Music

Maybe Bowen Yang was onto something when he compared Moo Deng to pop superstar Chappell Roan in a Saturday Night Live sketch earlier this fall. The viral baby pygmy hippo now has an official song titled “Moodeng Moodeng.” Yes, you read that right. It’s clear Moo Deng is out for …

Grammy-winning rapper Nelly will not face any charges after he was searched and arrested at a Missouri casino last August when he tried to collect some winnings. “We don’t believe the facts in this case warrant the issuing of charges,” a spokesman for the St. Louis County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office …

Quincy Jones died of pancreatic cancer, according to the music legend’s death certificate, which was obtained by TMZ. Jones died earlier this month, on Nov. 3, at the age of 91. A cause of death was not revealed at the time, and it does not seem that it was publicly …

Noel Gallagher has created a new version of Oasis‘ 1995 hit “Champagne Supernova.” The six-hour, “ambient mixed” rendition will be played in London’s National Portrait Gallery as part of the upcoming Zoë Law: Legends exhibition, which features a portrait of Gallagher. The photograph of Gallagher was taken by Zoë Law …

Strange but true: The Beatles’ American record company decided not to release their albums. Instead, Capitol chopped them up to generate more product. Nobody at the label had any idea that future generations would revere these records as sacred artistic units. No, Capitol just wanted to squeeze more funny paper …

Young Thug is free — sort of. Last week, the Atlanta-born rapper accepted a plea deal in the sprawling RICO case against him and associates of his YSL record label. As part of the plea, he agreed to 15 years of probation with 20 years of prison time backloaded, meaning …

Few artists debut with a shout-out from the World Health Organization, but Big Ocean isn’t your ordinary K-pop group. When they launched their career almost seven months ago on Korea’s Day of People with Disabilities, Hyunjin, Chanyeon, and Jiseok made history as the first deaf K-pop group. On a late …

High Water Festival is back in Charleston for its seventh year. On Tuesday, the festival announced that Lord Huron, Mt. Joy, Arcade Fire, and Counting Crows will headline next year’s festival, scheduled for April 26 and 27 in South Carolina’s Riverfront Park. Lord Huron and Mt. Joy will headline the …

The annual Stand Up for Heroes benefit, which raises money for wounded veterans and their families via the Bob Woodruff Foundation, takes place every November when the New York Comedy Festival is in town, and Bruce Springsteen has an off day in his tour schedule. This year’s event at David …

John Mayer is set to purchase the storied Hollywood lot established by Charlie Chaplin and later owned by A&M Records and the Jim Henson Company, according to The Hollywood Reporter. A rep for Mayer — who has an office on the lot — confirmed that the musician, along with director …