Kanye West Wanted To Change His Name To A Nazi Swastika, Says Nick Fuentes
Kanye West allegedly contemplated changing his name to a Nazi swastika at one point, according his white nationalist former friend, Nick Fuentes.
Kanye West allegedly contemplated changing his name to a Nazi swastika at one point, according his white nationalist former friend, Nick Fuentes.
The city of Olympia in Washington has declared today, August 23, “Bikini Kill Day,” in honor of the foundational riot grrrl band, which famously formed in 1990 with members Kathleen Hanna, Billy Karren, Kathi Wilcox, and Tobi Vail. (The current lineup includes Hanna, Wilcox,
Florida rapper PlayThatBoiZay has worked a lot with Denzel Curry, and Curry is among the impressive cast of guests that appears on Zay’s new album out today. VIP also boasts appearances from A$AP Rocky, JPEGMAFIA, Kenny Mason, and Mike Dimes. The Curry and Rocky appearances
Cardi B has revealed that she hated spending time in Atlanta, the hometown of her soon-to-be ex-husband Offset, noting that she never enjoyed living there.
"Josh has been given no choice but to prioritize his health and to receive essential medical care through the remainder of the year," band says in statement
Singer also channels her inner country star and more on her latest album
Future has hit the studio with Pharrell Williams as they reunite for the first time since 'Move That Dope' for Pluto's new mixtape.
The band famously wrote the 2006 song after being attacked by the far-right for speaking out against George Bush and the Iraq War
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"No Fun" and "All in My Head" arrive ahead of One More Time ... Part-2
Kid Cudi is selling his own funnel cake mix. General Mills announced Thursday that Cudder, a self-professed funnel cake connoisseur, is teaming with Bisquick to launch his own spin on the product. It’s apparently a nostalgic favorite that takes my fellow Ohioan Scott Mescudi
Mustard, who produced Kendrick Lamar's Drake diss 'Not Like Us,' has said that he won't work with Drizzy in the future because he's a 'strange guy.'
Buffalo rap hardhead Benny The Butcher has a truly chaotic discography. Earlier this year, Benny released his Def Jam album Everybody Can’t Go . A couple of weeks ago, Benny and his Black Soprano Family crew released an album called Summertime Butch . Now, Benny has a new EP
Fugees' star Pras has explained his issues with Lauryn Hill over the cancelation of their North American tour which the singer blamed on the media.
In 1965, the Staple Singers, already giants in the world of gospel, released Freedom Highway , an album explicitly inspired by the Civil Rights struggle. Pops Staples wrote the album’s title track, and his daughter and bandmate Mavis was in her mid-twenties when it came out.
Country legend and family unveil both the Dolly-penned title track as well as revive 1988 unreleased song "A Rose Won't Fix It" with Heidi Parton on lead vocals
Hip-hop duo alleges EDM artists officially trademarked the term in 2020 unbeknownst to them, even though their ATLiens album came out in 1996
Last month, Queens Of The Stone Age announced that the rest of their July shows would be cancelled while frontman Josh Homme headed back to the US for emergency surgery . Today, the band announced via Instagram that the remainder of their 2024 tour, including festival
One of Nashville's most relatable new stars delivers a stellar album with Whirlwind
Thurston Moore is set to release a new album, Flow Critical Lucidity , in September. We’ve already heard quite a few tracks from the Sonic Youth co-founder’s latest, including “ Isadora ,” “ Hypnogram ,” “ Rewilding ,” and “ Sans Limites ” featuring Stereolab’s Lætitia Sadier.
Kanye West has shown love to sometimes-rival Drake and taken a shot at apparel giant Adidas during his 'Vultures 2' listening party in South Korea.
The wildly creative Florida singer and rapper Doechii signed with Top Dawg Entertainment a few years ago, and she scored a hit last year with the Trillville-interpolating Kodak Black collab “ What It Is (Block Boy) .” Since then, Doechii has released a handful of promising
In July, experimental rock vets Oxbow lost its lead singer right in the middle of a European tour. At the time, frontman and founder Eugene Robinson announced his departure in an ominous Substack post reading: “The very real prospect that we might have contributed to the misery
The "Lose Control" singer discusses his breakthrough 2023 track and the rewards of being so vulnerable in his songwriting
"We've just tried to let go of caring what people think this music is," says singer Kellen Asebroek of How to Make Mistakes
Mötley Crüe have announced the Cancelled EP, produced by Bob Rock and arriving in early October. Following their 2019 soundtrack to the biographical film Dirt , not to mention 2021’s 40 Years cassette boxset, Cancelled features the already released, Mick Mars-less “ Dogs Of War
OutKast released their sophomore album ATLiens in 1996, and it’s an absolute bulletproof rap classic. You could argue that it’s OutKast’s best album, and plenty have. As it turns out, there’s a masked dubstep duo from Atlanta that calls itself ATLiens. They’ve been around for a
Ghostface Killah and RZA have been cast as Staten Island in Lin-Manuel Miranda's 'Warriors' concept album which is executive produced by Nas.
