Lil Peep’s mother lost her bid Wednesday to break up her lawsuit against her late son’s record label and go after nearly $4 million in allegedly overdue royalties on a faster timetable than her wrongful death claims. “The court is not able to find that bifurcation and/or severance would be …
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For his much-anticipated Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, rapper LL Cool J amped up the energy in Cleveland considerably, thanks to a career-spanning set that featured two of the night’s first major surprise guests: Eminem and Jennifer Lopez. LL started off his set with a bang, going into …
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Jay-Z took the witness stand in Manhattan Supreme Court on Friday to testify about perfume. This industry is not typically known for generating controversy, but But Parlux Fragrances is suing the 51-year-old rapper and accusing him of failing to properly promote his Gold Jay-Z cologne line. The rapper, whose real …
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Days before the release of Snail Mail‘s new album, Valentine, Lindsey Jordan and Co. have released the blistering single “Madonna.” The video for the song, filmed at the Armour-Stiner Octagon House in Irvington, New York, features Jordan tearing through the track. “Body and blood, lover’s curse,” she sings, dressed in …
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After decades of scribbling on the back of whatever piece of paper or object fans had handy, Paul McCartney is moving away from signing autographs. In a recent interview with Reader’s Digest, the singer and songwriter shared that while he’s happy to have a conversation with fans, gone are the …
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The last thing Lana Del Rey wanted us to know before retiring her Instagram account several weeks ago was that Blue Banisters, her seventh major-label studio album, tells her story “and does pretty much nothing more.”The note provides an unusual amount of clarity for Del Rey, whose typical album rollouts …
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After taking a psychedelic-inspired journey on his 2020 album Keep ‘Em on They Toes, country singer-songwriter Brent Cobb will lean on the divine forAnd Now, Let’s Turn To Page…,his evocatively-titled upcoming album of gospel songs. Produced by his cousin Dave Cobb and recorded at RCA’s Studio A, Cobb’s forthcoming fourth …
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This piece is part of Rolling Stone’s second annual Grammy Preview special issue, released ahead of the start of first-round voting. We spoke to some of the year’s biggest artists about the albums and singles that could earn them a nomination — or even a statue come January — and …
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The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs has tapped Aimee Mann for a new cover of Badfinger’s “Name of the Game.” The track will appear on Hoffs’ upcoming covers album, Bright Lights, out November 12th via Baroque Folk Records. Where Badfinger’s 1971 original is a potent power-pop ballad, Hoffs imbues her rendition of …
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Michael Kiwanuka has released a new single, “Beautiful Life,” recorded in London with producer St Francis Hotel. The ethereal song serves as the title music for filmmaker Orlando von Einsiedel’s new documentary, Convergence: Courage in a Crisis, out on Netflix Tuesday. “In this song I wanted to focus on the feeling …
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