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• Nicki Minaj's ex banned from high school visit over leak of penis pictures

  02-03-2018 23:30 via music-news.com
  
  Safaree Samuels is considering several lucrative options after shots of his manhood were leaked online.
  
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• Meghan Trainor's fiance made her wait for proposal

  02-03-2018 23:30 via music-news.com
  
  The singer picked out the ring months before Daryl Sabara popped the question.
  
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• Future Teases Unreleased Drake Collaboration on Snapchat

  02-03-2018 23:30
  
  Drake and Future set the hip-hop world on fire in 2015 with their collaborative project What a Time to Be Alive, and on Friday (March 2), the Atlanta...
  
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• How the Music Modernization Act Takes Royalties From DIY Songwriters and Gives Them to the Major Publishers (Guest Column)

  02-03-2018 23:13
  
  At the end of last year, the Music Modernization Act (MMA) was introduced on Capitol Hill. Among other things, the MMA protects digital music...
  
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• Ronny J Talks Crafting 'OMGRONNY,' Travis Scott Studio Sessions & Renting a Goat for His Album Cover

  02-03-2018 23:10
  
  "I put in so much work, and that's exactly why I'm so confident and can say I'm the best at what I do," says a poised Ronny J...
  
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• Sufjan Stevens Will Be Joined by St. Vincent & Chris Thile for 'Mystery of Love' Oscars Performance

  02-03-2018 23:04
  
  Sufjan Stevens will grace the stage at the Oscars this Sunday to perform his nominated song “Mystery of Love” from the film Call Me By...
  
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• NGHTMRE Remixes Zhu & Ekali's 'Blame' With Emboldened Beats: Listen

  02-03-2018 22:53
  
  When Zhu and Ekali came together on "Blame," the pair delivered a sonic boom of experimental bass. It was dark and sensual, subtle and...
  
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• Hot 100 Chart Moves: Maroon 5 Notches 20th Top 40 Hit With 'Wait'

  02-03-2018 22:51
  
  As previously reported, Drake's "God's Plan" leads the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a fifth week (dating to its debut at No. 1),...
  
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• Tory Lanez & Alina Baraz to Headline Atlanta's Milk and Cookies Festival

  02-03-2018 22:49
  
  Atlanta's Milk and Cookies festival is back for 2018, elevating the city's emerging dessert scene with a nod to independent music and art....
  
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• Rick Ross Reflects on His Airplane Seizure Incident in TV One's 'Uncensored' Docuseries: Exclusive

  02-03-2018 22:46
  
  TV One's new documentary series Uncensored dives into the lives of celebrities as they share intimate details and stories of their...
  
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• P!nk Drops Intimate Video for 'Whatever You Want'

  02-03-2018 22:41
  
  After kicking off her latest tour, pop star P!nk dropped a new video for her inspirational track “Whatever You Want,” her latest single...
  
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• Rick Ross Hospitalized After Being Found Unresponsive at Florida Home

  02-03-2018 22:39
  
  Rick Ross was hospitalized early Thursday morning when police and emergency teams were called to the scene after he was "found unresponsive...
  
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• Third Day Announces 2018 Farewell Tour

  02-03-2018 22:38
  The tour, produced by Awakening Events and sponsored by Food for the Hungry , kicks off May 31 in Seattle and will visit 12 major US markets before wrapping up on June 27 in Denver at the iconic Red Rocks Amphitheater. Starting March 7, special pre-sale VIP fan experience packages will be available.
  
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• The party never ends with Rich Aucoin, musician, bicycling enthusiast and fund-raiser

  02-03-2018 22:38
  Musician Rich Aucoin was forced to rebuild his latest EP from memory after his computer was stolen in Costa Rica. 'It taught me a lesson on backing things up,' he says.
  
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• Tiffany Haddish Vows to 'Sign an NDA Any Day' for Beyonce After Alleged 'Top Off' Diss

  02-03-2018 22:33
  
  On Friday morning (March 2), DJ Khaled unleashed his blistering new single "Top Off," featuring JAY-Z, Beyoncé and Future....
  
