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• Losing Prodigy: Close Friend & 'Commissary Kitchen' Co-Author Kathy Iandoli Remembers Mobb Deep MC

  20-06-2017 23:56
  
  P spoke slowly, yet his mind moved rapidly. There’s a certain gift and a curse to that -- especially when you’re on the other end as the...
  
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• Tish Cyrus: 'I want to be a grandma now'

  20-06-2017 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  The stunning 50-year-old can't wait to have babies around the house again.
  
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• Jennifer Lopez remembers gay aunt in LGBTQ love letter

  20-06-2017 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  The singer and actress didn''t realise her cool Aunt Myrza was struggling with her sexuality.
  
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• 13 Celebs With Successful Side Hustles

  20-06-2017 23:40
  
  Rihanna, Emma Watson, and more of your favorite celebrities have a side hustle in addition to their full-time jobs in the entertainment industry
  
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• SZA Actually Got Drew Barrymore To Be In Her Video For ‘Drew Barrymore’

  20-06-2017 23:27
  
  SZA shares the video for ‘Drew Barrymore,’ which features a cameo from the real Drew Barrymore
  
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• Drummer Matt McGuire Beasts Out on Steve Aoki Hit Medley: Watch

  20-06-2017 23:14
  
  Nothing's going to make you sweat more than watching Australian session drummer Matt McGuire tear up seven solid minutes of Steve Aoki favorites...
  
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• These Students Fought SB4 — And Now They’re Getting Ready For What Comes Next

  20-06-2017 23:01
  
  Regardless of whether the law goes into effect, these activists want everyone to know their rights
  
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• Chris Cornell's Daughter Shares a Personal Letter to Her Dad for Father's Day

  20-06-2017 22:59
  
  Chris Cornell’s 12-year-old daughter Toni has shared a letter on the singer’s official Facebook page addressing her late father.
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• NYC Councilman Slams 'Racist' Cabaret Law, Proposes Nightlife Task Force & 'Night Mayor'

  20-06-2017 22:45
  
  Since 1926, the Cabaret Law in New York City has made dancing in most bars technically illegal. Often referred to as the “No Dancing Law,...
  
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• Tony Bennett Receives Gershwin Prize From Library of Congress

  20-06-2017 22:41
  
  Tony Bennett, the beloved and durable interpreter of American standards whose chart-topping career spans seven decades, has been honored with this...
  
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• Raekwon Remembers Mobb Deep's Prodigy: We Were 'Real Deal Friends'

  20-06-2017 22:40
  
  Raekwon and Prodigy's friendship runs deep. After working together on Mobb Deep's 1995 classic The Infamous ("Eye for a...
  
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• The Key to Kim Kardashian & Kanye West's Marriage? Being 'Best Friends,' She Tells 'The View'

  20-06-2017 22:35
  
  Kim Kardashian and Kanye West recently celebrated their third wedding anniversary, and in a new interview, Kim said the couple couldn't be...
  
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• The Get: Jennifer Lopez's Date-Night Dress Is Under $100

  20-06-2017 22:30
  
  Jennifer Lopez and her beau, Alex Rodriguez, took their romance overseas for an Italian summer "bae-cation." Following a long day of...
  
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• T.I. to Star in Fox Police Drama 'Atlanta's Most Wanted'

  20-06-2017 22:28
  
  Fox is getting an early jump on development season and coming out of the gate swinging with its first drama order.
  The network is teaming with...
  
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• Watch Chris Cornell's Final Music Video, for 'The Promise'

  20-06-2017 22:18
  
  Chris Cornell’s collaborators have released the final video he worked on before his untimely death last month. Cornell’s song ...
  
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• EDC Las Vegas Promoter Insomniac Responds to Festival-Goer's Death

  20-06-2017 22:14
  
  Insomniac Events, the promoter behind Electric Daisy Carnival and other dance music festivals, has released an official statement regarding the death...
  
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• Mobb Deep's Havoc Honors Late Partner Prodigy in Touching Instagram Posts

  20-06-2017 21:57
  
  The tragic death of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy has blanketed the hip-hop community with a somber warmth. On Tuesday (June 20), the 42-year-old rapper...
  
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• Nas, Nicki, Lil Wayne, And More React To Prodigy’s Death

  20-06-2017 21:46
  
  The hip-hop community reacts to the death of Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy
  
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• Singer Monica undergoes endometriosis surgery

  20-06-2017 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Lena Dunham also suffers from the disorder.
  
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• Watch This 15-Piece Orchestra Cover Daft Punk's 'Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger'

  20-06-2017 21:44
  
  Daft Punk's classics have undergone countless reinterpretations, but this orchestral cover is certainly worth noting.
  The 15-member Radio Dance...
  
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• JAY-Z, CeeLo, Kesha & The Art of Stage-Name Stylization

  20-06-2017 21:39
  
  We're all born with a name. Some are great (Chris P. Bacon) and some, well, are just not (Jesus Condom). The beauty of being a star is that...
  