Fan/fugitive named Samantha joined rapper onstage at Lovestream Festival this weekend, despite having an outstanding warrant related to a 2019 streaking incident at a soccer game
The Brussels/Marseille band Cœur À L’Index play sparkling guitar-led indie pop, and on new album Adieu Minette they’ll do it for the great UK punk label La Vida Es Un Mus, whose roster tends to skew a lot harder and nastier than this. The label bills the record as a collection
Maria Jacobson, the Chicago musician who records under the name Fran, released their album Leaving at the top of 2023. Today, they’ve released a really cool new song, a watery waltz called “Florida.”
Kanye West has shown love to Travis Scott and his mixtape 'Days Before Rodeo' and revealed which song from the project he thinks is a 'classic'.
Bluegrass giant Billy Strings announced a new album Highway Prayers earlier this month. Featuring his longtime band and production by Jon Brion, Highway Prayers includes the lead single “Leadfoot” and a 20-song(!) tracklist. One of those tracks is the double-named “Stratosphere
Back in the early-to-mid ’90s, college-rock four-piece Cell were making the rounds and impressing Sonic Youth’s Thurston Moore, who released a 7-inch on his Ecstatic Peace imprint. Cell only ever released two LPs and several EPs (via the DGC subsidiary of Geffen), such as
After making a big splash this year with “ Espresso ” and “ Please Please Please ,” Sabrina Carpenter released her anticipated new album Short n’ Sweet today, which turns out to sound a lot more like “Please Please Please” than “Espresso” in general. (I love both songs, but the
With a 20th anniversary edition out now, the artists behind Rogers' influential Red Dirt album recall its creation and its legacy
Offset has reacted after Pooh Shiesty publicly flirted with Cardi B on her Instagram Live, telling the pregnant female MC he was '5 mins away'.
This year, the Boston Celtics won their first NBA championship since 2008, pretty much trouncing the Mavericks. Celtics star Jaylen Brown won the Finals MVP, but he wasn’t selected to play for the American Olympic team, and he says that he was passed over because of his
In July, Pixies released a single with their new bassist, Emma Richardson. Titled “ Chicken ,” the release is set to appear on the band’s forthcoming album The Night The Zombies Came , which also features the previously released single “ You’re So Impatient ” and is out in
Back in 2021 we bestowed Album Of The Week honors of Always Something , a garage-rocking, power-popping delight from Gainesville band UV-TV. Today they’re back with news of a new album, and it sounds like quite the departure.
Chicago legends deliver post-convention rendition of Staple Singers' civil rights-era classic at Auditorium Theater
The hilariously gruesome clip arrives alongside the release of Carpenter's new album, Short n' Sweet
A$AP Rocky has said he doesn't spend much time thinking about Drake as he has bigger 'fish to fry' but still took another shot at his rap rival.
Sarah Tudzin shows she's a master at mixing expert popcraft with deep emotional impact
New Radicals, the band responsible for the 1998 alt-pop anthem “ You Get What You Give ,” broke up shortly after the release of Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too , their sole album. Band mastermind Gregg Alexander disappeared from the public eye, but he kept writing songs for
For the past decade, the house band for Seth Meyers’ version of Late Night has been the 8G Band, an indie rock combo featuring two members of Les Savy Fav (guitarist Seth Jabour and bassist Syd Butler), keyboardist Eli Janney of Girls Against Boys. SNL / Portlandia guy Fred
For what feels like the first time in a while, we’ve finally got some new pop stars really going off this year. One of them is Sabrina Carpenter. Technically, the 25-year-old Carpenter isn’t new. She was a Disney child star, and she’s on her fifth album. But Carpenter has had a
Lil Yachty has gone nuclear on Karrahbooo after she departed his Concrete Boys collective amid claims of bullying and verbal abuse.