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Craig Mack, we hardly knew ye

via www.nydailynews.com I knew something was wrong when I saw more than one person on Black People Twitter talking about Craig Mack in the same day. I checked the trending topics, and come to find out Craig Mack was dead.... Read more →

J. Cole sold two million records without anyone giving a shit

Years ago, when his career was just starting to take off, I remarked that there didn't seem to be a single person on my TL on Twitter who actually liked J. Cole, despite his supposedly burgeoning popularity. There were a... Read more →

All Kid Cudi needs is attention

Yesterday, Kid Cudi sent out a press release informing the world that he'd checked into a rehab for depression and suicidal urges. This was surprising to me, because I didn't know there was a rehab for depression and suicidal urges.... Read more →

Vinnie Paz was right about the new Beyoncé album

Vinnie Paz from Jedi Mind Tricks tried to talk some sense into people who felt "empowered" by the new Beyoncé album, and it's only resulted in Beyoncé's hoodrat army being upset with Vinnie Paz. I guess it's true what Aristotle... Read more →

Iggy Azalea should reconsider her stance on blowskis

Iggy Azalea wants her career to continue, right? Two years ago, she wasn't just successful; she was historically successful. She had the number one song in the country, and then when that started to fade, another one of her songs... Read more →

Oh, so Kanye really is crazy

It's fuxxed up when your mind's playing tricks on you It could be that the reason Kanye West has been acting like he's been off his meds for the past few weeks is that he really is off his meds.... Read more →

Revealed: Who really runs the music industry

Hint: Not black people The other day, Billboard released its annual Power 100 list of the 100 most powerful people in the music industry, and people were shocked—shocked—to see that it was indistinguishable from, say, a list of the 100... Read more →

Ke$ha Lied

The "Tik Tok" singer made up allegations against Dr. Luke to get out of a bad record deal It's tragic that a judge recently ruled that Ke$ha can't get out of her contract with Dr. Luke just because she claims... Read more →

Should white publications comment on black music?

Not if you ask Kanye West White-interest publications like Pitchfork, Rolling Stone and the New York Times have spent the past 15 years pretending to be in love with every single thing Kanye West ever did that didn't involve imagining... Read more →

Jay Electronica should have been nominated for 11 Grammys, not Kendrick Lamar

If only there was an award for shit-talking people on Periscope "'He's got 11 Grammy nominations, y'all not equal'/ Man, fuck these white people"—Jay Electronica, early contender for Verse of the Year 2K16 Last night, as Kendrick Lamar prepared to... Read more →