Janet Jackson inducts Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis into the Rock Hall by recreating the iconic look from the album that catapulted her (and them) there.
(November 11, 2022). Two things happened in the winter of 1986 that changed the music world forever. First, on January 23, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which had…
R.I.P. The cold, hard numbers and facts behind rappers’ murders and the burning question: why no change?
(November 6, 2022). When Takeoff (real name: Kirshnik Khari Ball), one of the founding members of the rap group Migos, was murdered on Tuesday, November 1 at a Houston bowling…
Drake and 21 Savage pushed their album release date back a week ‘due to Covid,’ but were they really spooked by the bewitching hour?
(October 30, 2022). On October 21, Drake surprise-announced that he was releasing a joint album with fellow rapper 21 Savage on Friday, October 28 called Her Loss. Five days later,…
Ye’s (Kanye West’s) ‘cancellation’ is not our fight. In fact, it’s not even cancellation…
(October 29, 2022). So Kanye West, now known as Ye, went from being a multi-billionaire (and, reportedly, the third-richest Black man in America) to being a multi-hundred millionaire in a…
The math that says Taylor Swift will surpass the Beatles and Jay-Z in this important category by 2029 (before she turns 40)
(October 23, 2022). Midnights is out and breaking records left and right. Taylor Swift’s latest opus is shattering streaming and sales records after just a few days of availability and…