“Fuck no,” Kenny Beats says with a chuckle. He’s sitting behind a drum kit at his home studio in Los Angeles, and he’s just been asked whether he ever aspired to be a teacher. “I have a lot to learn, is how I’ve always felt, and I still feel that …
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It’s been nearly three years since XXXTentacion was shot to death in Florida at the age of 20 — but his team is keen to keep his legacy alive. Next week, the controversial rapper’s estate will release a series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) containing tracks that have never been commercially …
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Bertelsmann-owned label and publisher BMG and investment firm KKR announced a partnership on Wednesday to fund acquisitions of major recorded music and publishing catalogs, establishing yet another player in the gold rush for music’s biggest song collections. BMG and KKR aren’t buying a stake in one another — and how …
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The Small Business Administration announced that it would start accepting applications for Shuttered Venue Operators Grants on Thursday, April 8th. The announcement comes nearly three months after the SVOG — which was borne out of the Save Our Stages Act — passed as part of last December’s Covid-19 relief bill. …
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The music industry seems near-unanimous in its delight over Joe Biden’s ascension to president-elect and Kamala Harris’ rise to vice president-elect. Rolling Stone recently heralded Biden and Harris as offering “progressive solutions to every major problem facing the country”. It appears a majority of music’s most successful superstars agree. (No, …
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Taylor Swift‘s Folklore, which dropped by surprise last week, pulled in more than 72 million on-demand audio streams in the U.S. on Friday, putting itself miles ahead of 2019’s Lover. The latterearned 44.3 million first-day streams — even though its standard edition is two tracks longer than that of Folklore. …
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Lady A, the Grammy-winning country trio known as Lady Antebellum until a few weeks ago, has sued Seattle blues artist Lady A, whose real name is Anita White, over a dispute for the rights to the name. The lawsuit, filed Wednesday in U.S. District Court for the Middle District of …
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This is the ninth installment of Rolling Stone’sMusic in Crisisseries, which looks at how people all across the music industry are coping with thecoronaviruspandemic. Legal battles are brewing between music venues and insurance companies — and Ivy Room is ready to fight. “We’re fighting, fighting, fighting every day to hang …
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Some of the largest companies and organizations across the music and entertainment industries have issued a letter to Congress asking for financial relief in light of the economic impact of the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. The letter, issued to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate …
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