everything's melting

Friend: OJ died!
Me: Simpson or Da Juiceman?

J. Cole apologizes to Kendrick Lamar for dissing him on ‘7 Minute Drill’ at Dreamville Fest…

“How many of y’all think Kendrick Lamar is one of the greatest ever to pick up a mic”

“I haven’t been sleeping right the last few days… Ib, we taking that diss off streaming…

How do I get this kendrick j cole nas jay z kanye the genius top 5 rapper shit off my timeline…do motherfuckers talk about anything else?

TPAB revisionist history is nasty work.

Angel Reese and Caitlin Clark will be the Magic and Bird of the WNBA and bring the eyeballs with them the same way Bird and Magic did when they transformed the NBA.

Feels like society has moved beyond the need for April Fools

k. I'm out. My new feature film, 'It Was All a Dream' a visual memoir from my personal archives about the dawn of the golden era of hip hop, debuts in June. I'll post it when it's announced. Be good.

very cool to hear LILJON talk about how his time skateboarding + listening to Dead Kennedys and Bad Brains infused a punk spirit into crunk music

“I Don’t Give a Fuck” is a punk song… “Bia Bia” is a punk song… “Who U Wit” is a punk song…

youtube.com/watch?v=yfdSvP…

Travis Scott performs “MY EYES” on Saturday Night Live - SNL

a song that i cowrote ❤️

you’d be surprised at what trans folks contribute to culture. happy #TransDayOfVisibility

Hot Boys rapper BG is facing a return to prison after he was charged with violating the terms of his supervision by working with Lil Boosie, Gucci Mane

His probation officer told him to find other work. BG replied: “I’m a rapper. That [is] my profession” theguardian.com/music/2024/mar…

“… it feels disingenuous to ignore how their actions also serve the Black capitalist ideal: the principle that infiltration of a white space is the same as decolonizing it, that Black equity is found in assimilation.” - sheldon

npr.org/2024/03/28/124…

Since she shows up a couple times on Bey’s new album, feels appropriate to share my Sunday Review from last fall of pioneering country singer Linda Martell’s debut and only album, 1970’s ‘Color Me Country’ pitchfork.com/reviews/albums…

Your periodic reminder that one of the greatest rappers of this generation is lost in the Atlanta criminal justice labyrinth, without bail, fighting the criminalization of his art, in a trial that could take 3 years and we know almost nothing about what's actually happening.

Thrilled for DJ Cuzzin B who has worn a lot of hats at NPR. This one suits him beautifully. 💛npr.org/about-npr/1241…

Tierra Whack opens up: 'Don't we all fake it?' (Rodney Carmichael - @npr) redef.com/item/6601e0777…

Labels should be required to provide a therapist to their artists. You shouldn’t get to profit from our trauma without helping with the pitfalls of it.

I'll never forget the day Ms. Lauryn Hill called me at Arista and sang this song to me over the phone. I invited her to come in and share the song with Clive Davis, who asked her to add a bridge. Lauryn nailed it, and the record earned Aretha her first Grammy nomination in 20 yrs.