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Cardi B wishes we all knew the Kanye West she worked with
Cardi B is again with a new music, “Hot S—,” showcasing Kanye West and Lil Durk. The keep track of, which was released Friday, is her initial single considering that 2021. In the ostentatious, trap-beat bop, Cardi offers about her top-quality rap competencies and personal taste: “I’m obnoxious/ Purchased a residence and closin’ on a further, I know I’m blessed/ Everyone wanna be gang, ain’t no places remaining/ Poor b— contеst, it would not be a contest.” The “Bodak Yellow” artist not long ago spoke with Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about how the track has been in the works “for a minute,” what it was like doing work with West…
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The LA Artist Behind The Viral #StopAsianHate Portraits Wishes He Never Needed To Draw Another One
Start your day with LAist Sign up for the Morning Brief, delivered weekdays. Jonathan Chang has drawn enough portraits of Asians attacked during the pandemic that he has a whole system down. As soon as he decides to spotlight a case, he fires up Photoshop and studies the image of the victim used in news reports. Within a half hour or so, he’s able to upload a finished portrait to Twitter or Instagram, in hopes the subject’s name and story will be widely shared. Some of the portraits are of people who survived their injuries. Those who didn’t are outlined in white. “’It’s kind of like a halo,” said Chang,…