Donald Trump is angry that Joe Rogan is apologizing for repeatedly saying the N-word. “Joe Rogan is an interesting and popular guy, but he’s got to stop apologizing to the Fake News and Radical Left maniacs and lunatics,” the former president wrote in a statement released Monday night. “How many …
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Spotify shook up the podcast world on Tuesday when popular and polarizing podcaster Joe Rogan announced his show “The Joe Rogan Experience” would become a Spotify exclusive this September. But it wasn’t a total surprise — the news further bolstered Spotify’s high-profile podcasting moves from the past year and a …
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April 16 was an auspicious day for DripReport’s “Skechers,” easily the most-streamed song in history about $40 light-up sneakers. The track, which blends keening vocals with a typical trap beat, seemingly earnest infatuation (“I just can’t stop thinking about her”) with leering pubescent come-ons (“I’ll buy you the purse, only …
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“I’ve just done a tour in America with Smashing Pumpkins, and the sight of two goths, one in a Rancid T-shirt, one in a Kiss T-shirt, with their arms around each other, singing “Wonderwall” in Arkansas, is not something you see every day. What is it about that song? It’s …
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One song. That’s all Lil Nas X has in his repertoire. But it was all he needed to satisfy a jostling, anxious crowd who waited in the rain until nearly 1:00 a.m. at day one of Spotify‘s four-day CMA Fest takeover in Nashville to get a glimpse of the viral …
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On the surface of it, the worldwide music business has good reason to prioritize other nations over India. In the latest annual league table of recorded-music revenue generation, compiled by global music-biz body IFPI in 2017, India ranked at a lowly number 19. The $130.7 million accrued by labels and …
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