Mr. Newsom, the California governor and a potential presidential candidate, writes that the privileged caricature of his background is mistaken.

Everyone has a story about where they were when they first saw Michael Jackson’s “Thriller”—arguably the best music video of all time (of all time)—or how they would run home from school to catch a ...

In 1981, The Buggles declared that video killed the radio star. For several decades, MTV became a cultural phenomenon and with it, the music video. (SOUNDBITE OF MICHAEL JACKSON SONG, "THRILLER") ...

Rumors of MTV’s demise have been greatly exaggerated. In October, it was announced that many of MTV’s subchannels in Europe and South America would be discontinued at the end of 2025. But the social ...

Ricky Cornish is an on-air correspondent for equalpride, where he's breaking down the latest in pop culture for Out Magazine, Pride.com, Plus Magazine, The Advocate, and Out Traveler. Based in Las ...

Few formats drive fan engagement like a great music video. That was true in 2025 and it’ll be true in 2026, too. Looking at Warner Music Group’s top-performing videos of 2025 offers insight into both ...

If all modern politics is a form of performance, this week offered a masterclass in farce, one taught by Nicki Minaj and featuring Gavin Newsom. What started as a clumsy, half-defensive, off-the-cuff ...

D.L. Hughley has some choice words for Nicki Minaj after her recent tweets about transgender children. In a post shared to his Threads account on Sunday (Dec. 14), the 62-year-old actor and comedian ...

'What's wild is that he can't see how this will end. I must be a pretty powerful gal,' tweeted the recently Trump-embracing rapper, predicting she would precipitate Newsom's downfall. Nicki Minaj has ...

Governor of California Gavin Newsom seems to have chosen a side in the rift between Megan Thee Stallion and Nicki Minaj — and the latter has dragged the governor's "lace front" in a tweet. Newsom ...