Coachella will return this year after being postponed and cancelled for two years due to the Covid pandemic. Expected to take place in 6 days across April 15-17 and April, 22-24, 2022, more news is still to come. The headliner has also been announced with popular names in the music world today such as: Kanye West (Ye), Harry Styles, and Billie Eilish. Travis Scott was removed from the position of headline of Coachella 2022 due to the Astroworld tragedy this past November.

The show also features Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion, 21 Savage, Karol G, Daniel Caesar, Lil Baby, Joji, Conan Gray, Phoebe Bridgers, NIKI, Finneas, Disclosure, Giveon, and more!

Riverside area where Coachella takes place will follow California state regulations requiring spectators attending the event to present immunization proof or negative test result upon arrival.

2022 is getting hotter when Joey Bada$$ is back to the rap game. It's been five years since Joey's last album! He recently confirmed in an Instagram livestream that he will release a new album this year. For the time being, he did not reveal more details.

The release of the new music video "The Rev3nge" is a great signal Joey gives to his music fans. "B!tch, I'm really, really put of blood this time" Joey confirmed his strong comeback this time with the intro of "The Rev3nge."

Through the lyrics, he wants to say that when the people out there are hating on him, he has to achieve more success because success is the best REVENGE. Joey is now back with a hand full of new success. These are the awards in his acting career over the past few years. 

Joey Bada$$ proves that he is a talented artist in both music and acting. Watch his new music video below:

I'm originally from Missouri but I'm now based in Texas. My surroundings have shaped me creatively because a lot of my songs and what I create are based on what I've experienced from my own eyes and my interactions with people.

My new album "party" was created from the past 2 years where I had the least social interaction due to the virus, yet ironically it was the most insightful and experience-based record I've ever created. Almost every song was like a page in a diary detailing something I've experienced because of my surroundings or my interactions with people.

I've always been a very creative person and music was one of the very first things I picked up creatively at a young age. My whole family loves to sing and music has always played a major role in my life. 

In my area, there are a couple other musicians that I know of. I've actually collaborated with two of them, who are "PULGASARI" (who raps) and "Majesty's Wing" (who sings and is also on my album). It's nice to see other people who enjoy the same thing I do, which is creating music. 

I was 10 turning 11 when I first started producing my own material. I had always loved crating remixes and edits of my favorite singers' songs, and so at 10 I figured "why don't I try making songs?"

It wasn't the best at the start, but I learned slowly by myself and with YouTube honestly. It's a really tedious process to learn, but you get there eventually. I started rapping and singing just almost 3 years ago. Prior to that, I would just release the beats I would make.

It'd be really hard to pin-point one person, but when I was creating my first record, Madonna really inspired me and has shaped me as an artist even today. 

She had released this record called "Madame X" at that time and it was this super bizarre, but a very "Madonna" album. It was experimental, but it made sense for her to make it. That album inspired me to never stick to one genre or style specifically and to always break out of any boundary or box. I want to keep evolving with every album I make and to constantly switch it up and the "Madame X" album really helped pave the way for me in that way.

If I hadn't picked up learning how to produce, I wouldn't even be making music right now. I'm so glad I constantly made myself learn because music is one of the best things in my life. The concept of writing and putting what I'm feeling personally out in the form of a song is very therapeutic and one of the best things in life.

My main priority right now is to rest. My foot has been on the gas with releasing and creating music for the past 3 years and I never took a long, needed break in between releases. I really want to let myself rejuvenate before I start crafting another record. I'm always writing and getting ideas though. Anytime I have a song idea, I record it ASAP in my voice memos. I'm always doing that, so that will never stop. After taking some rest though, I 100% would love to start creating a new record later this year.

To just never fit into a box or conform to one thing. Listeners can hear that in the music and see it in me as an artist. I never like to settle for one thing and I'm always changing. My new single "die another way" talks about this by saying that I would never change myself to satisfy others. I'm always going to be myself and would never change myself in order to make others happy.

Selena Gomez is one of my biggest influences and I love how she gives back to multiple communities. She has so many other endeavors besides music that go towards a greater cause.

Sonically, it's a mess, but in the best way. It's a mixture of hip-hop, pop, dance, electronic, R&B; just about everything. I want to keep expanding as well into new sounds and making it work for me.

It just seems more meaningful, but still fun. I have a nice mix of meaningful records and just fun stuff on the deluxe edition of my new album "party". I've improved tremendously even in the past two years. My producing, songwriting, and overall artistry has just improved. I feel like people can actually understand what I'm trying to convey through my music now.

Most of the time, it's what I'm feeling in the moment when I'm going through a situation, whether that's good or bad, or I reflect on something that I've already experienced. A lot of my most recent album "party" is like a diary of my time throughout the past 2 years locked in my home. I reflected on times prior to lockdown, but also did lots of self-reflection and a lot of that went into the songs.

If we're talking dreams, it'd be AT&T stadium. I've always imagined what my songs would be like live, and I have some really cool ideas and concepts.

"jealousy" by FKA twigs. It's too good.

On Monday, Ye or Kanye West released a new music video for the song "Heaven and Hell" from his most recent album "Donda."

The music video uses a dark theme, Ye and the people in the MV live in a city without light. Everyone appeared in black hoodies and wore black masks, a familiar image Ye appeared in so often.

The second half of the MV shows the appearance of a tornado in the form of clouds, in the center of which is a strong light illuminating Ye. All the people in the city gradually float in the tornado.

This MV is also a official advertisement for the collaboration of Yeezy (founded by Ye) and Gap - Yeezy Gap brand.

Ye also has a trailer and release date for his three-part documentary - "Jeen-Yuhs" that will be on Netflix on February 16.

