The nonprofit organization Free Our Art is partnering with elected officials, educators, and music industry organizations to combat the criminalization of rap. Together, they’re advocating for the federal Restoring Artistic Protection Act (or R.A.P. Act) bill, which was reintroduced to the House today, and aims to “limit the admissibility of …
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The Michael Jackson biopic, originally set for release in April 2025 but delayed by a potentially litigious third act, will now arrive a year later in April 2026. The Antoine Fuqua-directed Michael, starring the late singer’s nephew Jaafar Jackson as the King of Pop, initially wrapped shooting in May 2024, …
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At 40, J Balvin has nothing left to prove — he already has iconic albums like 2018’s Vibras and 2010’s Colores under his belt. Still, earlier this month, a few days after performing at the halftime show of the FIFA Club World Cup final in New Jersey, the Colombian star …
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Margaret Qualley is used to embodying larger than life characters on screen. Now, she has a musical alter ego in the form of Lace Manhattan. With help from her Grammy-winning producer husband Jack Antonoff as well as Oscar-winning director Ethan Coen, Lace Manhattan will have two new songs featured in …
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Hayden Anhedönia has had full creative control over the life and times of Ethel Cain, the driving vehicle of her musical output. Her upcoming album Willoughby Tucker is the latest extension of the Ethel Cain universe and operates as a prequel to her previous release Preacher’s Daughter. It takes place …
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The roots of hip-hop run deep, and among the deepest branches remains Linton Kwesi Johnson, the Jamaican-born, British-raised poet, writer, and performer often hailed as the father of dub poetry. On his groundbreaking dub records of the Seventies and Eighties, Johnson, talk-singing in Jamaican patois, channeled the racism he encountered …
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Guitarricadelafuenteand Troye Sivan are linking up again. On Thursday, the Spanish star (real name: Álvaro Lafuente) released a remix of his Spanish Leather single “Pipe Dream.” “Closing the circle with Troye has been an incredible experience. Being the only feature on each other’s albums feels deeply meaningful to me,” Lafuente …
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Zohran Mamdani, the Democratic nominee for mayor of New York City, recently received a call from Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) with an invite to Wu-Tang Clan’s purportedfinal Madison Square Garden show. The call was recorded for a campaign video for Mamdani, and plays over clips of the New York assemblyman …
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As we write this story, we’re refreshing X to see if Swifties have somehow uncovered an Easter Egg in Travis Kelce’s new IG post. On Thursday, the Kansas City Chiefs player shared a slideshow of (yes, 13) photos from his offseason — and many of them included some sweet moments …
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An upcoming documentary about Ozzy Osbourne’s health setbacks in recent years and his desire to stage a farewell concert will still arrive later this year despite the heavy metal legend’s death Tuesday. No Escape From Now, described as “a deeply personal portrait of the rock legend’s harsh new realities and …
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