This article is an extended version of a feature originally published in The Source Magazine “Power 30” Issue #274 Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information KICKS. GAME. PROPER. The Hottest Releases From the Holiday 2018 Season That You Can Still Cop for Spring 2019 Creative: Keenan Higgins Photography: Patrick Neree Photography Assistant: Shawn Crawford Advertisement This past […]
If you were looking to catch Vince Staples on tour soon, you are in luck. The Long Beach emcee is scheduled to take over the country between February to April in 2019 with his Smile, You’re on Camera Tour. The tour will also bring Buddy and JPEGMAFIA to cities across the nation. The tour will […]
Two days after the confirmation of rap star Mac Miller’s untimely death was from an apparent drug overdose, Vince Staples has paid tribute to Mac Miller, saying, “The good ones always die.” Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Miller was found dead at his San Fernando Valley home on September 7. Earlier this week, his cause […]
As soccer fans everywhere prepare for the World Cup Final this weekend — we hope your team is playing on Sunday! — the crew over at Bleacher Report just cooked up something that both rap fans and football club aficionados will appreciate. You might even recognize a familiar face. Or six. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more […]
Three months ago, A Tribe Called Quest released their final music video, “The Space Program.” However, the late March visual accompaniment to 2016’s We Got It From Here…Thank You 4 Your Service album was only available to some platform subscribers. Now, the incredible farewell video (dedicated to the late Phife Dawg) from the group is […]
By Jasmine Johnson Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information YouTube will be will live streaming the music festival for the eighth year with festivities kicking off April 13 and ending 15. Weekend two will run April 20-22. The lineup features Beyoncé, Post Malone, The Weeknd, Vince Staples and many more. Only Weekend one will be available […]
Vince Staples rarely engages on social media without an update or news for his loyal fan base. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Late Monday night, the Bay Area rapper announced on Twitter and Instagram that he has added six tour dates to his current tour that are all scheduled for next month. For his Midwest and […]
Words by Megan Ambers Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Many people, celebrities and fans applauded Eminem for his Cypher on the BET Hip-Hop Awards last Sunday. All except for a few, one of them being rapper Vince Staples. Saturday (October 14) during his talk for Pitchfork’s In Sight Out series at the Chicago’s Museum of […]
Vince Staples performed “Love Can Be…” on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night, and he surely did the track justice. This song appears as the fourth track on Vince’s freshly released album, Big Fish Theory. The incredibly dope yet intense performance kicks off with Damon Albarn’s face flashing on the screen behind Vince, […]
Rapper Vince Staples has a long history with classic thirst quencher, Sprite, starting from being merely a fan of the brand to becoming a brand ambassador. Staples, having just released his sophomore album Big Fish Theory, was given the honor of being one of six artists to have their song lyrics cover cans of Sprite worldwide. This relationship […]
This week’s New Music Friday brought us the sophomore album from Long Beach native Vince Staples titled Big Fish Theory. The album had been teased for months, with singles “BagBak,” “Big Fish,” and the Ty Dolla $ign-assisted “Rain Come Down.” Today he gave it all to us and this album may shape up to be dark horse for […]
Today in Source News Flash: DJ Khaled‘s highly anticipated Grateful album is finally here! Available to stream or listen on The Source now. Also in music releases, Vince Staples dropped his sophomore album Big Fish Theory. Young Thug is under fire from beauty brand CoverGirl for using “Easy, Breezy” slogan in his violent promo video. A rep for the makeup company said […]
We got a fresh track from Vince Staples in the house. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information It’s been happening a lot on Staples’ end for a few month now, as the Long Beach rapper preps for a release of his forthcoming project Big Fish Theory. So far we heard his tracks “Big Fish” and “BagBak” and […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Today in Source News Flash: Katy Perry is set to release her fifth studio album in just a couple of weeks, and while we wait for that, she teamed up with Nicki Minaj for a promo track “Swish Swish.” Advertisement The day has finally come that Faith Evans released hers […]
Vince Staples stepped into the HOT 97 studios with Funkmaster Flex and hit him with a freestyle weighing in on the Black Lives Matter movement. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information A medley of topics flowed into the bars of the Norf Side, Long Beach-bred rapper: white privilege, gentrification, the lack of black-owned businesses, poor education, […]
Recently, the popularity of American music festivals has grown exponentially. Over the past six summers, star studded line ups that would rival ’69 Woodstock have surfaced bringing forth some of the most unimaginable concert experiences ever. Bands that called it quits decades ago have come together in reunion. Titans across genres have performed side by side. Legends […]
Vince Staples has reviewed everything from NBA style to rappers’ chains, to even the GQ “Men of the Year.” Now the Long Beach rapper is back with yet another hilarious critique for GQ’s ongoing series Vince Staples Reviews Every F*cking Thing. This time the rapper is discussing the Rio Olympics. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Vince lets […]
Since the release of his debut album, the two-disc Summertime ’06, Vince Staples has become somewhat of a rap obsession. The Long Beach emcee has engrossed fans of the boom-bap generation and the hipster nests with his say-less-mean-more approach, minimal chorus-work and gritty tales of street and gang life, all while appearing immune to the […]
It isn’t every day you get a verse from Andre 3000. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The notoriously reclusive half of Outkast has been hinting at a solo album for a decade to no avail, so it’s through guest verses that we’re given the opportunity to hear Three Stacks do what he does better than […]
Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Wireless Fest is currently going down in London, featuring some of the biggest stars from several genres, including Hip Hop. That means guys like J. Cole, Big Sean, Bryson Tiller and more are taking the stage at one of the world’s biggest music festivals and shutting it down. It also […]
