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• Jack Antonoff hangs out with Lorde in New Zealand after Lena Dunham split

  22-02-2018 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  The Royals hitmaker's new boyfriend tagged along for her day out with Jack.
  
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• A Timeline of Birdman & Toni Braxton's Romance

  22-02-2018 23:29
  
  In recent months, there has been a rise of romantic pairings, engagements and marriages in hip-hop, with a slew of artists striving to be...
  
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• Denver Nuggets Guard Jamal Murray Talks All-Star Weekend, the NBA Season So Far & J. Cole Fandom

  22-02-2018 23:16
  
  Jamal Murray hasn’t had a chance to keep up with arts and culture-related news like Bruno Mars sweeping the Grammys. The Denver Nuggets...
  
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• The Weeknd Helped Oprah Avoid an Awkward Conversation With Leonardo DiCaprio

  22-02-2018 22:55
  
  If you’ve consumed online media in the last week, chances are you’ve seen pictures from Ellen DeGeneres’ star-studded birthday...
  
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• Justin Bieber's Dad Jeremy Expecting Baby With New Wife

  22-02-2018 22:50
  
  After getting married earlier this week in Jamaica, Justin Bieber’s dad Jeremy announced that his wife is expecting.
  Bieber and Chelsey Robelo...
  
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• Scott Borchetta's 'The Launch' Talent Show Lands Worldwide Distribution Deal With Sony Pictures Television

  22-02-2018 22:45
  
  Sony Pictures Television (SPT) has signed a worldwide distribution deal, excluding Canada, for the music television format The Launch, a partnership...
  
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• Sufjan Stevens to Release 'Call Me by Your Name' Songs on 10-Inch Vinyl for Record Store Day: Exclusive

  22-02-2018 22:42
  
  Fans of Sufjan Stevens and the film Call Me by Your Name, rejoice: The three songs Stevens contributed to the critically acclaimed film -- including...
  
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• Spotlight: 'The Hard Times' Founder Matt Saincome on Turning Punk Into Comedy & Developing a New TV Show

  22-02-2018 22:33
  
  Dolphin sex is what led Matt Saincome to launch his satirical punk culture media enterprise The Hard Times -- reporting on it, not engaging in...
  
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• Lakes Area Music Festival presents 'Celebrating 10' on Sunday37 min ago

  22-02-2018 22:27
  Cellist Silver Ainome of the Minnesota Orchestra will be among the performers in the Lakes Area Music Festival concert Sunday at the Northern Pacific Center in Brainerd.
  
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• Fort Worth's The Unlikely Candidates Turn Their Party Trick Into a Music Career

  22-02-2018 22:27
  Ten years ago, high school friends Kyle Morris and Cole Male thought they'd liven up a party by playing a tune. In what became their first public performance, the duo drunkenly felt their way through a Blink-182 song as their friends gathered around.
  
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• Cozz Breaks Down Debut Album 'Effected,' Track-by-Track: Exclusive

  22-02-2018 22:24
  
  Cozz set out to tell an important story on his debut album, Effected. After breaking into the game under J. Cole’s tutelage, the South Central...
  
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• 'RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars' 3 Queens Predict Which Winter Olympics Sports They'd Excel In

  22-02-2018 22:23
  
  With the 2018 Winter Olympics and season 3 of RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars pushing ahead full steam, we got curious what it might look like to...
  
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• Sean Paul Talks 'Mad Love' Collab With Becky G & Making Hits With Women: Exclusive

  22-02-2018 22:16
  
  Long before reggaeton and Latin acts became the flavor du jour, Sean Paul was jumping onto Latin tracks, making crossover collaborations and remixes...
  
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• Steve Aoki, RedOne & More Join Billboard Latin Music Week's 'Producing for the Global Market' Panel

  22-02-2018 22:09
  
  Mainstream heavy-hitters Steve Aoki and RedOne -- known for their respective work in genres across hip-hop, electronica and pop...
  
