Category: Unapologetically Dope

Tory Lanez is the artist to follow, if you don’t already. Lanez, a Canadian native, burst onto the music scene in 2015 with his hit Say It. The song peaked at number 23 on the Billboard Top 100 chart, not for only its catchy lyrics but for the dedication to the 90’s girl group Brownstone by sampling from their hit single If You Love Me (Say It). Since the release his first single, Tory Lanez has been on a nonstop climb to the top but before he made it to mainstream America, Lanez got his start in his town of Toronto where he dropped a few mixtapes dating back to 2009 and became a well known artist in the underground hip-hop world. Due to those releases, Lanez was discovered by award winning singer Sean Kingston, who later became his mentor. With Kingston in his corner, Lanez caught his big break in 2014 with the release of his mixtape Lost Cause, and for being featured on hip hop rapper YG’s song Me and My B*tch. Since then, Lanez is becoming a very successful artist in the music industry, but with success comes drama. For over a few now, Tory Lanez has been in the middle of publicly known feud with Grammy Award winner Drake, who is also a Canadian native. The two have shared some words about each other via freestyles or even songs but Lanez didn’t let the negativity from the beef get him down. He did what most businessmen would do and capitalize from it. On Christmas of last year,Lanez released his mixtape entitled The New Toronto along with merchandise for all of his fans to buy and in doing so he has made a pretty penny from it and is continuing to profit from it.Tory Lanez is currently on a 52 city tour which started on July 28th and will end on December 4th, promoting his first album I Told You and his current singles Luv, and Flex. Tory Lanez album is set to be released on August 19th. Check out the tour dates, and see when he is going to touch down in your city. In the mean time  check out the video to his latest single Luv. Tory Lanez: Luv

It’s been six long years since Jamaican artist, Aidonia has been in US, and fans since then have been waiting for the news for when the singer will be allowed back in the United States. Well the wait is finally over, via his wife Instagram post, the Dancehall artist received his visa and is planning a US tour. When asked how he felt about getting his work visa and being able to tour in the US again, Aidonia response was “It’s a great feeling and a blessing! Words can’t even explain how mi feel,” Aidonia said. “It’s been a sombre time for the team since the death of Doukie, but this just come like a blessing right now” via Urbanislandz.com.Aidonia is currently working on some promo tour dates before he starts headlining his tour. I hope that the US is ready for what this man has in store. This is going to be one of the most anticipated tours of 2016.Here is one of the songs to expect to from the deejay during his tour. Enjoy.Aidonia: Nuh Boring Gyal

In honor of what would have been the Purple One’s 58th birthday, BET announced the names of some of the artists who be a part of the special celebration on this year’s BET Awards via Twitter. This tribute will consists of the legendary Sheila E., The Roots, D’Angelo and Janelle Monae. Talk about star studded! The news of this tribute was not the first time that BET made an interference that they had something better coming to honor Prince. During the Billboard Music Awards, which aired on May 22,2016, Madonna performed her own tribute to the late singer, which featured Stevie Wonder and let’s just say that fans as well as BET Networks were not impressed. The company later tweeted about the performance “Yeah we saw that, Don’t worry, we got you” Shade or nah?The tweet has since been deleted but many fans are hoping that this tribute will not be like the one that Madonna gave on this year’s Billboard Music Awards, but if they say they got us then believe them. The BET Awards is scheduled to air on June 26, 2016. So stay tuned!