Jasmine Williams
NEWS ROUNDUP: Venues, Videos, New Releases & More
Venues, Videos, New Releases & More By Jasmine Williams RIP Webster Hall, hello Arc! New York City – well, to be specific, Long Island City – is getting a new venue next year. The Arc will have a capacity...
NEWS ROUNDUP: Nas, A Sony Payout & More
Nas, A Sony Payout & More By Jasmine Williams The Internet’s Hip-Hop Hypocrisy Last night Kanye West was involved in yet another livestream event. He produced the new Nas album, Nasir, which debuted via a listening party in...
NEWS ROUNDUP: Hateful Policy Haters, R. Kelly Lawsuit & More
Hateful Policy Haters, Lawsuits & More By Jasmine Williams Spotify Walks Back Spotify’s new ‘Hateful Content and Conduct’ Policy has a whole lot of haters. Following outcry from a number of industry heavyweights and rumors of internal conflict, Spotify...
NEWS ROUNDUP: Alice Glass, YouTube & More
Alice Glass, YouTube & More By Jasmine Williams The Indomitable Ms. Alice Thanks to #MuteRKelly the #MeToo floodgates have opened in the music industry with more stories of rampant sexual abuse and harassment coming out every day. Just this...
NEWS ROUNDUP: Kelis, Avicii & More
Kelis, Avicii & More By Jasmine Williams Kelis Opens Up About Abusive Marriage Compared to the film industry, the music has been slow to acknowledge the #MeToo movement. While the rock and rap blares, sexual abuse accusations against major...
NEWS ROUNDUP: The Return of Kanye West & More
Kanye West, The Latest Releases & More By Jasmine Williams The Return of Mr. West Kanye West has been largely silent since the end of 2016, when he was hospitalized for a mental health emergency following a series of...
NEWS ROUNDUP: LGBTQ Love Songs, Cardi B & More
NEWS ROUNDUP: Gender Bending Love Songs, Cardi B & More By Jasmine Williams Wedding Dances For All! What do Bob Dylan, Kesha, St. Vincent, Kele Okereke, Ben Gibbard, and Valerie June have in common? All six musicians contributed gender-reversed...
NEWS ROUNDUP: Killer Mike’s NRA Interview, New R. Kelly Doc & More
NEWS ROUNDUP: Killer Mike, R. Kelly & More By Jasmine Williams Killer Mike ❤’s the NRA While country musicians are distancing themselves from the National Rifle Association, the pro-gun lobby is getting support from an unlikely ally – Killer Mike....
NEWS ROUNDUP: Rihanna Snaps Back, Lauryn Hill to Headline Pitchfork Festival & More
NEWS ROUNDUP: Rihanna, Lauryn Hill, Pitchfork & More By Jasmine Williams Rihanna Snaps Back Rihanna has publicly accused Snapchat of victim shaming after the social media app displayed an advertisement the referenced Chris Brown’s 2009 brutal assault of the...
NEWS ROUNDUP: Gender Equalizers, Night Mayors & More
NEWS ROUNDUP: Gender Equalizers, Night Mayors, & More By Jasmine Williams An App for Gender Equality: On Thursday, in honor of International Women’s Day, Spotify and Smirnoff partnered together to launch the Smirnoff Equalizer, a tool that reveals the...
NEWS ROUNDUP: Warped Tour, Bowie in Brooklyn & More
Warped Tour’s Goodbye It’s the end of an era for pop-punks, emo kids, and sk8er bois – Warped Tour just announced their final cross-country lineup and it’s going to be a very grand finale! The show will hit the...
NEWS ROUNDUP: Sade, The BRITs & More
The Return of Sade! It’s been eight years since Sade released Soldier of Love, but on Tuesday the sultry singer’s return to music was revealed in a very 2018 way – via Twitter! Movie director Ava DuVernay announced that...
NEWS ROUNDUP: Black Panther, The Recording Academy & More
Black Panther Controversy Black Panther doesn’t hit American screens until today, but Kendrick Lamar’s soundtrack for the film is already dominating music news for its star-studded collaborations and a copyright controversy. The album, which will soon be released on...
NEWS ROUNDUP: #GrammySoMale, The Superbowl, Sh*tholes & More
#GrammySoMale Despite a bombastic performance from Kendrick Lamar, a rallying #MeToo speech from Janelle Monae, and an incredibly emotional Kesha moment, last Sunday’s Grammys disappointed in a giant way. Hip-hop got shut out from the major categories again (this...
NEWS ROUNDUP: The Grammys, New Study on Gender Disparity in Music & More
The Grammy Awards On Sunday night, the music industry’s most momentous ceremony returns to New York City after ten years in Los Angeles. The 60th Grammy Awards will be held at Madison Square Garden and this year the pressure...