Maroon 5 are riding high on a wave of critical acclaim for their latest album, V, and earlier today they returned to music headlines everywhere with the release of the official remix for “Animals.” If you have spent any time within earshot of a top 40 radio station within the last month you have no […]
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Chance The Rapper And J. Cole Perform New Song, “Thotty”
September 8th, 2014 
Dana Reandelar Chance The Rapper and J. Cole performed a new song called “Thotty” in Chicago over the weekend.
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UTG PHOTOS: Governors Ball Music Festival
July 7th, 2014 Nick Karp Under The Gun sent photographer, Nick Karp, to Randall’s Island in New York City to photograph the Governors Ball Music Festival. Much has changed since I attended the first Governors Ball Music Festival, including (thankfully) a new location, more days added to the festival, and there no longer being the gimmick of “No Overlapping Set times.” The market […]
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J. Cole Shares Heartfelt Letter About ‘The Warm Up’ Turning Five, “Lights Please” Music Video, Tour Dates
June 16th, 2014 Nina Corcoran This year is the five-year mark since North Carolina rapper J. Cole‘s breakthrough mixtape The Warm Up dropped. He’s escalated quickly in fame since then, working alongside modern greats like Eminem, Justin Timberlake, and Kendrick Lamar. To honor the anniversary of that release, J. Cole stopped by Sway last weekend to shoot a 30-minute special of […]
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Justin Timberlake Releases “TKO” Remix Featuring J Cole, A$AP Rocky, and Pusha T
November 30th, 2013 James Shotwell If you have spent more than a few minutes listening to Top 40 radio in recent months you’ve no doubt heard Justin Timberlake‘s smash hit “TKO” burning up the airwaves. The song’s hook has been an inescapable force in music since the height of summer, and now that snow is beginning to cover the country […]
Eminem Announces Rapture Tour, Featuring Kendrick Lamar, J Cole And More
October 21st, 2013 Kriston McConnell This is just the beginning of what we can expect to see of Eminem over the next few months. The internet has been buzzing since he announced his upcoming album, and subsequently released some new music from that album. The next step? Tours. Eminem has announced the Rapture tour, to take place in four cities […]
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Drake Added to iHeartRadio Festival
July 31st, 2013 Nina Corcoran Streaming is taking over the world of music — or maybe it just seems so. Among all of the Spotify, Pandora, and other updates, radio is still thriving and celebrating its success in numerous ways. One of these most famous ways, the iHeartRadio Festival in Las Vegas, will now see Justin Timberlake, Elton John, and […]
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J. Cole Announces ‘What Dreams May Come’ Tour
July 29th, 2013 James Shotwell After making waves in the news world with his Dollar And A Dream summer tour, which involved a series of performances costing $1 for admission, Billboard chart topper J. Cole has unveiled plans to embark on a fall North American headlining tour. Dubbed the What Dreams May Come tour, J. Cole’s next offering places the […]
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July 22nd, 2013 James Shotwell The rap game is not the same as it was five years ago. Saying something controversial is still a proven marketing tactic, but more and more often there are groups coming out of the woodwork to attack rappers who choose to cross political/moral/decency lines when spitting rhymes. Rick Ross came under a ton of fire […]
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STREAM/DOWNLOAD: Wale & J.Cole – ‘”Winter Schemes”
July 9th, 2013 Grant Trimboli UTG guarantees there is nothing better than having a completely new track from Wale and J.Cole show up in our inbox today. Wale and Cole come through with the Jake One-produced song ‘”Winter Schemes” and finds the rappers talking about keeping it real, hard nights in the projects, and feeding their family. This track can […]
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Rock the Bells Announces Full Lineup
June 25th, 2013 Nina Corcoran The famous hip-hop festival Rock the Bells turns ten this year with an impressive lineup announced at a Monday night press conference including hard-hitters Wu-Tang Clan, Jurassic 5, and Black Hippy. The full list announced includes the aforementioned Wu-Tang Clan, Jurassic 5, and Black Hippy, as well as J. Cole, Action Bronson, Common, Curren$y, Juicy J, […]
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Drake Releases “Jodeci” Freestyle Featuring J. Cole
June 22nd, 2013 James Shotwell Only a few Drake posts left to go before some other artists can have a spot in our news feed. This may be the best of the bunch, but you’ll have to listen to them all to know for sure. Keeping his name and the new OVO website fresh in everyone’s minds last night, Drake […]