May 2018 Blog Posts (136)

Sony said on Tuesday it would pay about $2.3 billion to gain control of EMI, becoming the world’s largest music publisher in an industry that has found new life on the back of streaming services.

The acquisition is the biggest strategic move yet by new CEO Kenichiro Yoshida and gives Sony a catalogue of more than 2 million songs from artists such as Kanye West, Sam…

Kendrick Lamar invited a white fan onstage at one of his concerts — then dissed her for singing the N-word in his lyrics.

The woman, who said her name was Delaney, went up onstage to sing the song “M.A.A.D City” — which contains the word four times just in the hook — during the Pulitzer Prize-winning rapper’s headlining show at the Hangout Festival in Alabama on…

A woman filed a lawsuit Monday against R. Kelly, alleging that the singer sexually assaulted her, locked her in rooms to punish her for failing to please him and infected her with herpes.

Faith Rodgers alleges she was in a relationship with Kelly for less than a year, during which time he routinely abused her “mentally, sexually and verbally.” Rodgers alleges that…

Cardi B may have revealed what caused Offset‘s car crash last week.

“Crazy how Set had to swerve and hit a tree cause a crackhead was in the middle of the road trying to get hit or kill himself,” Cardi, 25, wrote in a since-deleted tweet Saturday (via Billboard). “But God do unexplainable things! Luckily a man was walking by, walked him home and just vanished. The…

Cardi B may have revealed what caused Offset‘s car crash last week.

“Crazy how Set had to swerve and hit a tree cause a crackhead was in the middle of the road trying to get hit or kill himself,” Cardi, 25, wrote in a since-deleted tweet Saturday (via Billboard). “But God do unexplainable things! Luckily a man was walking by, walked him home and just vanished. The…

Cardi B may have revealed what caused Offset‘s car crash last week.

“Crazy how Set had to swerve and hit a tree cause a crackhead was in the middle of the road trying to get hit or kill himself,” Cardi, 25, wrote in a since-deleted tweet Saturday (via Billboard). “But God do unexplainable things! Luckily a man was walking by, walked him home and just vanished. The…

Brooklyn-born rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine was busted in Bed-Stuy for assaulting a cop after parking in front of a fire hydrant, police said Monday.

The 22-year-old hip-hop artist, known for his rainbow-colored hair and matching dental work, parked his red 2017 SUV in front of the hydrant on Sterling Place around 4:15 p.m. Sunday, cops said.

Cops approached him, and…

Beyoncé’s latest splurge in the Big Easy? A church of her very own.

TMZ reported that the 36-year-old is the new owner of a stone structured 7,500-square-foot House of God in New Orleans.

The church, which is reported to be more than 100 years old, was listed at $850,000. However, it’s unknown how much the entertainer coughed up for her latest…

Beyoncé’s latest splurge in the Big Easy? A church of her very own.

TMZ reported that the 36-year-old is the new owner of a stone structured 7,500-square-foot House of God in New Orleans.

The church, which is reported to be more than 100 years old, was listed at $850,000. However, it’s unknown how much the entertainer coughed up for her latest…

Cardi B may have revealed what caused Offset‘s car crash last week.

“Crazy how Set had to swerve and hit a tree cause a crackhead was in the middle of the road trying to get hit or kill himself,” Cardi, 25, wrote in a since-deleted tweet Saturday (via Billboard). “But God do unexplainable things! Luckily a man was walking by, walked him home and just vanished. The…

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CEO POCKET heats the streets up with another single "LOAD" featuring Street Unity Ent. artist DUSE and MEXICO BLACK.

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Russo releases new single "Stick Tlk" Russo is dedicated to making hits for his fans and spreading his music across the entire world.

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Rapper 50 Cent — who stepped in for Pitbull at the last minute to play a Cannes Film Festival bash this week — noted the lack of stars at the festival this year, with the exception of John Travolta.

“They ain’t f–king with Netflix, they ain’t f–king with a lot of people,” Fiddy figured, referring to the French fest’s ban of movies by the streaming service…

When Eve‘s career floundered in the mid-2000s, she turned to drugs and alcohol to cope.

“At a time in my life, at a point in my life, I’d gone through … a dark hole,” the 39-year-old rapper revealed on “The Talk” while candidly discussing Willow Smith‘s recent revelation that fame drove her to self-harm.

“I call it my ‘dark hole’ period, my dark period … I was…

The Weeknd wrote an entire album worth of “upbeat” songs while dating Selena Gomez, but the world will never hear it.

The singer released “My Dear Melancholy” in March 2018, an album rife with breakup songs.

“Prior to ‘Melancholy,’ I had a whole album written, done, which wasn’t melancholy at all because it was a different time in my life,” The Weeknd revealed…

Meek Mill was scheduled to speak on a prison reform panel but withdrew at the last minute when news of his meeting with President Donald Trump outshined the panel’s goals.

“I was originally scheduled to be part of a panel on prison reform at the White House to help shed light on the issues within the system,” Mill told Page Six on Friday. “Unfortunately, the focus…

Rapper Busta Rhymes lied about an arrest warrant out on him so he could wiggle out of a performance, a Manhattan lawsuit charges.

In the state civil-court lawsuit filed Friday, promotions company 800 Entertainment says it booked the rapper, whose real name is Trevor Smith, to perform at the Ukrainian Cultural Center in Somerset, NJ, on April 21.

The company…

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That Good, an album by Curtis Dayne on Spotify

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Shut Down, a song by Knocka Dondiva on Spotify