Music Features

Hip-Hop has always consisted of larger than life personalities. Rappers have unique backstories and ways of storytelling that essentially make them into characters, so the fact that many of them have made the transition from music to film and television is a no brainer. While some should stick to their day job, others have flourished […]

Collaboration coming soon? Who can say. But here’s a definitive battle between the Canadian Pop Kings.

2020 will go down as the most bizarre year in recorded history. From a global pandemic to the recent chaotic presidential election, this year exposed society’s moral deficiencies, and many people’s lack of compassion or empathy is on full display. This level of self-entitlement and selfishness is reflected in Hip-Hop as well. Hip-Hop has always […]

“Such A Love” is a gorgeous protest song about sacrifice and hope.

In 2003, Jay-Z announced that his eighth studio album, The Black Album, would be his last. The revered Brooklyn emcee was calling it quits after less than a decade since his debut offering, Reasonable Doubt. Jay Z’s departure was captured in the documentary Fade to Black. Fans and rappers alike were saddened by his premature […]

Some bands sell out, others change for the better.

“To Pimp A Butterfly,” Kendrick Lamar’s most political album, feels as relevant in the wake of the 2020 Election as it did in 2015 … and lord knows we need it. Here’s some Kendrick wisdom inspire you past the bleakness.

“I often remind my personal community and my larger community that ‘small’ impacts are of the utmost importance.”

Some Trump supporters played Bruce Springsteen’s “Born in the USA” outside of Walter Reed, where Trump was recovering from the coronavirus. They missed the entire point of the song, but proved something about America.

Ariana Grande isn’t writing the “Communist Manifesto” with this one, but the video opens the door for a core tenet of leftist work: imagining alternative structures to create a different world.