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K anye West had a shitstorm on his hands. It was mid-September, and tensions had been brewing behind the scenes for months over both his Gap and Adidas partnerships. He was determined to wrestle back control of the empire he had created, feeling he had been excluded from key meetings …

The 2022 CMA Awards were a mostly predictable affair with a few pleasant little surprises — and we’re so grateful for it. Between the maelstrom known as Ye, the upending of the already chaotic Twitter, and the high stakes of the midterms, there’s enough wacky shit afoot without having to …

The little boy is scared. There’s such a large crowd outside the theater. He has no idea what will happen when he walks through the doors and into the room filled with dozens of seats, all facing a large blank square. Plus it’s in the dark. He’s been told him …

Paul McCartney‘s love of reggae has surfaced in the Beatles’ “I Call Your Name” and Wings’ “C-Moon” but he‘s rarely talked about his journey in discovering Jamaica’s music. In the foreword to the liner notes for The 7″ Singles Box — a collection of 80 45s spanning McCartney’s solo career, …

Keanu Reeves is back with his gun, a sword, an axe, and plenty of other weapons as he prepares for one more mission of mayhem in the new trailer for John Wick: Chapter 4. In the film, Reeves’ titular hero is presented with the opportunity to finally rid himself of …

Southern Black Girls & Women’s Consortium, along with a number of prominent industry figures, has issued an extensive open letter denouncing violence against women. The letter is addressed in particular to Megan Thee Stallion, who was recently the apparent target in one of Drake’s lyrics on “Circo Loco,” where he …

Crash filmmaker and Million Dollar Baby screenwriter Paul Haggis was ordered to pay publicist Haleigh Breest $7.5 million after a jury found him liable for raping her in 2013, The New York Times reports.Now, an addition $2.5 million in damages has been ordered, bringing his total to $10 million. “I’ve …

O N A SHIVERY, star-filled evening in May, Durk Banks is surrounded by friends, family, and what feels like the entire city of Chicago as he prepares to take the stage for a sold-out show at his hometown’s United Center. It’s the final night on his 7220 tour, and it …

Back in 2007, Sarkodie had a dream — and a problem. He wanted to be a great rapper, but his native tongue, Twi, was not a language many understood, especially outside his hometown of Tema, Ghana. He wasn’t about to be deterred. “I believed that I was able to take …

Anish Adhikari awoke at the Qatari labor camp at 4 a.m. to diarrhea from last night’s rotten fish. His tonsils were swollen from the limited water made available by his employer while working 14 hours a day in 125-degree heat. But he remained hopeful that building air conditioners for 80,000 …