The Meek Mill vs. Drake battle

The feud going on between Meek Mill and Drake stemmed from when Mill called out Drake for employing a ghostwriter on his songs. Since then, Drake as performed at OVO Fest in a "Free Meek Mill" shirt, that he obtained a few years ago when Meek Mill was in jail. Mill let loose an onslaught of threa...Read more

Pharrell prepares for protests during South African Tour

Pharrell is set to face protests during his South African tour over the next few months from a pro-Palestinian group that opposes his partnership with Woolworths, a major retailer in the country that has trade ties with Israel. The South African branch of Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions --a mov...Read more

Introducing rudeFILTER - the future Jack Kerouac

Up and coming artist, and future Jack Kerouac, Joe Tapiro better known as rudeFILTER, will tell you himself how humbled he is by that comparison. As a college graduate and only 23 years old, he sees himself as a writer and poet before a musician. When talking to him, especially about music, he defin...Read more

Kanye West storms off stage at Pan Am Games

Kanye West performed at the Pan Am Games closing ceremony in Toronto on Sunday night (July 26th), but ended his set suddenly due to technical difficulties. West's scheduled performance had received some backlash, with a petition of over 50,00 signatures being circulated to prevent him from performin...Read more

Artists weigh in on the death of Sandra Bland

Sandra Bland was a 28-year-old Chicago woman who was arrested in Texas and found dead in her jail cell three days later. Bland's death has sparked even more conversation around the topic of police brutality, it's even added to the ongoing national outcry on and offline, including hashtags like #Just...Read more

Azealia Banks on Nicki Minaj vs. Taylor Swift Twitter feud

Azealia Banks commented on the Twitter feud between Nicki Minaj and Taylor Swift recently. The feud saw Nicki Minaj accusing Taylor Swift of defending the "racist media" following the recent MTV VMA nominations. The dispute started when Minaj took offense at her being excluded from the nominations f...Read more