Trans rapper Heidi Barton Stink keeps it real. Like, really, really real.

Here’s a league of talented female MCs who deserve your attention.

“Even though part of me really does want to be topless in public, I still don’t think I can do this.”

Aubrey Drake Graham has come a very long way in a fairly short time, and along the way he’s said some really great things that will make you kind of want to start collecting Drake cover issues at the grocery story like me. #YOLO!!

When you’re applying to jobs, all you need is some background noise to remind you that you’re pretty much the shit.

Melissa Ferrick on her inspiration for the lesbian sex anthem, “Drive,” her new music and why she was never “The Other Melissa.”

“She isn’t a feminist’s worst nightmare! I have a friend who is a feminist and she adores taylor.”

Musician Allison Weiss talked to Autostraddle and ate a loaf of white bread one slice at a time. It doesn’t get more down-to-earth than that.

Bon Iver was one of the best albums of the year, said the Internet.

News has been buzzing all week with resurfaced rumors, and a LGBT activist claiming Whitney was happiest “when she was with her female partner.” What do you think about this?

So I think this is the best playlist for the day.

What did the snowman learn about love? An awful lot, it turns out.

“The artists and songs recognized at the AMAs are all the music KISS 107.9 plays on repeat all day long.”

Hang out with us as we liveblog the 2011 VMAs!

Jess chats with Southwest refugee Camila Grey, who gives us the Behind the Music treatment on touring with Adam Lambert and Uh Huh Her’s brand new record, Nocturnes, finally out October 11th.

Kanye West is seeking redemption — he’s just having a hard time wading through all the diamonds to get there.

Summer may be over, but these jams will take the pain away.

Did you know there are at least three songs with the lyrics, “My girl gotta girlfriend”? Girls who like girls exist in urban music. But that’s not necessarily a good thing.

Surprise, Katy Perry said something really transphobic!

“Why should I care about this music or its “brilliance” when the message is so repulsive and irresponsible?”