Country music: the cicada of the pop charts?
(June 19, 2023). It’s that time again…for country music to infiltrate the top of the pop charts as it has at the beginnings of every other decade—or vicennially—for the past…
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50th anniversary shutout: Hip-hop is facing a No. 1 drought rarely seen since the days before MC Hammer and Vanilla Ice!
(June 16, 2023). This is likely not how hip-hop expected it would be commemorating its 50th anniversary. As Morgan Wallen and K-pop (and Taylor Swift and SZA) continue their dominion…
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In honor of Black Music Month and Pride Month: the 25 greatest Black LGBTQ+ artists ever.
(June 13, 2023). June is Black Music Month. It’s also Pride Month. What better way to commemorate both than by celebrating the greatest LGBTQ+ musicians of color in modern music…
Fake gangsta culture in hip-hop has real consequences…Ja Morant and others will learn
(May 18, 2023). As anyone with an eye on current events knows, NBA star and 2020 Rookie of the Year Ja Morant was suspended by the league on Sunday (May…
Ed Sheeran narrowly dodged a bullet with ‘Thinking Out Loud’ and a ‘classically simple chord change’ used in Marvin Gaye’s classic
(May 6, 2023). Theft or Influence? On Thursday, May 4, 2023, a Manhattan jury rendered its verdict in the highly publicized case of Ed Sheeran vs. Ed Townsend, a co-writer…