New York, NY – Cardi B continues to use her star power social media to address her political views in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic. The “I Like It” songstress posted an Instagram story video on Sunday (March 22), urging her 60.9 million followers to stop hate crimes towards Chinese and Asian-Americans who are scapegoated […]
A growing number of artists are using Instagram Live to connect with their fans and peers as the coronavirus pandemic continues its global rampage. Boogie Down Productions DJ D-Nice ignited a viral dance party over the weekend with over 100,000 people. Presidential hopefuls Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden, former First Lady Michelle Obama, Rihanna, Drake, […]
In times of distress, it’s important to reflect on the things you care about and to let people know you care. At least that seems to be Stevie Nicks’s approach to the ongoing global pandemic. The Fleetwood Mac singer let everyone know she was staying indoors Twitter March 23 and shared her secret for coping: […]
Out of all of the events canceled due to our current situation, Eurovision might be the saddest one. (Yes, I’m including Coachella, Vanessa Hudgens.) The yearly “European” (plus Israel, Australia, and a few other exceptions that we won’t get into right now) song contest is a joy to many and practically unheard of in the […]
If you missed DJ D-Nice’s ten-hour DJ set on Instagram Live yesterday, don’t worry. He’s back at it again right now. By ‘right now,’ we mean during the publishing of this article, of course, but based on his recent posts, D-Nice, real name Derrick Jones, started spinning last week and plans to keep the #ClubQuarantine […]
#RapDad is a common hashtag among older Hip Hop heads to describe life as a father. What that entails could be anything from picking up your kids from school to spending quality family time with them at home. More than anything, it’s connecting those two identities together – to have the swagger of being a […]
If we’re all going to keep consuming celebrity coronavirus content (and clearly we all are, because we work here and you’re reading this!), the least the celebs can do is cut the sentimentality and give us a peep into their own stir-crazy quarantine minds. It’s no surprise, then, that no one can deliver social distancing-induced […]
If you’re a masochist who’s been wearing out R.E.M.’s “The End of the World,” do we have a treat for you. Because we, too, are masochists here at Vulture, we compiled some more songs about the end of the world. Maybe you knew some of them were about that all along, or maybe this is […]
The coronavirus pandemic has put indie musicians in a tougher spot than most have ever been in before, with no ability to tour traditionally — and, therefore, sell more merch in person — due to social distancing measures and bans on large gatherings. It’s also given fans a conundrum: What’s the best way to support […]
As you’ve likely heard by now, Shakespeare wrote King Lear while quarantining during the bubonic plague. In this connected digital age, our wave of COVID-19 quarantine art has already begun, with Cardi B leading the pack. It all began with a little PSA on the rapper’s Instagram last week, in which she yells about the […]
Manchester, TN – The organizers behind the annual Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee have postponed the event until fall as the coronavirus continues to spread around the globe. The event was originally scheduled to take place between June 11-14 but has now been rescheduled to September 24-27, according to a statement posted […]
Bronx, NY – C-Rayz Walz was once a prominent fixture in New York’s underground Hip Hop scene but hasn’t been as active in the last couple of years. According to the New York City Department of Correction, he’s been locked up since December 13, 2019 on charges of felony rape. Inmate records show he’s expected at […]
At this point, just about every concert has been canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic — and if it’s not, you really shouldn’t be going anyway. As artists scramble to figure out what to do next, many have started livestreaming concerts on social media from their homes, empty venues, or wherever they can while they […]
The worlds of opera and classical music have had plenty of experience preparing for the day when their public would vanish, though they did think it would happen more gradually. To forestall the End Times, many organizations jumped into streaming years ago, unearthing archived recordings and old radio and TV broadcasts, and pushing out those, […]
Thundercat is back with another taste of his forthcoming It Is What It Is album called “Fair Chance.” The sentimental track features contributions from Ty Dolla $ign and Lil B and Thundercat’s signature, airy vocals. The Los Angeles-bred bass impresario was close with Mac Miller before his September 2018 death, so lyrics such as “I’ll keep […]
