Columbia University sent hundreds of thousands of dollars to pro-Israel organizations during the same period its administration suspended pro-Palestinian student groups and dismantled Gaza solidarity demonstrations, according to an investigation… The post The Intercept Investigation Reveals Columbia Funded Pro-Israel Groups Amid Crackdown on Gaza Protests appeared first on .

A University of Northern Colorado course examines how corridos preserve Mexican and Mexican-American stories of migration, politics, violence, and everyday life. The post This University Is Offering a Course on Corridos appeared first on Remezcla.

AZ Chike is ready to make his major-label introduction with NO REST FOR THE WICKED, a 14-track album arriving September 18 through Warner Records. The Los Angeles rapper unveiled a guest… The post AZ Chike Locks In Tyler, The Creator, Pharrell and Hit-Boy for ‘NO REST FOR THE WICKED’ appeared first on .

Bay Area rap producer Tone Capone, a man who helped make some absolute classics, has passed away. KQED reports that Capone died on Saturday. No cause of death has been reported. Capone was 59. The post Tone Capone, “I Got 5 On It” Producer, Dead At 59 appeared first on Stereogum.

DJ Akademiks has sparked another heated hip-hop conversation after criticizing Kendrick Lamar’s appearance on Jhené Aiko’s new song, “So Good.” The collaboration arrived September 11 as part of Aiko’s new… The post DJ Akademiks Questions Kendrick Lamar’s Jhené Aiko Feature as “So Good” Slips Down on Spotify appeared first on .

In 2024, Lana Del Rey and Zach Bryan (who posted an acoustic cover of “Video Games” the year before) crossed paths when they both headlined Alabama’s Hangout Music Festival. The following year, they both played Stagecoach. Now, Del Rey is teasing a collab with the country star. The post Lana Del Rey Teases Zach Bryan Collab appeared first on Stereogum.

Big Ears, the experimentally inclined Knoxville music festival, revealed its 2027 lineup today. The event is not organized around traditional headliners, but Jeff Tweedy is the first name in the press release, followed by Robert Glasper, Natalie Merchant, Brad Mehldau, Weyes Blood, Courtney Barnett, Dinner Party, Kronos Quartet, Jim James, Thundercat, Rosanne Cash with John Levanthal, Gustavo Santaolalla (performing Ronroco), …

The big-deal producer Andrew Watt got his start working with pop stars like Justin Bieber and Post Malone. In recent years, he has developed a reputation as a kind of legend whisperer, producing albums for aging foundational figures like the Rolling Stones, Paul McCartney, and Pearl Jam. Watt worked with Ozzy Osbourne a bunch of times before the metal legend …

When Ella Langley’s crossover country hit “Choosin’ Texas” first topped the Billboard Hot 100 way back in February, few envisioned a future in which it surpassed “Old Town Road” and “A Bar Song (Tipsy)” to become the longest-running non-Christmas #1 single. I never thought any song would catch up to the overall record-holder, Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas …

Back in 2022, the grand pop diva Céline Dion went public about her battle with a rare neurological disease known as Stiff Person Syndrome, which affects one out of about a million people and which causes spasms that affect general functionality. The condition forced Dion to postpone and then cancel a world tour. She continues to manage the effects of …