“I’ll be 87, you’ll be 89,” Taylor Swift sang on her self-titled debut album. Back then, she was writing an idyllic love story about growing old with someone someday. But now, the truth is stranger than fiction as Swift has turned her own life into folklore. For the past two …
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John Prine never had a chance to write his own memoir. But in the late 2010s, he’d begun working on one with the author Tom Piazza. After Prine died in 2020 — from complications due to Covid-19 — Piazza revisited the series of trips, encounters and conversations he’d had with …
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“Everything that I represent has to do with the culture and the lifestyle of Hawaii,” Glenn Awong says. “Bringing it out here is really easy for me. I’m just being me.” Awong is best known as Maoli, the performing moniker for the Maui native who is, by most metrics, one …
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Irish rap group Kneecap have announced that they are canceling all of their upcoming U.S tour dates due to the proximity of group member Mo Chara’s Sept. 26 court hearing in London. Chara, born Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh faces terror charges, for allegedly brandishing a flag of the Lebanese political …
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Xavi is closing 2025 with a bang. On Monday, the música mexicana star unveiled the dates to his upcoming X Tour, which will see him playing at theaters, auditoriums, and arenas across the United States. After playing Belico Fest in Phoenix, Xavi will start his own tour run in El …
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East Atlanta rapper Young Nudy makes street-rap albums intended to soundtrack all-night gaming sessions and riding ‘round town, smoked out with nothing to do. He has a few important qualities that elevate him among the street-rap chaff: his cousin is platinum-certified star 21 Savage, and he has a strong ear …
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Up until recently, many country fans probably didn’t know the name Gavin Adcock. Then he started a bona fide country music feud with Charley Crockett. In August, Crockett, a cowboy singer from San Benito, Texas, addressed country fans on Instagram in a lengthy post that focused on country music’s favorite …
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Playboi Carti will kick off his first solo headline tour since 2021 this fall, dubbed the Antagonist Tour. Carti is set to headlining arenas across the U.S. including Los Angeles’ Crypto Arena, Brooklyn’s Barclays Center, and his hometown of Atlanta’s State Farm Arena for the last stop in December. The …
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Lil Nas X pleaded not guilty to four felony charges after he allegedly charged at Los Angeles police officers in Studio City last week. The musician (real name Montero Lamar Hill) briefly appeared in a Los Angeles court Monday, Aug. 25, where he was arraigned and entered his plea. A …
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When Snoop Dogg watched Disney’s Lightyear, he felt as though he had been put on the spot when his grandson asked questions about the same-sex couple in the film. During a recent appearance on the It’s Giving… Podcast, the rapper recounted the experience in a segment from the episode that …
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