Joe Messina, the prolific guitarist whose work with the Funk Brothers can be heard on an array of Motown classics, died Monday, April 4, the Detroit Free Press reports. He was 93. Messina died at his home in Northville, Michigan after a lengthy battle with kidney disease. Despite his long …
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Tory Lanez was handcuffed and taken into custody in a Los Angeles courtroom Tuesday after a judge found he violated protective orders in his felony assault case involving allegations he shot Megan Thee Stallion in her feet nearly two years ago. Judge David Herriford revoked Lanez’s prior bail of $250,000 …
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Silk Sonic coasted to big wins for Record and Song of the Year at the 2022 Grammy Awards, while Jon Batiste scored a major Album of the Year upset. Silk Sonic, the incomparably smooth retro-soul duo of Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak, in fact picked up all four of the …
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Speaking with Rolling Stone backstage at rehearsals for the 64th Annual Grammy Awards, Jon Batiste highlighted “Boy Hood,” a cut from his 2021 album We Are where he sings: “If you see him then and even if ya see him now / It’s the same Jon Jon with that same …
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LL Cool J has an announcement to make, but first he has to make a quick stop at the bodega to pick up a few things. There’s the Rick Ross cigar, the Jadakiss chapstick, a few Digable Planets gumballs, a canister of Fat Joe and Remy Ma espresso ground coffee, …
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UPDATE (4/4/2022):Cardi B scored another victory over Latasha Kebe on Monday when a judge ordered the YouTube blogger to take down more than a dozen videos and several social media posts that contain statements judged “false and defamatory” by a January jury verdict. Kebe, known professionally as Tasha K, will …
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J Balvin performed “Qué Más Pues?” with Maria Becerra and “In Da Getto” at the 2022 Grammys — and we’re sweating. Bathed in red light, Balvin’s busted out “Qué Más Pues?” with Becerra — flirting it up during the song’s chorus. Balvin then joined a trove of masked, seated dancers …
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Smooth like butter! The boys of BTS just brought their signature dance moves to the Grammys stage with a performance of their English-language single, “Butter.” The group — comprising Jin, Suga, J-Hope, RM, Jimin, V, and Jungkook — performed their second English-language song, which hit Number One on several charts. …
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Brandi Carlile kept her recent run of memorable Grammy Awards performances alive on Sunday, giving a soaring rendition of her song “Right on Time” during the ceremony. Carlile began the song, off her latest album In These Silent Days, seated alone at a piano. After playing the intro, she picked …
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Nas delivered an overview of his career with a medley of turn-of-the-millennium hits and a recent single during the 2022 Grammy Awards in Las Vegas. Returning to the awards show the year after winning Best Rap Album for King’s Disease, the Queensbridge emcee opened his set by honoring the 20th …
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