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• Neil Young to release 50th anniversary reissue of ‘After the Gold Rush’

  29-02-2020 23:13 via nme.com
  
  Neil Young‘s ‘After the Gold Rush’ turns 50 later this year, and to celebrate the milestone the singer-songwriter is planning a deluxe reissue of the classic album.
  Read more: Neil Young and Crazy Horse – ‘Colorado’ review: loved-up ballads and doomsday reckoning
  According to a new post on the Neil Young Archives, a 50th anniversary edition of the album, which was originally released on September 19, 1970, is going to be released on Reprise Records.
  While
  
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• Juicy J Blasts Columbia Records With Scathing Diss Track: Listen

  29-02-2020 22:38
  
  Juicy J is leaving nothing open to interpretation with “F-k Columbia Records,” a diss track that directly attacks his label and its executives.
  Early Saturday morning (Feb. 29), the rapper shared the track and a few choice words about it on social media. In addition to posting a video of him dancing along to the song on Instagram, he took to Twitter to repeatedly call out Columbia and say that “they treat me like backwash” in spite of the two decades he’s spent on t
  
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• Juicy J Apologizes Following Columbia Records-Aimed Diss Track

  29-02-2020 22:38
  
  Update: Juicy J is walking back his “F-k Columbia Records” diss track hours after sharing the song and several social media posts attacking the label.
  He posted an apology on Saturday (Feb. 29) and promptly deleted evidence of the song from Soundcloud, Twitter and Instagram. View this post on InstagramSpoke to @columbiarecords We are all good!
  A post shared byJuicy J (@juicyj) on Feb 29, 2020 at 3:00pm PSTEarly Saturday morning, the rapper shared the track and a video of him dancing
  
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• Mariah Carey & JoJo Sing ‘Everything Fades Away’ Backstage in Las Vegas: Watch

  29-02-2020 21:39
  
  Mariah Carey and JoJo teamed up for a special backstage moment at Carey’s Las Vegas performance Friday night (Feb. 28).
  Carey, who is currently in the midst of her The Butterfly Returns residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace, shared a video on Instagram of herself with “special guest” JoJo and others singing the background vocals of her 1993 song “Everything Fades Away.” Watch below.
  “Everything Fades Away Just the background vocals! With special guest,
  
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• Juicy J Blasts His Record Label on Diss Track ‘Fuk Columbia Records’

  29-02-2020 21:30 via rollingstone.com
  
  Three 6 Mafia rapper's slam features sample of Prince's 2000 Soul Train Awards speech
  
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• BTS top UK album chart for second time with ‘Map of the Soul: 7’

  29-02-2020 20:39 via nme.com
  
  BTS have topped the UK album chart for a second time with their latest release, ‘Map of the Soul: 7’.
  Read more: BTS – ‘Map Of The Soul: 7’: Korea’s global heavyweights come of age and survey their already enormous legacy
  The K-pop band’s second UK Number One follows last summer’s ‘Map of the Soul: Persona’, which saw them become the first Korean act to land on top of the Official Albums Chart.
  Opening with 38,000 chart sales in its fir
  
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• Meet FAITH, the Next-Gen Band Symbolizing J-Pop’s Expanding Diversity

  29-02-2020 20:38
  
  FAITH is a five-member up-and-coming J-pop band whose latest track, “Party All Night,” has been getting huge airplay.
  The two female and three male members members — Akari Dritschler (vocals), Toko Arai (bass), Ray Kastnar (guitar), Rei Yajima (guitar), and Luca Melancon (drums) — are all 19 years old going on 20 this year, consisting of childhood friends and their friends from Ina City in Nagano, Japan. Three of the members have mixed heritages with half-Japanese an
  
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• Flavor Flav calls out Bernie Sanders for using Public Enemy name for campaign rally

  29-02-2020 20:12 via nme.com
  
  Flavor Flav has called out Senator Bernie Sanders after it was announced Public Enemy would be performing at a rally for the presidential hopeful this weekend.
  Read more: Public Enemy’s Chuck D: “When we first came to the UK, we wanted to spill blood on the stage.”
  The performance is due to take place at a rally on Sunday (March 1) in Los Angeles ahead of Super Tuesday, but not everyone in the legendary group is on board.
  According to a cease and desist letter (obtained by
  
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• Japan’s Survive Said The Prophet Kicks Off ‘Inside Your Head’ Tour in Tokyo

