Last year, I spoke with Lil Yachty about mystique. Our conversation about his Let’s Start Here album got awkward when he told me he didn’t want to reveal too much about its creation. I asked him about plans to release a documentary he recorded about the project, and he told …
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Christine and the Queens delivered an electrifying take on an Edith Piaf classic during the opening ceremony of the Paralympics in Paris on Thursday. There was some social media outrage when Chris — one of France’s chief musical exports — wasn’t included in either the opening or closing ceremonies of …
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Virginia-based rapper and entrepreneur Fam-Lay has been making waves with his RnB Block Party alongside business partner Antonio Dowe. Now the pair, along with their friend Pusha T, are expanding with Cousinz Festival, a one-day showcase on Aug. 31 at Norfolk’s historic Scope Arena, headlined by Erykah Badu. The festival …
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Nick Cave has spent the last six years in conversation. Through his Red Hand Files Website and his touring Q&A series, the 66-year-old punk-rock icon has waxed poetic with his fans about grief, aging, and forgiveness. And after dropping the Bad Seeds’ last record, the devastating Ghosteen, in 2019, it …
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The National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) is calling out Yelp over claims that the review site is putting misleading or fake concert ticket listings on venues’ Yelp pages, with NIVA sending a letter to the company’s CEO Jeremy Stoppelman late Tuesday demanding the listings get taken down. In the letter, …
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Live Nation is aggressively pushing to prevent a deposition of its chief executive officer Michael Rapino over the deadly Astroworld Festival crowd rush, and the live music giant hopes Texas’s Supreme Court will support their efforts. While all of the wrongful death suits have been settled earlier this year, the …
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Carole King showed off her rendition of Taylor Swift‘s “Shake It Off” during the inaugural Swifties for Kamala call. The coalition’s kick-off event feature an appearance from King, who addressed the 34,000 attendees and offered a snipped of Swift’s 2014 single. “I am a Swiftie, and Taylor and I are …
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After serving as the official hypeman for the 2024 Olympic women’s water-polo team, Flavor Flav has set out on a new mission: to carry the torch during the 2028 Olympics in Los Angeles. Flav discussed his monumental summer at the Paris Olympics on Wednesday’s episode of the Politickin’ podcast hosted …
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Godspeed You! Black Emperor will release a new album, No Title as of 13 February 2024 28,340 Dead, on Oct. 4 via Constellation Records. The LP’s title references the number of Palestinians in Gaza killed by Israeli strikes between Oct. 7, 2023 and Feb. 13, 2024. The rock band previewed …
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A judge has again denied bail to Tupac Shakur murder suspect Duane “Keffe D” Davis over doubts about the source of the bond money. At a July hearing, Clark County District Court Judge Carli Kierny rejected a $112,500 down payment to secure Davis’ $750,000 bond, noting that the payment — …
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