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• Loco Dice Goes Back to Techno's 'Roots' on Stark Single: Exclusive

  22-02-2018 22:04
  
  Let's go back to a simpler time, when techno was hard, edgy and stark, played loud in dark warehouses for crowds of outcasts in Detroit. It was a...
  
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• Joshua Rush on Playing Disney Channel's First Openly Gay Character: 'I Feel the Pressure'

  22-02-2018 22:02
  
  It's rare to see LGBTQ representation in children's television, and until recently, it was completely absent on the Disney Channel. But...
  
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• Kodak Black Gets 3 Charges Dismissed From Home Raid Incident

  22-02-2018 21:57
  
  Kodak Black will be able to breathe easy for the moment. After being arrested during a home raid last month, Black had three charges stemming from...
  
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• Demi Lovato Shares a Dream She Had About Drake

  22-02-2018 21:51
  
  While Demi Lovato is resting up before heading out on her Tell Me You Love Me Tour, she seems to have one person on her mind: Drake.
  On Monday, the...
  
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• Here Are the Lyrics to ScHoolboy Q, 2 Chainz & Saudi's 'X' From 'Black Panther'

  22-02-2018 21:45
  
  Black Panther has become quite the force on both the Billboard and box office charts. In its opening weekend, the movie grossed more than $400...
  
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• The Last Word: George Clinton on Alien Encounters, Trump's Lack of Funk

  22-02-2018 21:44 via rollingstone.com
  Parliament-Funkadelic leader George Clinton talks to Rolling Stone about the essence of funk, his alien encounter, the dangers of LSD and more.Mark Summers for Rolling StoneParliament-Funkadelic founder George Clinton is an irreplaceable walking museum of American musical history, with a career that began in Fifties doo-wop (the Parliaments were originally a Newark, N.J., singing group), and continues all the way to Kendrick-era hip-hop and beyond. Clinton put out an excellent, memorably titled
  
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• Parquet Courts Detail New Danger Mouse-Produced LP 'Wide Awake!'

  22-02-2018 21:33 via rollingstone.com
  Indie rock outfit Parquet Courts unveiled a two-part garage rock song, "Almost Had to Start a Fight/In And Out of Patience." It comes from their upcoming Danger Mouse-produced album, Wide Awake!, out May 18th via Rough Trade.Over fast drums and guitars, singer Andrew Savage and the rest of Parquet Courts begin a call-and-response interrogation of everything from mass transit to existential nightmares: "The MTA/ Took the first of it/ Twenty minute delay/ Wasn't the worst of it/ Saw it underground
  
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• Harvey Weinstein Apologizes to Meryl Streep & Jennifer Lawrence

  22-02-2018 21:31
  
  Harvey Weinstein has issued an apology to Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lawrence after his lawyers used the actresses names in an attempt to dismiss...
  
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• Quincy Jones apologises for 'wordvomit' interviews

  22-02-2018 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  Taylor Swift, the Beatles, Michael Jackson and U2 were all targeted by the producer in the articles.
  
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• Galantis Announces Wynn Las Vegas Residency in 2018: Exclusive

  22-02-2018 21:30
  
  The Seafox is back, and she's ready to hit the black jack tables, which can only mean one thing: Galantis is coming to Las Vegas.
  The...
  
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• Watch the Trailer for Netflix's Roxanne Shante Biopic 'Roxanne Roxanne'

  22-02-2018 21:19
  
  In 1984, a 15-year-old Queens rapper named Lolita Shanté Gooden took on the rap name Roxanne Shanté and released the single “Roxanne’s...
  
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• Pres. Trump Blames Movies, Video Games for Youth Violence

  22-02-2018 21:13
  
  President Donald Trump pointed to violent films and video games as possible causes for real-life violence by American youth in the wake of last week...
  
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• Here Are the Lyrics to Scotty McCreery's 'Five More Minutes'

  22-02-2018 21:11
  
  American Idol winner Scotty McCreery released his latest single “Five More Minutes” in 2017, ahead of his third studio album, which is...
  