  29-02-2020 20:04
  
  Japanese band Survive Said The Prophet kicked off its 22-concert domestic tour promoting its latest album, Inside Your Head, on Friday (Feb. 21) at the Liquidroom in Tokyo.
  As the Japanese entertainment industry grapples with the conundrum of whether or not to go ahead with scheduled concerts and tours as reported cases of the new coronavirus spreads, frontman Yosh shared his thoughts on green-lighting the tour while taking necessary precautions and thanked fans for coming.
  “Welcome to the
  
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• Japan’s SCANDAL Talk New Label & Album, Being ‘All-Girl Band’: Interview

  29-02-2020 19:33
  
  The all-female Japanese rock band SCANDAL released their ninth studio album, Kiss from the darkness, earlier in February, the first set recorded under their own private label established under Victor Entertainment, a long-standing rock label in Japan.
  The four-member band was formed in 2006 in Osaka and debuted two years later. They founded their new label, called “her,” in 2018 on their 10th anniversary, and share that recording the new album in their new en
  
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• Rhonda Vincent to Become Next Member of Grand Ole Opry

  29-02-2020 19:04 via rollingstone.com
  
  Grammy-winning bluegrass singer will be inducted in March 24th ceremony
  
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• 6 Reasons Why Hall & Oates’ Summer Tour is a Must-See

  29-02-2020 18:49
  
  This May, Daryl Hall & John Oates will kick off a lengthy summer tour that will hit 32 cities around North America. Three months prior, the legendary duo played a sold-out show at New York’s Madison Square Garden Friday night (Feb. 28), previewing their summer set and proving that even nearly 50 years into their career, Hall & Oates still puts on a can’t-miss show.
  Though Hall & Oates will be playing mostly amphitheaters throughout their tour, Madison Square Garden was a
  
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• Tom Steyer Dances With Juvenile to ‘Back That Thang Up’ at South Carolina Rally: Watch

  29-02-2020 18:27
  
  Tom Steyer is hoping to dance his way to the Oval Office.
  On Friday night (Feb. 28), a day before the South Carolina primary, the billionaire democratic presidential candidate was seen busting a move alongside rapper Juvenile during a rally at Columbia’s Allen University, a historically black college.
  Steyer and his wife, Kat Taylor, went viral on social media after video surfaced of them dancing with Juvenile to the rapper’s 1999 hit “Back That Thang Up,” the radio-frien
  
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• Solange Tearfully Accepts First-Ever Lena Horne Prize at Uplifting Ceremony in NYC

  29-02-2020 17:48
  
  On Friday night (Feb 28) in midtown Manhattan, Solange Knowles was in attendance to accept the Town Hall’s inaugural Lena Horne Prize for Artists Creating Social Impact.
  Grammy winner Angelique Kidjo set the tone for the evening an hour before the event began. “I was the last girl in a family of 10 kids,” she started. “We, women, as mothers, we’re the future of the planet. I grew up seeing that women in a community are powerful. I’ve seen men walk into a house
  
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• Watch Tom Steyer Dance to Juvenile’s ‘Back That Azz Up’ Performance at South Carolina Rally

  29-02-2020 16:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  Democratic hopeful showcases dance moves ahead of Saturday's primary
  
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• Matty Healy will 'never' put out a record he's 'not happy with'

  29-02-2020 16:10 via music-news.com
  
  The 1975 frontman announced in January that the group's fourth album 'Notes on a Conditional Form' had been delayed and won't be
  
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• Bad Bunny Does What He Wants, And We’re Here For It: The Latin Superstar Talks New Album ‘YHLQMDLG’

  29-02-2020 16:08
  
  “Right now, I’m in my happiest moment of my career,” Bad Bunny tells Billboard host Neja Joy during an interview in New York.
  The Latin superstar — who, along with Ozuna, leads this year’s list of finalists for the 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards — on Saturday (Feb. 29) released his highly anticipated new album YHLQMDLG, an acronym that stands for “yo hago lo que me da la gana” (I do whatever I want).
  And that he does.
  Born Benito Anton
  
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• Song You Need to Know: Lila Drew, ‘Locket’

  29-02-2020 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  The 19-year-old singer-songwriter is currently working on her debut album
  
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• Harry Styles likens working with Stevie Nicks to “an out-of-body experience”

  29-02-2020 15:52 via nme.com
  
  Harry Styles has discussed his working relationship with Stevie Nicks, describing the time they’ve spent together as “an out-of-body experience”.
  The One Direction and Fleetwood Mac members have shared the stage for a handful of collaborations in recent years, first linking up at a Styles gig in Los Angeles in 2017.Read more: From Orville Peck to Swim Deep: get to know Harry Styles’ outrageously great tour supportsSpeaking to NPR, Styles said: “‘Dreams’
  
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• Lizzo 'celebrates' everyone she works with

  29-02-2020 15:22 via music-news.com
  
  The 'Good as Hell' hitmaker has been praised by one of her backing dancers for her positive and encouraging attitude to all of those around her.
  
