Long gone are the days of mixtapes. They may have first started out as dubbed live-performance and song demo mixtapes from artists, but eventually, people began using them to record and share what ...

Dubai’s Valentine’s Day plans just got funnier with the announcement of Comedy Mixtape Fest Vol. 2, set to take place on February 14, 2026 at Dubai World Trade Centre. The event is brought to the city ...

Rapper J. Cole released a surprise four-track mixtape titled "Birthday Blizzard ‘26." The project pays homage to DJ Clue’s "Birthday Blizzard ‘96" and features Cole rapping over classic instrumentals.

The Game has relinquished his self-appointed “best rapper from Compton” crown to Kendrick Lamar. Game appears to pass the title to K.Dot on “Whatever,” the intro track to his new mixtape Gangsta ...

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Over the past two decades, we have watched J. Cole grow from a hungry young artist dropping mixtapes in the blog era to one of the most commercially successful rappers on the planet. If you go back ...

In honor of Valentine’s Day, here’s a guide on how to make the perfect mixtape for each stage of courtship. Just as vinyl has experienced a renaissance over the years, so has the humble cassette tape, ...

With his third mixtape, ‘So Far Gone,’ Drake edged ever closer to world domination, teaming up with Lil Wayne and Young Money Entertainment. Influenced by Kanye West’s 808s & Heartbreak in both sound ...

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This is pretty rudimentary, but we all have to start somewhere. It looks like J. Cole saw some smoke in the street and decided he needed a photo for his Myspace profile pic. Unfortunately, this one ...