Lil Yachty couldn’t understand the hate. In an interview with HYPEBEAST last year, he admitted he was “trying to impress everyone else” when he stuffed overly melodic and colorful pop ballads into his debut studio album Teenage Emotions. H e still thought the songs were good, and he was wrong.His…
Believe it or not, undecided voters still exist.
An NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released last week says 11% of voters are still undecided on who they’re voting for in the upcoming election. …
Amidst the terrible court decision that failed Breonna Taylor, dehumanized her, and made her killers into heroes, conversations about voting started to seep onto the Twitter timeline. People were echoing sentiments that Black people have to stop assuming participating, by voting, in a system designed to kill us and protect…
A rare bit of good news snuck its way onto the time in the end of August when Lil Wayne’s “No Ceilings,” one of the greatest mixtapes of all time, was added to streaming platforms. Stans of vintage-era Wayne, myself included, rightfully rejoiced.
But the excitement quickly dissipated when fans…
To kick off the new NFL season last Thursday, the newly-minted superstar Patrick Mahomes and his Super-Bowl winning Kansas City Chiefs hosted the Houston Texans, led by their superstar Deshaun Watson. But before the two teams could do their contractually obligated violence, players from both teams came together and locked…
Rams Head Coach Sean McVay is sitting at his desk in the opening scene of the latest episode of HBO’s Hard Knocks, a documentary showcasing the Los Angeles Rams and Los Angeles Chargers training camp. An assistant is showing McVay a video on a cellphone before gunshots and screams erupt…
During the 2016 Democratic Primaries, but before “Bodak Yellow” teleported Cardi B to instant stardom, the Bronx-born rapper addressed her front-facing camera in a dimly lit root and said: “Vote for Daddy Bernie, Bitch.” …
I rage deleted the entire Packs that was supposed to drop yesterday. I clicked, held, and scrolled the entire piece about trolls trying to make Megan Thee Stallion a justifier for Tekashi 69. Then, out of pure frustration, I hit delete and closed my computer for the rest of the…
It’s hard not to get even a little bit annoyed as I walk through the city nowadays. Outdoor dining has been back for a few months, and it has officially taken over the streets. Sidewalk and bike lanes have been fully blocked off, society’s annoying need to be served is…
Country-wide, Black Lives Matter protests have been slowly ushered out of the 24/7 news cycle despite protests never stopping and becoming more violent than they were when CNN and Fox couldn’t keep their cameras off the action. But action begets conversation, and the extended life of the protests has evolved…
