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Shyne Reacts to Diddy’s Arrest: ‘This Is Someone That Destroyed My Life’
Former Bad Boy rapper Moses “Shyne” Barrow has spoken out following Diddy’s arrest earlier this week on racketeering and sex-trafficking charges.Zach Bryan Deactivates X Account After Kanye West/ Taylor Swift Tweet Shyne, who serves as the Leader of the Opposition in the Belize House of Representatives, shared his thoughts regarding his former boss’s legal troubles with the media on Wednesday (Sept. 18). “When I was an 18-year-old kid just wanting to do nothing other than make my mother proud and make Belize proud and be recognized for my talent and take over the world,” he said. ‘I was defending him, and he...
Chartbreaker: Hanumankind’s Breakthrough Went Global — Now, He’s Running With the ‘Big Dawgs’
When “Big Dawgs,” the riotous song by Indian rapper Hanumankind and producer Kalmi, began spreading across the world in July, its creators couldn’t fully appreciate its impact. Despite sites like YouTube and Reddit signaling the song’s crossover appeal, Hanumankind and his team were largely in the dark about its impact on TikTok — including the more than 1 million posts using the track to date — since India banned the platform in 2020. Doechii Says Tradition in Hip-Hop Is Important, First Rap Song Was a Diss Track “We’re hearing about this going crazy, but we can’t wrap our heads around [it],” Hanumankind...
JENNIE of BLACKPINK Explains Why She Apologized for Vaping Indoors
JENNIE doesn’t shut down when it comes to taking accountability. After a video of her vaping indoors sparked backlash this summer, the BLACKPINK star issued an apology almost immediately — and in her new Harper’s Bazaar cover story interview published Thursday (Sept. 19), she explains why.BLACKPINK’s Jennie Signs With Columbia Records for Solo Career; New Single Coming in October “What can I do? If Korean people think it’s wrong, I’ve got to make up for it,” she told the publication. “It’s like, I get why you guys are upset. It’s cultural, it’s history. It’s time. And I can’t go against time.” The incident...
Molly Tuttle Nods to Her California Roots, Heads ‘Into the Wild’ on New EP
Molly Tuttle, a two-time Grammy winner and the first woman to win the IBMA’s guitar player of the year honor (she won in both 2017 and 2018), has become one of Nashville’s most coveted musicians and a mainstay in the bluegrass scene.IBMA Reveals 2024 Industry Awards and Momentum Awards Nominees But Tuttle and her band Golden Highway have also leaned closer to musical troubadours rather than devout traditionalists, melding bluegrass with a range of styles. The group continues that ethos on the wide-ranging new EP Into The Wild, out Sept. 20 on Nonesuch Records. “It’s a reflection of the last few years...
LIU’s Roc Nation School Unveils State-of-the-Art Dolby Atmos Studio for Students
Long Island University Brooklyn students have more reason to stay on campus this semester. After over a year of construction, the Roc Nation School of Music, Sports & Entertainment opened the doors to its state-of-the-art Dolby Atmos pro studio on Thursday (Sept. 19). Juice WRLD Posthumously Debuts Two Songs on Billboard's Charts The innovative 2,4000 square-foot studio will immediately be made available to students and immersed into programs and various workshops throughout the fall. Equipped with four iso booths, a tracking and control room featuring ground-breaking technology to ensure students have all of the proper resources to be able to operate...
Paris Hilton Returns to Album Charts for First Time in 18 Years
Eighteen years after releasing her debut self-titled studio album, Paris Hilton is back on Billboard’s album charts with her follow-up project Infinite Icon.Zach Bryan Deactivates X Account After Kanye West/ Taylor Swift Tweet The album debuts at No. 38 on the latest Billboard 200 chart (dated Sept. 21) with 18,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in its opening week (ending Sept. 12), according to Luminate. It features A-list collaborations with Meghan Thee Stallion, Rina Sawayama, Meghan Trainor and Sia. Her first album, Paris, reached No. 6 on the Billboard 200 in September 2006, and included “Stars Are Blind,” her debut...
Zach Bryan Apologizes for Tweeting Ye Is Greater Than Taylor Swift
Zach Bryan knows all too well he made a mistake, and he’s acknowledging it. The country star shared a lengthy explanation and apology on Thursday (Sept. 19) after comparing Taylor Swift and Ye (formerly Kanye West), tweeting two days earlier “eagles > chiefs / Kanye > Taylor,” then asking followers, “who’s with me.”A Timeline of Ye & Taylor Swift’s Relationship “for the record guys I wasn’t coming for Taylor the other night,” he wrote in an Instagram Story he paired with the pop superstar’s Post Malone Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 collab “Fortnight.” “I was drunkenly comparing two records and it came...
