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Hip-hop used to be incredibly unkind to its veteran rappers. Rather than prop them up like in other genres, people called them “washed” and a whole lot of other insults. It was always about what was hot and interesting in the moment, rarely giving grace to artists with lengthy careers. The cycle kept repeating, with new generations waving off the greats who came before. If we weren’t careful, even the […]

Out September 25 via Anthony Gonzalez’s own Other Suns label Read More RSS: News News 

Future, 2 Chainz, Twista, and more appeared at the first night of the embattled rapper’s Windy City stint Read More RSS: News News 

By 2006, emo had broken into the mainstream. Teenagers of the 2000s officially set themselves apart from the 90s, adopting “scene” fashion trends thanks to Hot Topic. Jeans were skinnier than ever, wardrobes were blacker than ever, and across the country, hair was straightened with flat irons daily. Nowadays, millennials are nostalgic for that time in their lives. It’s hard to admit this, but these no-skip emo albums from 2006 […]

The Soul Train Awards are going back to where it all began. After a three-year break, the R&B and soul awards ceremony makes its long-awaited return on November 27, 2026. Like most past ceremonies, the return event will be taped. But this time in Chicago, where Don Cornelius first launched the music series Soul Train in 1971. BET is bringing the awards broadcast back, with the ceremony presented by Spotify […]

The Queen of Hip-Hop Soul found herself in a heap of controversy after seemingly endorsing AI in music. In an ad from Suno, Mary J. Blige sat down with her producers and admitted she doesn’t really understand all the fuss about AI. All she knew was that the music being made in the studio was “dope,” and she was excited to try it out further. Naturally, people online were extremely […]

The televangelist is a quintessentially American phenomenon. These often self-appointed messengers of God preach humility, hope, and forgiveness in feverish sermons to mega-church congregations and millions more on Twitch—the proverbial cash register cha-chinging relentlessly in the process. Eyes bugging, voices booming, the preacher stands halfway between a free-market entrepreneur and an entertainer, maintaining a hysterical grip over those searching for salvation wherever they can find it, even if it’s in […]

Mary Austin was very close to late Queen frontman Freddie Mercury. In fact, the two dated for some time, until a wedding dress made her realize he was gay. In an interview with the Guardian, Austin shared that after four years of living together, Mercury had something to tell her. She’d already known about what he was going to say, and had for a while. Explaining why she fell in love with […]

Stream new releases from Chat Pile, Melissa Auf der Maur, and Beyoncé Read More RSS: News News