Tinashe gave a scintillating performance of her new single “No Drama” on Thursday’s Tonight Show, with Migos rapper Offset onstage for his guest verse. The R&B singer opened with a dizzying display of choreography. She and her backup dancers used black raincoats and white umbrellas for a series of eye-popping …
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Lauren Atkins has had to repeat the story of the worst night of her life so many times that she can now tell it in three sentences. So, when an Oklahoma legislator asked Lauren to share it at a recent committee hearing, she was nervous but prepared. Sentence number one: …
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Gruff Rhys goes on an adventure into the great unknown in his new video for “Frontier Man,” the first single and opening track off the Super Furry Animals singer’s upcoming solo album Babelsberg. The simple concept for the video – Rhys plays a musician whose efforts to clean up a …
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A Tribe Called Quest‘s Q-Tip will serve as co-teacher for a New York University class that will examine the connection between hip-hop and jazz, the rapper revealed on Twitter. The seven-class course, among the first of its kind, will begin in the fall semester at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of …
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Kenny Rogers has reportedly been advised by a doctor to cancel all performances through the end of the year. The Fox Carolina news site reported that Rogers’ May 26th concert at Harrah’s resort in Cherokee, North Carolina, had been canceled, with other venues, including Pennsylvania’s Kirby Center in Wilkes Barre, …
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Spotify CEO and co-founder Daniel Ek appeared on CBS This Morning on Tuesday – the day his company’s shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange– and explained how he persuaded Taylor Swift to bring her music back to Spotify last summer. Ek barely addressed Spotify’s direct listing, instead …
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Influential rapper, producer and Anticon record label co-founder Brendon “Alias” Whitney died Friday at the age of 41. Anticon confirmed Whitney’s death in a statement Saturday. “Just received news of a major loss – the passing of our dear friend and Anticon co-founder @AliasAnticon,” the Los Angeles-based hip-hop label tweeted. …
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The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the slate of artists that will be on hand at Cleveland Public’s Hall to induct the class of 2018 on April 14th.Brandon Flowers will do the honors for the Cars, Mary J. Blige will fete Nina Simon, Heart’s Ann Wilson will …
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Set to premiere on Netflix on March 30th, the docuseries Rapture is an ambitious look at hip-hop in 2018, courtesy of eight hour-long stories that each explore the persona of a different modern-day rap star. We see A Boogie Wit da Hoodie riding through his Bronx neighborhood, handing out stacks …
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DJ Esco attends a lavish house party with Future and Schoolboy Q in his quirky “Code of Honor” video. The clip opens like an outdated sitcom, with DJ Esco confronting his overbearing boss. After hearing he has to work overtime on the day of his friends’ barbecue, he storms out …
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