The Eagles Pay Tribute to ‘Brother, Friend, Brilliant Collaborator’ J.D. Souther: ‘He Was An Extraordinary Man’
The Eagles paid loving tribute to their late friend and collaborator J.D. Souther on Wednesday (Sept. 18) in a heartfelt message posted just a day after the singer/songwriter/actor died at 78. “We have lost a brother, a friend and a brilliant collaborator, and the world has lost a great songwriter, a pioneer of the Southern California sound that emerged in the 1970s,” the veteran easy rocking band wrote. “J.D. Souther was smart, talented, well-read, and in possession of a wicked sense of humor. He loved a good meal, a good movie, and a good Martini … and he loved dogs, adopting...
Juice WRLD Posthumously Debuts Two Songs on Billboard’s Charts
Juice WRLD (born Jarad Higgins) died on Dec. 8, 2019 at age 21 due to an accidental oxycodone and codeine intoxication. Since then, his estate has consistently released new music from the late musician to the degree that he’s charted more songs since he died than he did while he was alive.Kylie Minogue Sets 'Tension II' Album, World Tour Juice WRLD’s estate released two new songs on Sept. 9 packaged together as part of the rapper’s The Pre-Party, titled “World Tour (Aquafina)” and “Lightyears” featuring Young Thug. Both songs debut on Billboard’s latest Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart (dated Sept. 21) at Nos....
LISA to Perform at Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show
LISA is heading to the runway.TDE's Punch Says a Conversation With Jay-Z Informed Label's Release Schedule: 'We're Not On Nobody Else's Timetable' The BLACKPINK superstar is set to take the stage and perform at the highly anticipated return of the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show. The announcement comes amid an exciting year for LISA, as the K-pop icon stepped into a new phase of her solo career outside of BLACKPINK with “Rockstar,” which debuted at No. 4 on the Billboard Global 200 and became her first-ever No. 1 hit on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. “The Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is such an iconic night in fashion and...
Kylie Minogue Sets ‘Tension II’ Album, World Tour
The Kylie locomotive is gathering steam. Richard Goodall Completes #AGT Journey With 'Faithfully' Finals Cover: Watch The Australian pop princess Kylie Minogue will drop the sequel to Tension on Oct. 18, and will support the release with a major world tour, including stops in her homeland, Asia and the United Kingdom. Tension II will collect 13 new songs, and is led by the first single “Lights Camera Action,” due out Sept. 27. The set also houses the previously-released dance cut “Edge of Saturday Night” with The Blessed Madonna plus collaborations with Orville Peck, Bebe Rexha and Tove Lo, and Sia. “I am beyond...
Green Day Celebrate ‘Dookie’ Going Double-Diamond: ‘Thank You To Everyone Who Has Loved This Album’
Welcome to history, Green Day. The pop-punk trio celebrated a major career milestone this week when their breakthrough third studio album, 1994’s Dookie, was certified double-diamond. With that honorific, the group’s major label became just the 13th album ever to be RIAA certified for sales of more than 20 million units in the U.S., joining such iconic LPs as Michael Jackson’s Thriller, AC/DC’s Back in Black, Led Zeppelin IV, The Beatles, Pink Floyd’s The Wall and Shania Twain’s Come On Over, among others.Green Day Giving Away Custom ‘Holiday’ Video Convertible In Wheels For Wishes Sweepstakes The group were presented with the award...
Metallica Announce 2025 M72 World Tour North American Tour Dates
The road goes on forever for Metallica. The veteran rockers announced on Thursday morning (Sept. 19) that their M72 world tour will stretch into a third year when they play 21 North American dates from April-June.Metallica Honors Fan Who Died During Their Concert The shows will kick off on April 12 in Las Vegas with a festival gig at the NV Sick New World @ Las Vegas Festival Grounds before a run up north for a two-night stand in Toronto, then back down for a double-down stand at Nissan Stadium in Nashville, a pair of appearances at the Sonic Temple festival in...
