Mixtape Mixup
In their much-cited 2023 paper “Glocalisation of Music Streaming within and across Europe,” Will Page and Chris Dalla Riva note that the rise of global streaming platforms correlates with the strengthening of local music. This seemingly contradictory state is what the authors refer to as “glocalisation” — or “glocalization” in the American spelling. And in […]
With Women’s History Month in full swing, female artists are taking over in almost every genre of music, including hip-hop. While current artists such as Doja Cat, SZA, and Beyonce continue to dominate the charts, it’s important to understand the history of trailblazing women in the genre who helped carve out a place for females […]
According to Gunna’s acclaimed album, A Gift And A Curse, notoriety isn’t all it is cracked up to be. However, on his latest single, “Prada Dem,” featuring Offset, he doesn’t mind showing off the perks of popularity. Gunna has much to prove as the official follow-up to “Bittersweet” and his first significant collaboration since the […]
Kristen Stewart is one of the stars of Love Lies Bleeding, but she’s also doing a great job of selling the movie. In one interview, she called the A24 film “so sexy and very gay”; in another, she said the sex scenes are “going to shock people.” Who wouldn’t want to see that? No, really, […]
Up-and-coming R&B singer YK Osiris talks about his new single “Time Goes By,” why he wanted to perform the song live, when the music video is coming out, his first EP, his upcoming collabs with DeJ Loaf and Tyga, his upcoming singles “Woozy” and “Soul Ties,” gets real about where his relationship status is, how […]
These days the music industry sometimes seems like a media business version of “Trading Places” in which every label wants to be a distributor and every distributor wants to become a label. On March 7, Warner Music Group disclosed its interest in buying the French digital music distributor Believe, but all the label groups are […]
On this date in 2011 in Long Beach, California, Nathaniel Hale, better known as rap/R&B crooner Nate Dogg, died from complications after suffering several strokes. He was 41 years old. Introduced to the rap game by his Long Beach homie Snoop Dogg via their trio 213, which was the group that was brought to Dr. […]
A+E Networks faces accusations of exploiting former talk show host Wendy Williams in its recent documentary, “Where Is Wendy Williams?” as guardians for Williams file unsealed court documents revealing their concerns about the portrayal of the media personality. Two weeks ago, guardians for Wendy Williams filed a sealed emergency injunction seeking to halt the airing […]
Well, this is awkward. After STARZ announced the final season of Power Book II: Ghost, the show’s stars seemed to have had no clue this was the end. Star Michael Rainey Jr. expressed his surprise on Instagram, revealing the team was recently planning the future of the show. Michael Rainey Jr. hopped on live while […]
If there’s any team that could really use the end of the NBA season, it’s the Washington Wizards. Things have just not gone well for Washington this year, as the team entered Thursday night’s slate of games with the worst record in the league at 11-54 and are already eliminated from postseason contention. Washington had […]