Getty Image Thanks to legal cases against Young Thug and YoungBoy Never Broke Again, rap lyrics have been under the microscope as fans and critics debate rappers’ responsibility for their rhymes’ relations to reality. From New York drill rappers battling back against Mayor Eric Adams’ plans to ban their genre in public spaces to 300 …
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Since Beyonce’s Already Updating Controversial Lyrics, Monica Lewinsky Has A Request, Too
Getty Image Ahh, the 1990s. That’s probably not something that Monica Lewinsky says to herself very often. And she may have consulted on the scripts for America Crime Story: Impeachment (another Ryan Murphy production), but that doesn’t mean that she enjoys constant references to the most infamous occurrence within her time in the public sphere. …
YoungBoy Never Broke Again’s Lyrics Cannot Be Used As Evidence As His LA Gun Possession Trial Begins
Getty Image Whether you call him YoungBoy Never Broke Again or NBA YoungBoy (the NBA would rather you didn’t though), there’s no denying that the Baton Rouge rapper has been a lightning rod for controversy and legal trouble. However, he just received a break regarding the latter, according to Rolling Stone. A federal trial against …
People Share Song Lyrics They’ve Been Mishearing
35. “‘Good riddance (Time of Your Life)’ by Green Day. As a kid, I thought the lyrics ‘but in the end it’s right, I hope you have the time of your life’ were actually ‘an Indian is right, I hope you have the time of your life.’ “This was around the time when I learned …
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Adele Was Brought To Tears As Fans Belted Out The Lyrics To ‘Someone Like You’ At A Recent Show
Getty Image Last November, Adele ended her five-year drought without an album thanks to the release of 30. The project was one of 2022’s most successful releases as it was both the last No. 1 album of 2021 and the first of 2022 thanks to six non-consecutive weeks atop the albums chart. That wasn’t the …
10 Artists Who Changed Their Problematic Song Lyrics
“Let me make one thing clear: I never want to promote derogatory language.” Theo Wargo / Getty Images Kevin Mazur / Getty Images for the Recording Academy What she said about it later: “Let me make one thing clear: I never want to promote derogatory language. As a fat black woman in America, I’ve had many …
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300 Entertainment Posts A Petition To End The Use Of Rap Lyrics In Criminal Trials Like The YSL RICO Case
Getty Image Last month, Atlanta rappers Young Thug and Gunna were arrested in a racketeering case blaming them and their label, YSL, for gang activity in the Atlanta area. In total, 28 members of YSL were charged with crimes including attempted murder and possession of illegal firearms. However, a point of contention has arisen among …
The Game Weighs In On The Use Of Lyrics Young Thug’s RICO Case: ‘I Think That’s Bullsh*t’
Ever since being arrested last month on charges of racketeering, Young Thug has received plenty of support from the rap community — even from unexpected sources, like YFN Lucci‘s lawyer, who called the RICO case against Thug “racist.” The latest of Thug’s peers to weigh in on the ongoing case is The Game. The Compton …
Young Thug’s Lyrics Are Being Used As Evidence In The Racketeering Indictment Against Him
Getty Image Even as efforts to eliminate the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal cases continue, one rapper (who was criticized not that long ago for the inscrutability of his rhymes) is facing a federal case in which much of the evidence against him comes from his lyrics. Huffington Post editor Philip Lewis …
‘Not me messing up the lyrics too lmao’: Daughter of Spin Doctors singer can’t believe her dad’s classic song is viral again
Released in 1993, “Two Princes” by the Spin Doctors is one of those classic songs that’s inexplicably become a TikTok meme. But for one particular TikToker, this song is more than just a sample. @___yikes__ is the daughter of Spin Doctors lead singer Chris Barron, and she recently went viral for reacting to the track. …
On Her Debut EP, Corok Pairs Clever, Self-Deprecating Lyrics With Pop Hooks
Libby Danforth Looking for some lighthearted pop to listen to this weekend? Look no farther than Achoo!, the debut EP (and sneeze) from Nashville-based artist Corinne Savage, aka Corook. This unabashedly queer, young singer-songwriter stood out to us early on for the catchy pop hooks that her lead single, “Sims,” a tongue-in-cheek meditation on how …
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27 Encanto Deleted Scenes And Lyrics You Might Not Know
Encanto almost had a post-credits scene feature Antonio’s capybara friend. 1. In an early draft of Encanto, the gifts for some of the Madrigal siblings were a little different. Pepa was going to be indestructible, Dolores was going to heal with food, and Julieta was going to control the weather. So, Lin-Manuel Miranda actually wrote …
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