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In 2022, grocery prices rose more than they had in over four decades, since the “great inflation” of the 1970s. The hair-raising climb has finally stopped, but the pain remains: We’re still paying 25 percent more for groceries than we did in 2019. A pound of ground beef in December 2019 was $3.86 — in December 2023 it was $5.21. A 16-ounce bag of potato chips went from $4.53 to $6.40. The price of a 12-ounce can of soda rose almost 64 percent. Consumer prices tend to go only one way — up. Despite a falling inflation…

Additional tracks include the full version of "Deli," which the Bronx rapper teased earlier this month Ice Spice has added four new songs to a new deluxe edition of her debut EP, Like..?, out today, July 21. Among the four new tracks, “Deli” is maybe the most notable; Ice Spice teased the song earlier this month, and it’s already been making its way around TikTok in snippet form (a video is set to be released later today as well). The other three new tracks are “How High?”,…

Fresh off the release of the Like..? EP, Ice Spice opened up about her personal life, creative process, and the arrival of her debut album with Ebro Darden on Apple Music 1. The Bronx native tapped Lil Tjay to be the lone feature on the six-track project, explaining that the decision was rooted in her desire to have a “real genuine collab,” and considering their year-long friendship and ties to the Bronx, she couldn’t think of anyone else better suited to hop on “Gangsta Boo.”As for the title, which also happens to be the…

Ice Spice is poised to have a breakthrough year.After generating buzz with multiple viral songs, the Bronx rapper returned this week with Like..?—a six-track EP that marks her first official release via 10K Projects/Capitol Records. Ice Spice announced the effort, produced by RIOTUSA, during a November interview with Rap Caviar, confirming it would include one of her biggest 2022 records.“I’m excited for this new music I’m about to put out. I’m about to put out an EP. … ‘Bikini Bottom’ is on there, and then there’s some…

I devoured C.L. Clark’s The Unbroken last year—it was part of the sapphic trifecta that came out in 2021, which also included The Jasmine Throne (Tasha Suri) and She Who Became the Sun (Shelley Parker-Chan). So I am thrilled to be able to reveal not only the cover for the second book in the Magic of the Lost Trilogy,but an exclusive look at the first chapter. C.L. Clark’s The Faithless is going to be incredible, and I’m genuinely delighted to show off this emotionally devastating cover.The rebels have won, and the empire…