...Carlos Garrido Castellano; J. Griffith Rollefson On June 16, 2018, Beyoncé and Jay-Z released “Apeshit”—a trap-styled hip hop track featuring a chorus of “I can’t believe we made it / Have you ever seen the crowd going apeshit?” The much-commented-on music video for the track was framed as a hip...

... veterans. This essay historicizes and analyzes the reception of the most controversial halftime shows—performed by Janet Jackson, Madonna, Beyoncé, Shakira, and Jennifer Lopez—to theorize why they became so contentious. Situating these performances within the NFL’s history and its economic incentives...

... is under scrutiny. But this scrutiny is a far cry from change. Womack explicitly confronted racial issues in BW Goes C&W , yet these remain just as troubling in 2020 as they were in 1976. country R&B crossover race Bobby Womack Lil Nas X Beyoncé Yola Jimmie Allen Kane Brown Darius...

... soul Chris Stapleton Sturgill Simpson Ray Charles Beyoncé Lil Nas X On 4 November 2015, country singer Chris Stapleton, lauded for his allegiance to hard country music, stepped on stage at the Country Music Association annual awards show in Nashville, Tennessee, and knocked out a stunning...