Lil Wayne's rise from scrappy New Orleanian underdog to one of rap's biggest stars (and easily one of its most talented) has been a slow one. Inducted to the Cash Money family while still a young teen ...

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Black Sabbath was about more than just Ozzy. All the band members were essential: Tony Iommi, the dark prince of guitar riffs and a two-fisted ladies man; Geezer Butler, the mild-mannered bassist and ...

University of Winchester provides funding as a member of The Conversation UK. Life is busy these days, so when you manage to get some well-earned free time, it’s important to use it wisely. You could, ...

Jennie Richardson is a TV Features and Lists Writer for Collider, and a graduate student pursuing an MFA in Fiction Writing. In other words, she really loves stories. Now almost 20 years after it ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

Every June, the Paste Music crew tallies up the best songs of the year so far. It’s a great way to present our favorites to you, but also to each other. This list is a snapshot of our favorite tracks ...

All products are independently selected by our editors. If you buy something, we may earn an affiliate commission. Being the bigger person is overrated. At least, that’s the idea the best revenge ...

Last year around this time, Drake and Kendrick Lamar trading lyrical uppercuts was the biggest event in music. This year? We got Joey Badass vs. Ray Vaughn. Which is to say: as we approach the halfway ...

But while the series has 16+3 absolute bops of songs so far that each serves their own purposes within the series, some somehow manage to go above and beyond. Some songs provide much-needed ...