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Getty Image Arriving as he did at the height of the debate surrounding cultural appropriation in hip-hop, it’s no surprise that Post Malone has become one of music’s most polarizing figures. What is surprising is how popular he’s become in spite of the controversy. With omnivorous musical influences and an affable personality, he quickly became one of rap’s rising stars, so much so that his upcoming album, Hollywood’s Bleeding, is […]

Getty Image The fact that Future isn’t yet suffering from some kind of musical burnout is a lightweight miracle, as the Atlanta trap rap vet drops yet another new single. This time, he goes “600 Days No Sleep” along with frequent collaborator and musical mentee Young Thug, who provides a slippery-voiced verse of his own on the hypnotically looping Southside beat. On the hook, Future delivers one of the more […]

Getty Image In September 2017, Lizzo released “Truth Hurts” as a single, and it was relatively uneventful at the time, as the track didn’t even make it onto the charts. Things are much different now, though. The song appears on her recently released album Cuz I Love You, and over the past few months, it has become a sleeper hit for Lizzo, debuting on the Billboard Hot 100 chart and […]

Getty Image Fetty Wap was in Las Vegas on Sunday, but unfortunately for him what happened in Vegas did not stay in Vegas. Fetty, whose real name is Willie Maxwell II, was arrested on Sunday Morning for allegedly assaulting three hotel employees at the Mirage Hotel and Casino, according to The Associated Press. Officially, Fetty was charged with three counts of battery. In addition, local Las Vegas news outlets reported […]

Getty Image Rick Ross is the biggest boss in the rap game, but that doesn’t mean he’s invincible. In 2018, Ross was hospitalized for, at the time, reasons unknown. Foreshadowing the release of his memoir Hurricanes on Tuesday, Ross said that consuming codeine is what led to his hospital stay last year. “That mixed with the things I was drinking, the other drugs I was doing, and on top of […]

Dewanne Buckmire Watts rapper Drakeo, once poised as one of the rising stars of LA hip-hop, now faces the prospect of being locked up for the remainder of his prime years after the Los Angeles District Attorney refiled charges against him today according to local writer Jeff Weiss, who has followed and reported Drakeo’s case since the beginning. Drakeo was previously acquitted of two murder charges against him, with the […]

Written by contributing writer: Steve Leslie Van Halen to Garth Brooks In the mid to late 1980s I was living in Tallahassee, Florida and teaching guitar lessons. At that time, many of my students were into rock guitar tapping techniques, when almost overnight, they traded in their electric guitars and Van Halen T-shirts for acoustic guitars and cowboy boots. It was the beginning of the Nu Country Craze, and it […]

Getty Image / Warner Records / Uproxx Studios The RX is Uproxx Music’s stamp of approval for the best albums, songs, and music stories throughout the year. Inclusion in this category is the highest distinction we can bestow, and signals the most important music being released throughout the year. The RX is the music you need, right now. Rap has a long-held upstanding tradition of finding and questioning faith on […]

It’s easy to feel stuck when songwriting, like getting past the basic song idea. You can feel stuck as a singer/songwriter hoping to find ways out of using common chord progressions. Even if you’re an experienced songwriter, you may want to hone your craft in order to open doors to music publishers, and make your break in the music industry.  Regardless of where you are, these quick and essential songwriting tips […]