Rapper Sheff G pleaded guilty to attempted murder and conspiracy on Wednesday and will be sentenced to five years in prison. Sheff G, real name Michael Williams, pleaded guilty today to multiple top counts of second-degree attempted murder and second- and fourth-degree conspiracy in exchange for an offer of five …
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Hayley Williams has been having a blast going on musical side quests across Nashville. She’s joined both Finneas and Cyndi Lauper in recent months. Her latest included a surprise appearance with Deftones, where she joined the band on stage to lend some striking vocals and headbanging to their performance of …
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Long before he was an Oscar-winning hitmaker, Mark Ronson was a denizen of downtown New York City’s nightclubs, honing his talents as a DJ and securing his first gigs as a producer. It’s an era he’s set to reflect on in his upcoming memoir, Night People: How to Be a …
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Did you really think Kiss were done? Only 481 days have passed since the group, which has reunited several times, played the last date of their End of the Road World Tour — a concert they billed as “The Final Concert” and monetized with a pay-per-view stream — and the …
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Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings will celebrate the 20th anniversary of their second album Naturally with a remastered reissue of the late singer’s 2005 soul classic. Out May 2nd via Daptone Records, the 2-LP vinyl edition of Naturally will pair the original album with a bonus record featuring instrumental versions …
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The pop music-as-recession indicator final boss has arrived: Kesha and T-Pain have released their first-ever collaboration, the countryfied single “Yippee-Ki-Yay.” The record follows early singles “Delusional” and “Joyride” as the latest preview of Period, stylized as the punctuation mark (.), the forthcoming sixth studio album from Kesha, out July 4, …
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Ed Sheeran has finished working his way though mathematics symbols with his albums Plus, Multiply, Divide, Subtract, and Equals. Now, he’s moving on to the buttons on a walkman. During a recent appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, the musician revealed the title of his forthcoming album, Play, …
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Rico Nasty dropped “On The Low,” the latest single from PG County, Maryland artist’s Lethal album. Riding along a buoyant synth riff, Rico croons about a sneaky link, singing, “You already know, I won’t kiss and tell if I get you alone” on the chorus. “I wrote ‘ON THE LOW’ …
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German singer-songwriter Alice Merton is suing Kanye West (Ye) for copyright infringement, accusing him of sampling her song, “Blindside,” without authorization on the ¥$ (Ye and Ty Dolla $ign) track “Gun to My Head.” According to the lawsuit, filed in California District Court earlier this week and obtained by Rolling …
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A new Piano Man documentary is on its way. On Wednesday, HBO announced Billy Joel: And So It Goes, a two-part documentary about the artist’s life and music and the meaning behind his songwriting. Susan Lacy — who created American Masters and directed the Spielberg documentary for HBO — will …
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