Salsa icon Eddie Palmieri, who died Aug. 6 at the age of 88, was one of the artists who best summed up the restless beauty of the New York music scene. Born in East Harlem to Puerto Rican parents — and the younger brother of Charlie, another virtuoso keyboardist and …
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A federal judge has permanently dismissed nearly all of the $60 million racketeering and sexual assault lawsuit that former Making the Band 2 contestant Sara Rivers filed against Sean Combs in February. In a ruling issued today, U.S. District Judge Jed. S. Rakoff dismissed “finally and with prejudice” 21 of …
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Sean Kingston was sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison Friday after he and his mother were convicted of defrauding multiple vendors of more than $1 million in luxury items ranging from high-end watches to a bulletproof Cadillac Escalade. In a filing earlier this week, the “Beautiful Girls” singer pleaded with …
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Cardi B is giving us another taste of what to expect on Am I The Drama?. On Friday, the rap queen unleashed her latest single “Imaginary Playerz,” which samples a classic by Jay-Z. The rapper shared a glam-filled music video for the track, featuring Cardi on a private jet and …
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Ashley Monroe may be one of the most country of country artists, with a natural vocal twang and a gift for writing the type of rich story-songs that define the genre, but on her new album Tennessee Lightning, the east Tennessee native doesn’t paint in only one color. Over the …
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Maroon 5 has teamed up with Lil Wayne for their latest single, “Love Is Like.” The song comes off the band’s new LP of the same name, which drops today. The group shared a music video for the track directed by Aerin Moreno and set on the streets of New …
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Ex-NBA player Stephen Jackson took to social media to reveal that Lil Yachty called him to apologize after rapping a controversial George Floyd-referencing lyric during a recent PlaqueBoyMax stream. On the August 13 live stream, a song was played where Yachty rapped, “Put my knee up on her neck, I …
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Khalid has shared an infectious new single, “In Plain Sight.” The song comes ahead of his next album, After the Sun Goes Down, which drops Oct. 10 via Right Hand Music Group/RCA Records. A press release notes that both the single and the album explore “themes of love, self-discovery, openness, …
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The founder of prominent música Mexicana label Del Records was sentenced to four years in prison Friday after a jury convicted him last March of doing business with a designated drug trafficker in violation of the Kingpin Act. Ángel Del Villar also must pay a $2 million fine and serve …
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Kelly Clarkson has cancelled her appearance at a benefit concert in wake of her ex-husband Brandon Blackstock’s death. She was due to appear at Miranda Lambert and Parker McCollum’s Band Together Texas event, held to support victims of the July Texas floods, on Sunday. The organizers shared the news in …
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