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  In the latest edition of his video series Let’s Argue , where music reviewer Anthony Fantano discusses the hot takes of his Patreon members, one supporter referred to his Twitch chat as ‘a toxic environment that feels like a very unwelcoming place for some people to participate in.' This video is a compilation of Let’s Argue’s that Fantano has posted on to his Patreon . The video was released shortly after the eye-raising beef between the YouTuber and rap superstar Drake which saw the Canadian direct messaging the reviewer on Instagram and telling him his ‘existence was a light 1’, attempting to poke fun at Fantano’s own rating system. Fantano, whose main channel is called theneedledrop, disagrees with the hot take explaining that he and his moderators take great care to remove racist, bigoted, and hateful people from his chat. He then goes to share that he doesn’t think his Twitch chat is particularly better or worse than any other content creators and that chats on the...

Through my YouTube recommended I have recently discovered Youtuber Kelly Wakasa who does short form well edited, entertaining videos that show case his charismatic personality. But despite having 450k subscribers his comments are littered with people calling him underrated and I don’t understand why. Youtuber Kelly Wakasa  has over 400k subscribers  The amount of people on Y ou Tube as both consumers and content creators has increased dramatically in recent years. More and more of these   c reat o rs are reaching the milestones  of 100k, 1 million and 10 million. Veteran Youtuber PewDiePie received a ruby bro fist to mark 50 million and has since obtain over 50 million more.  But amidst all these large numbers the smaller ones are beginning to get undervalued, even those that aren't so small. It’s easy to look at Wakasa’s subscriber count and only see it  as numbers on a page but in reality that is at least four hundred and fifty thousand individuals that...

After the release of Eminem’s 11 th studio album Music to Be Murdered By , I recalled a discussion about whether the Detroit native could make an album similar to that of  Jay-Z’s 4:44 .  In Jay-Z’s 13 th studio album, he is open with his listeners as he raps about infidelity within his marriage with singer Beyoncé, fathering a daughter and the miracle of having twins.   The album received three Grammy nominations in the 60 th Annual Grammy Awards and Jay-Z’s mature and vulnerable lyrics were praised by critics. The question then arose, if Eminem could create an album of the same stature.  The themes of marriage and children that Jay-Z delve into on his latest solo album, Eminem has been talking about throughout his career. Having been in an on-and-off relationship with Kim Scott since the age of 15, which includes two marriages, and having his daughter Hailie at the age of 23 with little money, they have always had an influence on his music. ...

Something I think about a lot is how amazing Chris Brown’s music and the different parts that make it great. Photograph of Chris Brown mid performance, taken by Prince Williams The main reason that I appreciate his music is because he seems to make music just for the sake of it. The length of his albums alone shows how much he loves to create music with his last two, Heartbreak on the Full Moon and Indigo , being long enough to be considered double albums. Although, I would prefer short and more succinct albums, he’s able to create songs that everyone adds to their playlist and manages to cover topics like relationships from a new angle.                 Along with this Chris Brown is often making songs with artists that you’ve probably never heard of and who collaborating with has no benefit for him. Working with Brown is also the claim to fame for many upcoming artists on reality TV franchise Love and Hip Hop . The list of rea...