Kendrick Lamar

For a second straight year, the Super Bowl has broken a viewership record with 126 million viewers watching the Philadelphia Eagles defeat the Kansas City Chiefs. What Happened: A lopsided victory for the Eagles over the Chiefs in Super Bowl LIX appears to have had a minimal impact on viewership...

On Sunday, Kendrick Lamar took over the Super Bowl 2025 Halftime Show with a high-energy set, surprise guests, and the long-awaited live debut of the diss track "Not Like Us."  What Happened: Lamar's 13-minute set at the Caesars Superdome was packed with back-to-back hits from GNX and classics...

Along with watching the NFL championship matchup of the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles and a halftime show from Kendrick Lamar, viewers will get to watch lots of high-priced Super Bowl commercials. A new Benzinga poll asked if the high cost of these ads was worth it. What Happened: NFL...

Super Bowl LIX features a matchup between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles, with the Chiefs attempting to be the first NFL team to win three straight Super Bowls. A Benzinga poll finds whether people are most excited to watch the game, the commercials, the halftime performance or...

The Beatles are one of the bestselling and most recognizable bands of all time. Over 60 years after their debut, The Beatles are still winning awards, and this time it’s partially thanks to artificial intelligence. What Happened: In June 2023, surviving Beatles member Paul McCartney announced...

Spotify Technology SA (NYSE:SPOT) has strongly denied allegations from Drake that it “artificially inflated” streaming numbers for rival artist Kendrick Lamar’s track “Not Like Us.” What Happened: In opposition papers filed, Spotify stated it “has no economic...

Rapper Kendrick Lamar is back as a Super Bowl halftime performer, following last year's performance from Usher that was part of a record-breaking NFL championship game. Super Bowl LIX occurs in New Orleans, Louisiana at the Caesars Superdome on Feb. 9, 2025. The game will be broadcast on Fox...

American singer and rapper Kendrick Lamar’s creative agency, pgLang, has introduced a limited edition of the “dumb” phone, which garnered significant attention and sold out immediately.  What Happened: On Thursday, the Light Phone 2 by pgLang was...

Summer music festivals are back, and Chicago’s Lollapalooza is leading the charge with an impressive lineup of headliners including Kendrick Lamar, Billie Eilish and the Red Hot Chili Peppers. But for investors, attending the festival doesn't have to mean just spending money on...

The 2022 year is coming to an end and will take with it quite a few top news stories that happened throughout the year. Many of them were directly related to what people were looking for on Google, the search engine giant owned by Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL). The top 10 most-...

Superstar Beyoncé is one of the biggest names in music. A recently released album saw strong sales and helped put a woman back on top of the leaderboard for the first time in 30 weeks. Here’s a look at Beyoncé’s latest album, who pushed her album to second place ...

The Super Bowl 2022 halftime show featured an ensemble of hip-hop artists, including some who had their biggest hits in the 1990s and early 2000s. With fans feeling nostalgic hearing the performers sing their biggest hits, these songs are dominating the charts. What Happened: Super Bowl LVI...

Cannabis dispensaries are hopefully stocked up as we get closer to game day. A variety of reports concur that, based on last year’s data and combined with the lifting of many pandemic restrictions, it’s party time this Sunday. Cannabis sales are expected to rise significantly these two...

The National Football League had strong viewership figures for the 2021-2022 season. This could set up several media companies for strong quarterly earnings reports and lead to higher advertising rates for the upcoming NFL Playoffs. What Happened: NBC, a unit of Comcast Corp (NASDAQ: CMCSA), saw a...

Many brands often struggle with figuring out what young people like. Fortunately for cannabis companies, a new report out of strategic advisory studio Headquarters (HQ) has some answers. According to the HQ Cannabis Brand Affinity Report, hip-hop, R&B, fashion, social media influencers...