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Look out Hollywood. YouTube 'bawse' Lilly Singh is going mainstream.
YouTube has given a generation of diverse superstars a place to start their careers. But can they find a place in the far less diverse Hollywood scene?
Trawl the Depths of YouTube with YouHole.tv
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
A Beautiful Music Video Is Buried at the End of This Obscure Video Game
Only a video game released exclusively in Japan would reward its players with a spare, sleek, utterly delightful ode to color and sound.
Is Google playing hardball with indie artists?
It's a classic David and Goliath story, with a twist: An indie musician is wrangling with an Internet giant on behalf of indie artists everywhere. But Goliath in this case is Google, and the tech company is squirming a bit in this unaccustomed role. But maybe we all need to rethink how we value the music that animates our lives.
Meet 'Average Mohamed,' a gas station manager who's using cartoons to fight ISIS recruitment
By day, Somali-American Mohamed Ahmed runs a gas station in the Twin Cities. By night, he's "Average Mohamed," a cartoon character trying to keeping young people from joining ISIS.
Issa Rae built an empire of awkward, but she's still not satisfied
With a hit web series and a potential show coming on HBO, comedian Issa Rae is making her akwardness pay off. The Senegalese immigrant to the US says she "didn't know how to be black," and never quite fit in with any group of kids around her. But that's proved to be a gold mine for comedy.
Sideshow Podcast: Kutiman Keeps Making Music Thru You(Tube)
If YouTube had an A&R genius, his name would be Kutiman. He makes records by layering and sampling random musicians on YouTube. Just don't call it a gimmick.
Five Things You Had to See Online This Week
<p>This week in “Thanks, Internet” — Inside America's rooms on YouTube, defending Fred Flintstone, the "Pendulum" in FKA twigs' pocket, Sad Full House, and <span>s</span>lug solos. </p>
Sideshow Podcast: Pogo is YouTube's Favorite Musician
<p>Where some mash-up artists stun with clever technique or surreal juxtapositions, Pogo is first and foremost a fan, passionate and careful with sources like <em>Alice in Wonderland</em> and <em>Fresh Prince. </em></p>
Introducing the Least Viral Videos on the Internet
<p>Petit Tube presents only the least-viewed videos on YouTube, giving us a long look at the found poetry of internet unpopularity.</p>
Walkthroughs Turn Video Games into a Spectator Sport
<p>Why do millions of gamers hit YouTube to watch other people play video games?</p>