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• Kanye West Gets His Own Custom 'Rick & Morty' Birthday Song as a Gift From Kim Kardashian: Listen

  08-06-2018 23:59
  
  June 8 marks Kanye West’s 41st birthday, and the rapper started off the celebration by sharing his newest album, the Kid Cudi...
  
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• Darius Rucker's Straight to Hell cover was a decade in the making

  08-06-2018 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  Lady Antebellum's Charles Kelley convinced Darius to finally record the track as a group collaboration.
  
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• Blake Shelton forced to refer to Kelly Clarkson as 'Queen' after losing bet

  08-06-2018 23:45 via music-news.com
  
  The former American Idol star performed at the grand opening of Blake''s new bar.
  
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• Munroe Bergdorf's Pride Month Playlist: MNEK, Kelela, Cakes Da Killa & More

  08-06-2018 23:25
  
  As part of our 30 Days of Pride initiative, we've asked LGBTQ stars to create playlists to show what "pride" means to them....
  
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• Asia Argento: Anthony Bourdain 'Was My Love, My Rock, My Protector'

  08-06-2018 22:29
  
  Following Anthony Bourdain's death at age 61 on Friday morning, the celebrity chef's girlfriend, Asia Argento, took to Twitter to pay tribute...
  
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• Man Found Dead at Bonnaroo Music Festival

  08-06-2018 21:59
  
  A man has died at the Bonnaroo Music and Arts Festival in Manchester, Tennessee, having been found unresponsive Friday (June 8) morning in his car....
  
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• Go Backstage at CMA Fest 2018 With Kane Brown, Jason Aldean, Kelsea Ballerini & More

  08-06-2018 21:55
  
  Nashville’s Nissan Stadium is best known as home to the NFL’s  Tennessee Titans, but during CMA Fest, musical titans take over.
  For...
  
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• Executive Turntable: Moves at Atlas Music Group, O'Neil Hagaman, Caroline Records & More

  08-06-2018 21:45
  
  Richard Stumpf, CEO and founder of Atlas Music Group, announced the expansion of its urban development with the addition of Latoya Lee as vp,...
  
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• Pusha T confirms Drake feud is 'all over with'

  08-06-2018 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  Drake's collaborator is fed up with the ghostwriting jabs.
  
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• Pete Davidson gushes about Ariana Grande during stand-up set

  08-06-2018 21:30 via music-news.com
  
  The funnyman began dating the pop star in May (18), not long after she split from rapper Mac Miller.
  
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• Chloe x Halle's Halle Bailey Graduates High School: See the Pics

  08-06-2018 21:29
  
  Not all high school graduates walk across the podium after releasing a debut album and opening for Beyoncé, but Halle Bailey of sibling duo Chloe x...
  
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• A Brief Guide to the 'Kids See Ghosts' Tracklist

  08-06-2018 21:23 via rollingstone.com
  By now, Kanye West and Kid Cudi’s collaborative effort Kids See Ghosts has hit all major streaming services. Its release last night – a livestreamed listening party outside of Los Angeles – was clouded in confusion. The event was delayed several hours without any updates, and one attendee described the experience of hearing the album live as “like a really good night at a bar, but we couldn’t even hear that clearly.”The chaotic atmosphere extended to the album
  
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• Review: Lily Allen Drops Subtle Truth Bombs On 'No Shame"

  08-06-2018 21:20 via rollingstone.com
  Over a decade ago, Lily Allen burst into the pop mainstream with "Smile," a cheery song that wrapped its withering indictments of a straying lover in Jackie Mittoo keyboards and skipping-stone grooves. The combination of Allen's voice – which, thanks in part to Mark Ronson's retro-minded production, brought to mind a British cousin of hyper-feminine '60s pop thrushes like France Gall and Petula Clark – and her poison-pen observations about modern love proved catnip for listeners. She
  
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• Kanye West & Kid Cudi Bring Out the Best In Each Other on 'Kids See Ghosts' Album

  08-06-2018 21:18
  
  Kanye West and Kid Cudi have a mentor-mentee relationship, so close that their musical bond has resulted in many contributions to each other’s...
  
