Three separate generations of hip-hop will join forces at the 2022 Video Music Awards as LL Cool J, Nicki Minaj, and Jack Harlow come together to revamp the traditional hosting gig for the awards ceremony, scheduled for August 28 at New Jersey’s Prudential Center. The trio will serve as MCs …
Read More »Harry Styles Got a Vintage One Direction Toothbrush, Fleetwood Mac 8-Track Out of His Nardwuar Interview
Christmas came early for Harry Styles this year. Ahead of his headlining performance at the 2022 Coachella Music and Arts Festival, the innocuous but thorough interview host Nardwuar caught up with the singer for an interview that paired nearly every question with a hyper-specific piece of music memorabilia – from …
Read More »Fat Joe is Prepping a One-Man Stand-Up Show to Accompany His New Memoir
Fat Joe will perform a one-man stand-up show based on his life and career in New York City this fall. The performance will feature an introduction from Dave Chappelle and a slew of never-before-heard tales based on Fat Joe’s upcoming memoir, The Book of Jose. “The world will be getting …
Read More »Eddie Vedder Celebrates Joe Strummer's 70th With 'Long Shadow' Cover
Without Joe Strummer, Eddie Vedder would have never found his way to Jack Irons, and subsequently Pearl Jam. During a show the Clash singer played in November 1989, Vedder ended up becoming Strummer’s right hand man during an unexpected power outage. The fateful case of right place, right time brought …
Read More »'He Wanted it to Appear Like I Was a Prostitute': 20 Years Later, Woman From R. Kelly's Infamous Sex Tape Testifies
Chicago, IL — R. Kelly’s former goddaughter testified that she had sex with the disgraced singer for the first time when she was 15, and that they had sex “hundreds” of times, sometimes with other underage girls. The goddaughter, now 37 and testifying at Kelly’s federal trial in Chicago Thursday …
Read More »Panic! at the Disco's Brendon Urie Engages in a Medieval Dance Battle in 'Sad Clown' Video
Viva Las Vengeance! As Panic! at the Disco released its seventh studio album, the group’s frontman Brendan Urie starred as “the Duke” in the choreo-filled, medieval times-themed video for “Sad Clown.” The Brendan Walter-directed video sees Urie showing off his best dance moves and belting musical theater-ready vocals for a …
Read More »Young Thug Denied Bond For Third Time At Heated Hearing
Young Thug was denied bond yet again Thursday during a heated hearing in his RICO case where his lawyer suggested the Grammy-winning rapper is the subject of a law enforcement vendetta dating back to a 2015 drive-by shooting of Lil Wayne’s tour bus. Lead defense lawyer Brian Steel invoked the …
Read More »Condoms, Perreo, and 'Leche AA:' Tokischa and Anuel Get Hella Horny on 'Delincuente'
Things start creepy, then get hella sexy in this one. On Friday, Tokischa released the video for her over-the-top explicit (we’re used to it at this point and love her for it) video for “Delincuente,” which features fellow reggaetoneros Anuel AA and Ñengo Flow. The Raymi Paulus-directed visual opens with …
Read More »Blackpink Unleash 'Pink Venom' on Comeback Single Ahead of New Album 'Born Pink'
Blinks: the Born Pink era has officially commenced. On Thursday night, K-pop superstars Blackpink released “Pink Venom,” the lead single off their forthcoming album, Born Pink, out Sept. 16. The earworm starts with a voice chanting the group’s name, before exploding into a rap verse backed by a sticky electronic …
Read More »Deleted Ice Scene in 'Almost Famous' Inspired a New Duet for the Broadway Musical
Almost Famous is so beloved that even its deleted scenes are widely known — from Frances McDormand cringing to “Stairway to Heaven” to the radio station scene with Kyle Gass. Now, lines from the intimate ice cube scene with Penny Lane and Russell Hammond are being used in a duet …
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