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• See A Boogie Wit da Hoodie Perform ‘Me and My Guitar’ With H.E.R. on ‘Fallon’

  29-02-2020 15:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  Bronx rapper recruits Grammy-nominated singer for fiery rendition of Artist 2.0 track
  
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• Watch Dave play his “only UK show of 2020” in secret gig at new London venue

  29-02-2020 13:44 via nme.com
  
  Dave played his “only UK show of 2020” at new London venue Lafayette last night – watch footage from the show below.
  The rapper, who won the Brit Award for Best British Album last week, played the hour-long secret show as part of Apple Music’s Agenda Live series, and was joined by Ms Banks.
  Lafayette, based in Kings Cross, is the new venture of Mumford & Sons keyboardist Ben Lovett. It opens officially next Wednesday (March 4) with a show from Grouplove, and will host
  
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• Hailey and Justin Bieber rekindled relationship after he saw her open a bottle with her teeth

  29-02-2020 13:13 via music-news.com
  
  The pair originally dated briefly in 2015 and Hailey, 23, revealed that after Justin watched her complete her party trick on 'The Tonight
  
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• Meghan Trainor loves being able to connect with her fans on social media

  29-02-2020 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  The 'All About that Bass' hitmaker admitted it feels "powerful and important" to have a direct means of speaking to people and hopes she can bring some positivity into their lives.
  
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• Dave is helping Wes Nelson launch his music career

  29-02-2020 13:02 via music-news.com
  
  The BRIT award winner - who picked up Album Of The Year for 'Psychodrama' - has reportedly joined forces with former 'Love Island' contestant Wes in a bid to help the reality TV star fulfil his music dreams.
  
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• Listen to Bad Bunny’s surprise new album ‘YHLQMDLG’

  29-02-2020 12:55 via nme.com
  
  Bad Bunny has released his new album ‘YHLQMDLG’ – listen to it below.
  The 20-track record, released late last night (February 28) was only announced on Thursday (27th), when the Puerto Rican singer appeared on Jimmy Fallon’s late night US tv show.
  ‘YHLQMDLG’ stands for “Yo Hago Lo Que Me Da La Gana”, which translates to “I do what I want to do”. It follows Bad Bunny’s 2019 debut solo album ‘X 100PRE’ and features colla
  
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• Jessie Reyez to support Billie Eilish on 2020 ‘Where Do We Go?’ world tour

  29-02-2020 12:26 via nme.com
  
  Billie Eilish has announced details of the support act for her 2020 ‘Where Do We Go?’ world tour.
  Opening up shows in the USA and Europe on the tour will be the Grammy-nominated Colombian-Canadian Jessie Reyez.Read more: Jessie Reyez talks pop triumph ‘Phone Calls’ and being “a fan of leaving people hungry”The dates begin in Miami next month (March 9), and come ahead of the release of Reyez’s debut album ‘Before Love Came to Kill Us’ on March
  
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• Normani addresses Camila Cabello racism controversy for first time

  29-02-2020 12:00 via music-news.com
  
  Camila has previously apologised for the old racist posts.
  
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• A new sea creature has been named after Metallica: “Now that’s one metal crustacean!”

  29-02-2020 11:03 via nme.com
  
  A new deep-sea creature has been named after Metallica, the band have announced.
  The Macrostylis metallicola is a worm-like creature that lives in the Clarion Clipperton Zone off the coast of Hawaii, at depths where the pressure is 400 times greater than that of the earth’s atmosphere.
  According to doctors Torben Riehl and Bart De Smet, who discovered the new creature, named it after the band due to specific details of their habitat.
  “We’ve played on all seven continents, made
  
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• A new sea creature has been named after Metallica

  29-02-2020 11:03 via nme.com
  
  A new deep-sea creature has been named after Metallica, the band have announced.
  The Macrostylis metallicola is a worm-like creature that lives in the Clarion Clipperton Zone off the coast of Hawaii, at depths where the pressure is 400 times greater than that of the earth’s atmosphere.
  According to doctors Torben Riehl and Bart De Smet, who discovered the new creature, named it after the band due to specific details of their habitat.
  “We’ve played on all seven continents, made
  
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• Harry Styles wishes he wrote Lizzo's 'Good As Hell'

  29-02-2020 11:01 via music-news.com
  
  The 'Adore You' singer is a huge fan of Lizzo and the pair recently performed together at a pre-Super Bowl gig in Miami but
  
