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Drake performing at the 2015 OVO Festival at Molson Canadian Amphitheatre in Toronto, Canada. His now legendary beef that year with the rapper Meek Mill was waged over social media, fed in part by memes made by super fans or stans. George Pimentel/Getty Images hide caption
Ed Sheeran and Chance The Rapper pose together during the 2017 MTV Video Music Awards. Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic hide caption
GoldLink. YouTube screenshot by NPR hide caption
Chance The Rapper performs at Sunday Service during the 2019 Coachella Valley Music And Arts Festival. Rich Fury/Getty Images for Coachella hide caption
Charli XCX and Lizzo. Erik Voake/Getty Images for Warner Music hide caption
A still from I Am Easy To Find. YouTube screenshot by NPR hide caption
Clockwise from upper left: mxmtoon, closeup of 75 Dollar Bill performing live, Faye Webster, cover art for Khiis Courtesy of the artists hide caption
Singer Shawn Mendes performing on Saturday Night Live. YouTube screen grab by NPR hide caption
Rhye's new "piano project" Spirit is due out next week on Loma Vista. Nicole Mangiola/Courtesy of the artist hide caption
Sigur Rós Jónsi has a new project with Carl Michael von Hausswolff. Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images hide caption
A still from The National's "Hairpin Turns" video. YouTube hide caption
Weyes Blood (left), Glen Hansard and Lizzo Courtesy of the artists hide caption