Music

Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat Read More RSS: News News 

With her cousins Estelle Bennett and Ronnie Spector, Ross sang hits like “Be My Baby,” “Baby I Love You,” and “Walking in the Rain” Read More RSS: News News 

Drake has historically had a rough love life. From Serena Williams to Jorja Smith to Jennifer Lopez, there’s almost always been drama swirling around their relationships. He was so scorned over his breakup with Rihanna that he dissed her as recently as 2024. It’s why A$AP Rocky retaliated against him. “I’m not the first n**** that f***ed my girl or my baby mother or my wife,” A$AP Rocky told DJ […]

On his first solo song in two years, the rapper ushers in his new era as an independent artist Read More RSS: News News 

The state of pop culture has shifted a lot over the decades. The idea of the “rock star” had pretty much faded with the death of Kurt Cobain and the grunge era. Eventually, the battle for cultural supremacy was the pop stars and boy bands versus hip-hop. Through a war of attrition, hip-hop outlasted and became the face of pop culture. Nowadays, it’s hard to quite define pop culture at […]

You know a beef is destined to last forever when religious leaders can’t even end it. 2003 was the peak of the feud between 50 Cent and Ja Rule. 50 was coming off of some incredible mixtapes, solo and with the rest of G-Unit. Get Rich Or Die Tryin’ was setting the world on fire. Beg For Mercy made the rest of his crew look like superstars. Amidst all of […]

It’s not easy to rap and act well. Usually, one is favored more than the other because they are two different disciplines. There’s a reason Mark Wahlberg didn’t eventually go back to being Marky Mark and sending out good vibrations. Being on screen and playing a role was much easier than wielding a mic for him. Similarly, Drake was solid as Wheelchair Jimmy in Degrassi, but he’s clearly found his […]