These names correspond to celebrity fandoms. Swifties subsist on all things Taylor Swift. Barbs say "bottoms up" to anything Nicki Minaj. Army go full-on militant for BTS, and Lambs live by Mariah ...

I remember the first time I was doxxed. It was in 2010, after I criticized a collaboration between Kanye West and the K-pop group JYJ. Following my comments, I received an onslaught of death threats ...

Kendrick Lamar and Drake’s track-for-track rap war dominated hip-hop discussion. Although Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” eventually became the standout (and chart-topping) song from the feud, many ...

The hip-hop scene has been ablaze with excitement as a high-profile feud between rap heavyweights Drake and Kendrick Lamar took center stage. Over the summer, tensions between the two escalated, ...

LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) – The Johnny Depp and Amber Heard defamation trial is entering the home stretch. The case has been heavily influenced by Stan culture and social media. You may be wondering “what ...

"Just to chat, truly yours, your biggest fan, this is Stan." The Mandela Effect is a phenomenon where collectively-held mistaken memories are accepted as pop-culture truths. Some of these wrongly ...

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Stan Culture Is Due a Reckoning. So Are the Celebrities They Worship.Last week was evidence of a slow and peculiar shift in the relationship between fans and the musicians they love over the last ...

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As the Beyhive carry out a coordinated attack on yet another undeserving victim, we examine stan culture and why it is possibly, one of the most toxic things in existence. It was an incredible work of ...

“Dave” and “Swarm” try to demystify extreme fandom but end up pledging fealty to celebrity. By Tomi Obaro The “stan,” a word that comes from Eminem’s seminal 2000 song about obsessive, sometimes ...