As the value of recorded music for most artists remains in the ditch and touring continues to lose its luster as a way for musicians to make even the barest semblance of a living, Drake has some advice for up-and-coming musicians: “keep going.” On Instagram, the rapper shared a post …
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Bad Bunny dominates the 2022 American Music Awards nominations with eight nods, trailed closely by Beyoncé, Drake, and Taylor Swift, who all snagged six. With five nominations a piece, Adele, Harry Styles, and The Weeknd are also among the year’s most nominated artists at the ceremony set to air live …
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Giveon has released a bittersweet new single, “Time,” via Not So Fast/Epic Records. The crooning song appears on the soundtrack for the upcoming David O. Russell film Amsterdam, which stars Christian Bale, John David Washington, Margo Robbie, and Taylor Swift. The track was written by Giveon,Drake, and Daniel Pemberton, who …
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Drake is coming for YouTube music critic Anthony Fantano. On Thursday, Drake leaked his own DMs to Fantano, calling his “existence” a 1/10 after Fantano made a joke video that claimed Drake sent him a vegan cookie recipe over Instagram. In reality, Drake and Fantano had never exchanged DMs at …
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For those who think J. Cole is the most self-serious rapper, I give you Nav, the Punjabi-Canadian artist whose persona is the embodiment of workplace posters telling you to work hard and reach for the stars. The 32-year-old rapper is known to tweet like an overly earnest teenager. Like the …
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Drake, Nicki Minaj, Meek MIll, and many more shared tributes after Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock was shot and killed in Los Angeles Monday, Sept. 12. Drake shared a photo of himself and PnB Rock on Instagram Stories, while Quavo tweeted, “R.I.P. PNB Rock sending prayers to his family.” Denzel Curry, …
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“THIS MUST BE how the white gays felt when Madonna’s Confessions on a Dance Floor came out,” I direct-messaged my best friend in the wee hours of July 29, 2022. “Finally, an album for us.” It was the third consecutive time I had listened to Beyoncé’s seventh studio album, Renaissance, …
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“It breaks my heart. They didn’t believe in us. They played themselves,” rants DJ Khaled on the title track of his 13th album, God Did. For over 15 years – and longer, if you count his early days as a Miami radio and club DJ – he has positioned himself …
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“If I Get Caught,” the first single from the R&B duo Dvsn‘s upcoming album, released last month, is far from subtle in its description of what some might call “toxic” behavior. In the chorus, destined for social media contagion, singer Daniel Daley informs us that “if I get caught cheating …
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When Drake stepped onstage to give his acceptance speech for the BMI Songwriter of the Year Award in 2011, one of the names he shouted out — along with his mom, Kanye West, and Andre 3000— belonged to Phonte. The name of the rapper from the acclaimed North Carolina duo …
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