This week, Desiigner‘s “Panda” became the first New York rap song to top the Billboard Hot 100 since Jay Z’s “Empire State of Mind” back in 2009. But the controversy surrounding the song’s so-called ...
Rock lore has it that when Radiohead broke on the scene in 1993 with their hit single "Creep," they became so synonymous with the song that they decided to never perform it again. Scared of being ...
Has the Late Show stage ever been so hype? Making his network television debut Wednesday night (May 11), Desiigner brought his ever-rolling tongue and dabbing arms to The Late Show with Stephen Cobert ...
While you were busy mourning Prince last week and playing “Purple Rain” for the 50 th time, Billboard announced a new No. 1 single on its flagship Hot 100 chart. On the surface, “Panda” by Desiigner ...
“I actually laugh at it, there’s nothing to get upset about. I compliment the man about his creativity. I think he’s a great artist and I do what I do; I just say we’re both blessed in our ways.” This ...
Something happened while mulling over Kanye West’s The Life of Pablo. Somewhere around track three, the second portion of “Father Stretch My Hands,” West hands things over to a Brooklyn rapper named ...
Since the December release of “Panda,” Brooklyn rapper Desiigner has been on an uphill climb to scale the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Along the way, certain events may have helped: Kanye West’s ...
Well, it turns out that the reports that Future was suing his sometime-doppelganger Desiigner aren’t exactly true. Pitchfork reached out to Future’s representatives to ask about the claim and were ...
Brooklyn's own Desiigner had the Microsoft Theater in Los Angeles lit as he hit the stage to perform his smash "Panda" at the 2016 BET Awards Sunday night (June 26). The 19-year-old rapper, dressed in ...
An 18-year-old unknown just swiped Rihanna's No. 1 crown. Already, the thunderous hip-hop banger has clawed its way to nearly 150 million combined streams on Spotify ...
Brooklyn rapper Desiigner , who recently signed to G.O.O.D. Music/Def Jam and is featured twice on Kanye West's The Life of Pablo album, isn't your typical New York City artist. His sound is more in ...
The toppling of Rihanna and Drake's colossal hit "Work" from atop the Billboard Hot 100 this week comes courtesy of a fairly new artist that most people know little about. After climbing its way up ...