Apple Music Refuses to Stop Industry-Killing Exclusives

What happens when you throw $500,000 in a musician’s face?  Well, they usually take it.  But that doesn’t make it healthy for the music industry or music fans. And so we had another giant bombshell over the weekend.  Chance the Rapper received $500,000 from Apple for making Coloring Book an iTunes and Apple Music exclusive. […]

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Chance The Rapper Speaks Out On Philando Castile Killing

Chance The Rapper asks ”Is there any situation where police get arrested? Or convicted?” Yesterday a video of a US police officer killing a young African-American man whilst his 4-year old daughter sat in the backseat of the car, and his girlfriend sat in the passenger seat, surfaced on the internet. The graphic video shocked […]

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Chance The Rapper Is The First Artist To Hit Billboard 200 Chart With Streaming-Only Album

Chance the Rapper’s ‘Coloring Book’ is the first album to hit the Billboard 200 chart despite only being available on streaming services. There is no physical version of the album for fans to purchase, whether CD or vinyl.   There’s nothing on iTunes. It’s only available on Apple Music to stream, it’s not even on other streaming services […]

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