RBX Sues Spotify Over Fraudulent Streams; L.A.’s Jackie Smook Revives Handmade Puppetry

Long Beach rapper RBX is suing Spotify in a class-action lawsuit, alleging the company failed to stop fraudulent streams that inflated numbers for major artists like Drake while reducing payouts for smaller musicians. Meanwhile, Los Angeles artist Jackie Smook is reviving the craft of puppetry building handmade characters for film, TV, and her touring show “Dilly’s World.”