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Music SZA Taps Travis Scott and Kendrick Lamar for "CTRL" SZA unveils the tracklist to her debut album. By Jonathan Carey June 05, 2017
Music Nick Grant Performs On NPR's "Tiny Desk" Watch Nick Grant's showcase. By Jonathan Carey June 05, 2017
Politics Saddam Hussein Loved Him Some Mary J. Blige “He’d always stop tuning [the radio] if he stumbled across a Mary J. Blige song." By Danny Schwartz June 05, 2017
Music XXXTENTACION Speaks Out Against Inequality During Concert XXXTENTACION leads a supercharged equality statement. By Matt F June 05, 2017
Music Lil Uzi Vert Reaches Out To Those Who Feel Marginalized On Twitter Lil Uzi speaks out using social media. By Matt F June 05, 2017
Original Content Governors Ball 2017 Recap Chance the Rapper, Childish Gambino, and Wu-Tang Clan highlighted an action-packed Gov Ball 2017. By Danny Schwartz June 05, 2017
Music Lil Yachty Writes Open Letter In Response To First Week Sales Lil Yachty pens an Instagram letter to his fans in response to "Teenage Emotion" first week sales. By Rose Lilah June 05, 2017
Music Kanye West Songs Leaked, Featuring Migos, Young Thug & A$AP Rocky New Yeezy tracks made their way online this past weekend. By Matt F June 05, 2017
Music Fyre Festival Organization In Disarray Weeks Before Festival, Emails Show Emails obtained by Mic reveal worried correspondence between Fyre Festival execs in weeks leading up to the aborted festival. By Danny Schwartz June 05, 2017
Music Travis Scott's "Goosebumps" Beat Was Reportedly Sent To Drake, Future & Others So many possibilities! By Matt F June 05, 2017
Sports LeBron James And Kevin Durant Reportedly Collaborated On A Song Together In 2011 Report surfaces about the time KD and LeBron got in the studio together. By Kyle Rooney June 05, 2017
Music Twitter Reacts To Kodak Black's Release From Prison Kodak Black is free, and Twitter had things to say about it. By Matt F June 05, 2017