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Los Angeles Mourns Its Native Son Nipsey Hussle Today. Here's How to Watch
In Los Angeles today, all eyes will be on Nipsey Hussle’s memorial service. The funeral is expected to draw several thousands of mourners on the streets of L.A., where the funeral procession will do a 20- to 25-mile “Victory Lap” through the communities Nipsey advocated so fiercely for. The 21,000-seat Staples Center, where the rapper’s…
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Teddy Riley Is an Unsung G. The Rump-Shaking Maestro Is Finally Getting His Just Due
You can call Teddy Riley many things: master of the ’90s R&B jam, baby-making songwriter; The Original Rump Shaker (yes, it needs the capital letters); remixer extraordinaire (I mean, the man turned the Rugrats theme into a bop, for goodness sakes.) But, at 52, Edward Theodore Riley is also one of the unsung architects of…
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Tidal Gives Credit Where It’s Due by Highlighting Black Latinx Musical Icons In New Series
Tidal just launched its first animated project, Footprints, a series dedicated to celebrating the African and Indigenous roots of Latin music that are often overlooked. Episode one, which is narrated by Afro-Latinx artist Amara La Negra, highlights the work of black Latinx like Joe Arroyo and Celia Cruz. “The irony is that we could never…
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Nicki Minaj's CRWN Interview Proved She Is Tired of Being Asked to Prove Herself
Nicki Minaj is on track to make history once again following the release of her fourth studio album Queen. As Minaj climbs up music charts, industry experts predict Queen will debut at No. 1. If predictions hold, this will be Minaj’s third number one album, making her the first woman to snag three number one rap…
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Hold Up: Is a New Beyoncé Album Really Coming to Netflix?
Rumors are swirling that Beyoncé’s next visual album could be hitting Netflix—but should we believe them? The report comes from The Sun, a popular British tabloid that cites a single source in its story. The unnamed source who is “close to the singer” says Beyoncé is scouting out locations that will top the singer’s lush,…
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Music, Meet Makeup: Beauty Influencers Are Taking Their Tutorials to Jay-Z’s Tidal
Makeup lovers, we’ve hit the jackpot. Tidal, Jay-Z’s music-streaming service, is now slaying the makeup game! We can now watch our fave gurus give beauty tutorials on iconic music-video looks on the app’s beauty show, Get the Look. First up, we have Rosa Chang-Crespo—also known as Rosita Applebum on YouTube. Chang-Crespo kicks things off by…
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Meek Mill on Prison Reform: ‘I Don’t Want to Be Martin Luther King; I’m Still Meek Mill’
This week I received an email from our deputy managing editor, Yesha Callahan, asking who wanted to attend a live Tidal interview between Meek Mill and Angie Martinez in New York City. When I saw the email, I basically fought my keyboard so I could be the first to respond and secure my spot. As…
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Jesse Williams Stars in New 7-Minute Protest Film Available Exclusively on Tidal
Is love the answer to all of America’s problems? That is the question the producers of a new short documentary film want us to consider. Gerard Bush and Christopher Renz of Bush Renz (“Kill Jay-Z,” “17”) have teamed up with Sankofa.org (founded by Harry Belafonte) and Tidal to bring us the seven-minute protest film Versus,…
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Tidal Charters Cargo Plane to Deliver Aid to Puerto Rico
Many celebrities have pitched in when it comes to offering relief aid to Puerto Rico. From Mark Cuban to Pitbull as well as Carmelo Anthony, where the Dotard of the United States doesn’t seem to give a damn, others have proved they do. And, now, Jay-Z and his music-streaming service, Tidal, in conjunction with New…