Rap Caviar Live is returning for its first show of the Fall season and announced Chance The Rapper as the official headliner for the show set for September 29th at the Ford Amphitheater at the Coney Island Boardwalk in Brooklyn, New York. In addition to Chance The Rapper, Sheck Wes, Tierra Whack, DJ SpinKing, and […]
After Kanye West promised that “Ima fix wolves” after The Life of Pablo was released, updating an album after it dropped has become a common practice in Hip Hop. Nicki Minaj announced that she was going to fix the introduction to her album but considering that she already released the visuals, it may stay as […]
Drake is currently the first artist to ever cross the 50 billion mark for streaming across all global streaming platforms. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The new record comes shortly after Drizzy accumulated 1 billion streams in a week, and broke both Apple Music and Spotify’s first-day record. The news was confirmed by Republic Records Media, […]
Warner Music Group has sold their entire stake in streaming giant Spotify, which equates to $504 million. Variety reports the news was revealed in an earnings call on Tuesday morning (Aug 7). Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Steve Cooper, CEO of Warner Music Group, revealed the sale will provide $126 million to artist accounts for […]
Alex Jones has made a career out of pushing hate speech on through almost all the media platforms available for the last few years. In fact, his racist and provocative commentary has added gasoline to the flame of Obama backlash that has this country all on fire today. Yup, he helped Trump get elected by […]
Spotify playlists like Rap Caviar and Discover Weekly have been gaining traction and becoming more popular streaming options. According to Spotify, over 75,000 artists are featured on their editorial playlists but how the suggested playlist music is chosen is another mystery in itself. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information As of yesterday [July 20th], Spotify launched […]
Legendary artist Pharrell is collaborating with Spotify to highlight the continuous contributions to American history be Black People. In a campaign called Black History is Happening Now, the tandem will release content digitally to celebrate achievement and inspire Black female creatives. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The initiative is planned to celebrate Black History beyond […]
Everywhere you look in the past week Drake has been there with his Scorpion album. For Spotify users, his presence was so frequent that it was seen as excessive and has some users thinking about abandoning the streaming service altogether. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information After the release, Drake appeared to be the Spotify poster […]
Drake’s Scorpion racked up millions of streams and broke records on both Apple Music and Spotify this past weekend when it was released but fans that will check it out for the first time or have it on repeat may catch a few differences as the 6ix God has made updates to the album. Visit […]
When every major album drops there appears to be a record that is conquered on Spotify. Drake’s latest Scorpion is the latest to break records. Packed with 25 songs total over two sides, the latest solo effort from the OVO head honcho is broke the opening day streaming record for Spotify, which was recently owned […]
Spotify‘s CEO said Wednesday the music-streaming service could have done a better job informing the world about its playlist ban, conceding the company “screwed up.” Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Earlier this month, Spotify initiated a new policy addressing hate speech and hateful conduct that lets the music-streaming service remove music or artists from its […]
Just two weeks after pulling XXXtentacion’s music, Bloomberg reports that Spotify is considering restoring his catalog. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The streaming service announced their new hate content and hateful conduct policy, which seems to be aimed at artists with accusations of sexual misconduct and violence. X was charged with the aggravated battery of a pregnant woman, […]
There are campaigns to remove R. Kelly’s music from streaming platforms, but he’s laughing all the way to the bank. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information “I’ma tell you something,” Kelly, 51, said in a video from May 17 that surfaced Tuesday. “I’ma take this musical s—t, and I’ma inject these motherf—kers … I’m handcuffed by my […]
Spotify, Apple Music, and TIDAL will now have more competition as YouTube Music is joining the mix of the streaming world. Google has announced the relaunch of YouTube Music, their streaming for this coming Tuesday, May 22. It will feature two versions, one is free with ads and the other will carry a $9.99 price […]
YouTube is launching a streaming service, much like Spotify, that will give you access to your favorite songs and more. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Similar to its rival streaming services, it will have a $9.99 monthly fee, and a free tier that is funded by ads. You will be able to stream music as […]
Apple Music and Pandora are the latest streaming platforms to pull R. Kelly’s music following calls to boycott the singer. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Pandora issued a statement saying they have a policy to not promote controversial artists. Pandora’s policy is to not actively promote artists with certain demonstrable behavioral, ethical or criminal issues, […]
As previously reported, Spotify has chosen to remove R. Kelly from their official playlists and influential curated packages, such as Rap Caviar, New Music Friday, and Discover Weekly. Spotify has since decided to also remove XXXTentacion, being that he has also been considered to have violated Spotify’s new public hate content and hateful conduct policy. […]
R. Kelly is calling out Spotify for pulling his music from their platform under their new hateful conduct policy. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information Kelly’s team fired back saying the streaming service is “bowing to social-media fads” and “picking sides in a fame-seeking dispute.” R. Kelly's management team responded to Spotify's decision to take him off […]
Spotify users will no longer be able to find R. Kelly’s catalog under the terms of a new public hate content and hateful conduct policy. Visit streaming.thesource.com for more information The streaming service will remove his songs from features like RapCaviar, Discover Weekly or New Music Friday, for example, as well as its other genre- […]
A lot has changed for Rich Homie Quan after receiving quite the success during the early stages of his career with his breakout song “Type of Way,” and originally being affiliated with Birdman’s Rich Gang label, and even closer affiliation with his former partner in crime, Young Thug. After not releasing any new work for […]
