When Bad Bunny and J Balvin first linked up in 2017’s excellent “Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola,” it might have been easy to lose them in the wave of collabs sweeping the Latin charts. But when the two crossed orbits the following year on Cardi B’s bilingual summer jam, …
Read More »Why Colts Owner Jim Irsay Paid $4 Million for David Gilmour's 'Black Strat'
Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay is the type of billionaire who will quote long passages from Pink Floyd‘s The Wall to you when you answer the phone. And even if you don’t pick up, he’ll still leave a voicemail parroting the monumental double-album’s whole “collect call to Mrs. Floyd from …
Read More »Why E. Jean Carroll Won't Call the Alleged Trump Assault 'Rape'
On Monday night, friends of E. Jean Carroll gathered at a small party for her at a Brooklyn brownstone. Someone had baked a heart-shaped pink cake with the word “BRAVE” spelled out on it in red sugar. Carroll, the advice columnist and author — and Trump’s latest sexual assault accuser …
Read More »New Footage Shows Jussie Smollett With Noose Tied Around Neck
Police officers in Chicago have released body cam footage from the investigation of Jussie Smollett, theEmpireactor accused of staging a hate crime against himself. In one of the tapes released from the nearly 70 hours of footage, Smollett appears to greet police officers with a noose around his neck. In …
Read More »Watch Cardi B, Offset Flaunt Power Couple Status for BET Awards Performance
Cardi B and husband Offset performed a medley of their two recent singles at the BET Awards. Cardi B took home the award for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist during the ceremony. Before either artist could be seen, the clicking of paparazzi cameras played before the chorus of Cardi B’s single …
Read More »Fever Ray to Release 'Live at the Troxy' Album
Fever Ray, the alias of The Knife‘s Karin Dreijer for her solo project, has announced the release of Live at the Troxy, which was recorded during Dreijer’s March 2018 performance at Troxy in London, England. It will be released on August 2nd via her label Rabid Records and Mute. The …
Read More »Lady Gaga Extends Las Vegas Residency
Lady Gaga has extended both of her Las Vegas residencies, Enigma and Jazz & Piano, into December and beyond with a slate of new dates. Enigma and Jazz & Piano were scheduled to conclude November 8th and 9th, respectively. However, the singer has added seven new dates to the Enigma …
Read More »Watch James Corden Bring 'Crosswalk the Musical' to Paris
As part of his week-long stint in London, Late Late Show host James Corden hopped across the English Channel to Paris, where he filmed a special edition of his popular segment “Crosswalk the Musical.” In this edition, Corden and his team recreated Les Misérables on a crosswalk in front of …
Read More »Fake Streams Could Be Costing Artists $300 Million a Year
Two months ago, Louis Posen, founder of the long-running California label Hopeless Records, noticed an aberration in his company’s streaming numbers. A track was cruising along, earning roughly 3,000 streams a day. Then, “All of a sudden it got 35,000 streams a day for three consecutive days,” he says. The …
Read More »Hear Mark Ronson Recruit King Princess for Dreamy 'Pieces of Us'
Ahead of the Friday release of Late Night Feelings, Mark Ronson has unveiled a fifth track from his upcoming album, “Pieces of Us” featuring King Princess. King Princess, the rising Brooklyn singer signed to Ronson’s Zelig Records imprint, takes center stage on the dreamy track and fits in stylistically with …
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