Music
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Replay, Revisit, Reject: Travis Scott, Alicia Keys, Wiz Khalifa and More of the Past Week's New Music
We get it: With everything going on in the world, it can be difficult to carve out time to discover new music. Industry-pushed tunes that may not even bang with like that could also get in the way of you finding something that tingles your consumer taste buds. Though new tunes are released throughout the…
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Rapper Fred the Godson Dead at 35 From COVID-19
Damn. After a brief, but fierce battle with COVID-19, Bronx rapper Fred the Godson has died. He was only 35. On April 6, he revealed he had been hospitalized and placed on a ventilator after contracting the coronavirus. In recent weeks, his publicist confirmed that he had been battling kidney failure and a fever as…
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Juice WRLD's Mother Establishes Mental Health Support Fund in Honor of Son
Juice WRLD was open about his mental health struggles in his music, with songs such as his hit single, “Lucid Dreams.” Until his death last year at the age of 21, the rapper served as the voice of many young people who were feeling the same. Now, the musician’s mother is making sure to pay…
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Pharrell Williams Partners With SoundCloud to Release Compilation for Emerging Artists, Raise Funds for Charities
With names like The Clipse, Kelis and Robin Thicke to his credit, it’s not a secret that super-producer Pharrell Williams has a knack for breaking new artists. And in looking to continue that tradition, The Man Who Refuses to Age is joining forces with SoundCloud to showcase some of the nicest unsung talent in the…
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Missy Elliot's 'Cool Off' Visuals Provide the Perfect Cure For Your Quarantine Blues
While Missy Elliot’s latest body of work, 2019’s Iconology, failed to capture our attention, she’s been hitting us in the head with dope visual after dope visual since the EP’s August release. And if you thought a global pandemic would prohibit her from continuing to do so, you have much to learn about the 48-year-old’s…
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French Montana Claims He's on Par With Kendrick Lamar; Twitter Tells Him to 'Pop That' Ass in a Chair Somewhere
Confidence is something either you have or you don’t, and it takes time to develop it for yourself. Sometimes, it presents as overconfidence, which can pop up in places it’s not always welcome. Take rapper French Montana, for example. His overconfidence, although admirable, came in the form of a tweet sent out on Tuesday night.…
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Replay, Revisit, Reject: the Best and Worst Music From This Past Weekend
We get it: With everything going on in the world, it can be difficult to carve out time to discover new music. Industry-pushed tunes that you may not even bang with like that could also get in the way of you finding something that tingles your consumer taste buds. While new tunes are usually released…
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Stevie Wonder Pays Tribute to Bill Withers With Performance of 'Lean on Me'
Stevie Wonder has been open about his admiration of his friend Bill Withers since the “Lovely Day’ musician’s passing in late March. During his live streamed performance for Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home event on Saturday, he made sure to pay tribute to the late great musician and also instill hope during these…
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The Root Jams Weekly Playlist (4/17/2020): 'A Lovely Day'
One thing we have a lot of here at The Root is music enthusiasts. We even have a Grammy-nominated artist (The Glow Up Managing Editor Maisyha Kai) amongst our ranks. The musical appreciation runs deep. Once upon a time not long ago, The Root created weekly music playlists, curated by the staff and upped onto…
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Megan Thee Stallion Mulls Lucrative UFC Career After Delivering Another Knockout In Court Against Her Record Label
When will y’all learn that Megan Thee Stallion doesn’t take L’s? Billboard reports that after crushing the charts and breaking the Internet with her #SavageChallenge, the reigning queen of Hot Girl Summer scored another decisive victory against her record label on Monday. From Billboard: A Texas judge denied a request by 1501 Entertainment and its…