For a week at the end of May, rap fans obsessed over the latest skirmish in a long-simmering feud between Pusha-T and Drake. Pusha-T attacked first on “Infrared,” the final song on the Kanye West-produced Daytona, questioning Drake’s ability to write his own raps without ever mentioning the Canadian superstar …
Read More »Willie Nelson's 4th of July Picnic: How to Listen
Willie Nelson‘s eclectic 4th of July Picnic – first launched in 1973 – is one of the longest-running traditions in Texas country music, but the Red Headed Stranger knows that not all of his fans can make it to the Lone Star State every Independence Day. So this year, for …
Read More »How Drake Made 'Scorpion,' the Most Ambitious Album of His Career
Drake‘s ambition grows more grandiose every year. In 2017, he released the genre-hopping, 22-song More Life playlist, which sounded like an attempt to conquer every sector of popular music at once. He one-upped himself last Friday with Scorpion, a 25-track double album designed to shock, awe and discombobulate. Pulpy Nineties …
Read More »Florida Georgia Line Announce Inaugural FGL Fest, Share 'Simple' Video
Florida Georgia Line will headline the inaugural FGL Fest at Indianapolis Motor Speedway on September 8th, leading a lineup that includes Nelly, Cole Swindell, RaeLynn, Jillian Jacqueline and Mason Ramsey. The event coincides with the annual Brickyard 400, a NASCAR-series race held at IMS, and continues a longstanding relationship between …
Read More »Trans in the South: Meet Kids Finding Acceptance in the Bible Belt
Fluttering around her balcony garden, Allie pauses to check on her plants and herbs, her long golden hair spilling over her shoulders and down her back. She beams, marveling over her growing cabbage plant. “I got this from school,” the nine-year-old says proudly. “That’s the first plant we ever had …
Read More »A Federal Order Demands Reunification for Separated Families. Will Trump Comply?
Though President Trump’s recent executive ordercalled for an end to migrant family separations, it didn’t address what the administration plans to do about the more than 2,000 children who have already been taken from their parents as a result of the “zero tolerance” immigration policy enacted last month. The government …
Read More »Watch Chaka Khan Launch Dance Party in Exuberant 'Like Sugar' Video
Funk legend Chaka Khan unveiled an exuberant video for “Like Sugar,” the singer’s first song in over a decade. The Kim Gehrig-directed video features an array of dancers grooving to the track, with Parisian duo I Could Never Be a Dancer providing the choreography. The dancers’ already mesmerizing moves are …
Read More »The Power of Nancy Pelosi
Nancy Pelosi sits in a black-leather booth at Americana, a burger bistro in downtown Des Moines, radiating optimism. “We’re in a very good place,” she says of Democrats‘ odds in November. Special-election results suggest more than 100 seats in the House of Representatives are in play, and Democrats need less …
Read More »Snail Mail's 'Heat Wave' Is the Song of the Summer
What makes a summer jam? Is it the sunniest chorus, the hottest beat, the most weeks on the charts? Do the lyrics have to be about beaches and barbecues, or is it a question of vibe? What if it’s a song on your summer playlist and no one else’s? We …
Read More »Police Arrest Suspect in XXXTentacion Murder
Police in Florida arrested Dedrick D. Williams in the murder of XXXTentacion Wednesday night, the Daily Newsreports. The controversial 20-year-old rapper was shot and killed earlier this week. The Broward County Sheriff’s Department confirmed the booking of 22-year-old Williams on several charges, including first degree murder, a probation violation for …
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