“30 years,” Busta Rhymes growled to thunderous applause near the end of his set at last night’s New York State of Mind Tour at Newark’s Prudential Center.“Leaders of the New School’s first album came out in 1991. I’ve been brothers with Nas and Wu-Tang for 30 years. Camaraderie for 30 …
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Louis Tomlinson appeared on The Late Late Show to perform his most recent single, “Bigger Than Me.” Performing with his live band and a group of string players, the former One Direction singer showcased an impassioned rendition of the anthemic song. Tomlinson released “Bigger Than Me,” along with a music …
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Me duele hasta que no me duele más. (It hurts until it no longer does.) On their new tropical-pop earworm “Me Duele,” Bomba Estéreo and Spanish legend Manu Chao reflect on the post-heartbreak pain that lingers, sometimes for far too long, but once it’s gone… it’s gone. The song’s colorful, …
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James Taylor performed a special show at the White House on Tuesday to help celebrate the recent passage of President Joe Biden‘s Inflation Reduction Act of 2022. The musician played classic “Fire & Rain” before being joined by his wife Kim Taylor for “You Can Close Your Eyes” and “America …
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Nicki Minaj wasted no time filing a $75,000 defamation lawsuit against a blogger who called her a “cokehead” and said the rapper was known for “shoving” cocaine up her nose. In the new complaint obtained by Rolling Stone, Minaj says Marley Green, a gossip blogger who goes by the name …
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Billie Eilish recalled frantically learning the proper etiquette for meeting the Royal Family last year, only to watch all that hard work be for nothing, during an interview with Fitzy and Wippa on Australia’s Nova radio station. Eilish got to meet then-Prince (now-King) Charles, as well as prince William and …
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Made in Lagos — the great and Grammy-nominated fourth album from Afrobeats leader Wizkid — could make you forget the slick singer is good for getting the party started with intense, uptempo songs. While most of Made in Lagos is made for slow whines and cooling out, Wizkid’s got dance …
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Ellie Goulding appeared on The Tonight Show to perform her latest song “Easy Lover” — “one of my favorites,” host Jimmy Fallon said — on Tuesday night. The track — which is not a cover of the Phil Collins & Philip Bailey classic of the same name — is the …
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Spice Girls singer Melanie Chisholm (known in the group as Sporty Spice) said she was sexually assaulted by a masseur before the girl group’s first-ever performance. Chisholm writes about the incident in her new memoir, Who I Am, while she also spoke about it on an episode of the How …
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Philadelphia rapper PnB Rock discussed how frequently rappers are targeted for robberies in an interview recorded several weeks before he was shot and killed during a robbery in Los Angeles. PnB Rock discussed the matter on an episode of DJ Akademiks’ Off the Record podcast, which was first released on …
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