Lincoln Project Slams Trump in Taylor Swift-Themed ‘Bad Blood’ Ad: ‘Not the First Successful Woman Donald Trump Has Attacked’
The Lincoln Project has spent the better part of five years warning Americans about what they see as the danger of second Donald Trump administration. The political action committee made up of moderate conservatives and former GOP members will release its latest broadside against twice-impeached, convicted felon Trump on Thursday morning (Sept. 18).Ariana Grande Returns to Host as Jelly Roll, Chappell Roan & More Announced as First 'SNL' Season 50 Musical Guests And in keeping with the raft of headlines over the past few weeks, it involves Taylor Swift. Specifically, the minute-long “Bad Blood” spot — which Billboard is exclusively...
Lady Gaga On Why She Never Denied Early Rumors She Was a Man: ‘I’m a Performer. I Think It’s Kind of Funny’
For years in her 20s, Lady Gaga says she was constantly asked if she was a man. A strange question, to be sure, but one the singer, 38, says she faced with certainty and a sense of humor. In the second episode of the new Netflix series What’s Next? The Future with Bill Gates, the singer explained to the billionaire Microsoft co-founder that she never bothered to refute the rumors.Lady Gaga Wants to Know the Real ‘Joker’ in ‘Folie à Deux’ Preview Clip “When I was in my early 20s there was a rumor that I was a man,” Gaga told Gates....
Missy Higgins Talks America, ‘The Second Act’ and the Healing Powers of Music
Missy Higgins left no stone unturned in the creation of The Second Act, the Australian singer and songwriter’s sixth studio album.Richard Goodall Completes #AGT Journey With 'Faithfully' Finals Cover: Watch Released 20 years after her breakthrough debut The Sound of White, The Second Act (via Eleven/EMI) finds Higgins in an altogether different, and vulnerable, stage of life. Higgins explored the pain of a breakup, and channeled it into the album which, she explains, was recorded in a back room at her house. “The songs came out in desperation. Really, desperation to figure out the way forward,” she says during a Zoom call...
Sierra Ferrell, The Red Clay Strays & More Win at Americana Honors & Awards
As the Americana Music Association celebrates 25 years as a trade organization committed to honoring, supporting and advocating for a myriad of roots-oriented music, the organization held its 23rd annual Americana Honors & Awards at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville on Wednesday evening (Sept. 18).Here Are All the Performers & Presenters for the 2024 Americana Honors & Awards: Full List The historic building, which has been home to generations of performers, was appropriate for the ceremony, as the evening was a revelry of Americana music’s roots and branches, winding through and meshing together rock n’ roll, gospel, folk, country, blues, R&B...
Zach Bryan Deactivates X Account After Kanye West/ Taylor Swift Tweet
After backlash to a spicy tweet about Ye and Taylor Swift, Zach Bryan has deactivated his X account.A Timeline of Ye & Taylor Swift’s Relationship On Wednesday (Sept. 18), the country star shared a hot take that might have proven to be too hot for social media. “eagles > chiefs,” his message started, followed by, “Kanye > Taylor.” He concluded: “who’s with me” — and the answer to that question appears to have driven him off the site formerly known as Twitter. Swifties quickly came to Taylor’s defense, given Bryan’s message was a twofold offense against both Swift and her boyfriend, Kansas City...
Billie Eilish’s ‘When the Party’s Over’ Closes Kamala Harris Ad on Reproductive Care
Billie Eilish’s “When the Party’s Over” soundtracks a new Kamala Harris ad that targets the dangers of not having reproductive care under a Donald Trump presidency.LISA to Perform at Victoria's Secret Fashion Show In the one-minute clip, reproductive freed activist Hadley Duvall tells a devastating story of how she became pregnant after her stepfather raped her when she was just 12 years old. While she was able to get to have options like abortion for her pregnancy, Duvall warned that due to Roe v. Wade having been revoked, young women can no longer get the care they need, even when the...
Doechii Says Tradition in Hip-Hop Is Important, First Rap Song Was a Diss Track
TDE’s newest rising star sat down with Apple Music’s Ebro Darden for a conversation about her young career and her critically-acclaimed mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal. Doechii credited her love of golden era rap music as a major influence on the direction she decided to take.Zach Bryan Deactivates X Account After Kanye West/ Taylor Swift Tweet “When people are listening to this project, they’re really witnessing me reconnect with my roots,” she explained. “I learned how to rap through boom bap beats, through classic beats. My first rap that I ever made was a diss track.” The 26-year-old then revealed that she...
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