Despite having a great start for 2022, Ye is currently being investigated as a main suspect in a battery that occurred early Thursday morning at a members-only club in downtown Los Angeles.

Watch "Heaven and Hell" below:

Just a few days after the announcement of his fifth album release, on January 7th The Weeknd finally released his new album titled "Dawn FM". This album is considered a continuation of the blockbuster "After Hours" that has hit all music fronts in the past two years.

"You're listening to 103.5 Dawn FM", Jim Carrey reported at the end of the first track in The Weeknd's new album.

Dawn FM affirmed The Weeknd's strong creativity when he chose the concept for this album, which is 16 songs that are played like a radio station we listen to in the car while on the road.

Not only from the concept but also from the album cover of "Dawn FM", The Weeknd shocked fans when transforming into an old version of himself. While in "After Hours", he appeared with a full face bandage and failed plastic surgery.

The album features artists and producers such as Quincy Jones, Calvin Harris, Tyler, the Creator, Lil Wayne, Oscar Holter, Oneohtrix Point Never, Swedish House Mafia, and actor Jim Carrey...

The Weeknd continues to choose to use the music that makes him successful such as Synth Pop and Disco Pop, mixed with R&B. The highlight in this album is actually The Weeknd's vocals.

If "After Hours" was a night of pains and wounds at three o'clock in the morning, then "Dawn FM" is the "dawn" - the first light appearing on the sky after a long dark night.

Author: Scarlett Pham

On New Year's Day, Chris Brown posted a short video on his Instagram that was infested with high quality motion pictures and sound announcing the release of his new music video.

The lead single from Chris Brown's new album "BREZZY" is predicted to be "IFFY" and it will be dropped on January 14th.

Brown has shared that "BREZZY" will be the 10th album in his career. The album contains 16 tracks, which is the same amount of his very first album.

Although it has been almost three years without releasing an album, during that time Chris Brown has collaborated with many artists such as Yung Bleu, H.E.R, 2 Chainz, Mario, Wale,... on different songs. The year of 2021 has been successful for Brown as his music products include those collaborations brought in 27 certificates of both gold and platinum from RIAA.

Chris Brown's new album release is highly anticipated.

Author: Scarlett Pham

In August of 2021, Kanye West, officially know as Ye, released the album "Donda" named after his late mother. The album cover of "Donda" is completely black in memory of his mother. "Donda" gained more than 60 million streams in the US within one day of its release and received a GOLD certificated from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).

Recently, the Chief Operating Officer the record label G.O.O.D. Music (founded by Ye in 2004) - Steven Victor confirmed exclusively to Complex that "Ye has started working on his new masterpiece, "Donda 2."

If "Donda 2" is Ye's next album, it will be the 11th album of his career.

Author: Scarlett Pham

After roughly 4 years since " Drip Season 3" was released, Gunna recently revealed the release date of this album's sequel - "Drip Season 4". It will be officially available everywhere tomorrow, January 7th!

The way Gunna reveals his tracklist to fans and the media is also very special. Gunna posted a posted on his Instagram with a whiteboard with the track's names and the artists he will be featuring on it and the caption "DS4EVER!!!!!!."

Base on what Gunna posted, we can have the track-list below:

Private Island
Pushin feat. Future and Young Thug
Poochie Gown
Mop feat. Young Thug
Thought I Was Playing feat 21. Savage
Pussy Power feat. Drake
How You Did That feat. Kodak Black
Alotta Cake
Livin Wild
You & Me feat. Chloe Bailey
South To West
25K Jacket feat. Lil Baby
Too Easy feat. Future
10K That Bitch feat. G Herbo
Flooded
Life Of Sin feat Nechie
Die Alone feat. Yung Bleu and Chris Brown
Missing Me
So Far Ahead > Empire
Too Easy Remix feat. Future and Roddy Rich (bonus track)

In the list, we can see big names in hip-hop music like Drake, Young Thug, 21 Savage and much more...
Stay tuned for the official release.

Author: Scarlett Pham

"TRU Bethel" is a new single marking the collaboration between Conway The Machine and 2 Chainz. The song was produced by Trizzy Williams and released on December 31st. 

Pay close attention, fans will notice that Conway The Machine revealed part of this song on an Instagram live over a year ago. 2021 is a year of hard work for Conway with a lot of works released.

In April, 2021 Conway released "La Maquina" album and then in November he released "Missing Bricks EP" in vinyl. Beside those, he also collaborated with producer Big Ghost Ltd to release the album "If It Bleeds It Can Be Killed" with 10 songs total.

Listen to the full "TRU Bethel" below:

Author: Scarlett Pham

Pooh Shiesty was a fan favorite in the first half of 2021 with some notable achievements. In May, he got into legal trouble for shooting a security guard in the ankle at a strip club in Miami, Florida. After six months incarcerated at Miami's Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center, Pooh Shiesty is returning with a jail freestyle track called "Federal Contraband" on December 25th.

Pooh shared his feelings about what happened in the lyrics, he also said he has no regrets, "I been fucked up, in my feelings, don't wanna talk, just playin' it off. Pay attention, shit hit different when you stuck behind that wall. But I don't regret it, sharpen my tool 'cause shit ain't go as I thought."

He also mentioned his grandfather's death, "...My granddaddy passed away the other day, I just found out. Sh!t crazy, rest in peace, you'll forever live through me." But at the end of the track, Pooh shows that he's always strong no matter the situation through these words: "N*gg*, I'm locked up, but my mind still free. Can't lock that up, I'm in a worse situation but I'm at my best right now. It don't get no bigger than this. From the biggest."

His track can be listened to below: