Music Missy and Wayne Kick Off Grammys Weekend The Grammys are on Sunday which means that the music industry will be the main story this weekend. Last night the Recording Academy and the Black Music Collective presented its Global Impact Award, now renamed after Dr Dre, to several recipients including music executive Sylvia Rhone, Missy Elliott, and Lil By Lainey • Feb 03, 2023 10:56 am
Music Nicki & Drake: Hip-Hop’s Siblings Reunite Last night Nicki Minaj hopped on Instagram Live shortly before midnight to introduce the new music she’s been teasing all week. I was expecting the release of a new single, but she actually announced that she’d be making her critically acclaimed 2009 mixtape, Beam Me Up Scotty, available By Cody • May 14, 2021 09:58 am
Douchebags 50 Cent, Lil Wayne, and the misogyny in rap Last weekend, a clip began to circulate of 50 Cent on Lil Wayne’s radio show where he was ranting about Black women’s reaction to him dating “exotic women”, which kicked off a stream of consciousness that is very difficult to follow. Here’s some of what he said: By Melayna • Jul 10, 2020 10:39 am
Music The Performances at the virtual BET Awards The 2020 BET Awards, held virtually, was one of my favourite BET Awards in many years; things may be upside down right now, but Black people continue to shine. Hosted by Amanda Seales, with her usual humour and authenticity, the show promised to be “Black Black” and showcasing the creativity By Melayna • Jun 29, 2020 11:08 am
Ebola Victims Ebola’s Good Time Ebola’s trying to make music again. The song is called… I think it might be called Good Time. But I’m not sure and I’m not wasting my good time checking. The only time I’ve wasted is on finding the embed code for the video and listening By Lainey • Oct 08, 2013 12:36 pm
