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THE FUTURE OF Music Interview is a Q&A in which our favorite artists and producers share their vision of what’s next, weighing in on everything from AI to emerging scenes to the artists inspiring them the most. As a virtuoso multi-instrumentalist who was more than happy to record a club …

Brooklyn rapper Casanova was sentenced to 188 months, or nearly 16 years, in prison Wednesday after previously pleading guilty to federal charges of racketeering conspiracy and narcotics conspiracy. The rapper born Caswell Senior faced up to 60 years for his alleged role in the Untouchable Gorilla Stone Nation Gang; in …

Jon Batiste has announced the follow-up to his Album of the Year-winning We Are, with an all-star guest list joining the former Late Show bandleader for World Music Radio. The 20-track album, out August 18 via Verve Records/Interscope Records, sticks to its name by recruiting global talent, including Lil Wayne, …

Customer data is a goldmine in the live music industry as promoters, venue operators, ticket marketplaces, and the artists themselves seek to learn more about their audiences and their habits to better serve them — and get them to spend more. From the moment fans check out online all the …

Madonna‘s Celebration tour has been put on hold while the singer recovers from a medical emergency that hospitalized her in the intensive care unit for multiple days, according to a statement shared via the official Instagram account for her manager, Guy Oseary. “On Saturday June 24, Madonna developed a serious …

I n the summer of 2021, as the vibes shifted around us, 20-year-old musician Wolfacejoeyy uploaded a 19-second clip from a song called “Miss Me” to his TikTok page. Joey, who started making beats at 14, says he was encouraged in an Instagram group chat with rappers Sofaygo and Dom …

The Future of Music Interview is a Q&A in which our favorite artists and producers share their vision of what’s next, weighing in on everything from AI to emerging scenes to the artists inspiring them the most. When Christine and the Queens, the progressive French pop artist who also goes …

Luh Tyler, at the ripe age of 17, has already had some of rap’s biggest names, and his personal idols, slide into his DMs. “When Drake followed me… I didn’t even know he followed me,” says the precocious young rapper, who approaches the notion of a global superstar following him …

F or Benoit Carré, the future revealed itself in six notes. In 2015, Carré, a cerebral, bespectacled songwriter then in his mid-forties, became the artist-in-residence at Sony’s Paris-based Computer Science Laboratory, headed by his friend Francois Paçhet, a composer and leading artificial-intelligence researcher. Paçhet was developing some of the world’s …

Two months ago, an anonymous songwriter wearing a sheet over their head set the music world aflame when they shared a song they recorded on their own featuring an uncanny copy of Drake’s voice, made possible with artificial intelligence. “Heart on My Sleeve” — still imperfect, but catchy and close …