This post contains spoilers for the entire third season of Dave, including tonight’s season finale, “Looking for Love.” Season Three of Dave was all about the show’s title character — rapper Dave Burd, aka Lil Dicky, aka the star, co-creator, and one of the executive producers of the FXX comedy …
Read More »Kim Kardashian Breaks Her Silence on Kanye West in 'The Kardashians' Premiere
After months of noticeable silence and dancing around the subject in brief statements and vague comments without ever naming names, Kim Kardashian is finally addressing the (antisemitic) elephant in the room: her ex-husband Kanye West. Season Three of Hulu‘s The Kardashians premiered on Thursday, and it’s safe to say a …
Read More »You Are Grimes Now: Inside Music's Weird AI Future
When the anonymous songwriter/producer Ghostwriter recently dropped “Heart on My Sleeve,” a song built around the AI-cloned voices of Drake and The Weeknd, Universal Music Group moved instantly to remove it from streaming services. But one artist has reacted very differently to the emerging technology. Grimes, whose last album was …
Read More »Drake, Will Arnett Celebrate Toronto Maple Leafs' (Long-Awaited) Postseason Triumph
The curse is over. John Tavaresscored in overtime Saturday, as the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1, to advance to the second round of the NHL playoffs for the first time in 19 years. Tavares’ game-winner — which came off his only shot of the night — …
Read More »Drake Faces Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Over Uncleared 'Calling My Name' Sample
Drake faces a copyright infringement lawsuit filed by Ghanaian artist Obrafour that alleges that the rapper’s “Calling My Name” sampled his music without permission. Elements of Obrafour’s 2003 single “Oye Ohene (Remix)” feature on Drake’s Honestly, Nevermind track; the album — marking Drake’s foray into dance music — was surprise-released …
Read More »Viral Drake and The Weeknd AI Collaboration Pulled From Apple, Spotify
Metro Boomin‘s producer tag puts his signature stamp on “Heart on My Sleeve,” the viral song featuring what sounds like vocals from Drake and The Weeknd. But he didn’t have anything to do with creating it — and neither did they. The record, which features line after line of lyrics …
Read More »Drake Releases Kim Kardashian-Sampling 'Search and Rescue'
Drake is starting Q2 with his first solo single of the year. On Friday, the rapper released “Search & Rescue,” a track that samples some dialogue from Kim Kardashian. “I need someone to be patient with me/Someone to get money with, not take it from me/Look, they don’t even need …
Read More »Why Is Drake Still Trolling Kanye?
On Friday, Drake premiered a new single called “Search & Rescue.” The track is classic forlorn Drizzy, seemingly hit by the sting of late-adulthood singledom. He affectionally croons in search of someone to “take me off the market / take me off the map” on the song’s moody Sad Pony …
Read More »Suga, Drake, And All the Songs You Need to Know This Week
Welcome to ourweekly rundownof the best new music — featuring big singles, key tracks from our favorite albums, and more. This week, Drake samples Kim K, Rae Sremmurd make their return, and Suga of BTS, performing as Agust D, shares the first single off his anticipated solo debut album. Plus, …
Read More »Childish Gambino's 'This is America' Started as a Drake Diss Track
Everyone’s favorite Canadian rapper was originally meant to be the subject of Childish Gambino‘s Grammy Award-winning single “This is America.” In a recent interview with GQ, Donald Glover revealed that the song first began as a Drake diss track, built around the song’s beat and simple hook, “This is America.” …
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