Stereogum — The UK rapper fakemink is has been a swift phenomenon in an ever-growing wave of swift phenomena. Already, his music has soundtracked a fashion show for Alexander McQueen, and he was a special guest the other night at Playboy Carti’s LA show tha... more info

Stereogum — SZA kicked off the year with the long-awaited release of SOS Deluxe: LANA . Since then, she went on a massive tour with Kendrick Lamar, appeared on Lizzo’s My Face Hurts From Smiling mixtape, and was dragged by Nicki Minaj for some reason. No... more info

Stereogum — A couple of surprising things are happening here. One of those things is that Playboi Carti’s current arena tour is actually underway now. Carti’s Antagonist arena tour was first supposed to happen in fall 2023, and it was pushed back multiple... more info

Stereogum — Drake has now legally been declared the loser in history’s most famous rap beef. A federal judge dismissed Drake’s lawsuit against his own record label, Universal Music Group, in which he characterized UMG’s promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s D... more info

Stereogum — A couple of months ago, the all-time great rap duo Clipse released Let God Sort Em Out , their long-awaited reunion album. As Pusha T explained during the rollout, the record took longer to come out than anyone expected because Clipse had to deal... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, R&B star Kali Uchis released her new album Sincerely . Right now, she’s two nights into a three-night stand at the sold-out Kia Forum in Iglewood, and the first two nights have involved some big surprise guests. Last night, t... more info

Stereogum — Today, Rolling Stone published an in-depth interview with Steve Lacy, who’s been laying low since his song “Bad Habit” became his first Billboard #1 hit in 2022. In the profile, writer Jeff Ihaza travels with Lacy to Paris for a YSL fashion... more info

Stereogum — Sam Beam from Iron & Wine and Ben Bridwell from Band Of Horses go way back. In 2015, the two childhood friends put out a covers album called Sing Into My Mouth , where they did renditions of songs by Talking Heads, Bonnie Raitt, John Cale, Sade, ... more info

Stereogum — The nominees for the 2025 Primetime Emmy Awards were unveiled this afternoon, with the Twitter-beloved Severance and the Seth Rogen joint The Studio racking up the most nods. But some musicians got nominated, too, including Kendrick Lamar, Beyonc�... more info

Stereogum — Drake recently returned with “What Did I Miss?,” a track that reflected frankly on his beef with Kendrick Lamar. Last night the rapper performed at the Wireless Festival in the UK and brought out Lauryn Hill. more info