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i just tweet about music, shows, and sports

[Tatyana 𓂃 ࣪˖ ִֶָ𐀔 @melanwisegirl]

And this is why friends it it’s important to have a diverse tv watching experience because this is about to be a pr nightmare for both of them 😭

[Never Beating Those Allegations @nice_two]

Kehlani’s discography is actually a perfect representation of “people don’t care until the numbers/success makes them care”.

Seeing everybody all of a sudden have an interest or call her music good, after the success of Folded, has annoyed a lot of long time fans. Me included🤷🏾‍♂️

[meziah 🩷💙💜 @zootedmeziah]

a pet peeve of mine is when people say overstimulated when they actually mean overwhelmed

[SANTAN @Santandave1]

My GOAT

[𝐇𝐈𝐏 𝐇𝐎𝐏 𝐒𝐓✩𝐑 🦋 @sweethoneybckin]

This isn’t the early 2000s anymore, and a lot of this discourse refuses to accept that reality. Back then, artists could survive and even thrive mainly off music because physical sales, radio spins, and touring actually paid real money. That model is gone. We’re in a streaming era where music often earns the least once revenue is split between labels, distributors, publishers, managers, and taxes. Even artists with millions of listeners can still make modest income from music alone unless they own their masters, publishing, and distribution outright, and even then streaming payouts remain low. That’s why music today often functions as promotion rather than the main paycheck. The real money comes from what that visibility unlocks, like brand deals, endorsements, campaigns, commercials, liquor partnerships, fashion, and licensing. Laughing at artists for selling tequila, donuts, or chicken just reveals a misunderstanding of how the modern industry actually works. The industry changed, the money moved, and artists who understand that evolve while others stay stuck arguing with a business model that no longer exists.

Best i.e. @ChloeBailey sat down with @terrellgrice in 2023 and revealed some of the real reasons that artists don’t always make a lot of money from music.

[Ronke Lawal @ronkelawal]

The brand value and engagement experienced by Vogue because of a Black British woman writer hired as a freelancer and not a staffer is yet another example of how Black creatives are worth more than these media institutions pay them.

[🕊️ @hopeikpokujnr]

Bro did that with no lead single and barely any promo lol, if he wanted he coulda easier beat Tinies record

[Mimi the music blogger @mimitheblogger]

Morning

The stage birthed the star.
Radio killed the stage star

Radio gave them a voice.
Video killed the radio star

Video gave them a face
Internet killed the video star

The internet took it all and gave it to everyone.
AI killed the internet star.

Now ai is taking it from everyone

[Devzzz @Dee_chzn1]

Sasha Ellese is going out sad, fuelling religion wars on the internet & creating tension with the father of your child, now claiming that a man will be a martyr, who verbatim said black people were better as slaves whilst raising a black child. It’s actually so confusing

[Parkwood Entertainment @parkwood]

To the visionary that set out to make her dreams come true and brought us along to witness the journey. Happy 44th Birthday @Beyonce

[solange knowles @solangeknowles]

omggg tyyyy to my goat for trusting my penn way back whenn

wrote this on a vry vry angsty day fed tf uppp lol and no one could have made it bang like my big sisss

[solange knowles @solangeknowles]

s/o my big sis Kelly for hearing me writing emo jams in the back of the bus and encouraging me and trusting my lil 15 year old self to write on her debuttt, it really all started there!

the paperboy hat was my “ima serious writer” steez lmfaoooo

[solange knowles @solangeknowles]

my sistersss gave baby solo a chance and I’ll nevaaa forgetttt it

gave some barss and melodiesss to these too, and still can’t believe it when I hear yall bump

B’Day for lifeee ♍️
virgo season what’s gooodd

[IAMNJERA @IAMNJERA]

Really crazy that hip-hop used to be so aligned with activism and social justice, and now we have media figures in the space too afraid to even acknowledge crimes against humanity. Pathetic.

[d ✨ @ddiabaa]

God is good!! ☝🏾 we getting a music video yall 🤭

[Stella Quaresma @StellaQuaresma_]

Things change, people grow ❤️

[FATHER NATURE🧌🌳 @transnymphodite]

How it feels to open up to your mother

[ki at the garden. @ChasingKia]

Leon Thomas makes the music I think y’all think [redacted] is making.

[chanelle / big c @FLOLIKENELLE]

not even trying to be funny but no one can say that FLO didn’t have a (big) impact on bringing girl groups back because the amount of groups that have suddenly debuted within the past 3 years alone is insane 😭 there’s a new one every week now