Angel Haze: Candlxs

Angel Haze is known for staying true to herself and her brutal honesty—whether it’s rapping about being sexually abused in her rendition of Eminem’s “Cleaning Out My Closet” to openly expressing her frustration with her record label. (She ended up leaking her album Dirty Gold in response). Haze’s newest song, “Candlxs,” is a “incredibly personal” ballad (supposedly inspired by her relationship with Ireland Baldwin) and …

Femsplain’s Female-Powered Content Community

The empowering hub for discussion and connection hits Kickstarter

When Amber Gordon left her role as a creative strategist for Tumblr, it wasn’t to go on a soul-searching mission. In fact, she had already found her calling—and had founded it in the process. Gordon’s brainchild, Femsplain, delivers a platform for anyone who identifies as female to submit stories—not only of trials and tribulations, but of successes and connections, and everything in between. Gordon publishes …

D’Angelo: Live on SNL

Not only sounding every bit the soulful, thoughtful artist that he is, D’Angelo offered an important visual message to his performance on SNL this past weekend. While he performed the stunningly gentle “Really Love” dressed in high-fashion, the singer/songwriter/instrumentalist stood atop a chalk outline and donned a hoodie, and his band wore “Black Lives Matter” and “I Can’t Breathe” T-shirts for “The Charade”—one of the …