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• Drake's 'God's Plan' Tops Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop & Rap Airplay Charts With Fastest Flights to No. 1 This Decade

  22-02-2018 21:09
  
  Drake’s “God Plan” scores the fastest climb to No. 1 on the Mainstream R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart since 1999, as the track...
  
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• Did Kylie Jenner's Tweet Sink Snapchat's Stock?

  22-02-2018 21:05
  
  Never underestimate the power of the Kardashian family. 
  Kylie Jenner, the youngest of the Kardashian-Jenner sisters and one of the most-...
  
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• Why Are Albums So Long Right Now?

  22-02-2018 20:59 via rollingstone.com
  With 24 tracks, clocking in at one hour and 46 minutes, Migos' Culture II lasts long enough to listen to all of Pink Floyd's The Wall and still make it more than halfway through The Dark Side of the Moon. Its Number One debut on the Billboard album chart is the latest twist in streaming's reshaping of music consumption: the rise of mega albums.
  On Spotify, the duration of the top five streamed albums rose almost 10 minutes over the past five years, to an average of 60 minutes. It's a trend embra
  
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• T.I. on Gun Control: 'I Think Our System Is Broken'

  22-02-2018 20:59
  
  As the country continues to recover from last week's shooting at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in a recent interview with...
  
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• Snapchat Chief Evan Spiegel Earned $638 Million in 2017

  22-02-2018 20:51
  
  Snap CEO Evan Spiegel is now one of the highest paid executives in the U.S. 
  The 27-year-old entrepreneur made nearly $638 million in 2017,...
  
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• Hear Flatbush Zombies' Vicious Origin Story on New Song 'Headstone'

  22-02-2018 20:27 via rollingstone.com
  Brooklyn rap trio Flatbush Zombies unveiled a vicious new single, "Headstone," from their upcoming album, Vacation in Hell, out April 6th. It also released a black-and-white video for the track directed by Luke Monaghan and filmed in the group's native Flatbush, Brooklyn neighborhood.
  One of the group's three MCs, Erick "Arc" Elliott, produced "Headstone," crafting a meaning beat from piano and drums. Meechy Darko opens the track with a limber hook setting the dismal tone: "Been thugging from th
  
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• Morgan Wallen Talks 'Up Down' & How Florida Georgia Line Wanted to 'Pay It Forward' by Collaborating

  22-02-2018 20:20
  
  Sometimes when collaborations involve a big-name artist and an up-and-coming singer, the pairing can be a little more contrived than organic. But in...
  
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• Roxy Music: Still mind-blowing, still overlooked

  22-02-2018 20:10
  Roxy Music, back in the day, was Phil Manzanera, from left, Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Eno, Graham Simpson and Paul Thompson. Roxy Music, back in the day, was Phil Manzanera, from left, Bryan Ferry, Andy Mackay, Eno, Graham Simpson and Paul Thompson.
  
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• Robert Earl Keen, Morris Day, Dawes to play new BBQ fest

  22-02-2018 20:10
  Singer Robert Earl Keen performs at the Deep From the Heart: The One America Appeal Concert at Texas A&M University's Reed Arena Saturday, Oct. 21, 2017, in College Station. All proceeds from the concert will go to the special hurricane recovery effort benefiting Texas, Florida, and the Caribbean.
  
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• Tiffany Haddish to Host MTV Movie and TV Awards

  22-02-2018 20:08
  
  The year of Tiffany Haddish continues.
  On Thursday (Feb. 22), MTV tapped the Girls Trip breakout to host its annual movie and TV awards,...
  
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• Bow Wow Is All About His Paper in New Song, 'Yeaahh'

  22-02-2018 19:44
  
  Since last year, Bow Wow has been the butt of an unfortunate number of jokes and memes including the infamous #bowwowchallenge, where fans pretend to...
  
