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Nancy Riley When Nicki Minaj expressed support for the view that Christians were being persecuted in Nigeria, it ignited a heated online debate. It underscored the question of what role do (often politically uneducated) celebrities play in discussing delicate political matters? And, furthermore, should there be a crossover between...

Singer Lana Del Rey has recently come under fire for comments she made in an Instagram-posted essay. After she claimed that there’s a double standard in the music industry that disproportionately affects her, people raced to social media to call for everyone to boycott her music. Such reactions are...

Does anyone remember Ellie Goulding and overly dramatic and cleanly produced EDM tracks? Well Calvin Harris sure doesn’t. His newest album Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 1 sees the legendary UK producer turn a new leaf in his discography, reinventing his sound to fit modern chart-topping music, while simultaneously borrowing...

Billy is back with a brand new album full of anthems simply because they didn’t want him to have any anthems. With some help from some of the biggest names in hip hop, DJ Khaled has created an enjoyable masterpiece with a track list that looks fan made: Kendrick,...

Women have, unsurprisingly for a demographic that accounts for more than half the world’s population, contributed some sizeable amount to our musical cultural cache. But when lists of the greatest artists to ever live posited, or even figureheads of vast swathes of genres we use to divide them named…...