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Drake has been confirmed as Spotify's most streamed artist of the year globally. Spotify announced it's end of the year list on Tuesday and reported that Drake earned 1.8 billion streams in 2015. Rihanna was this year's most streamed female performer with 1 billion streams, while Major Lazer's song "Lean On", was the most streamed song of the year with 540 million streams. The Weeknd's breakout album, "Beauty Behind The Madness" was the most streamed album of the year, beating out Drake's "If You're Reading This It's Too Late" which came in at No. 2. In the United States, Drake topped the list of most streamed artists, followed by The Weeknd, Kanye West, Ed Sheeran, and Eminem. Fetty Wap's song "Trap Queen" was the most streamed song in America this year. In Spotify's all-time

Tyler, the Creator has called Kanye West and Pharrell Williams 'fucking Gods' while explaining the influence both artists have had on his career. Back in June Tyler, the Creator posted a photo of the two on his Instagram with the caption "Dads". After being asked to comment on the post, he explained that seeing the both of them in a photo meant a lot to him and described how he hoped to always be creating. "I mean seeing those two in a photo together, that really meant a lot to me and there's not that many photos of those two," Tyler, The Creator explained. "There's one photo in Japan at the Ice Cream store opening, a couple of other photos of them floating round too but seeing that photo in 2015 it's like they're still chewing it and they're still friends, it meant some

While hosting the 2015 Soul Train Awards on Sunday night, Badu threw some pointed shade at the "Black Widow" singer. During her monologue, Erykah Badu made fake phone calls to people and pretended to invite them to the show. One of the people included was Iggy Azalea. "Uh, yes? Who is this? Iggy Azalea?" Badu said. "Yeah, hey. Oh, no, no, no, no, you can come, 'cause what you doin' is definitely not rap." The audience promptly responded with a round of thundering applause. Azalea caused a bit of an uproar back in May when she beat Drake, Nicki Minaj, and J. Cole to receive the award for Top Rap Artist at the Billboard Music Awards. Azalea also managed to snag the award for Top Rap Song. People were so upset by it that there was a petition to get the latter of the tw

A Tribe Called Quest has been all over the internet lately thanks to the legendary hip-hop group's recent appearance on Jimmy Fallon. Q-Tip, Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Phife Dawg and Jarobi are also celebrating the 25th anniversary of their 1998 debut, People's Instinctive Travels and the Paths of Rhythm. DJ Rasta Root (real name Dion Liverpool) has had front row tickets for the past 16 years as Phife Dawg's DJ. Born in Trinidad, he relocated to Atlanta where he found success on the radio, club, and corporate event scene. As accomplished producer, he owns a production label, Smokin' Needles Records, and has composed tracks for the Dallas Mavericks. He was hand selected to attend the Red Bull Music Academy in Rome, Italy in 2004, one of his proudest moments. Rasta Root talks getting his

Rihanna will reportedly be releasing her new album 'Anti' exclusively via Tidal. There's been speculation about when the singer would release her latest album after she launched a new website for it on November 19. Consequence of Sound announced that the album will be streamed on Tidal, with a wide release planned for December 4th. Rihanna posted a video as well as a link to antidiary.com on her social media last week. Her website features the phrase Patience. "You'll hear her voice when it's time" on the homepage with links to an Instagram called "iamthekeyholder" featuring drawings of a young Rihanna in cities across the globe. It's believed that keys are hidden in those locations, which unlock more images. The Samsung logo is displayed on the website as well and it was recently

A Few Words with MC Lars In 2003, MC Lars, the self-described "post-punk laptop rapper" went overseas to further study literature at Oxford University and also learned to embrace the nerd inside of him. To his surprise, the punk rock and hardcore bands he was hanging out with at the time were fascinated by the rap he was making so he decided to pursue it with all the fervor he could muster. While bands like Fugazi, Minor Threat and Dead Kennedys have played a major role in his particular style, the foundation for his brand of hip-hop is more in tune with classic literature and Lars's cerebral muscle. From Shakespeare and Edgar Allen Poe to Jack Kerouac and Herman Melville, he's rapped about subjects most emcees wouldn't dream of tackling. His most recent offering, Zombie Dinosaur,