanished from the music scene. He does not …
New Music Monday – Justin Bieber
Justin Bieber giving new music from his NEW ALBUM every Monday morning 12 a.m on the dot. FANS wait each week for the artist anticipated singles. But the question is are fans really loving it ? …
Chris Brown and Drake Finally Hug it Out!
The Scoop: Ever since the epic ‘bottle throwing’ fight between Drake and Chris Brown at a New York City night club, Nothing was the same. According to the New York Post, Canada’s fa…
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