Jay-Z emerged from his legal battle with Parlux Fragrances unscathed on Wednesday. The perfume company had accused him of shirking contractual obligations to promote Gold Jay-Z cologne; the rapper had subsequently countersued. The jury ruled that neither party had successfully argued their case, and awarded no money to either side. …
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During times of mass tragedy, it’s natural for people to seek answers to difficult questions. In the wake of the Astroworld concert in Houston on Friday, many people have been asking why, exactly, eight concertgoers between the ages of 14 and 27 died. Some are questioning what happened in that …
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French Montana teams with Fivio Foreign for “Panicking,” the latest single off the rapper’s upcoming album They Got Amnesia, due out next week. The track was accompanied by an insanely aspect-ratioed video where Montana and Foreign parachute out of a jet with a palette of money, only to conveniently crash-land …
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Scottish singer-songwriter Emeli Sandé looks to reinvent herself on her new song, “Look What You’ve Done.” For the first time in her career, Sandé self-produced the track, which is anchored in a classic U.K. garage breakbeat, the drums skipping briskly beneath atmospheric synths and delicate piano. “And it’s not usually …
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Derek “MixedByAli” Ali, the mixing engineer behind classic albums by Kendrick Lamar, Nipsey Hussle, Mac Miller, and SZA, has launched a new label, NoName Recordings. Its first signee is Baltimore artist Malik Moses, whose debut single, “Show Me Something” (featuring Bas), exclusively premieres here. Ali teamed up with longtime friend …
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Camila Cabello, Myke Towers and producer Tainy have teamed up for new song “Oh Na Na,” which they cowrote with others, along with Tainy and Neon16 serving as producers. The song is sung in both Spanish and English. “Oh na na na,” she and Towers sing to open their verses …
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Japanese Breakfast have dropped a surprise EP as part of Spotify and the famed recording studio’s Live at Electric Lady series. The eight-song set includes a cover of Weezer‘s “Say It Ain’t So,” a fitting choice as Weezer originally recorded the track at Electric Lady Studios for their self-titled 1994 …
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Bruce Springsteen appeared on The Late Show for an intimate, acoustic performance of his 1979 classic song “The River.” The musician performed solo, although the original track features the E Street Band. Springsteen also sat down with host Stephen Colbert to discuss his new book Renegades: Born in the USA, …
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One of the three men charged in connection with Mac Miller’s fatal overdose has agreed to plead guilty and accept a 17-year prison sentence for supplying the fentanyl-laced counterfeit oxycodone pills sold to the rising rapper shortly before his 2018 death. Under the terms of the deal, prosecutors are waiving …
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UPDATE (10/22): A copyright infringement lawsuit over Nirvana’s use of a C.W. Scott-Giles illustration from a 1949 English translation of Dante’s Inferno on merchandise has been dismissed. Per court documents obtained by Rolling stone, Judge Dale Fischer ruled that the United Kingdom was a more appropriate jurisdiction because the plaintiff, …
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