On Friday morning, Chance The Rapper‘s young and cherubic face loomed over my Spotify, without any new music attached. Earlier this week, he announced that his cult classic mixtapes, 2012’s 10 Day and2013’sAcid Rap, were joining the rest of his discography on all major streaming services after years of confined …
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Beastie Boys marked the 15th anniversary of their 2004 LP To the 5 Boroughs by compiling and releasing a dozen of the LP’s B-sides, remixes and more to digital services for the first time. “Hello everybody – To the 5 Boroughs came out 15 years ago today,” the Beastie Boys’ …
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James Polchin is a New York University professor who has researched hundreds of true crime stories that took place over the past century to decode those involving murders of homosexual men in the years before the gay rights movement. His new book, Indecent Advances: A Hidden History of True Crime …
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“It sounds like a cliché when I say this,” Michael Bublé admits at the beginning of this week’s Spotify Under Cover podcast. “But the songs pick me, as much as I pick the songs.I think if you asked me and gave me a truth serum what I’m best at or …
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Madonna has extended her Madame X North American tour to meet the demand for her concerts at the intimate, smaller venues. The singer also set dates for mini-residencies in four more U.S. cities. After initially announcing 12 Madame X gigs at New York’s Howard Gilman Opera House, Madonna has added …
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The Eminem-inspired use of the word “stan” to describe hyper-devoted fans has been added to Merriam-Webster’s dictionary. The casual use of “stan” famously comes from Eminem and Dido’s hit 2000 song of the same name, in which the rapper weaves a harrowing yarn about an obsessive fan trying to get …
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On Friday night, a Pennsylvania jury found former police officer Michael Rosfeld not guilty of shooting seventeen-year-old high school student Antown Rose II in the back in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as he fled from a traffic stop. Rosfeld, who had been sworn in as a police officer mere hours before …
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The third installment of the Bill and Ted saga, Bill and Ted Face the Music, will open in theaters August 21st, 2020. Production on the film is set to begin this summer in New Orleans with original stars, Keanu Reeves and Alex Winter, reprising their roles as the titular time …
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Cardi B will make her feature film debut in the upcoming stripper scam flick, Hustlers, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The rapper joins previously announced co-stars Jennifer Lopez and Constance Wu, as well as fellow newcomers Julia Stiles, Lili Reinhart and Keke Palmer. Written and directed by Lorene Scafaria (The …
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Thirty years ago this month, one of the most profoundly sad songs in pop music history hit Number One on the Hot 100. It was “The Living Years” by Mike + the Mechanics, which forced everyone within earshot of a radio throughout much of 1989 to consider that fact their …
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