Yara Shahidi Talks About Studying Hip Hop At Harvard, Growing Up Around Prince & Taking A Time-Out From Social Media Grammy Award winning artist Nas and radio personality Minya “Miss Info” Oh sit down with accomplished actor from Black-ish, activist and Nas’s cousin, Yara Shahidi. Mass Appeal/Spotify Original podcast The Bridge: 50 Years of Hip […]
SHOWTIME® has released a trailer for BITCHIN’: THE SOUND AND FURY OF RICK JAMES, directed by Emmy®-nominee Sacha Jenkins (WU-TANG CLAN: OF MICS AND MEN, BURN, MOTHERF*CKER, BURN!). BITCHIN’ is an intimate yet propulsive look at Rick James, one of rock, funk, and R&B’s most legendary and often underappreciated figures. Featuring rare footage of James’ […]
MASS APPEAL ANNOUNCES TWO NEW TRAILBLAZING EXECUTIVE HIRES JESSICA RIVERA NAMED GENERAL MANAGER & JENYA MEGGS NAMED SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF CONTENT FEMALE EXECUTIVES TO HELP LEAD THE CHARGE OF MASS APPEAL’S MONUMENTAL #HIPHOP50 PROGRAM Mass Appeal has announced two new key executive hires – two trailblazing women who will play a pivotal role in […]
DAVE EAST ANNOUNCES DEBUT ALBUM, SURVIVAL, TO BE RELEASED ON NOVEMBER 8 VIA DEF JAM RECORDINGS/MASS APPEAL WATCH TRAILER HERE DROPS “ALONE” FEATURING JACQUEES TODAY WATCH VIDEO HERE | LISTEN HERE SURVIVAL TOUR PART 1 KICKS OFF IN ATLANTA ON NOVEMBER 22 DRAWS CRITICAL ACCLAIM FOR PORTRAYAL OF METHOD MAN IN HULU MINI-SERIES, WU-TANG: AN AMERICAN SAGA “After a meteoric rise over the last few years, Dave East […]
LISTEN TO THE ALBUM HERE WATCH NAS’ INTERVIEW ON THE DAILY SHOW WITH TREVOR NOAH HERE NAS AND MARY J. BLIGE’S “ROYALTY TOUR”, OPENED JULY 11TH IN WEST PALM BEACH Art by Daniel Arsham
Just recently, Detroit underground icon Icewear Vezzo returns with a new track European. This is his second release under his recently minted deal with Motown and Capitol Music Group. Get it here. Adding to the excitement for his upcoming mix-tape, Icewear Vezzo celebrates this moment with a music video for European–check it out here! Icewear Vezzo proudly […]
Hip-hop icon Nas, widely regarded as one of the most influential emcees of all time, releases a short film to accompany his 11th studio album NASIR via Mass Appeal / Def Jam Recordings. Directed by Rohan Blair-Mangat, the short film touches on the many social issues currently and historically ingrained into his local community of Queens, New York, such as […]
CITY GIRLS RELEASE PERIOD VIDEO DOCUMENTARY TRAILER REVEALED FEATURED ON DRAKE’S SONG AND VIDEO FOR IN MY FEELINGS “A synthesis of perspective reminiscent of Run-DMC and Salt-N-Pepa” – PITCHFORK “Raunchy, in-your-face songs for the independent women of the world.” – XXL “The heist-level bars feel like something rap has been missing for the better part […]
