In his famous 1967 essay, Le Morte de l'Auteur or The Death of the Author, French literary critic Roland Barthes argues that “The birth of the reader must be at the cost of the death of the author.”...

According to PEW Research Center, 80% of adults believe in gender equality, yet only 61% of women identify as feminists. Junior Amanda Pan, a self-titled feminist, said this is because the definition of...

For those who don’t know, because, like me, you probably didn’t care, Kanye West legally changed his name in 2018 to Ye, saying, "I believe 'ye' is the most commonly used word in the Bible. In the...

When my sister told me rapper Kanye West was running for president, I found it funny. When people think of Kanye West, they think of his Yeezy shoe brand or the Kardashian family—not him seated in the...

With recent headlines such as “...Made Me Appreciate Christianity for the First Time” (DJBooth), “...Calls Himself ‘Greatest Artist God Ever Created’” (E! Online) and “...on a mission to...

When rappers and juniors David Chilemba and Rashid “RJ” Conteh come home from school, their main focus isn’t studying, socializing with friends or going to sports practice. For Chilemba and Conteh,...

A year after his release of  “The Marshall Mathers LP 2,” Eminem will release his new album, “Shady XV,” on Nov. 24. The album commemorates the 15-year release of his debut, “The Slim Shady...