As ICE raids American cities, artists fight back before the Grammys with ‘More teeth … more rage’

I was shocked and heartbroken to hear about Alex Pretti, a nurse in Minneapolis, being killed by ICE agents on January 24th – and it happened so soon after Renee Good was tragically killed nearby. I learned that Allen joined a protest on Nicollet Avenue that same day. He told people that as he was trying to move away from the ICE agents, they shot him in the back with some kind of projectile. There’s a video circulating online that clearly shows agents tackling him and holding him down on the ground. It’s just awful.

Charli XCX’s self-teasing mockumentary ‘The Moment’ fends off an endless Brat summer

If you know Charli XCX only from her vibrant aesthetic and a viral tweet calling Kamala Harris “brat,” you’re not alone – about one in five Americans saw that tweet! Born Charlotte Aitchison in England in 1992, she’s a remarkably talented singer-songwriter who started her career independently on MySpace at just 14 years old. She was playing live shows at dance parties soon after. In fact, journalists were playfully commenting on her pursuit of fame over a decade ago, feeling it was taking a while because she began so young.