This is the first in a Rolling Stone series exploring the new business models of music’s rap- and streaming-dominated era. Record deals rarely let slip concrete numbers, but the rough figures reported around the most buzzed-about deals of the last year go something like this: Warner dishing out $8 million …
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When the teaser trailer for the upcoming Queen biopic Bohemian Rhapsody hit the Internet in May, the entire world finally got to see Mr. Robot star Rami Malek‘s stunning transformation into Freddie Mercury. What they didn’t see was the long, torturous journey this movie took before filming wrapped – which …
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Lil Yachty,Cardi B and Migos’ Offsetjoin forces for Lil Yachty’s new takedown song, “Who Want the Smoke?” On the new trap-tipped track, Lil Yachty raps about “Hotboxin’ in the whip” on the hook. Cardi B declares herself “the king of New York” during her fiery verse. “I run it, I …
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Garbage singer Shirley Manson wrote about how her struggle with depression as a young adult led to self-harm for theNew York Times.The essay begins with Manson describing her late teens, when she was in an emotionally abusive relationship. Already racked with low self-esteem, Manson began cutting herself with a pen …
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There always comes a time when the learner tries to compete with, and become, the master. It happened with Van Gogh and Millet, Beethoven and Mozart, Kobe and MJ, Darth Vader and Obi-Wan. It happened with theBeatleson July 2nd, 1963, at London’s Maida Vale Studio, where the band were taping …
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