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• Tekashi 6ix9ine reportedly to be released from prison in August

  09-03-2020 23:44 via nme.com
  
  Tekashi 6ix9ine will be released from prison in August 2020, according to reports.
  The rapper was originally facing 37 years to life in jail for federal racketeering charges. But he had his sentence reduced to two years behind bars and five years of supervised probation when he co-operated with authorities on a case involving the Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods gang.
  According to the Bureau Of Prisons Inmate Locator, the star – whose real name is Daniel Hernandez – will be released on Augus
  
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• Spotify Plucks 36 Artists for Its Global Emerging Artist Program, ‘Radar’

  09-03-2020 23:32 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Spotify announced today that its updated global emerging-artist program, now called RADAR, has signed 36 new artists. As with Spotify’s previous efforts to promote up-and-coming acts, RADAR will center on a playlist (entitled “On Our RADAR” in America) that’s comprised mainly of the involved artists’ songs. RADAR will be tailored to the listening habits of […]The post Spotify Plucks 36 Artists for Its Global Emerging Artist Program, ‘Radar’ appear
  
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• Disclosure Will Play a Run of Intimate U.S. Club Shows This April

  09-03-2020 23:31
  
  Disclosure has some of North America’s biggest music festivals on their spring tour schedule, with stops at Coachella and III Points both impending for the Lawrence brothers.
  Today (March 9), the duo also added a five-show run of intimate club sets to the calendar, with dates in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Detroit, Chicago and Brooklyn filling out their schedule for April. Tickets for these club shows go on sale on Wednesday, March 11 at 10:00 a.m. local time. See Disclosure’s comple
  
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• From His Pizza Obsession to Singing Merengue, Watch Bad Bunny Decode Some of His Tweets

  09-03-2020 23:28
  
  While making the rounds with his sophomore album YHLQMDLG released on Leap Day, Bad Bunny also took the time to decode some of his famous tweets.
  In a video titled #BehindTheTweets with Bad Bunny, the Puerto Rican stopped by the Twitter offices to reveal the story behind some of his online messages written in Spanish as @SanBenito.
  The “Ignorantes” singer once tweeted about wearing seat belts because it feels as if he was being hugged. In the YouTube video, he further explained that
  
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• Jimmy Eat World Announce Summer Tour Dates: See the List

  09-03-2020 23:22
  
  Jimmy Eat World is set to tour this summer for their 20-date Criminal Energy tour. Starting on Aug. 6, the alt rock band will play their first show in Atlanta and will wrap up on Sept. 5 in Phoenix. 
  The tour will feature supporting acts from The Front Bottoms, Turnover, and Joyce Manor. General admission tickets go on sale Friday (March 13). More information about the tour and tickets can be found here. 
  Before embarking on their Criminal Energy tour, Jimmy Eat World will also be head
  
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• Deadmau5 announces new Cube V3 UK headline show

  09-03-2020 23:15 via nme.com
  
  Deadmau5 has announced a new UK show set to take place this summer.
  The producer and DJ will return to the country in June, bringing his big mouse head to the capital.
  Deadmau5’s Cube V3 show will call at London’s O2 Academy Brixton on June 26. The night promises to be more than your usual performance by the producer, featuring a display of lights, sounds and graphics running on code written by Deadmau5 himself.
  A video posted on Deadmau5’s Twitter page gives fans a preview of
  
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• Live Nation Stock Tanking Amidst Cancelled Concerts & Festivals

  09-03-2020 23:03 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Although Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino downplayed the probable impact of the coronavirus (COVID-19) on business operations just last week, the concert-promotion company’s stock value tumbled today as event cancellations—and refund requests—continued to accumulate. Live Nation, traded under the symbol LYV, closed at $52.99 per share on Friday. At the end of today’s trading window, the […]The post Live Nation Stock Tanking Amidst Cancelled Concerts & Festiv
  
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• A Roundup of Celebrities Who Have Done the ‘Flip the Switch’ Challenge (So Far)

  09-03-2020 22:43
  
  The latest trend to hit TikTok is the #FlipTheSwitch challenge, in which users create videos flipping their light switches to the tune of Drake’s 2018 single “Nonstop.”
  When Drizzy raps “I just flip the switch,” TikTokers dance, swap clothes, or go wild upon literally flipping the switch.
  A number of celebrities have gotten in on the trend, from Jennifer Lopez to Camila Cabello, creating hilarious videos on the social media platform. See all the celebs who have &ldq
  
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• Watch James Blake cover Billie Eilish’s ‘When The Party’s Over’

  09-03-2020 22:38 via nme.com
  James Blake has shared a piano cover of Billie Eilish’s ‘When The Party’s Over’ – scroll down the page to watch it now.Read more: Billie Eilish – Album Of The Year: 2019 was hersThe musician posted a video of him playing the song, which featured on Eilish’s hit debut album ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’, earlier today (March 9).
  “Hiiii, haven’t had access to my piano recently but  @steinwayandsons sent me one
  
