Shakira uses Rihanna’s ‘B*tch Better Have My Money’ as the audio for her new Instagram post after she was acquitted of tax fraud in Spain, which will reimburse her over €55 million.
I just want people to give up.
Chris Brown’s work is never interesting enough and he’s not talented enough to reframe his narrative.
He is not the legacy of Michael Jackson, he is not the legacy of R&B, he is a failed artist kept alive by nostalgia and fever dreams.
The Rihanna songwriting conversation is missing a lot of nuance. I'd understand the chatter if she talked about songwriting as a first love, or stole writing credits, but instead she consistently platforms black songwriters on her albums. Music is an collaborative effort.