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Immediately after going viral on TikTok in 2021 with the nostalgic track “Yucky Blucky Fruitcake,” which specifics her origin story, Doechii has been breaking in the industry. The self-proclaimed Swamp Princess and rapper, whose given name is Jaylah Hickman, performed her enticing single “Persuasive” at the 2022 BET Awards, delivering a staggering open season freestyle for XXL..
Read MoreCardi B is turning up the heat this summer, dropping her latest single, “Hot Shit,” on Friday (July 1). Networking with with Ye and Lil Durk, this is her first new music release since dropping the upbeat song “Up” in 2021. In this new record, she raps about luxury, extravagance, and her “checks comin’ fast.” “Either way you slice it, bottom line, I'm the best bitch / ..
Read MoreBad Bunny is hopping up and making history on the Billboard charts. This week, the Puerto Rican superstar boasts four songs in The best 10 of the Hot 100 — all in Spanish, marking the opening time two or more all-Spanish-language songs have simultaneously ranked with each other on that chart. Billboard announced the news today (May 16), as well as the revelation that seven of his s..
Read MoreBy Arielle Lana LeJarde The experience of coming of age is often captured in art and popular culture. Tales of teen heartbreak, unpredictable change, and finding yourself try to mine our collective pangs of adolescence or feelings of nostalgia. Nevertheless in 21-year-old Mercury's latest project, Tabula Rasa, the Atlanta-based rapper doesn’t need to try. The album strikes on a vi..
Read MoreBy Alissa Godwin The record-breaking HBO series Euphoria has kept fans talking for the entirety of Season 2’s eight-week run, which concluded with a shocking finale last night (February 27). It was so hyped, case in point, that HBO Max experienced streaming issues right around 9 p.M. Presumably because of the sheer number of viewers tuning in. Aside from its critically acclaimed pe..
Read MoreBy Grant Sharples In 2018, the Chicago-born rapper Saba released his breakthrough sophomore album, Care For Me. It was a poignant exploration of grief, life, and innocence, add onto piano-driven compositions that belied Saba’s trademark rapid-fire delivery and laser-sharp focus. The record rightfully earned him a bigger audience, which materialized in the form of year-end accolades..
Read MoreEvery year to kick off the month of December, Spotify launches its Unwrapped feature, a quantitative look at the songs and artists (and right now also podcasts) we listened to the most on its platform. Mine is pretty much the same every year — 600 minutes of my personalized 2021 were spent listening to R.E.M., and I will spend even more in 2022 — nevertheless I am in the minority...
Read MoreBy Lucas Villa In the past year, María Becerra has become the largest artist to emerge from Argentina. That’s thanks in part to her sex-positive album Animal, with its fierce title track featuring Cazzu and the girl-power anthem "Wow Wow" with Becky G, which pushes the limitations of Latin music. As her country’s most-streamed act on Spotify with 23 million monthly listeners, B..
Read MoreBy Dani Blum Drake couldn’t operate the hugest moment in his career. He was anxious and antsy any time his sophomore album, Take Care, leaked online in November 2011, all of the love and purpose he’d channeled into making the record suddenly obtainable anyone prepared to download it. He told GQ at the time that he named the collection immediately after his intense devotion to the..
Read MoreBy Kelly Nguyen To experience 88rising’s recent Head in the Clouds festival was to feel pure jubilance. Bursting through sunny, sublime skies on November 6 and 7 was history in the making: Every space indoors Pasadena’s Rose Bowl Stadium was interwoven with Asians and Asian Residents of the U.S. Owning their power. In the middle of the gathering, a Asian plaza-inspired sign dir..
Read MoreBy Lucas Villa Kris Floyd’s name is more known in the songwriting credits for artists like Selena Gomez and Lauren Jauregui than for his own assignments. He notably helped Gomez find her voice en español on her Spanish EP Revelación earlier this year. Although the Puerto Rican rapper and singer-songwriter is currently looking to prepare his voice heard on his debut EP, La Última..
Read MoreImmediately after countless delays, Drake confirmed on Monday (August 30) that he'll finally be dropping his new studio album, Certified Lover Boy, this Friday. Get ready. On Instagram, Drake posted an image of countless pregnant-mother emojis in various skin tones and shirt colors. The image is set to be the official album cover, and he captioned the post, in all caps, “Certified..
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