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• 10 New Albums to Stream Now: Snail Mail, Dierks Bentley, Yob, 'Superfly' and More Editors' Picks

  08-06-2018 21:18 via rollingstone.com
  EDITORS' PICK: Snail Mail, Lush
  The debut full-length from Maryland singer-guitarist Lindsey Jordan is a sign that "indie rock has officially entered its 'Black Crowes era,' where young artists refigure music from the decade they were born," writes Kory Grow. "But that's not a bad thing here... [Jordan has] packed Lush, her debut full-length, with the same sort of smart lyrics about unrequited love ('Heat Wave'), personal dissatisfaction ('Pristine') and the places where those feelings coalesce
  
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• SESAC Announces Diversity Project to Support Underrepresented Composers in Film

  08-06-2018 21:12
  
  During SESAC's annual Film & Television Composer Awards on Thursday, the performance rights organization announced the launch of...
  
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• 5 Things We Learned After Our First Listen to Kanye West & Kid Cudi's 'Kids See Ghosts'

  08-06-2018 21:12
  
  For the third week in a row, Kanye West has managed to deliver on his promise of dropping an album. It may not be the most ideal rollout plan with...
  
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• NYC Office of Nightlife Shares First Report Finding Robust, Growing Industry

  08-06-2018 21:02
  
  New York Mayor Bill de Blasio created the Office of Nightlife last September and on Friday (June 8) shared the department’s first major report...
  
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• Nicky Jam & Will Smith's World Cup Anthem 'Live It Up!' Video Honors Soccer Everywhere: Watch

  08-06-2018 20:40
  
  Just a couple of weeks after unveiling the official 2018 FIFA World Cup song, Nicky Jam and Will Smith have released an equally thrilling video to...
  
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• 'Techno Marching Band' Covers Flume's 'You & Me' Disclosure Remix: Watch

  08-06-2018 20:37
  
  Raise your hand if you were a band nerd. Anyone who marched the brass, winds and percussion knows the best part of practice was playing modern hits...
  
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• RuPaul's 'Supermodel of the World' Album Turns 25: Why It Was More Than a Novelty

  08-06-2018 20:31
  
  Back when supermodels really did rule the world, RuPaul sashayed down his own rarefied runway: He went from New York nightlife celebrity to something...
  
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• Ty Dolla $ign & Jeremih Team Up for Sultry Single 'The Light': Listen

  08-06-2018 20:23
  
  "The Light," the lead single from R&B crooners Ty Dolla $ign and Jeremih’s upcoming joint project MihTy, is finally here....
  
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• Hilary Duff Expecting a Daughter With Boyfriend Matthew Koma

  08-06-2018 20:16
  
  Fourteen years after she starred as the rags-to-riches lead in A Cinderella Story, Hilary Duff is expecting a "princess of her own....
  
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• Kelly Clarkson Reveals Thyroid Issue & Discusses 37-Pound Weight Loss on 'Today'

  08-06-2018 20:14
  
  Not only did Kelly Clarkson rock the stage Friday morning (June 8) at Rockefeller Plaza, but she also opened up about why she's been sporting a...
  
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• Pusha-T on Drake Beef: 'It's All Over With'

  08-06-2018 20:02 via rollingstone.com
  Pusha-T has declared that his beef with Drake – a feud that spawned a pair of diss tracks – is officially over.Following weeks of speculation over the status of the feud – Drake, usually quick to respond to diss tracks, released "Duppy Freestyle" but never fired back after "The Story of Adidon" – the Daytona rapper confirmed the abrupt end of the weeklong "Infrared"-sparked beef in a new interview."It's all over with," Pusha-T told Vanity Fair. "These conversations h
  
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• Pusha-T on Drake Beef: 'It’s All Over With'

