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Genius has lost its legal battle with Google. In late 2019, the lyric annotation site sued the tech giant and Canadian lyric sourcing company LyricFind for allegedly using content from its website without compensation or attribution. According to Variety, the complaint pointed to a hidden “watermark” used in Genius’ lyrics. That mark was consistently found in Google’s search results page, indicating […]
Akon caught heat this week after he was asked about the way slavery is viewed in Senegal, the West African country where he spent most of his childhood. The 47-year-old artist claimed Senegalese no longer think about slavery because they have “overcome” its horrors, unlike African Americans. “In Senegal, we’ve kind of overcome the thought of slavery, […]
Jimmy Winfrey, also known as Peewee Roscoe, has secured a new plea deal in connection with accusations of shooting at Lil Wayne‘s bus back in 2015. Winfrey pleaded guilty to two counts of violation of the Street Gang Terrorism and Prevention Act, per legal documents excerpted by TMZ in a report filed early Tuesday. The new […]
A Japanese sunburst electric from the early 1960s that was played by legendary guitarist Jimi Hendrix has sold for a considerable sum at an auction. The guitar, which was described as being in “well-loved condition and has no strings” sold for $216,000 on Saturday, Rolling Stone reports. “This early 1960s Japanese sunburst electric guitar was played by […]
The beef between Drake and Mavado is beginning to sizzle. After being accused of appropriating dancehall culture by Jamaican artist Mavado, Drake appeared to fire back with quite the gordian knot. During one of Popcaan’s Instagram Live streams, Aubrey seemed to address Mavados’ recent diss, writing, “Some bwoy love chat about yaad man and some next fuckery […]
It looks like MTV will be following in BET’s footsteps by opting out of the typical award show format. As ‘rona rages, the network announced its decision not to host its annual MTA VMA show at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. According to a report from Page Six, MTV and Barclays mutually decided that hosting a massive indoor […]
Outside of his ongoing campaign and a tumultuous few weeks, it appears Kanye West found some much-needed quality time with his family. West tweeted a video of himself and his daughter North dancing together and celebrating “Fri-Ye-Ye.” In the video, which appears to have been taken by Kim Kardashian, the family is riding along in a golf cart when Kanye hops off […]
The past 24 hours have been pretty eventful for The Weeknd fans. Just hours after sharing his posthumous collaboration with Juice WLRD, the XO singer-songwriter came through with The Weeknd Experience, an interactive virtual concert presented by TikTok. The event went live on Friday with 3D renderings, picture-in-picture video, and The Weeknd in avatar form as he took the audience “on an epic After […]
JD Cliffe may be criminally slept on (seriously, we’ve been talling you about him for time, get on it), but that hasn’t stopped him giving us two of the best releases of the year. First came February’s “Come Again”, a laid-back yet upbeat bubbler with a suitably understated visual to boot, and now he’s back […]
Fresh off the release of her and Cardi B‘s new single “WAP,” Megan Thee Stallion fielded questions from fans about the collab’s official video and more on Instagram Live. And when a fan asked Megan “What did you feel after getting shot?” deeper into the Q&A session, Megan spoke candidly on how some are offensively treating the […]
