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Drake Continues To Dominate Spotify With New Hip-Hop Streaming Milestone
Drake continues his victory lap regardless of the fact he hasn’t dropped a solo album in almost three years. He doesn’t have to. He surpassed three billion views and has the Hova Effect. What is the Hova Effect? It means he will not lose. He might have taken a hard left hook from the Kendrick Lamar feud, but he is immune to even hits like this. Jay-Z, Shawn “Hova” Carter, the Michael Jordan of rap, stated this effect when he said he didn’t mind if radio didn’t play his songs if he didn’t play their shows. This is the inverse in a sense, though. Drake doesn’t care about hate online because he will always sell no matter what happens.
By Skyler Saunders4 days ago in Beat
"Nipsey Hussle Square" Unveiled In His Honor At Los Angeles Intersection
In the time since Nipsey Hussle’s death, he’s been venerated and lauded and applauded as possibly the Len Bias of hip hop. Though some folks will argue Big L held that crown, Nipsey’s memory could quite easily assume that throne. Truthfully, he earned his name on Crenshaw and Slauson streets in Los Angeles where he succumbed to gunshot wounds.
By Skyler Saunders4 days ago in Beat
MAYLIE?
MAYLIE (born December 2, 2004) is an international pop artist and songwriter, known as Somelsy on Instagram. Born into a musical family and raised in a quiet town near the capital, she was immersed in music from infancy. As the granddaughter of a guitarist from a vocal-instrumental ensemble, she began experimenting with the guitar and synthesizer even before she could speak. It was her grandpa who instilled in her a lifelong love for music. Her Instagram account is entirely dedicated to her grandfather's guitar collection. The collection includes about 10 guitars of various ages, even from the 1980s.
By Alex Croft4 days ago in Beat
50 CENT FIRES BACK 50 Cent Shuts Down T.I.’s Son King Harris After He Posted Alleged Paperwork: "I Ain't Never Told On No N**ga In My Life!"
50 cent claims he’s never snitched on anyone. What a pity. Snitching is part of the ecosystem that sustains society. Those nosy old women, Karens some of them, hold this world together like glue. Those boys on the playground who play tattletale ensure that order is kept. The responsible young men who see a four-year-old gunned down in the street and know who the killer(s) is should be lauded and applauded.
By Skyler Saunders5 days ago in Beat
Review of 'Man on the Run'. Top Story - March 2026.
My wife and I saw Man on the Run, a nearly 2-hour documentary on Amazon Prime, about Wings, Paul McCartney's group that flew around the world from shortly after The Beatles broke up in early 1970 to shortly after John Lennon was murdered at the end of 1980, making a Beatles reunion forever impossible.
By Paul Levinson5 days ago in Beat
Welcome to the machine
1: The rise of the machines A long time ago I wanted nothing more than to be a rock star. My late teens were spent devouring music like some kind of junkie crawling through records in shops for my next fix. I learned to play guitar, bass and a bit of keyboards and I tried to sing.
By Phill Ross5 days ago in Beat
