Mixtape Mixup
With a long-overdue national reckoning over police brutality against Black Americans dominating the national conversation, the 2020 BET Awards opened on Sunday (June 28) with a fiery, all-star 2020 remix of Public Enemy’s classic anthem of outrage and activism, “Fight the Power.” First, 12-year-old Keedron Bryant appeared in a solemn, affecting cold open to sing […]
Fresh off the release of his new studio album Bigger Love on Juneteenth, John Legend took to the virtual BET Awards stage Sunday night (June 28) to perform one of the album’s most emotive tracks. Held virtually due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the awards show’s performances have so far felt akin to mini music videos. In his video stream, […]
Beyonce has surprised fans once again with the announcement of her new visual album, Black Is King. The superstar singer dropped a one-minute trailer for the visual album — which is also being described as a film — on her website Saturday night (June 27), giving fans a sneak peek into the Lion King-inspired release. […]
SZA took “Normal Girl” out to nature for this year’s Roots Picnic. The singer delivered a fresh, soothing vocal performance of the CTRL track outdoors for Saturday night’s (June 27) event. Surrounded by trees and accompanied by just a guitarist, SZA crooned about what it might be like to be the “type of girl you wanna […]
During Global Citizen’s “Global Goal: Unite For Our Future” live stream on Saturday (June 27), Usher performed his heartfelt new single “I Cry.” With powerful lyrics such as “I cry for the sons without fathers and the pain the mothers hold deep inside,” Usher’s new record sends a deep message of empathy and compassion. “If […]
Arca‘s anticipated new album, KiCk i, has finally arrived. The genre-bending effort, which is her fourth studio album, serves as a followup to 2017’s self-titled LP. The new experimental project consists of 12 tracks, boasting features from Björk, Rosalía, UK rapper Shygirl, and Scottish musician Sophie. Arca shared multiple tracks leading up to the release […]
The Roots’ annual Roots Picnic is going virtual this year, and the group is teaming up with First Lady Michelle Obama’s nonpartisan nonprofit When We All Vote for the event. The June 27 show–executive produced by Shawn Gee (Live Nation Urban), the Roots’ Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson and Tariq Trotter (Two One Five Entertainment) and Dan Parise (DPS)–will be hosted by Quest, Black […]
Spend more than ten minutes on Twitter and you’ll quickly realize that K-Pop stans are everywhere. Users worldwide spend hours each day flooding viral tweets and hashtags with ‘fan-cams’: grainy, zoomed-in videos of their favorite stars, which are shared far and wide to promote Korean artists. But more recently, stans have weaponized these fan-cams against […]
After a slight delay, G-Eazy returns with Everything’s Strange Here. Originally scheduled to arrive on June 5, the new set dropped in full at midnight. The health crisis has turned many things inside out, including the Oakland rapper’s release strategy. In fact, if it weren’t for the lockdown, the new album wouldn’t be at our […]
Common, Rapsody and more look to take a stand in honor of the lost lives of Breonna Taylor, Atatiana Jefferson and Ahmaud Arbery by heading to the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, where a rally demanding justice is being held on Thursday (June 25). “We. Do. It. For. Breonna.,” tweeted Common Wednesday in response to United […]