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• A Timeline of Lil Uzi Vert’s Rocky Road to ‘Eternal Atake’

  09-03-2020 22:38
  
  It’s been a long and winding road, but Lil Uzi Vert finally released his much-delayed Eternal Atake album on Friday. The project hit streaming services without any notice from Uzi, as fans expected EA to drop this week instead.
  The 25-year-old has been deeply entrenched in a label dispute with Generation Now/Atlantic Records that dates back to 2016 after signing a deal with DJ Drama and Don Cannon’s imprint in 2015. As time wore on, Uzi publicly voiced his frustrations in a more comb
  
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• Haim Touring Delis in Honor of First-Ever Show

  09-03-2020 22:34 via rollingstone.com
  
  Trio will play five shows in delis across the U.S.
  
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• ‘Ignatius’ Is the Jadakiss Album the Rapper’s Late Best Friend Always Wanted

  09-03-2020 22:32
  
  Imagine meeting someone and getting so close to them that they become your best friend. Now think about that same person being on the verge of death and you didn’t even know because that person wanted to keep it a secret from you. This was the case for Jadakiss when he lost his best friend and manager, Ignatius Maurice “Icepick Jay” Jackson, to colon cancer in June 2017. 
  “I lost my partner and a big part of my everyday movement as far as my career goes,” says
  
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• Tekashi 6ix9ine Will Walk Free in August 2020

  09-03-2020 22:29 via rollingstone.com
  
  Following the rapper's sentence reduction, Daniel Hernandez will be released August 2nd
  
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• Eminem Enlists Dr. Dre & Mike Tyson, Pays Tribute to Juice WRLD in Trippy ‘Godzilla’ Video

  09-03-2020 22:24
  
  Eminem thinks he’s invincible in his monstrous video for “Godzilla” that he released Monday (March 9), but he’s quickly proven wrong.
  The music video, directed by Lyrical Lemonade’s Cole Bennett, starts off in a Costco-resembling supermarket where the Music to Be Murdered By artist brings his first lyric — “I can swallow a bottle of alcohol and I’ll feel like Godzilla” — to life. The drunk rapper mozzies around the store
  
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• The Ten Best Moments of Okeechobee Music Festival 2020

  09-03-2020 22:09
  
  After taking 2019 off, Okeechobee Music Festival returned this past weekend (Mar. 5-8) in Sunshine Grove, Fla. For the first time in the festival’s history, Okeechobee was co-produced by Insomniac Events, the Los Angeles-based company backed by Live Nation and at the helm of worldwide dance festivals including Electric Daisy Carnival Las Vegas and Michigan’s Electric Forest. It was thus hardly surprising that this year’s lineup leaned heavily on dance acts, which came in additi
  
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• Foals share new hand-washing PSA video for ‘Wash Off’

  09-03-2020 22:07 via nme.com
  
  Foals have shared a new video for ‘Everything Not Saved Will Be Lost’ album track ‘Wash Off’, which features a timely reminder on the best way to wash your hands.
  The ‘Wash Off PSA’ video consists simply of someone following standard medical procedure for hand-washing, played on a loop to Foals’ track, with lyrics appearing at the foot of the screen.
  You can take a look at the video below, which is released as the music industry begins to feel the effect
  
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• Kiss Cancel Meet-and-Greets Amid Coronavirus Worries

  09-03-2020 22:05 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band's End of the Road Tour will carry on otherwise
  
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• Watch Camila Cabello ‘Flip the Switch’ With Her Choreographer

  09-03-2020 21:57
  
  Camila Cabello is the latest to hop on the fun new #FlipTheSwitch TikTok challenge, and called on her choreographer to join her.
  In a hilarious clip uploaded to the songstress’ TikTok and Instagram accounts, she’s seen dancing in a crop top, leggings, high ponytail and red sunglasses while Calvit Jr. is next to her in a tracksuit and red beanie. At the drop of Drake’s “Look, I just flip the switch,” the duo turn the lights off, and when they’re on again, the t
  
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• This Is What Happens When You Get Too Close to Jay-Z at a Lakers Game

  09-03-2020 21:53
  
  Jay-Z might have been the biggest star on the Staples Center court Sunday night (March 8) for the Los Angeles Lakers vs. Clippers game, but he didn’t appreciate all the attention.
  Hov brought his daughter Blue Ivy Carter to the courtside action, as Lakers and Clippers players took breaks from warming up to shake hands with the pair. Even fellow rapper 2 Chainz dropped by to say what’s up. Blue Ivy managed to ask LeBron James for a signed basketball after her father refused
  
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• Neil Young endorses Bernie Sanders for US President: “Every point he makes is what I believe in”

  09-03-2020 21:43 via nme.com
  
  Neil Young has written a lengthy post on his website in which he endorses Bernie Sanders for president.Read More: Neil Young and Crazy Horse – ‘Colorado’ review: loved-up ballads and doomsday reckoning“I support Bernie because I listen to what he says,” Young said. “Every point he makes is what I believe in. Every one. In 2016, if Bernie had run instead of Hillary Clinton, I think we would not have the incompetent mess we have now.”
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• Haim announce last minute “deli” tour

