Jacksonville rapper Lil Poppa has died

Jacksonville rapper Lil Poppa has died

The pain rap artist was only 25. He had just released a new single on Friday. Lil Poppa has passed away. The Jacksonville, FL, rapper was only 25. The Fulton County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed the news to Billboard on Wednesday Feb. 18. He had just released a new single “Out Of Town Bae” on…

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Trim is the girl’s girl of rap

Trim is the girl’s girl of rap

At 19, the Charleston native is earning nods from Tyla and leading the charge into a collaborative new era for female rap. “I wanna accomplish everything. Who’s stopping me?” Trim poses this challenge on a recent afternoon at the FADER office in Dumbo while dressed in a black corset and one long, decadent yellow mink…

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18 songs for a chaotic Pisces season

18 songs for a chaotic Pisces season

For a go-with-the-flow solar transit, listen to songs by Anna Wise, Ninajirachi, and Eem Triplin Saturn and Moh Baretta.   NASA / Ben Brill and Elias Cruz I’ve never planned my life around a horoscope, but I enjoy astrology as a meditative practice. I find astrological charts mesmerizing, and reading someone’s birth chart is a…

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Protect plays to win on “Pwned”

Protect plays to win on “Pwned”

The Buffalo, NY, rapper returns with a music video filmed in Paris Based on his song titles, Protect seems like he would kick your ass at video games. There was “Fall Guys” from his breakout 2024 mixtape Ball Hog For Life, “Sly Cooper” on last year’s 500 Days of Summer, and now “Pwned,” where the…

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