#megan-thee-stallion

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For years, the Anthology of Booty and She Rex DJ collectives were staples of D.C.'s nightlife, regularly hosting parties at gone-but-not-forgotten clubs including Chief Ike's Mambo Room and Tropicalia.These days, the crews come together as the Voltron-like Booty Rex - but only once a year, as part of D.C.'s Pride celebration.

Blu DeTiger kick-started her music career at age 17 in New York City clubs, where she was "basically 21 for like four years."(Christina Bryson)This decade's hippest vessel for musicians, TikTok is a platform where would-bes seemingly need some intervention of fate to find success.It has an algorithm saturated with dopamine-inducing content, designed to boost already-popular creators.

Blu DeTiger kick-started her music career at age 17 in New York City clubs, where she was "basically 21 for like four years."(Christina Bryson)This decade's hippest vessel for musicians, TikTok is a platform where would-bes seemingly need some intervention of fate to find success.It has an algorithm saturated with dopamine-inducing content, designed to boost already-popular creators.

During the Trump presidency, one of the strongest currents in our culture was the struggle for social justice, from #MeToo to Black Lives Matter to the recognition of proliferating gender identities.Now, one of the strongest currents is the backlash to all of that.Resentment of strident progressive politics unites the hapless CNN chief Chris Licht, who complained, in an Atlantic profile, that the network had been producing too much anti-Trump outrage porn, and the louche British rock star (and reputed Taylor Swift ex-boyfriend) Matty Healy, who complained, in a New Yorker profile, that artists are now expected to be liberal academics.

It's June, which means Pride month kicked off with a bang on Thursday.As one can imagine, the massive LA County region has plenty to jump into from specialty dishes featured all month long at Southland restaurants to dancing or drinking at bars, cafes, clubs, or full-on parades and festivals.Amidst the fun are fundraisers designed to bring awareness and safe spaces as anti-LGBTQ sentiments and increased violence occur throughout the country.

When Hajime Isayama was growing up in Japan, anime wasn't considered cool."It was kind of looked down upon at that time," the manga artist told NPR.Since then, anime's reach has increased a lot.Anime movies have broken box office records.Crunchyroll, the leading streaming service of anime, now has 10 million subscribers.

The rapper would star in the film alongside Adam Sandler.After the legendary cameo from The Weeknd in "Uncut Gems", Josh and Benny Safdie might be getting another pop star for their follow-up feature.Megan Thee Stallion is in talks to star in the duo's upcoming film for Netflix, Deadline reports.

Willem Dafoe stars as Nemo in Inside, directed by Vasilis Katsoupis.Wolfgang Ennenbach/Focus Features This week, we rooted for drag queens who refuse to be silenced, mourned the loss of Bobby Caldwell, and enjoyed a satirical novel that skewers religious institutions without mocking faith itself.Here's what the NPR's Pop Culture Happy Hour crew was paying attention to and what you should check out this weekend.

For the first time in three decades, the US has a new favorite dog breed, according to the American Kennel Club.Adorable in some eyes, deplorable in others, the sturdy, push-faced, perky-eared, world-weary-looking and distinctively droll French bulldog became the nation's most prevalent purebred dog last year, the club announced on Wednesday.

I just want what's mine, SZA announces in SOS, the title song and opener of her second studio album.She spends the rest of the album wrestling with exactly what that means.Does she want casual sex or lasting love, relationships or independence, revenge or forgiveness, self-questioning or self-respect, familiar problems or a new start, power or trust?

HOUSTON  A new Drake album wouldn't sit right without a Houston shoutout.The rapper's new album "Her Loss," which is a collaboration project with Atlanta's own 21 Savage, dropped on Friday featuring 16 tracks and numerous writers and producers credited throughout.It's also getting some blowback for questionable lyrics that many assume are aimed at Houston's own Megan Thee Stallion, but also because he left out one big Texas city off his shoutout list.

Now in its 15th year, the Outside Lands music festival returns Aug. 11-13 with headliners Kendrick Lamar, Foo Fighters, Lana Del Rey, Megan Thee Stallion and more.The beloved Bay Area event features multiple stages, tents and booths with an eclectic lineup that ranges from energetic alternative rock and heartracing EDM sets to soulful rap and wistful R&B vocal performances.

Daystar Peterson, a Canadian rapper who performs as Tory Lanez, was convicted Friday of assault and weapons offenses for shooting rap star Megan Thee Stallion after an alcohol-fueled party in 2020.Peterson faces more than 20 years in prison for the five gun shots jurors concluded he fired at the feet of Stallion, whose real name is Megan Pete, in a fit of rage.

The Kelsey Harris who spent hours on the stand in a Los Angeles courtroom this week had no idea who shot Megan Thee Stallion.She said she couldn't remember if the man accused of the crime, Canadian rapper Tory Lanez, had offered her money in exchange for her silence in court.She wouldn't even say definitively that Megan Thee Stallion had been shot, repeatedly noting that's what "Megan's team" told her, even though there's no dispute that she sat next to the bloodied hit maker that night in an SUV.

In less than a month, Megan Thee Stallion, Snoop Dogg, and K-pop group Seventeen will be headlining the inaugural LA3C music, food, and arts festival at Chinatown's Los Angeles State Historic Park.As part of the two-day event, which will take place from December 10 to 11, there will also be over 20 local food and drink vendors, including Gogo's Tacos, Cena Vegan, All Dat Dim Sum, and Lil' Bobacita.

A man charged with arranging the killing of Young Dolph pleaded not guilty Thursday - one year after the rapper and record label owner was ambushed and shot to death while buying cookies at a bakery in his hometown of Memphis, Tennessee.Hernandez Govan, 43, made a brief appearance in Shelby County Criminal Court in Memphis.

Beyonce leads the 2023 Grammy race with nine nominations.The singer's haul of latest nods makes her the most nominated artist ever, tying with husband Jay-Z, both scoring 88 nominations throughout their careers.Her genre-spanning album Renaissance is up for album of the year while hit song Break My Soul is up for both song and record of the year.

One of the grim inevitabilities of new pop star albums is how they are parsed, chewed through and cracked into gossipy bites the moment they arrive.Within minutes of the release of Her Loss, the new collaborative album by Drake and 21 Savage, Twitter and hip-hop news and gossip sites were aflame: a stray reference to Serena Williams's husband, nods to old rap industry quarrels, an ambiguous multiple entendre referencing Megan Thee Stallion.