1. Spotify Removes 25 Million Streams from 21 Savage's "What Happened to the Streets?"
    Music

    Spotify Removes 25 Million Streams from 21 Savage's "What Happened to the Streets?"

    Spotify quietly wiped 25 million streams from 21 Savage's December 2025 album, affecting every track. The platform hasn't explained why, and 21 Savage is pushing back on bot allegations.

    ·1 min read
  2. Friday Notes: Sports, Jay-z x D'Angelo, 21 Savage
    Culture

    Friday Notes: Sports, Jay-z x D'Angelo, 21 Savage

    Saban steps away after building Alabama into a dynasty; Jay-Z and D'Angelo's first-ever studio link-up surfaces as a nine-minute jam — a week full of surprises.

    ·5 min read
  3. Thursday Notes: The State of the Black Press
    Metro Boomin

    Thursday Notes: The State of the Black Press

    In 1933, NFL owners secretly banned Black players; thirteen years later, Black journalists helped force reintegration — a history explored alongside the current state of the Black press.

    ·5 min read
  4. Release Day: T-Pain, Glorilla, EST Gee
    T-Pain

    Release Day: T-Pain, Glorilla, EST Gee

    T-Pain interprets Sam Cooke and Frank Sinatra on a covers album, while EST Gee's raw Louisville mixtape and Glorilla's deluxe edition round out a stacked Friday release day.

    ·2 min read
  5. Sunday Notes
    Drake

    Sunday Notes

    Drake and 21 Savage drop 'Spin Bout U', Extra Butter teams with Russ & Daughters on a 50th-anniversary PUMA Clyde, and Henry Louis Gates Jr. reflects on 'Finding Your Roots.'

    ·1 min read