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• Liam Gallagher says “greedy” Noel won’t be able to turn down Oasis reunion offer

  29-02-2020 11:00 via nme.com
  
  Liam Gallagher has said that an Oasis reunion is an inevitability because his brother Noel is “greedy” and won’t be able to continue turning down offers.
  His bold comments come after Noel was forced to deny Liam’s claim that he had turned down a staggering £100m offer for an Oasis reunion tour.
  “To whoever might be arsed: I am not aware of any offer from anybody for any amount of money to reform the legendary Mancunian Rock’n’Roll group O
  
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• Hear The National’s Matt Berninger cover Mercury Rev’s ‘Holes’ for Planned Parenthood

  29-02-2020 10:45 via nme.com
  
  The National frontman Matt Berninger has shared a new cover of Mercury Rev track ‘Holes’.
  The song comes as part of the 7 Inches For Planned Parenthood charity single series, which began in 2017 with contributions from Foo Fighters, St Vincent and Bon Iver and more.Read more: The National’s Matt Berninger: “I’m writing so much – I’m like Bradley Cooper in ‘Limitless’”Berninger originally played the 1998 song live at a Tib
  
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• Prince Harry and Bon Jovi record charity song together at Abbey Road

  29-02-2020 09:53 via nme.com
  
  Prince Harry headed into Abbey Road Studios yesterday (February 28) to record a charity single with Jon Bon Jovi.
  The recording of the single was one of the Prince’s final royal duties after he and wife Meghan Markle announced their recent plan to step back from service.
  Harry and Bon Jovi recorded a cover of the latter’s 2019 track ‘Unbroken’ for Harry’s Invictus Games foundation, a global sports event for injured ex-servicemen.View this post on InstagramI said I&r
  
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• Lizzo hit with countersuit over Truth Hurts credits

  29-02-2020 07:45 via music-news.com
  
  She had previously agreed to extend a credit for the song to Mina Lioness, the singer who originally came up with the "DNA test" line in a 2017 tweet.
  
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• Adam Levine apologises for 'unprofessional' Chilean festival set

  29-02-2020 07:45 via music-news.com
  
  The rocker went on to insist the group's Friday night show in Santiago would be the best of their South American tour to date.
  
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• Bad Bunny Has Dropped New Album, ‘YHLQMDLG‘

  29-02-2020 05:54 via rollingstone.com
  
  Puerto Rican superstar continues winning streak with sophomore solo LP
  
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• Halsey optimistic about starting family

  29-02-2020 05:30 via music-news.com
  
  Halsey opened about suffering from miscarriages.
  
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• Metallica Inspires Name of Newly Discovered Deep-Sea Crustacean

  29-02-2020 03:56
  
  A newly discovered deep-sea crustacean, a small worm-looking species that grows up to 6.5 millimeters, got its name from none other than Metallica.
  That’s right, the rock band was the inspiration behind Macrostylis metallicola, which inhabits the Clarion Clipperton Zone, a submarine region between Hawaii and Mexico. Drs. Torben Riehl and Bart De Smet discovered the species, and named it after the iconic rock band to honor the group, and also as a nod to the polymetallic nodules t
  
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• Flavor Flav Blasts Bernie Sanders LA Rally: ‘There Is No Public Enemy Without Flavor Flav’

  29-02-2020 03:49
  
  As it turns out, Flavor Flav isn’t Feeling the Bern.
  With Public Enemy slated to perform at a Bernie Sanders rally on Sunday in Los Angeles, a founding member of the legendary hip-hop group (a.k.a. William Drayton) is accusing the Vermont senator of misappropriating his likeness and promoting “a false narrative” that the group has endorsed his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
  “We have become aware that Flavor’s bandmate and Public Enemy co-creato
  
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• Swae Lee Unveils New Single ‘Someone Said’

  29-02-2020 03:25
  
  After much anticipation from fans, Swae Lee dropped his new single “Someone Said” on Friday (Feb. 28).
  “I hope you forgive me just for sinnin’ / I just talk shh you can meet me there / Someone said that you wont spend it / I’m the s— just to be specific,” the Rae Sremmurd rapper flows on the high-energy, indulgent tune.The tune is the Grammy nominee’s first solo since 2019’s “Sextasy.” In celebration of the “Someone Said&rdq
  
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• Harry Styles Reveals the Lizzo Song He Wishes He Wrote & Plays 1D at Secret NYC Show

