It took two years for Nicki Minaj to take over the world. Following her 2009 mixtape Beam Me Up Scotty, she caught the attention of Lil Wayne, who signed her. Minaj became ubiquitous, quickly taking over the charts and winning over rap heavyweights and pop divas with her next-level guest …
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Timelines collide on the latest release from Laura Jane Grace, bringing together folks from her early Against Me! days, her new project, the Mississippi Medicals, and even her partner, Paris Campbell Grace. The Medicals’ cover of Cleveland punk band the Sidekicks’ 2012 track “Baby, Baby” will appear on Red Scare …
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Blondshell, a.k.a. Sabrina Teitelbaum, is back with the cathartic rocker “What’s Fair.” Teitelbaum has been performing the new track on the festival circuit this summer, but she officially released it on Wednesday, paired with a fuzzy video of her and her band in the studio. It sonically harks back to …
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Perhaps out of jealousy, or some weird attempt at spoof, or maybe just incapable of coming up with an original idea of his own, one of Donald Trump’s campaign spokespeople decided to use Beyoncé’s “Freedom” — a kind of unofficial Kamala Harris campaign track — in a recent social media …
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The posh life of Victoria Beckham will soon get the Netflix docuseries treatment. An as-yet-untitled look at the Spice Girl’s fashion and beauty businesses is set to begin production, the streaming service announced. Beckham, her family, and close confidants will speak to her “fashion journey” to becoming her own brand’s …
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Less than 24 hours after the trailer for Francis Ford Coppola’s polarizing epic Megalopolis was released, the video was taken down for using fake negative quotes from film critics. In a statement from a Lionsgate spokesperson, perVariety, the company said it was “immediately recalling our trailer for ‘Megalopolis,’” and apologized …
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“Africa to the world” has been a popular rallying cry from the continent and its diaspora as the global appetite for its culture has grown rapidly. Many hope to further extend its reach. Yet, as African artisans connect and build upon each other’s success, they’ve come to center themselves. Recently, …
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Pro-Palestine protesters interrupted former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert twice Tuesday night. In response, Pelosi said that the U.S. is committed to Israel and that she hopes Hamas will accept a ceasefire agreement. A protester began shouting a few minutes into the segment, …
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SiR’s biggest challenge when performing is to stay present. As he told Rolling Stone’s Delisa Shannon backstage at Lollapalooza, “Every song deserves its respect,” even if he’s no longer the same person he was when he originally wrote it. “I try to be present through the whole set, which is …
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In a recent episode of Evil, Kristen (Katja Herbers) asks her colleagues Ben Shaki (Aasif Mandvi) and David (Mike Colter), “Do you ever think the world’s getting weirder?” Ben argues that the world has always been weird, and David adds that it seems weirder, “only because we expect it to …
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