Ariana Grande, proud Bernie ho and consistently socially conscious benefactor, has already risen to the occasion of our national crisis and tweeted at her 70 million followers to stay the fuck home. “It is incredibly dangerous and selfish to take this situation lightly,” she wrote over the weekend, likely aghast at the droves of reckless […]
Woodside, NY – 50 Cent was very much “in da club” over the weekend. According to TMZ, the For Life co-creator was at Starlet’s Gentlemen’s club in Woodside, New York on Saturday night (March 14), throwing around money as he failed to practice “social distancing.” In a clip posted online, Fiddy throws money at the dancers […]
Well, it’s official. The largest live music booking companies — Live Nation Entertainment and AEG — have suspended all tours amid coronavirus outbreak. According to a press release, the companies “have come together to form a global task force to drive strategic support and unified direction ensuring precautionary efforts and ongoing protocol are in the […]
To prevent the spread of COVID-19, a.k.a. the coronavirus, the majority of event companies and venues have canceled concerts and shows until further notice. Several cities, including New York City, San Francisco, and Dallas, have banned large gatherings in an attempt to stop the spread of the virus, and if you’ve already bought a ticket […]
Los Angeles, CA – Blueface sat down with Nick Cannon for an interview on Power 106 FM Los Angeles where he was grilled about his personal life. Around the 3:53 minute-mark, Cannon introduces a new segment called the “Desirable IQ” test to determine how “fly” Blueface is with the ladies. But things got weird, when Blueface […]
In 2019, Mariah Carey won the TikTok dance challenge where users danced to her song “Fantasy” … by dancing to her song “Fantasy.” Now, she’s started a new “Fantasy” challenge, involving less choreography and much more WHO-guideline awareness. On Friday, Mariah posted a TikTok of her and her adorable twins, Moroccan and Monroe, washing their […]
Teens can make anything cool. Their social-media superiority launched songs like “Old Town Road” and “The Box” to No. 1 on the Billboard charts, and every day, pop songs like Dua Lipa’s “Don’t Start Now” become templates for teens to dance, lip-sync, or act to. But the creative geniuses on TikTok are also discovering (and […]
A few nights ago, I joined more than 3,000 audience members from all over the world at the Metropolitan Opera for a performance of Wagner’s The Flying Dutchman, about a ship’s captain doomed to drift endlessly, disembarking only briefly every seven years to search for his true love. At the time, the corona-infected cruise ship […]
Megan Thee Stallion has started a new social media dance challenge based on her song “Captain Hook,” which arrives on the heels of Eminem’s popular #GodzillaChallenge. “#captainhookchallenge Y’all want the music video,” she wrote on Instagram. View this post on Instagram #captainhookchallenge Y’all want the music video ? A post shared by Hot Girl Meg […]
Amherst, MA – Meek Mill skipped out on a performance at the University of Massachusetts’ annual Blarney Blowout despite showing up at the venue on Saturday (March 7). According to a UMass press release, the Maybach Music Group rapper made his way to the school’s Mullins Center but left without performing for over 1,5000 students […]
Kansas City, MO – Krizz Kaliko has announced the release date for his forthcoming Eternal album. According to an Instagram post from the Strange Music artist, the project arrives on Friday (March 13). “That’s it!” he wrote in the caption. Eternal serves as the follow-up to the Immortal EP, which arrived in November 2019. It marked […]
On February 8, 2020 Hip Hop fans and journalists celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of his second solo LP, Supreme Clientele. In the sphere of Hip Hop superstition, the “sophomore slump” is more feared among rappers than the curse of Lil B is to NBA players. But Supreme Clientele went the opposite way. […]
In a certain world, you could sum up the mid-’90s with Stephen Malkmus, crying while drinking a martini, singing Ooh-ooh, ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh. Malkmus’s group, Pavement, is still one of the great examples of what was thought possible with guitars and irony at the dawn of the internet. Decades later, we caught up with the joke, and […]
Oh, so you’re a connoisseur of ballet? Name every member of BTS, then. After the release of their new album Map of the Soul: 7 and the music video for “On,” Jungkook, RM, J-Hope, Jin, Jimin, V, and Suga are back with another music video that will almost definitely shatter YouTube. For “Black Swan,” the […]
Lil Elt knew “Get The Gat” was destined for greatness, but it took almost 30 years to reach the heights he imagined. After releasing the bounce song in 1992, a then-teenage Lil Elt saw his single become a local hit in New Orleans. But disfunction at his label led to the “Get The Gat” getting […]