Mixtape Mixup
It’s official: Coachella won’t be happening this year. The Indio, Calif.-based music festival announced on Wednesday (June 10) that it would be postponed until 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. The news is especially hard to swallow for fans of Rage Against the Machine, Travis Scott and Frank Ocean, who were all set to headline […]
Stormzy and his Merky label have announced a sizable donation to pro-black causes. The British rapper is committing £10 million over 10 years to organizations, charities, and movements fighting racial inequality, justice reform, and black empowerment within the UK. “The uncomfortable truth that our country continuously fails to recognise and admit, is that black people […]
2 Chainz, Brandi Carlile, Brittany Howard and T-Pain are on board. Superfly is pitching in to help minority-owned small businesses around the country this month with a virtual music experience they’re calling Small Business Live. The June 20 event will take place from 4-10 p.m. ET and include performances from 2 Chainz, Brandi Carlile, Brittany […]
We’re just about halfway through 2020, and while it’s been a year like no other, we’ve had plenty of music to soundtrack these unprecedented times. Earlier this week, Billboard ranked the 50 best songs of 2020 thus far. Naturally, the rankings run the gamut from hip-hop and rap to pop and country, and now we […]
As Black Lives Matter protests erupt across the country, Lee is getting engaged with the voting process and figuring out other ways to make an impact. Since getting her start through a chance meeting with Gucci Mane, Atlanta-based audio engineer Kesha Lee has worked on chart-toppers like Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” and Migos’ “Bad […]
While many of his peers have been preaching messages decrying injustice and intolerance, rapper Ice Cube spent Wednesday (June 10) confoundingly posting images that appeared to amplify anti-Semitic tropes tying Jews to the oppression of black people. They also appeared to nod to debunked conspiracy theories about the noses of Egypt’s sphinxes that first surfaced […]
As music fans continue to champion a potential Verzuz battle between Kanye West and Pharrell, on Thursday (June 11), they received endless gems in a new interview between the two hip-hop luminaries. Covering i-D’s “The Faith In Chaos” Summer 2020 issue, Pharrell brought Kanye into the fold and spoke on a myriad of topics, including Michael Jackson, […]
DaBaby & Roddy Ricch rule with the same title as Post Malone & 21 Savage’s 2017 leader. It’s a case of almost-déjà vu atop the Billboard Hot 100 chart, as DaBaby’s “Rockstar,” featuring Roddy Ricch, hits No. 1. The song shares the title of Post Malone’s eight-week leader, featuring 21 Savage, in 2017. “Rockstar” joins […]
Selena Gomez has been letting some other people do the talking on her Instagram this week in order to teach about the work of black activists and history of systemic racism. After earlier ceding the stage to Black Lives Matter co-founder Alicia Garza, New Yorker writer and Columbia University professor Jelani Cobb and Harvard University […]
André 3000 is taking his message to the people. The OutKast legend has announced that he’s transforming his iconic, thought-provoking jumpsuits into a fundraiser for the Movement for Black Lives. “Something very important is happening all over the world and it is happening to all of us. How does it make you feel?” the reclusive […]