Sideshow announces new album TIGRAY FUNK

Sideshow announces new album TIGRAY FUNK

Listen to “LIFES AS VIOLENT AS YOU MAKE IT” ahead of the Feb. 27 release Sideshow can be as blunt as a hammer. Despite the 10K rapper’s deft cadences and vivid instrumentals, his raps are stark and straightforward about the unglamorous realities of human life. These inky shadows thrust his flexes and celebrations into high…

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Nicki Minaj and Trump hard launched their alliance

Nicki Minaj and Trump hard launched their alliance

Someone reset the simulation. Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images Well, who didn’t see this coming? Nicki Minaj has gone officially MAGA. On Tuesday, Minaj joined President Trump and Secretary Scott Bessent at a summit to promote “Trump Bonds,” where she publicly and officially pledged her allegiance to Trump. “I am probably the president’s No. 1…

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Ye denies his WSJ apology was about album sales

Ye denies his WSJ apology was about album sales

“This isn’t about reviving my commerciality,” Ye told Vanity Fair. Photo by Jacopo M. Raule/Getty Images For Balenciaga Today, Vanity Fair published an email interview with Ye regarding his previous apology that ran as an ad in the Wall Street Journal. In the article, VF noted that Ye “declined to answer [certain questions], including those…

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ERIS THE PLANET is a renaissance woman

ERIS THE PLANET is a renaissance woman

The 25-year-old DC rapper cosigned by SZA cuts her own irresistible groove The Opener is The FADER’s short-form profile series of casual conversations with exciting new artists. “I just killed the old me, this a renaissance,” ERIS THE PLANET purrs at the start of her April 2025 breakout “GEEZER.” Her undulating flow taps out gentle…

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Sunshine Benzi is a student of rap

Sunshine Benzi is a student of rap

Meet the “Trump The Bill” rapper who is New York rap’s number one fan. “Sunny, you gotta get your government name off Instagram,” Sunshine Benzi remembers a friend warning her when she first began uploading videos and music online. She decided to take a part of her real name and her love for Mercedes-Benz —…

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