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• Janelle Monae Drops Two New Songs and Videos, Reveals Release Date For Upcoming 'Dirty Computer' LP

  22-02-2018 19:30
  
  Janelle Monae is officially back, and she is wasting zero time. The singer dropped two new songs on Thursday (Feb. 22), providing powerful ...
  
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• Wild Child Throws a Retro Dance Party in 'Think It Over' Video: Premiere

  22-02-2018 19:28
  
  Shortly after the release of their new album Expectations on Feb. 9, Wild Child has released the LP's second music, for "Think It...
  
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• Producer Francisco 'Cisco' Suarez Named EVP of Primetime Realities and Specials at Telemundo

  22-02-2018 19:09
  
  TV producer Francisco “Cisco” Suarez, who for years helmed production of Univision’s award shows as the network’s SVP of...
  
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• Latin Trap Artist Bad Bunny Tapped by Apple Music Debuts New Song

  22-02-2018 19:07 via rollingstone.com
  The Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny, who has scored numerous hits as part of the rising Latin trap movement, will be Apple Music's latest Up Next artist. The singer-rapper debuted his new single, "Dime Si Te Acuerdas," via Beats 1 on Apple Music on Thursday."Bad Bunny is one of the most exciting artists in the world," Beats 1 DJ Zane Lowe told Rolling Stone. "Bad Bunny is connecting with fans like no other artist we've ever seen," added Jerry Pulles, Apple Music's Latin programmer. "Even people wh
  
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• Latin Trap Artist Bad Bunny Debuts New Song 'Dime Si Te Acuerdas'

  22-02-2018 19:07 via rollingstone.com
  The Puerto Rican artist Bad Bunny, who has scored numerous hits as part of the rising Latin trap movement, will be Apple Music's latest Up Next artist. The singer-rapper debuted his new single, "Dime Si Te Acuerdas," via Beats 1 on Apple Music on Thursday."Bad Bunny is one of the most exciting artists in the world," Beats 1 DJ Zane Lowe told Rolling Stone. "Bad Bunny is connecting with fans like no other artist we've ever seen," added Jerry Pulles, Apple Music's Latin programmer. "Even people wh
  
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• Quincy Jones Apologizes for Recent Interviews: 'I'm Sorry to Anyone Whom My Words Offended'

  22-02-2018 19:05
  
  For the past couple of weeks, Quincy Jones has made headlines for his outlandish comments during his recent interviews, regarding the entertainment...
  
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• Smokers Club Festival Announces Stacked Lineup With Kid Cudi, Schoolboy Q, Wiz Khalifa and More

  22-02-2018 18:51
  
  As the weather outside gets warmer and the days get longer, festival season is fast approaching. It looks like the Smokers Club festival is ready to...
  
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• Everything We Know About the New Season of 'American Idol'

  22-02-2018 18:46
  
  Nearly three years ago, Fox canceled the game-changing competitive singing show American Idol. But for many, its fifteen year run on the...
  
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• Stoneman Douglas Survivors Perform Original Song 'Shine' for Shooting Victims: Watch

  22-02-2018 18:33
  
  One week after the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that claimed the lives of 17 students and teachers, the Parkland community came together at...
  
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• Nightmares on Wax's 'Shape The Future' Tour Goes Strawless With Oceanic: Exclusive

  22-02-2018 18:32
  
  We all know about our "carbon footprint" and how everything from our use of fossil fuels to our meat consumption plays a role in greenhouse...
  
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• Barack & Michelle Obama Tweet Praise for Marjory Stoneman School Shooting Gun Activists: 'We're Proud of You'

  22-02-2018 18:31
  
  Former Pres. Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama offered their strong support for the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High...
  
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• Warner Bros. Pictures Names Karen Elliott VP Music Production

  22-02-2018 18:22
  
  Warner Bros. Pictures has created a new role of vice president music production, appointing industry veteran Karen Elliott. 
  Elliot, who will be...
  
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