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YG and Nipsey Hussle‘s “FDT” was the soundtrack for Saturday’s celebrations. The politically charged protest song, which stands for “Fuck Donald Trump,” reached No. 1 on the iTunes charts just hour after Joe Biden was declared the country’s next president. Streams of the 2016 record soared over the past week as Americans headed to the polls. The song reportedly experienced a 221 […]

A former Drexel University professor is facing theft charges after he allegedly blew nearly $200,000 of the school’s grant money on partying with strippers.  At one point, Chikaodinaka Nwankpa was the head of the electrical engineering department at Drexel. Now the Philadelphia District Attorney’s office says he was charged with felony counts of unlawful taking and theft by deception for abusing […]

Lizzo’s “Water Me,” which originally came out in 2017 before winding up on the deluxe edition of Cuz I Love You, has miraculously climbed to No. 15 on the U.S. iTunes chart. When a Nicki Minaj stan leveled payola and use of streaming bots against the “Turth Hurts” rapper and singer, Lizzo shot them down with […]

After a run of almost 20 years, iTunes is no more. The cause of death was Apple‘s Monday release of a big software update for Macs called macOS Catalina. This whole thing was not out of nowhere, but still. Replacing iTunes will be a trio of sorted apps for Apple TV, Apple Music, and Podcasts. […]

The file organization system you’ve been finding ways to work around for over a decade is about to be no more. According to a report from Bloomberg, Apple is hoping to phase out iTunes in the near future. Apple CEO Tim Cook is expected to announce the decision to move away from iTunes as part […]

Apple is being sued by customers who claim that the company sold their iTunes data to third parties.  In a new class-action lawsuit filed on May 24, three iTunes customers claim that Apple violated several states’ privacy laws by selling information on iTunes purchases to other companies. The lawsuit uses the language of an Apple […]

Lady Gaga’s 2013 song “Do What U Want,” featuring R. Kelly, saw a 13,720 percent boost in the U.S. sales following her statement about working with the singer, according to Billboard. Nielsen Music reports that the song sold 2,000 downloads on Jan. 10. That’s a surge from the song’s inconsequential figure from the day before. […]