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• From Jake Owen to Jessica Simpson: 10 of the Best 'Jack & Diane'-Inspired Songs

  02-03-2018 22:20
  
  Very few guitar riffs are as recognizable as the one from John Mellencamp’s '80s rock hit “Jack & Diane,” the story of...
  
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• Cheat Codes & Kiiara Find Healing on 'Put Me Back Together': Listen

  02-03-2018 21:54
  
  Love is sweet and so is Coca-Cola, and so is "Put Me Back Together," the new tune from Cheat Codes featuring Kiiara. It's a slow dance...
  
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• Executive Turntable: New Hires & Promotions at The Orchard, Yamaha, Milk & Honey Management

  02-03-2018 21:52
  
  The Orchard announced Friday (March 2) that Sveinung Rindal will be joining their team as leader of company operations in...
  
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• Watch Pink at Super Bowl, Backstage in New 'Whatever You Want' Video

  02-03-2018 21:49 via rollingstone.com
  Pink goofs off backstage, dancing and rolling around on the floor, in the video for her Beautiful Trauma track "Whatever You Want."Elsewhere in the clip, the blond-pompadoured singer rehearses dance moves, plays with her daughter and son, spends time with husband Carey Hart and walks the red carpet of awards shows, pulling off a few stunts along the way, for a candid look at the singer's life, on and off the stage.The clip also includes footage of her appearance at the MTV Video Music Awards las
  
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• Charlotte de Witte Haunts Industrial Warehouses on 'This': Exclusive

  02-03-2018 21:39
  
  Stomping, pulsing beats. Haunting, synthetic vocals. Cold, hard hi-hats, and sweat, sweat, sweat.
  These are the things that make a classic rave...
  
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• Azealia Banks Drops House-Inspired Bop 'Movin' On Up' From Upcoming 'Fantasea 2' Project

  02-03-2018 21:36
  
  Azealia Banks is often seen in headlines for her red-hot controversial takes on the social sphere; her music, however, usually speaks for itself. On...
  
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• Rick Ross recovering after assistant finds him unresponsive

  02-03-2018 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The rapper committed to change his diet and lifestyle in 2011 following the two seizures he suffered in a month's time.
  
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• Here Are the Lyrics to Demi Lovato's 'Tell Me You Love Me'

  02-03-2018 21:19
  
  Demi Lovato just kicked off her Tell Me You Love Me Tour, which will, undoubtedly, feature her destructive love single “Tell Me You...
  
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• Sofi Tukker Support Florida Shooting Victims on 'Conan' with 'March for Our Lives' Guitar Strap

  02-03-2018 21:14
  
  Three weeks before an expected 500,000 people are scheduled to descend on Washington, D.C., to join the student activists of Parkland, Florida,...
  
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• Here Are the Lyrics to Devin Dawson's 'All On Me'

  02-03-2018 21:08
  
  "All On Me" is the song that put 28-year-old Devin Dawson onto the country music map. The song is a smooth, easy-listening cut from his...
  
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• What Do Lorde's Tour Openers Have In Common? Run The Jewels' El-P and Mitski Get To Know Each Other

  02-03-2018 21:00
  
  Ahead of opening Lorde's North American Dance tour, which kicked off March 1, Run The Jewels surprise dropped a dark and slowed remix of the...
  
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• Review: Joan Baez, 77, Still America's Folk Music Queen on 'Whistle Down the Wind'

  02-03-2018 20:50 via rollingstone.com
  The incandescently vibrating soprano is worn down nearer a burnished alto after a half century of committed music-making and activism. Yet the takeaway from Joan Baez's latest – following her well-earned 2017 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame– is how essential her work remains. On "The President Sang Amazing Grace," written by the Philly-bred artist Zoe Mulford, Baez tells the story of a man going into a Southern church and murdering black parishioners – not Bi
  
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• Lo-Fi Pop Singer Pronoun Releases New Song 'Run'

  02-03-2018 20:50
  
  Pronoun, the lo-fi pop singer from Brooklyn, released her new song “Run” on Friday (March 2). The song is a shimmering pop-rock jam about...
  
