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Jordan Reyes’ “Kraken” video is pure nightmare fuel

Watch Victoria Shen’s horrifying, AI-generated visual treatment for Jordan Reyes’ 2022 track “Kraken.”

music / Experimental

Chaka Khan blasts Mariah, Adele, and Mary J. Blige’s rankings in Rolling Stone list

Chaka Khan responds to Rolling Stone's 200 Greatest Singers of All Time list, stating that she should have been ranked higher than her No.29 spot.

music / Soul

Song You Need: gum.mp3 and Netanya’s nostalgic take on 2-step

gum.mp3 and Netanya team up for 2-step-infletced "Love You Better," out now on Riddim Seeker via Spectral Sound.

music / Electronic

The Making of Mach-Hommy, Part 3: The Neverending Story

In the third and final part of his cover story, Mach-Hommy remembers going to Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s house to record a feature for Jay Electronica’s latest album and considers the influence of one of his mentors, Pierre Bernard Francillon, a close friend of the late Jean-Michel Basquiat.

music / Hip-Hop

Listen to new Boygenius song “Not Strong Enough”

Boygenius - Phoebe Bridgers, Julien Baker, and Lucy Dacus - hit a theme park in the video for new song “Not Strong Enough.”

music / Rock

Travis Scott wanted by police following alleged nightclub incident

NYPD launches an investigation into claims Travis Scott assaulted a 52-year-old sound engineer at New York nightclub Nebula on February 28.

music / Hip-Hop

Lil Uzi Vert, Jazmine Sullivan, and Brent Faiyaz to headline Broccoli City 2023

Lil Uzi Vert and Jazmine Sullivan have been announced as Broccoli City 2023’s headliners, with City Girls, Ice Spice, and more filling out the undercard.

music / Hip-Hop

The Weeknd’s The Idol production sounds like a nightmare

A new Rolling Stone report a series of setbacks to The Weeknd and Sam Levinson’s long HBO drama series, The Idol.

culture / TV

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The FADER is teaming up with Porsche and coming back to SXSW

The FADER is teaming up with Porsche to bring some of our favorite artists to SXSW 2023.

music / Hip-Hop

Premiere

Song You Need: yeule and Kin Leonn flip a Moderat come-up track

Listen to yeule and Kin Leonn’s remix of Moderat’s “EASY PREY.”

music / Electronic

The Making of Mach-Hommy, Part 2: Beloved

In the second part of our three-part cover story, Mach-Hommy revisits the song that pointed him on a trajectory to underground breakout stardom and speaks for the first time publicly about the extent of his interest in film.

music / Hip-Hop