Lil Wayne dropped his special announcement today: Tha Carter VI is coming on June 6. Today he dropped an extended Cetaphil ad titled “We’re All a Lil Sensitive,” playing off his disappointment with not being selected as the Super Bowl LIX halftime performer. After speaking with Kendrick Lamar, who was …
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Fresh off his five Grammy wins for “Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar says fans can expect further “storytelling” at his Super Bowl LIX halftime performance in New Orleans on Sunday night. “I’ve always been very open about storytelling through all my catalog and my history of music, and I’ve always …
Read More »Mike Ratledge, Soft Machine Keyboardist and Co-Founder, Dead at 81
Mike Ratledge, the keyboardist and a co-founder of English rock band Soft Machine, has died, the band’s guitarist John Etheridge confirmed. He was 81 years old. “Incredibly sad news that my great friend and Soft Machine legend passed away two hours ago after a brief illness,” Etheridge wrote on Facebook. …
Read More »Irv Gotti, Music Producer and Murder Inc. Records Co-Founder, Dead at 54
Irv Gotti, the famed music producer, industry executive, and TV producer, has died at the age of 54. Def Jam Recordings, the parent label of Gotti’s Murder Inc. company, confirmed his death, though did not state a cause. The instrumental hip-hop figure, born Irving Lorenzo, died after previously suffering what …
Read More »Post Malone's Nirvana Covers, Taylor Swift 'Fortnight' Collab Lead Record Store Day 2025
The annual, massive list of Record Store Day releases has arrived. The event, which recently named Post Malone as the 2025 ambassador, takes place at indie record shops on April 12. The list, which includes over 300 titles, includes an official release of Post Malone’s Nirvana covers, which he performed …
Read More »Megan Thee Stallion, Psy to Star in K-Pop Battle Series
Grammy winner Megan Thee Stallion and “Gangnam Style” star Psy will take the stage for a new competition series titled KPopped, Apple TV+ announced on Wednesday. The eight-episode show is executive produced by Lionel Richie, along with Megan, Moira Ross, Greg Foster, Miky Lee, Harry H.K. Shin and Jake Hong. …
Read More »How Joaquina Burst Out of Her Bubble and Found Herself
Joaquina wishes she could revisit the time she spent in that rare middle ground between girlhood and adulthood. She’s 20 now, and she knows she’s going to keep changing and maturing, but she wants to remember the years she spent growing up forever. The pop star’s second album, Al Romper …
Read More »Travis Kelce Will Have Good Luck Charm Taylor Swift Cheering Him on at Super Bowl LIX
Super Bowl LIX will touch down in New Orleans on Sunday with a match between the Kansas City Chiefs and the Philadelphia Eagles. The Chiefs scored a victory in last year’s Super Bowl with Taylor Swift cheering on tight end Travis Kelce from the stands and celebrated with an embrace …
Read More »Bob Marley Estate to Celebrate Reggae Legend's 80th Birthday With 'Uprising' Livestream
The estate of Bob Marley has lined up a series of events to celebrate what would have been the reggae legend’s 80th birthday. The festivities begin Thursday with an ‘Uprising’ Tribute Concert livestream from the family’s Tuff Gong Studios in Kingston, Jamaica, featuring new and established Jamaican artists like Mortimer, …
Read More »Phish, Sturgill Simpson, Jack White to Perform at Bourbon & Beyond 2025
Bourbon & Beyond, the Louisville, Kentucky, festival that combines live music with whiskey culture, has announced a bonkers 2025 lineup. Phish, Sturgill Simpson, Noah Kahan, and the Lumineers are all in headlining slots, with names like Jack White, Benson Boone, Megan Moroney, Alabama Shakes, Khruangbin, Joe Bonamassa, Goo Goo Dolls, …
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