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• Brian Wilson Plots Career-Spanning Solo Anthology 'Playback'

  20-06-2017 21:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  Brian Wilson will release a new anthology collection covering his nearly 30-year solo career, Playback, September 22nd via Rhino. The 18-track release features two previously unreleased songs: "Run James Run," which was written for Playback, and "Some Sweet Day," which Wilson wrote with Andy Paley in the early Nineties for an unfinished project.The rest of the collection features selections from nine of Wilson's solo records. The album opens with "Love and Mercy," one of four cuts culled fr
  
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• Summer Beach House: Dos and Don’ts

  20-06-2017 21:11
  
  Our top 10 Dos and Don’ts to really grab summer by the lemons.
  
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• Lost In Translation Is An Insufferable, Racist Mess — Why Would We Expect The Beguiled To Be Any Different?

  20-06-2017 21:01
  
  The last time Sofia Coppola focused on racial differences, it was a disaster
  
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• Prodigy, Half Of Rap Duo Mobb Deep, Dead At 42

  20-06-2017 20:56
  
  Prodigy, the rapper known as half of New York rap duo Mobb Deep, has died at the age of 42.
  
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• Best & worst red carpet fashion from iHeartRadio MuchMusic Video

  20-06-2017 20:52
  Iggy Azalea arrives at the 2017 iHeartRadio MuchMusic Video Awards on June 18, 2017 in Toronto, Canada. Iggy Azalea arrives at the 2017 iHeartRadio MuchMusic Video Awards on June 18, 2017 in Toronto, Canada.
  
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• The Truth at the Heart of Brontez Purnell’s Since I Laid My Burden Down

  20-06-2017 20:45
  
  At the heart of Brontez Purnell’s debut novel, Since I Laid My Burden Down, is a homecoming. DeShawn, a gay, middle-aged black man living in San Francisco, has been summoned home to Alabama after the death of his uncle. The story is told in a series of nostalgic callbacks to DeShawn’s past that arrive as...Read more »
  
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• Small Russian Labels Balk at 'Unfavorable' Licensing Deals From VKontakte

  20-06-2017 20:45
  
  The social network VKontakte -- aka "The Russian Facebook" -- which recently launched a paid music service and has license agreements with...
  
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• Mobb Deep's Prodigy Mourned by Nas, Just Blaze & More Hip-Hop Peers

  20-06-2017 20:43
  
  Prodigy, one-half of the legendary '90s rap group Mobb Deep, died Tuesday (June 20) at age 42. The prolific MC was hospitalized in Las...
  
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• Ruff Ryders Announces 20th Anniversary Tour Featuring DMX, Eve, Swizz Beatz & More

  20-06-2017 20:17
  
  Hip-hop label Ruff Ryders came into being 20 years ago, and went on to become one of the most legendary crews in the industry. In honor of their 20th...
  
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• Mobb Deep's Prodigy Dead at 42

  20-06-2017 20:17
  
  Prodigy, New York rap legend and one-half of hip-hop group Mobb Deep alongside Havoc, died in Las Vegas on Tuesday (June 20), a rep...
  
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• Chris Cornell's Daughter Pens Poignant Father's Day Note

  20-06-2017 20:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  Chris Cornell's daughter, Toni Cornell, remembered her father's heart, wisdom and love of Prince's Purple Rain in a moving Father's Day note posted to the late musician's Facebook page. "You are my idol, someone I've always looked up to," Toni wrote. "You were always there for me. You pushed me forward every day, and you still do."Toni recalled Cornell as a doting and devoted father who would fight through post-tour jet lag to spend time with his kids and comfort them when they were sick. "
  
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• Billboard Philippines Launches First National Charts

  20-06-2017 19:56
  
  Billboard’s charts have expanded to the Philippines. Billboard Philippines (“BillboardPH”) recently premiered (June 12) the country...
  
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• Spotify Is Testing a 'Sponsored Songs' Option Inside Playlists

  20-06-2017 19:51
  
  Spotify will experiment with allowing record labels to place songs on free-tier users' playlists in exchange for payment, BBC reports. The...
  
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• Watch ODESZA's Post-Apocalyptic Video for 'Line Of Sight'

  20-06-2017 19:46
  
  ODESZA's latest music video looks like it came straight out of a summer blockbuster film.
  Back in April, when the they released "...
  
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• Inside Asian-American Group the Slants' Supreme Court Free-Speech Win

  20-06-2017 19:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Five months ago, Simon Tam sat anxiously in a Supreme Court hearing that would determine the fate of his band's name. He wasn't allowed to testify or argue his case, and he wasn't even allowed to sit near his own attorney, who answered a firing squad of questions from the justices. "The court has lots of traditions," Tam tells Rolling Stone a few months later. "I guess it's rare for people, the petitioners, to actually show up." Nevertheless, he wanted to witness what happened, since it would af
  
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• deadmau5 Takes Jab at DJ Khaled's EDC Vegas 2017 Set on Twitter

  20-06-2017 19:37
  
  Since the whole dance music world is currently making jokes at DJ Khaled's expense, it goes without saying deadmau5 would join the fray.
  To be...
  
