Beyonce and Jay-Z are estimated to have made about the same amount of money in 2016 (around 54 million each). But Beyonce had a massive hit album and a number of sell-out shows — she made a lot of her money from her music. Jay-Z hasn’t put out an album in 3 years and barely ever plays shows any more -- his money…

“Let me begin by explaining that despite this obviously put-on accent and attitude, I am in fact the most genuine person you will meet.

Actually, this ad might be one instance where the term “virtue-signaling” is actually appropriate.

The cancer research center was Rihanna, not Nicki.

Her racist “Harajuku girl” nonsense did it for me a long time ago. That look was way worse than Blake Shelton.

Nicki was amazing on “Monster”, no doubt, but there’s a limit to how long her reputation as a rapper can coast on that one verse. That was seven years ago, and it’s becoming increasingly obvious that it was a fluke. None of her other music displays even close to that level of skill. And a lot of her more recent…

You favor one over the other by comparing the costs. What happened here is that the girls had to fight (or, in some cases, choose not to fight) someone who was physically stronger than them. This sucks for them, but it is something that happens when you choose to compete in sports. There is always a chance that you…

This is a pretty standard political theater thing, putting under-represented people directly behind the speaker, so that the crowd looks especially diverse in photos or video. It was the same with Trump’s rallies. They used to find the few black people (and fewer black women) in the crowd and put them directly behind…

I suspect Rihanna knows more about the relationship than you or I do, and if she thought Drake was only hanging out with her so he could sleep with her I doubt she would be so close to him. Same with Nicki Minaj.

Why does he look foolish? He’s doing a nice thing for a person he obviously likes a lot. I appreciate it when my friends make an effort to make me feel special, even if it comes across as corny.

Are you seriously suggesting that the sexual abuse of boys is treated as a more serious matter than the sexual abuse of girls? Every time we hear about a female teacher raping a male student, there’s an avalanche of comments about how it isn’t really a serious issue because the boy is actually lucky for getting laid…

> And Gandhi’s views did shape his independence movement. He didn’t reject British colonialism. He rejected his people being lumped in with inferior people more fit for colonization.

Nowhere in my comment did I say that Beyonce hasn’t done enough for black women. I said that there are other black R&B singers who have talked more powerfully and more directly about race and gender, and that is true. This doesn’t mean I have any problem with what Beyonce is doing or saying, which is mostly great. I…

Not sure what you mean by “new”, but here are some that are newer than Beyonce: Dawn Richard, Janelle Monae, Kamaiyah, Esperanza Spalding, Solange, KING, Nao, Jamila Woods... I could go on.

Why think this is more plausible than the alternatives, that she either agrees with all his nonsense or doesn’t care as long as she gets to live in a gold-plated penthouse?

OK, I think it’s time to chill on the whole “Keep Austin Weird” thing now.