  08-06-2018 20:02 via rollingstone.com
  Pusha-T has declared that his beef with Drake – a feud that spawned a pair of diss tracks – is officially over.Following weeks of speculation over the status of the feud – Drake, usually quick to respond to diss tracks, released "Duppy Freestyle" but never fired back after "The Story of Adidon" – the Daytona rapper confirmed the abrupt end of the weeklong "Infrared"-sparked beef in a new interview."It's all over with," Pusha-T told Vanity Fair. "These conversations h
  
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• Hollywood Docket: Dr. Dre & Jimmy Iovine Go to Trial in $100M Beats Headphone Royalties Case

  08-06-2018 19:52
  
  A trial is now underway in Los Angeles Superior Court that explores the genesis of high-end Beats headphones and the dealmaking that allegedly left...
  
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• Steve Aoki Remixes 'Girls' From Rita Ora, Cardi B, Bebe Rexha & Charli XCX: Listen

  08-06-2018 19:40
  
  Sometimes you just wanna kiss girls, and sometimes dudes wanna remix megahits with girl-on-girl action.
  Yes, the controversial Rita Ora song "...
  
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• Anthony Bourdain: Talking Punk Rock at Surprise 50th Birthday Party

  08-06-2018 19:40 via rollingstone.com
  In the mid-2000s, I would see Anthony Bourdain all the time at Siberia, a cavernous dive bar in Hell's Kitchen. It was my favorite shithole, and one of his, too. He described Siberia as "a place I often end up at the butt end of an evening," and I encountered him on many late nights, playing Velvet Underground songs on the jukebox or chatting with the owner, Tracy, while nursing a beer. He wasn't unfriendly, exactly, but he wasn't gregarious, either.For his 50th birthday in June, 2006, Bourdain'
  
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• Peggy Gou Teams Up With the UN Women's HeForShe Initiative, Debuts 'Shero': Exclusive

  08-06-2018 19:30
  
  Just as people in this world have far more in common than they have differences, so too are men and women as capable and ambitious as the...
  
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• Ballet Dancer, Drag Queen, Singer & Podcaster: Inside James Whiteside's Fearless, Authentic Life

  08-06-2018 19:22
  
  Star performers never seem to trudge into work, and yet it is an instrumental sample of JbDubs' "I Hate My Job," the electronic pop...
  
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• After Her 'Drag Race' Elimination, Miz Cracker Gets Real About Asia O'Hara's Critique, the Fans & More

  08-06-2018 19:22
  
  On Thursday night’s (June 7) episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race, the five remaining queens were tasked with what may have been the show’...
  
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• Post Malone's 'Beerbongs' Boasts Most Weeks at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums in 2018

  08-06-2018 19:18
  
  As Post Malone’s beerbongs & bentleys spends its fifth week at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart (dated June 9), it...
  
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• Black Thought Makes His Solo Debut With 'Streams of Thought Vol. 1'

  08-06-2018 19:18 via rollingstone.com
  It's remarkable that – after nearly 25 years in the music industry – this EP is Black Thought's first solo project. (He planned the solo debut Masterpiece Theater in 2000, but it was eventually absorbed into The Roots' 2002 Phrenology.) Musically, 9th Wonder and the Soul Council's production is spare and subtle, with tracks like "Making a Murderer" notable mostly for their hard, totemic percussive notes. That leaves the focus on Black Thought's words.True to the title, he doesn't off
  
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• Review: Ne-Yo Can't Solve the Mid-Career R&B Riddle On 'Good Man'

  08-06-2018 19:11 via rollingstone.com
  American R&B veterans hoping to reach a mainstream audience face a brutal slog. Rap dominates the market, reducing any singer's chance of landing a hit. And within R&B, the landscape is harshly segmented by age – any singers above 30 not named Beyonce are automatically shunted to Urban Adult Contemporary radio, curtailing their audience.This puts an artist like Ne-Yo, 36 and now on his seventh stuidio album, in a dangerous position. When he debuted over a decade ago, the singer tur
  
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• K-Pop Boy Band ACE Shifts Directions With 'Take Me Higher' Video: Watch

  08-06-2018 19:08
  
  Just over a year since releasing their first single, Korean boy band A.C.E released their debut EP Adventures in Wonderland on Thursday (June 7...
  
