Vivian Medithi

Rolling Loud has announced its only U.S. festival for 2026 will take place at Camping World Stadium in Orlando, Florida, May 8-10. While the lineup has yet to be announced, the festival is teasing a week of "exclusive events and experiences" to accompany ... See more

Canadian musician and three-time Juno Award winner Ashley MacIsaac wants to sue Google for defamation after the search engine's AI generated summary feature falsely accused him of sexual assault. The fiddle player told The Globe & Mail that a planned ... See more

Every month, The FADER's Vivian Medithi showcases all the standout rap songs from the past 30-ish days in one unranked list. “Relevant.” Lil Uzi Vert Recently, Lil Uzi Vert inked a new deal with Roc Nation Distribution and began releasing a steady stream ... See more

Can rappers age gracefully? These days, it seems the only options available to hip-hop mainstays are creative stagnancy or pivoting to other, more lucrative business ventures. Ludacris does movies; Cam’ron does podcasts; Drake does gambling ads. When it c... See more

Last summer, MAVI told The FADER the “best” rapper doesn’t exist. “Black people’s lives are judged on how impressive you are, on some basketball card shit, slave chattel worker shit,” he said, adding that nobody asks who’s the “best” painter, or the “best... See more