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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 […]
Cardi B has been accused of plagiarizing lyrics for her verses on Offset’s “Clout” and Blueface’s “Thotiana (Remix).” Rapper Dela Wesst—who has more than half a million followers on TikTok—alleged that Cardi stole the lyrics from her. Wesst posted a video on Twitter in response to a tweet that Cardi appears to have deleted, which said, in […]
Kanye West has teased a collaboration of some sort between his own Yeezy brand and GAP, marking what longtime fans will recognize as a lyrically documented full-circle moment. Early Friday, West—using the hashtag #WESTDAYEVER—shared a photo in which clothes could be seen being pulled from a bag marked “developed by Yeezy and GAP.” The bag […]
When Drake first exploded into the rap mainstream with his debut album Thank Me Later—on June 15th, 2010, a decade ago this week—he seemed reluctant to rap about his hometown. Whether because he felt a new affinity for adopted homes such as Houston, Atlanta, and New Orleans—where he’d met and found success with Lil Wayne […]
This past weekend DMX spoke to Fatman Scoop in an IG Live conversation in which, of all things, the subject of how good of a lyricist Lloyd Banks is was brought up. The brief debate came after a friendly conversation about where X stands in the pantheon of all-time hip-hop legends. After being put in […]
Hannah Brown of The Bachelorette posted an apology on her Instagram Stories Sunday, after recording herself saying the N-word on IG Live as she tried to remember the lyrics to the Roddy Ricch-featuring song “Rockstar” by DaBaby. “I owe you all a major apology,” Brown wrote. “There is no excuse and I will not justify what I said. I […]
Nick Cannon‘s beef with Eminem has placed him in the crosshairs of every artist that’s associated with Marshall. This includes past and present Shady Records members like 50 Cent. Although he hasn’t shied away from confrontation with Fif, Cannon does lament the fact he has to slap box with one of his idols. Shortly after […]
Not only was Nicki Minaj not aware of the pushback her Rosa Parks reference in “Yikes” received from some listeners, she has zero regrets about the whole thing. That’s the takeaway from a clarification Minaj offered fans via an IG Story update overnight. When sharing a screenshot of a story citing TMZ’s report that alleged Minaj […]
As was well-documented earlier this week, Nicki Minaj recently surprised fans with an in-studio clip of a new song tentatively titled “Yikes.” While this occurrence’s apparent impact on Minaj’s previous talk of retirement is worth a headline on its own, it was the lyrical content of the clip—specifically, a line mentioning Rosa Parks—that became the story. The […]
Eminem surprise-dropped a new album, Music to Be Murdered By, overnight. And while early listener discourse surrounding the Hitchcock-inspired album has largely focused on the video for single “Darkness,” which features a recreation of the 2017 Las Vegas mass shooting, fans are now making room for some dissection of the Slaughterhouse-assisted “I Will.” The track features […]