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• Industry Vet Michael Mauldin on Why 'It's Time to Bring Back the Black Music Association'

  08-06-2018 19:05
  
  When Black Music Month came to fruition in 1979, so did an organization called the Black Music Association, dedicated to preserving the music’s...
  
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• Watch Julia Michaels' Foggy 'Jump' Video With Trippie Redd

  08-06-2018 19:02 via rollingstone.com
  Julia Michaels released a hazy video for "Jump," her collaborative track with rapper-singer Trippie Redd. Throughout the clip, the duo film themselves with camcorders and dance around a car late during a foggy night. "Jump" is the lead single from Michaels' upcoming debut album, which follows her 2017 EP, Nervous System. The vocalist – who recently performed a Late Late Show duet of Shawn Mendes' "Like to Be You" – has appeared on several genre-spanning singles this year, includ
  
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• Viva Friday: Listen to Ozuna & Tory Lanez's 'Pa Mi', Shakira & Maluma's 'Clandestino' and More

  08-06-2018 19:00
  
  Viva Friday! The best new songs of the week have arrived. This week, Shakira and Maluma surprised fans with a new collab called “...
  
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• Meet the Tony Nominee: LaChanze on Bringing Donna Summer to Life

  08-06-2018 19:00
  
  As LaChanze began researching Donna Summer for her role in Broadway’s Summer: The Donna Summer Musical, she was surprised to learn the...
  
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• Charlie Puth Performs a Tear-Jerking Cover of Shawn Mendes' 'In My Blood': Watch

  08-06-2018 18:55
  
  Shawn Mendes has been breeding all of the feels with "In My Blood" since it dropped back in March. As if one heartthrob performing the...
  
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• Discount Tickets For the 2018 Tony Awards Will Be Available For Students

  08-06-2018 18:51
  
  The Tony Awards will be offering a limited number of tickets for the 2018 ceremony to students for $106, with the deal limited to 2 tickets per...
  
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• How 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Sounds Come to Life

  08-06-2018 18:46
  
  “I still resent you for making me put a microphone on a trash can!” jokes SpongeBob SquarePants sound designer Walter Trarbach to his...
  
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• What We Know About Kelly Clarkson's Thyroid Issue

  08-06-2018 18:40
  
  After a recent noticeable weight loss, Kelly Clarkson opened up about the health issues that she'd been struggling with and how she overcame them...
  
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• Fox Sports Picks Up Common-Produced Boxing Doc 'They Fight'

  08-06-2018 18:33
  
  Fox Sports Films has acquired the North American rights to boxing documentary They Fight.
  Common and his Freedom Road Productions are...
  
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• Country Musician Steve Moakler Reveals His New Album 'Born Ready' Was Inspired By Life on the Road

  08-06-2018 18:31
  
  Acclaimed singer-songwriter Steve Moakler was making a name for himself as a tunesmith around Music City, writing cuts for Ashley Monroe and...
  
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• 070 Shake on Working With Pusha-T, Kanye West's Tweets, and How Music Helps Her With Depression

  08-06-2018 18:16
  
  20-year-old New Jersey rapper 070 Shake inked her deal with G.O.O.D. Music in 2016, but the newcomer is enjoying a breakout moment thanks...
  
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• Stream Jorja Smith's Debut Album 'Lost & Found'

  08-06-2018 18:13
  
  Jorja Smith drops off her highly anticipated debut album, Lost & Found, on Friday (June 8). The 20-year-old looks to build off the momentum from...
  
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• The Beach Boys Reflect on Their Royal Philharmonic Collaboration: 'It's Like a Punctuation Mark on an Entire Career'

  08-06-2018 18:00
  
  The Beach Boys’ Bruce Johnston remembers his first brushes with classical music: sticky August days in Los Angeles, watching the orchestra at...
  
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