As the pandemic has shut down economies across the globe, many artists are asking fans directly for cash — and music companies like SoundCloud and Spotify have added features to help them do so. While the “virtual tipping” common in China has long provided a way for users to support their favorite creators on music streaming platforms and social-networking apps like WeChat, those methods have yet to take off in Western markets. But the coronavirus crisis could help forge a path that would make virtual tipping — and other methods of virtual monetization — normalized in the U.S…
BET president Scott Mills wants viewers of this year’s BET Awards to understand one thing up front: don’t call it a virtual awards show. It’s a “complete mischaracterization of what the show…
In our continuing coverage of the nation-wide protests to demand justice for the murder of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor and countless other victims of police brutality, we traveled to Washington D.C…
The #VERZUZ battles have taken both social media and the music industry by storm. And that trajectory looks set to continue, because two of R&B’s most decorated groups, 112 and Jagged Edge,…
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