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Despite the churlishness, or maybe because of it, Drake sounds, for the first time in a long time, like he's actually enjoying rapping.

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Drake and 21 Savage are sore winners on 'Her Loss'

11:46am November 10, 2022

by Sam Hockley-Smith

The duo trades threats and out-of-pocket disses of virtually everyone they've ever encountered on a new album. It's ugly, but it mostly works as a more targeted, focused version of Drake's whole deal.

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CMA Awards honor Loretta Lynn while Luke Combs wins album of the year

6:15am November 10, 2022

by The Associated Press

The Country Music Association held its annual awards on Wednesday night by having some of the genre's biggest stars pay tribute to the late country queen Loretta Lynn.

Anna Wintour, editor-in-chief of Vogue, at the 'Chanel Cruise 2017/2018 Collection' at Grand Palais on May 3, 2017 in Paris, France. The magazine is suing rappers Drake and 21 Savage for a violation of trademark rights.

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'Vogue' has 'an easy case' in lawsuit against Drake and 21 Savage, experts say

6:14am November 10, 2022

by Giulia Heyward

The magazine's publisher is suing the two Grammy award-winning artists for releasing a parody Vogue issue to promote their new album.

Ezra Collective performs a Tiny Desk concert.

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Ezra Collective: Tiny Desk Concert

5:01am November 10, 2022

by Suraya Mohamed

The London-based group brought intensity and energy to its long-awaited set behind the Tiny Desk.

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Jesse Harris, 'Hummingbird'

3:23pm November 09, 2022

by Joe Kendrick

Jesse Harris sets a striking and spare tone for a cabaret dreamscape.

Gal Costa performs in São Paulo, Brazil in 2013.

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Gal Costa, piercing voice of Brazil's Tropicália movement, has died at 77

2:35pm November 09, 2022

by Lars Gotrich

Costa's voice was a key part of the sound that combined Brazilian pop music, psychedelic rock and the avant-garde in the late 1960s.

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Pile, 'Loops'

10:00am November 09, 2022

by Marissa Lorusso

Pile has spent the past couple years in a reflective state, but the rock band's new single is no less ferocious.

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Kiwi Jr. expands its sonic palette on its second album, 'Chopper'

9:30am November 09, 2022

For their third album, Chopper, Kiwi Jr. wanted to invoke a feeling — not of location or mood, but of time; specifically, that time between sunset and sunrise.

Drake and 21 Savage released an Instagram post on Oct. 30 promoting a fake Vogue magazine cover. Vogue's publisher Condé Nast is now suing both rappers for using the fake cover to promote their new album.

'Vogue' sues rappers Drake and 21 Savage over fake magazine cover promoting new album

9:29am November 09, 2022

by Jonathan Franklin

Condé Nast, the publisher of Vogue, is seeking at least $4 million in damages over the rappers' fake Vogue cover.

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'Fresh Air' remembers rock 'n' roll pioneer Jerry Lee Lewis

2:06pm November 08, 2022

by Terry Gross

We mark the life of Lewis, who died Oct. 28, by listening to archival interviews with his sister, pianist/singer Linda Gail Lewis, and with Myra Lewis Williams, who married Jerry Lee when she was 13.

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