Stereotypical tropes of cash, money and misogyny sell, but Ptaha says they sidestep the ugly parts of Russian society. “We speak of chains and sneakers. We don’t talk about major things rap ...

The U.S. government pulled out many stops to help struggling businesses during the pandemic, with plentiful grants and loans made swiftly available in the form of paycheck protection programs and oth ...

Pop stars took advantage of the SVOG grant, using COVID relief funds for luxury spending. Lil Wayne bought Balenciaga and ...

As you may recall, in the wake of mandated closures and stay-at-home orders, artists and venues received funds to stay afloat ...

For instance, the investigation uncovered that rapper Lil’ Wayne spent $1.3 million of his $8.9 million grant ... As of press ...

Exorbitant amounts of taxpayer dollars also apparently went to the likes of Chris Brown, Steve Aoki, Marshmello, Shinedown ...