The question no one is raising about the beatdown of rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine last week
(March 27, 2023). The rap world isn’t shedding many tears for the beatdown that one of its own took last week at an LA Fitness gym bathroom in South Florida.…
The Number One songs whose chart runs were shorter than Liz Truss’ time as prime minister and longer than Joe Biden’s presidency (to date)
(October 21, 2022). When British prime minister Liz Truss—whose ascendency to office was a mere 44 days earlier—abruptly announced her resignation on October 20, it took the world by surprise,…
Chart drama: Tekashi 6ix9ine’s beef with Billboard; what he got right (and wrong)
(May 22, 2020). Earlier this week when Billboard announced the new No. 1 song in America (the duet “Stuck With U” by pop superstars Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande), the…
Sentenced! Tekashi 6ix9ine says hip-hop made him a gangster; but this double standard may kill his career
(December 20, 2019). Let me see if I got this right… Because rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine wasn’t a gangster in real life – like so many rappers aren’t – but because…