  29-02-2020 02:59
  
  The super secret location of Harry Styles’ Friday evening (Feb. 28) SiriusXM x Pandora show wasn’t revealed until the morning of, but once fans arrived at the address given — 66 N. 6th St. — it was right there on the marquee: Harry Styles was playing the 650-person capacity Music Hall of Williamsburg.
  For Styles, who played a Fine Line release show at Los Angeles’ 17,505-person capacity The Forum and will soon kick off his world arena tour, this intimate of a s
  
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• Amid the Coronavirus Spread, Diplo Has the Travel Tips You Need

  29-02-2020 02:50
  
  As the coronavirus continues to spread, people are taking extra precaution to keep themselves safe, especially when it comes to traveling.
  Leave it to Diplo to troll such a serious situation, as the DJ took to Instagram on Friday (Feb. 28) to share his “travel tips.” The video shows Diplo in first class, en route to Mexico, face mask on, and wiping every surface within reaching distance with a disinfecting wet wipe.“Not today corona virus,” he wrote across the video, as h
  
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• Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino Downplays Coronavirus Concerns: ‘The Fan Will Show Up’

  29-02-2020 02:44
  
  While expecting some coronavirus “hot spots” and concert cancellations, Live Nation is “cautious” yet “optimistic” the pandemic will not leave a lasting mark on the global concert promoter and ticketer, CEO Michael Rapino said during Thursday’s earnings call for its record $11.5 billion 2019 results.
  To be sure, the concert business will be affected by the fast-spreading COVID-19 to some degree. The question is how many concerts will be affected and
  
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• Jessie Reyez to Join Billie Eilish on ‘Where Do We Go?’ World Tour

  29-02-2020 01:56
  
  Billie Eilish is heading out on her Where Do We Go? sold-out world tour this spring, and she’s bringing Jessie Reyez along as the supporting act.
  The Colombian-Canadian singer-songwriter will join Eilish in the U.S. starting March 9 in Miami and stretch through April 8 in Sacramento, California. The songstress will then perform at Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, before meeting up with the “bad guy” singer again in July for a UK and European run.See the dates here.
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• BTS Fans Inspired to Donate Concert Ticket Refunds to Coronavirus Relief

  29-02-2020 01:28
  
  BTS’ scheduled tour dates in their native South Korea have been canceled due to concern over the global coronavirus outbreak, and some of their fans are helping with relief.
  Following the news of the cancellation of the April concerts, the BTS A.R.M.Y. fans who had snagged a ticket for the sold-out shows began a movement to use their refunds to instead donate to help with relief and prevention efforts.
  Local media in Korea reported that the Hope Bridge Korea Disaster Relief Assoc
  
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• Finally! Roddy Ricch Drops a Video for ‘The Box’

  29-02-2020 01:15
  
  Roddy Ricch finally unveiled his video for his smash hit, “The Box,” on Friday (Feb. 28). And, yes, there are boxes.
  The clip sees Roddy killing it at life, scaling buildings, winning car races, lounging in the pool, slam dunking basketballs and more. The constant success is much like the sensation of the song itself, which has been ruling the Hot 100 for the sixth week.“The Box” fittingly ends with the rapper in a box factory, and ultimately in a museum box. Watch it bel
  
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• A$AP Rocky, Lil Uzi Vert, Playboi Carti to Headline JMBLYA Festival

  29-02-2020 01:09
  
  ScoreMore Shows has unveiled the full music lineup for its flagship JMBLYA music festival, which is returning to Texas this May for its eighth consecutive year.
  This year’s event includes Grammy-nominated rapper A$AP Rocky, who continues to perform in support of his 2018 album, Testing, and is widely known as the original co-founder of the A$AP Mob collective. Joining A$AP on the 2020 lineup is Philadelphia-born rapper Lil Uzi Vert, whose latest hit single “Futsal Shuffle 2
  
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• Lil Baby Releases ‘My Turn’ Album, Drops ‘Heatin’ Up’ Video With Gunna

  29-02-2020 01:07
  
  Lil Baby’s sophomore project My Turn arrived Friday (Feb. 28), and Gunna takes another turn spitting bars with his frequent collaborator and mentee on the album’s second track and accompanying visual “Heatin’ Up,” which also premiered Friday.
  My Turn continues to tell the tale of the modern hip-hop star with veteran guest artists like Future, Lil Wayne and Young Thug, ATL’s supreme maker of hitmakers. Both of his prodigies, who’v
  
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• Demi Lovato is 'fully supportive' of ex Wilmer Valderrama following his engagement

  29-02-2020 00:58 via music-news.com
  
  Demi Lovato 'fully supportive' of her ex-boyfriend following his engagement to Amanda Pacheco
  
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