#Xang gives ambient trap room to grow

#Xang gives ambient trap room to grow

The Maryland rapper on his new project WOMB, his crew DPM, and staying hungry to innovate. Xang. Photo via artist   Before becoming an ambient trap pioneer, Xang was content to be a loose thread in the tapestry of DMV hip-hop. “I felt like I wasn’t the main character, like I don’t really need rap,”…

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#Watch Yung Lean’s Stockholm concert in full

#Watch Yung Lean’s Stockholm concert in full

Yung Lean Live at Globen was filmed on March 1 at Lean’s headlining hometown arena show. Yung Lean. Photo by Nils Carmel.   At the beginning of March, Yung Lean performed a headlining show at Stockholm’s Avicii Arena (also known as Globen). For over two hours, Lean celebrated his decade-plus rise from Swedish internet meme…

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#Interview: Nino Paid’s lived-in pain rap

#Interview: Nino Paid’s lived-in pain rap

Nino Paid’s lived-in pain rap The nascent DMV rapper’s tragic music made him a star. This is what else he’s been feeling. By Kaila Philo Photographer Kyna Uwaeme The FADER’s longstanding GEN F series profiles the emerging artists you need to know right now. Nino Paid keeps his head low. He’s sitting at the end…

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#Drake and iHeartRadio “amicably resolve” claim over “Not Like Us”

#Drake and iHeartRadio “amicably resolve” claim over “Not Like Us”

iHeartRadio did not financially compensate Drake to settle the dispute, which alleged that Universal Music Group paid the radio conglomerate to play Kendrick Lamar’s diss track. Drake. Photo by Cole Burston/Getty Images.   Drake’s petition against iHeartRadio will no longer move forward, with the rapper withdrawing his claim that Universal Music Group engaged in payola…

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#Conan O’Brien’s Drake joke at the Oscars “raised eyebrows” at ABC

#Conan O’Brien’s Drake joke at the Oscars “raised eyebrows” at ABC

The 2025 Oscar host’s joke was ultimately approved by network officials before it aired. Conan O’Brien. Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images.   Conan O’Brien’s hosting duties at the 2025 Oscars have received near-universal acclaim. The veteran comedian brought the same delicately twisted, oddball energy that defined his beloved talk show Late Night with Conan O’Brien…

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