Kanye West never stopped talking about God. From his breakout “Jesus Walks” to last year’s ye, religion has always been, if not a fixation, than a thematic concern, something to pick at and analyze, to mythologize and aid in his own self-mythologization. While his ninth album, Jesus Is King, is …
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“Representation” was the word of the weekend as more than a dozen Asian artists took the stage Saturday for the second annual Head in the Clouds festival in Los Angeles. Dubbed by fans as the “Asian Coachella,” the single-day festival brought out more than 20,000 people, according to organizers 88rising, …
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Last Thursday, the producer Trap Money Benny — immortalized by Drake thanks to his preference for Hennessy over champagne — got on a call with Nate Fox, one of Chance The Rapper‘s longtime collaborators. Fox was in “crunch mode” trying to finish The Big Day, Chance’s long-teased “debut album.” “He’s …
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“Side Hustle” is a recurring column in which staff writer Charles Holmes reviews celebrity and celebrity-adjacent products. You can read his previous entry, on Ed Sheeran’s ketchup, here. If the mood takes you, you can also read his review of Rick Ross’s hair care and grooming line here. Celebrity: Travis …
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Valee‘s favorite salad, it seems safe to assume, is a Caesar salad. He rapped about the romaine lettuce, parmesan flake and crouton delicacy (topped with its namesake savory, creamy sauce) on his breakout single “Miami:” “Bought a Caesar salad and I put the weed in it.” In a 2018 interview …
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Exploring the inherent sexiness of utensils is an intriguing exercising — and one I hadn’t considered before today. Forks definitely aren’t sexy (pointy). Spoons can be sensual (curvy). Depending on the situation, knives are arousing (dangerous). Chopsticks, I think we can all agree, live in a gray area, which Schoolboy …
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What might the baddest boys in Spain and Brazil do to get a woman’s attention? Madrid’s Latin Grammy-winning rapper C. Tangana, along with São Paulo baile funk artiste MC Bin Laden, count the many stunts they’d pull in a springy new track released Thursday called “Pa’ Llamar Tu Atención,” or …
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Fortnite may be the world’s most popular video game, with 200 million players and $1 billion in revenue, but for 2 Milly, it’s just the game that stole his signature dance move. The latest version of Fortnite adapts the Brooklyn rapper’s viral 2015 dance, the Milly Rock, as an “emote” …
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Soulja Boy‘s voice is breaking up. He apologizes, the culprit is his house — it’s in the hills and possesses less than optimal reception — rapper problems. He’s already let his 5 million-plus followers on Twitter know that we’re going to talk: “Whoa I got rolling stone and Forbes requesting …
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Anderson .Paak is ready to take his latest album, Oxnard, on the road. On Monday, the SoCal musician announced the Andy’s Beach Club World Tour will begin in February and visit 11 cities in North America before heading to Europe in March. In a recent interview with Rolling Stone, .Paak …
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