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• Watch Madonna Dance to Her Own Music & Hang Out With Jeezy

  02-03-2018 20:45
  
  It may not have been her birthday, but Madonna definitely danced like it was. The singer attended backup dancer Loic Mabanza's party...
  
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• San E & Mad Clown Join Forces for First U.S. Tour

  02-03-2018 20:18
  
  San E (Brand New Music) and Mad Clown (Starship Entertainment) have announced dates for their upcoming, joint U.S. tour, "Me Want You."
  The...
  
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• Andrew Lloyd Webber Explains His Juiciest Memoir Stories, From Princess Diana's Splits to Barbra Streisand Walking Out on 'Cats'

  02-03-2018 20:11
  
  Famed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's memoir, Unmasked, hits stores March 6, and it’s a doorstop at 528 pages. It’s...
  
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• Hear Gucci Mane Team With Migos, Lil Yachty for Icy New Song 'Solitaire'

  02-03-2018 20:05 via rollingstone.com
  Less than three months after Gucci Mane released his latest LP, El Gato: The Human Glacier, the rapper recruits Migos and Lil Yachty for a new track titled "Solitaire." The track is the first single off the prolific rapper's upcoming album, Evil Genius.The two-minute trap track is also the first preview at what's been teased as a mixtape-length collaboration between Gucci Mane, Migos and Lil Yachty, a tandem the Atlanta rappers have dubbed Glacier Boyz."I was just sitting in the cell p
  
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• Princess Diana, Barbra Streisand & More: Andrew Lloyd Webber Explains His Juiciest Memoir Stories

  02-03-2018 20:04
  
  Famed composer Andrew Lloyd Webber's memoir, Unmasked, hits stores March 6, and it’s a doorstop at 528 pages. It’s...
  
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• Watch Kurt Vile, Courtney Barnett Backstage, Talk Fast Friendship in New Doc

  02-03-2018 20:00 via rollingstone.com
  Indie rockers Kurt Vile and Courtney Barnett discuss how their friendship naturally blossomed into a musical partnership in Friends of Wonder, a new documentary filmed in part during the duo's recent performance at the historic Lowe's Jersey Theatre in Jersey City, New Jersey. "I didn't take long for us to click," Barnett says of Vile. "I think our personalities are on a plane." The 34-minute doc blends backstage interview footage with live performances of several songs, highlighted by a sl
  
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• Blake Shelton Looks at Former Versions of Himself in Music Video for 'I Lived It'

  02-03-2018 19:56
  
  Blake Shelton sings of former versions of himself, in his nostalgia-filled homegrown video for “I Lived It.”
  The video includes childhood...
  
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• Tuma Basa, Outgoing Curator for Spotify's RapCaviar Playlist, Heading to YouTube: Exclusive

  02-03-2018 19:55
  
  Tuma Basa, Spotify’s outgoing global programming head of hip-hop, is heading to YouTube, sources tell Billboard.
  Spotify announced Thursday (...
  
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• Hear Dr. Octagon's Raunchy, Fantastical New Song, 'Area 54'

  02-03-2018 19:55 via rollingstone.com
  Dr. Octagon, the time-traveling alien gynecologist persona of rapper Kool Keith, released a new song, "Area 54." The emcee explores a futuristic sci-fi cityscape filled with UFOs, dinosaurs and elephants. Producer Dan the Automator blends dry drum grooves, sex sounds, chiming piano and saxophone honks, with DJ QBert weaving in and out. "Area 54" is the trio's second song of 2018, following last month's "Octagon Octagon." Both tracks highlight their first LP in 22 years, Moosebumps: An Explo
  
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• Inside Brazil's Drag Revolution: How New Queens Are Changing A Homophobic Culture

  02-03-2018 19:44
  
  After five days of the intense day-and-night party that takes over Brazil during Carnival, drag queen Pabllo Vittar is exhausted. The 23-year-old...
  
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• UMG Elevates Todd Goodwin to SVP of College, Lifestyle and Experiential Marketing

  02-03-2018 19:26
  
  Universal Music Group has elevated Todd Goodwin to senior vp of college, lifestyle and experiential marketing at the label, an expansion of his role...
  
