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WOMEN’S HISTORY MONTH: A CONVERSATION WITH THE RIAA’S MICHELE BALLANTYNE
She knows what "RIAA" stands for. (3/24a)
BOYGENIUS:
ON the record
The buzz from SXSW is deafening. (3/24a)
IFPI: MUSIC REVENUE HITS $26.2B
Streaming accounts for more than two-thirds of the income. (3/22a)
IT MIGHT AS WELL BE HITS LIST
Let's hear it for Monte and Manet. (3/24a)
SONG REVENUE:
WALLEN’S WALLET
The mullet is money. (3/24a)
HIP-HOP AT 50
The astonishing first half-century of a world-rocking genre.
K-POP'S NEW ARRIVAL
Who's next to grow the profile of Seoul music?
FESTIVAL SEASON
Are we about to see new attendance records set?
RAINMAKERS: GEORGE SANTOS
He signed Elvis.
THE B-SIDE
KA$HDAMI (Republic/Mercury)
5/12/22

WHAT IT IS: Rising out of the D.C. area, KA$HDAMI has been making waves since he started releasing music on SoundCloud. Following his debut mixtape, epiphany, and breakout hits like “Reparations!” and “Look N the Mirror!”—the latter of which debuted Top 20 on the Spotify Viral chart, Top 25 on Rolling Stone’s Breakthrough 25 chart and was named Pitchfork’s “Must Hear Rap Song of the Day”—the Vegas-born rapper dropped his sophomore album, HYPERNOVA., last year. He’s now gearing up for his new mixtape, WORLD DAMINATION. His latest single, “Phoenix,” arrived on 4/29, having amassed 1m+ TikTok views ahead of its release.
ALBUM: WORLD DAMINATION
RELEASE DATE: Summer 2022
SINGLE: “Phoenix”
LIVE: Strong Music Festival (April 2022), Rolling Loud Miami (July 2022), Rolling Loud L.A. (2022)
INTERNET: 1.5m+ monthly Spotify listeners; epiphany secured Top 10 U.S. album debut on Spotify; “Look N The Mirror!” debuted Top 20 on Spotify Viral chart. 220m+ global career streams; 40m+ combined video views
PRESS: Complex (“Best New Artists”), Pitchfork, XXL, HotNewHipHop, NME, Lyrical Lemonade, HipHopDX, HipHopSince1987
BOOKING: Ryan Thomson/CAA
MANAGEMENT: Based Nas