Month: June 2024

Kendrick Lamar took the stage at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, California for “The Pop Out Ken & Friends” in celebration of Juneteenth. The concert marked Lamar’s first live performance since his highly publicized beef with Drake and the setlist featured the live debut of several of Lamar’s Drake diss tracks, including “Euphoria,” “Like That,”
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Fans are convinced Kesha is throwing shade at Katy Perry after it was revealed that Perry reportedly worked with Dr. Luke on her upcoming album. On Monday (June 17), Kesha tweeted, “lol.” Fans immediately responded to the tweet with assumptions about Kesha and Katy’s friendship. “Yall are laughing like this is some dumb celebrity drama but
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Queen has reportedly agreed to sell their recording, publishing and other rights to Sony Music for a record-smashing $1.27 billion. According to Hits, the deal also includes name and likeness rights, potentially opening the door to musicals, commercial and film placements, merchandising and other money-making opportunities. The band’s 2018 autobiographical film Bohemian Rhapsody earned over
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HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Linda Yaccarino, Timbaland, Elon Musk, Swizz Beatz / Verzuz VERZUZ, the friendly but competitive music battle series created by Swizz Beat and Timbaland, announced that the platform has teamed with X. While the musicians touted that it remains Black-owned, the fact that it has essentially teamed with Phony Stark aka
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Oasis guitarist Bonehead has gifted a busker in Glasgow tickets to one of Liam Gallagher‘s ‘Definitely Maybe’ anniversary shows in the city. Bonehead, real name Paul Arthurs, bumped into young busker Thomas Smitheram performing the band’s 1994 hit ‘Half The World Away’ on Glasgow’s Buchanan Street, and appeared to have gifted him gig tickets. In
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Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Amazon Music | More Platforms Believe it or not, back in the late ’90s, Christian ska was all the rage. On this episode of In Defense of Ska, the hosts tap into their inner musicologists and explore the bands, sounds, and culture of such a movement. Listen above, or wherever you get your podcasts. Related
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Xbox and PlayStation showed gamers what they could look forward to playing on their consoles for the remainder of the year and beyond; now, It’s Nintendo’s turn to show their hand. Earlier this morning, Nintendo held its massive summer Nintendo Direct showcase that was roughly about 40 minutes long, announcing plenty of titles coming to
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The story continues for Khalid on his brand new single, “Adore U”. Produced by Digi and Justin Lucas, the mellow tune finds the El Paso-native vents on a love interest and wails over her absence. “Feels like high, we should just float / We should get high, we should just,” he sings. “Fall into my
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This year will mark the 30th anniversary of the ESSENCE Festival Of Culture  taking place in New Orleans from July 4-7, 2024, with the theme “We Love  Us.” With an incredible lineup of musical artists, exciting conferences, exhibitions, fashion, beauty, food, Essence After Dark experience, and ESSENCE’s first-ever Festival closer, the Legend Frankie Beverly preps
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Scooter Braun is officially retiring from music management. Braun unofficially began stepping back from managing his biggest clients like Justin Bieber and Ariana Grande over the last couple of years, but now, he’s done for good. The controversial manager, who was responsible for discovering Bieber in the late ’00s, announced the news with a lengthy statement
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