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• Rudy Mancuso & Maia Mitchell Wax Adorable in Two Videos For 'Magic': Watch

  02-03-2018 19:23
  
  Is there anything more heart-warming than a heartthrob singing their love over acoustic guitar? The only thing that makes it better is when that...
  
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• 10 New Albums to Stream Now: The Breeders, Moby, Joan Baez and More Rolling Stone Editors' Picks

  02-03-2018 19:15 via rollingstone.com
  The Breeders, All Nerve
  "On the fifth Breeders album, the songs are all cinematic movement – hiding, escaping, screaming in the meadow, running for the exit," writes Charles Aaron of the fifth album by the band, and the first since 1993's Last Splash to feature bassist Josephine Wiggs and drummer Jim MacPherson behind twins Kim and Kelley Deal. "On the album's radiantly sprawling centerpiece 'Spacewoman,' Kim [Deal] (on guitar and piano) muses, 'How long?' while bystanders bat ar
  
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• Maejor Is Having a Major Year: International Artist/Producer Talks New Album, Anitta and Justin Bieber

  02-03-2018 19:13
  
  International artist and producer Maejor is on a roll. He’s worked with Justin Bieber on songs like  “One Life”, “...
  
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• Review: Moby's 'Everything Was Beautiful' a Lovely Image of World Falling Apart

  02-03-2018 19:01 via rollingstone.com
  Producer-DJ-vocalist-raconteur-et cetera Moby's most satisfying works in recent years have been those where he plunges into gloom headfirst. Everything Was Beautiful, and Nothing Hurt, his 15th album, is another dip into the pool of melancholia. Lush and haunting, Everything applies the Moby ideal of soulful vocals and big beats to the not-all-that-farfetched idea of a post-apocalyptic landscape, its slow-burn compositions meticulously echoing the dread and despair that results from being h
  
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• Ed Sheeran makes Official Albums Chart history

  02-03-2018 18:59 via music-news.com
  
  Ed Sheeran sets a new record on this week’s Official Albums Chart, becoming the first artist in UK chart history to have three different albums
  
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• Drake's God Plan scores a sixth week at Number 1

  02-03-2018 18:57 via music-news.com
  
  Drake celebrates another week of chart glory this week as his latest single, God's Plan, extends its reign at Number 1 on the Official Singles Chart.
  
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• Jennifer Lawrence Hit the Talk Show Circuit to Talk Kardashian Pregnancies, Oprah, & Her Drunk Alter Ego

  02-03-2018 18:51
  
  Ahead of the opening weekend of her latest film Red Sparrow, Jennifer Lawrence hit the late night and the daytime talk show circuit to talk...
  
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• The New College Try: Why Labels Are Reviving Campus Reps in the Streaming Era

  02-03-2018 18:45
  
  Last fall, a select group of New York college students received copies of George Orwell's Animal Farm in the mail and convened weeks later at a...
  
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• R3HAB Gives Lauv's 'Getting Over You' a Tropical Remix: Listen

  02-03-2018 18:41
  
  Letting go is hard, but R3HAB makes it sound easy with this tropical-tinged remix of Lauv's synthy hit "Getting Over You."
  While...
  
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• Review: The Breeders Return to Dynamic Drama of Nineties Heyday on 'All Nerve'

  02-03-2018 18:39 via rollingstone.com
  On the fifth Breeders album, the songs are all cinematic movement – hiding, escaping, screaming in the meadow, running for the exit. Such is life as the Breeders' Kim Deal, a rock genius with a powderkeg of bittersweet melodies and fearless emotions forever ready to blow, but often without a band to light the fuse. (This has been her own doing, at times.) On 2010's Mountain Battles, Deal's cry was "I can feel it!" and you could sense her reaching for that baseline with a makeshift crew. He
  
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• Pink, SZA & More to Curate Weekly Playlists For Women's History Month

  02-03-2018 18:35
  
  March is Women’s History Month, and the female artists at RCA Records want to celebrate to their fullest.
  Yesterday, the record company began...
  
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