Coachella is offering a new way into the festival via non-fungible tokens. On Tuesday, festival organizers announced the first set of collectible NFTs, which includes 10 lifetime passes to the festival in the form of a digital “Coachella Key.” Working with FTX to auction them off, those who win will …
Read More »HitPiece Wants to Make Every Song in the World an NFT. But Artists Aren't Buying It
HitPiece, a new website trying to position itself as the place to buy music NFTs, has temporarily shuttered its digital doors after a flurry of outrage from artists and labels, who claimed the marketplace was selling their music without permission. The uproar began Tuesday evening, Feb. 1, especially among independent …
Read More »Don't Ask Kanye West to 'Do a F–ing NFT'
Kanye West isn’t down for the metaverse. On Monday, the rapper posted a handwritten statement (as opposed to a non-fungible one, of course) where he noted that he’d rather make “real products in the real world” — not NFTs. “My focus is on building real products in the real world. …
Read More »Tory Lanez Released an 'NFT Album,' and Then Things Got Extra Weird
R apper Tory Lanez, who seems like he could potentially reach a deal in his felony assault case after allegedly shooting Megan Thee Stallion in the foot last year, has been busy becoming an online entrepreneur of sorts. Prior to clearing his Instagram page ahead of his upcoming LP Alone …
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