Lawyers for DJ and producer Diplo announced that they’ve reached a global “resolution in principle” on Monday to end his tangled legal dispute with Shelly Auguste, a woman he had a sexual relationship with in 2019. The last-minute deal averted a trial set to begin next Monday. If the trial …
Read More »Ariana Grande Confirms Plans to Release Another Expansion of 'Eternal Sunshine'
Ariana Grande hasn’t laid her most recent album, Eternal Sunshine, to rest quite yet. Although the pop singer and Wicked star has been focused on her acting career in recent months, she confirmed that there is unheard music from the LP that is yet to come. Last night at the …
Read More »See Bono Receive Presidential Medal of Freedom From Joe Biden
Bono received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Joe Biden at the White House Saturday at a ceremony that also honored Denzel Washington, Michael J. Fox, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and more. “Thank you President Biden. Frontmen don’t do humble, but today I was,” Bono wrote on social …
Read More »The Hit Song About Cannibalism Written by a Yacht-Rock King
If you can’t beat them, eat them. That’s essentially what an ambitious, try-anything songwriter and a young rock band from Pennsylvania were thinking back in 1970 when they teamed up to write and record a song about trapped miners who kill and devour their friend. “Timothy” was a last-ditch effort …
Read More »Can Famo Music Survive Lesotho's Gang Wars?
I n the early morning of July 21, 2024, Mahali Khuluoe, 22, was at home dozing when her phone rang. The person on the other end of the line was her father’s friend — his voice was tight and hesitant. “Where’s your dad?” he asked. “He left yesterday but hasn’t …
Read More »Bad Bunny's Album 'Debí Tirar Más Fotos' Is Here
Snap a picture: Bad Bunny‘s Debí Tirar Más Fotos is here! On Sunday, the Puerto Rican artist released his sixth studio album, which features RaiNao, Dei V, Omar Courtz, and Chuwi. Along with the collaborations, the album includes solo tracks such as “Ketu Tecré,” “Turista,” EoO,” and album closer, “La …
Read More »Drake Airs Out 'Personal' Grievances in Freestyle to Start 2025
It’s been months sinceKendrick Lamarignited a firestorm by taking aim at Drake and J. Colewith his verse on Future and Metro Boomin’s“Like That” in the spring of 2024. The feud saw the rappers sling vitriol in the form of several diss tracks —with Cole momentarily joining the mix with “7 …
Read More »Nicki Minaj Sued by Ex-Assistant Claiming Rapper 'Open-Handedly Struck' Him
Nicki Minaj is facing a new lawsuit from a former assistant who claims the “Super Bass” artist smacked him in the face at a concert venue in Detroit last April. In his 10-page complaint filed Friday in Los Angeles, plaintiff Brandon Jovan Garrett claims he was working for Minaj as …
Read More »Watch Katy Perry Surprise the 'RuPaul's Drag Race' Queens in Season 17 Premiere
When Katy Perry spoke to Rolling Stone in 2022, she said, “If it weren’t for drag queens, I probably wouldn’t have a career. I probably learned everything from them.” On Friday night, the pop star gave back to the drag community as she appeared as the guest judge of the …
Read More »Brenton Wood, Singer Behind 'The Oogum Boogum Song,' Dead at 83
Brenton Wood, the soul singer behind 1967 hit single “The Oogum Boogum Song” and who formed his own record label in the Seventies, has died at the age of 83. Wood’s death was confirmed by his manager and assistant, Manny Gallegos, who toldVariety that the artist died from natural causes …
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