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• Q&A: Chuck Klosterman On Taylor Swift, Harry Potter, And LCD Soundsystem

  20-06-2017 19:21
  
  Klosterman discusses his new book ‘X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century’
  
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• 2 Chainz Doesn't Take Naps in 'Sleep When U Die' Video

  20-06-2017 18:55
  
  2 Chainz has no time for zzz's in his Dubai-based video for "Sleep When U Die," a highlight off his recently released Pretty Girls Like...
  
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• Spanish Authors' Rights Society Raided in Latest Corruption Probe

  20-06-2017 18:33
  
  Police raided the Madrid offices of Spain’s Authors and Publishers Society (SGAE) on Tuesday, an operation that heralds another chapter in the...
  
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• EDC Blames 'Technical Difficulties' for Delayed DJ Khaled Set

  20-06-2017 18:33
  
  DJ Khaled's set at Electric Daisy Carnival in Las Vegas, Nevada this past weekend (June 18) hit a few snags when the super-producer appeared...
  
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• Talent Management Company b2 Releases 15-Track Dance Compilation, 'Billboard Presents Electric Asia Vol. 1'

  20-06-2017 18:32
  
  Billboard has partnered with Hong Kong-based talent management and entertainment services company b2 to present Electric Asia Vol. 1.
  The 15-...
  
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• Yeah Yeah Yeahs Announce First Concert in Four Years

  20-06-2017 18:23 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Yeah Yeah Yeahs will play their first full concert in four years at the Sound on Sound Festival, November 10th through 12th in Sherwood Forest outside of Austin, Texas. Tickets for Sound on Sound are on sale now. The lineup also includes Grizzly Bear, Iggy Pop, Pusha T, the Shins, Blood Orange, Vince Staples and more.The Yeah Yeah Yeahs have not played a full show since wrapping their tour in support of their 2013 album, Mosquito. Singer Karen O, guitarist Nick Zinner and drummer B
  
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• Shabazz Palaces on Navigating the Social Media Age, Sending 'Sonic Beacons' to Indie Rockers

  20-06-2017 18:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  For eight years now, Seattle hip-hop group Shabazz Palaces have been repainting the genre in thrilling, abstract ways; creating Afro-centric, sci-fi rap with elements of Zimbabwean percussion, spiritual jazz, dub and electronic music. The unique mix has resulted in no shortage of critical acclaim, a deal with venerable indie Sub Pop, tour dates with Radiohead, and collaborations and remixes with Flying Lotus, Animal Collective, Battles and more.This year, Shabazz embark on their m
  
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• Brooke Eden on the Post-Breakup Text That Inspired Breakout Hit 'Act Like You Don't'

  20-06-2017 18:00
  
  Post-breakup songs are evergreen in country music, and since the majority of country singers getting radio play at the moment are men, wounded male...
  
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• Gucci Mane Jumps On The Hip-Hop Flute Trend With ‘Tone It Down’

  20-06-2017 17:57
  
  Gucci Mane proves hip-hop flute is here to stay on 'Tone It Down.'
  
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• Apple Music Names Khalid as 'Up Next' Artist

  20-06-2017 17:49
  
  Apple Music continues to shine the spotlight on rising talent with its Up Next program. Following in the steps of 6lack and Sigrid is "Location...
  
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• Booker T. Talks 'Emotional' Return to Monterey Pop Festival 50 Years Later

  20-06-2017 17:38 via rollingstone.com
  
  Of the now-legendary performances at the Monterey International Pop Music Festival in 1967, perhaps none carried the social weight of Otis Redding's. In a sharply segregated music landscape, the young soul singer had been a staple on R&B charts since 1963. But backed by Stax Records' house band Booker T. and the M.G.'s, Redding's searing Saturday night headlining set marked the first time he'd played to an overwhelmingly white audience – one that, it turned out, couldn't get enough of
  
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• Bobby Bones Accuses a Dozen Radio Execs of Blackballing His Girlfriend Lindsay Ell

  20-06-2017 17:36
  
  Bobby Bones pinned the blame for a vengeful radio tactic on a specific person during the June 19 broadcast of iHeartMedia's The Bobby Bones Show...
  
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• Puff Daddy Talks 'Can't Stop Won't Stop' Documentary, 20th Anniversary of 'No Way Out' & The Importance of Black Excellence

  20-06-2017 17:28
  
  For over 25 years, Sean "Puff Daddy" Combs has hustled his way through the music industry. His unapologetic approach to hard work helped...
  
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