Rap can be a very competitive genre, but Jackboy has already shown his fans that he is ready to do what it takes to make it to the top. The talented up-and-coming artist has been making a name for himself over the last few years, and he has seen great results. While he isn’t the…
Last year, Onika Tanya Maraj-Petty, professionally known as Nicki Minaj, made history and was named the wealthiest female rapper. With a net worth of over $100 million, it was another milestone in her music legacy. In addition to that, she has earned her place in the Guinness Book of Records for having the most Billboard…
Not many bands manage to successfully combine Southern rock with sludge, but not many bands are quite so idiosyncratic as Mastodon. Formed in 2000 by the insanely talented Bill Kelliher, Brent Hinds, Troy Sanders, and Brann Dailor, Mastodon have spent the past two decades redefining heavy metal with their forward-thinking sound. No two albums sound…
Of all the hard-rock and metal bands that dominated the 90s — Korn, Limp Bizkit, etc. — Pantera might just go down as the most influential.They redefined how to play metal in the 90s while simultaneously challenging people’s perceptions of what could be considered metal in the first place. At a time when bands like…
Hailing from Ondres, France is the French heavy metal band known as Gojira. Brothers Joe and Mario Duplantier team up with Christian Andreu and Jean-Michel Labadie and originally called the name of their band Godzilla. However, Godzilla was changed to Gojira in 2001. As for the band members, this core roster has remained the same….
In 2001, Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney teamed up to form Black Keys. For the first few years of the band’s life, they recorded lo-fi, scrappy little punk-blues numbers from basements, bedrooms, and empty warehouses. The production was risible, the vocals were grizzled, and if anyone says they understand a single word Auerbach sings on…
Glenn Frey may no longer be with us in body, but he will continue to live on through his music. In 1969, he co-founded one of the greatest American rock bands of all time alongside Don Henley, the Eagles. In their forty-year career stint, the Eagles have been awarded six Grammy Awards, five American Music…
Harry Styles’ musical career began in 2010 as a solo contestant for the British reality TV show “X Factor”. He was combined with four other young male contestants by the “X Factor” judges, which led to the formation of One Direction. The band became an instant sensation with a cult following that was mainly composed…
Success has no age limit; thus, one teenager, Lil Tecca, is already worth $3 million. He began rapping at nine years, and now the 19-year old has his music on Spotify; his song “Ransom” has been streamed over 300 million times on Spotify and garnered more than 100 million views on YouTube. In 2017, he…