  09-03-2020 21:42 via nme.com
  Haim have announced a new run of dates set to take place in delis across the United States.Read more: The Big Read – Haim: “The mantra of this record is all about being fearless”The band will return to their roots with the series of shows, which will take place in New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Denver and Los Angeles.
  “Our first show ever was at canters deli in 2000 so we decided we want to play shows at different delis across America to celebrate our new record,&rdquo
  
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• Drake Makes Fun Of Lil Yachty To His Face In The Wild ‘Oprah’s Bank Account’ Video

  09-03-2020 21:42
  
  Lil Yachty transforms into "Boprah" in his hilarious "Oprah's Bank Account" featuring Drake and DaBaby.
  
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• See Kirk Hammett’s ‘Wah Off’ With Beehived Guitarist Mrs. Smith

  09-03-2020 21:40 via rollingstone.com
  
  Metallica guitarist and comic actor-guitarist duel Cry Babys over "Theme From Shaft" with surprising results
  
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• These 10 Coronavirus Songs Bring Some Levity to the Global Panic

  09-03-2020 21:39
  
  Sometimes when things get the darkest, you just have to have a good morbid laugh. As researchers and governments across the globe scramble to find a vaccine for the quickly spreading COVID-19 virus that has killed more than 4,000 people and infected over 114,000 around the world, there are, of course, some nations attempting to avert a potential panic with a bit of levity.
  Specifically, the governments of Vietnam, China and Mexico are among those attempting to take worried citizens’ minds
  
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• Lady Gaga Finally Returned to the Dancefloor & Scored Her Best Chart Debut in Nine Years

  09-03-2020 21:34
  
  Seven years is a long time to wait to put your paws up, but for Little Monsters, the drought has finally ended.
  On this week’s Billboard Hot 100 chart, “Stupid Love,” Lady Gaga’s kinetic new single, blasts in with a No. 5 debut, marking her first top 10 bow on the chart since “Applause” started at No. 6 in 2013. That’s also how long it’s been since Gaga — who shot out of a cannon as an electro-pop provocateur in the late 2000s — has had
  
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• Why Ebenezer Wears His ‘Bad Romantic’ Label Proudly Through ‘His Flaws & All’

  09-03-2020 21:33
  
  Most people might try to hide their flaws, but London-bred Ebenezer flips his imperfections into cathartic bodies of work. After baring his soul with his turbulent life story on 53 Sundays in 2018, Ebenezer returned on Friday (March 6) with the second installment of his Bad Romantic series — a term he’s heard from just about every woman he’s dated.
  It’s not hard to tell that the 28-year-old is inspired by the likes of PARTYNEXTDOOR and Drake with his moody
  
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• Madonna Cancels ‘Madame X’ Shows Due to Coronavirus Concerns

  09-03-2020 21:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Two shows are latest in series of many cancellations and delays
  
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• Nicki Minaj’s Husband Kenneth Petty Registers as Sex Offender in California

  09-03-2020 21:25
  
  As Nicki Minaj’s husband Kenneth Petty faces federal charges for failing to register as a sex offender in California, the 41-year-old is now entered into the California Megan’s Law database.
  Petty can now be found in the database that tracks sex offenders in the state, and likely registered within the past week, according to TMZ who first reported the news and confirmed by Billboard.According to the grand jury indictment, Petty, who was convicted of attempted rape in t
  
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• Eminem, Mike Tyson Star in Video for ‘Godzilla’ Featuring Juice WRLD

  09-03-2020 21:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  Latest visual from Music to Be Murdered By pays tribute to late rapper
  
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• SXSW Businesses Stuck With Massive Food & Drink Stockpiles

  09-03-2020 21:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Austin businesses and professionals are struggling to offload excess food and beverages following SXSW’s cancellation. Last week, Austin officials made the stunning decision to cancel SXSW 2020 over the ongoing coronavirus (COVID-19) epidemic. Now, in a testament to the move’s far-reaching economic consequences, local restaurant operators and business owners are taking steps to recoup some of the […]The post SXSW Businesses Stuck With Massive Food & Drink Stockpi
  
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• Justin Bieber’s ‘Forever’ Video Looks Like An Espionage Thriller

  09-03-2020 21:15
  
  Justin Bieber's new video for 'Forever' follows some dancers wearing ski masks for one hell of a spy thriller.
  
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• Eminem’s new video for ‘Godzilla’ pays tribute to Juice WRLD

  09-03-2020 21:15 via nme.com
  Eminem has paid tribute to Juice WRLD in his new video for ‘Godzilla’ – scroll down to watch it now.Juice WRLD, 1998-2019 – the NME obituaryThe Chicago rapper died on December 8, 2019, after an accidental overdose of oxycodone and codeine.
  Juice WRLD had recorded a guest verse for ‘Godzilla’, which was released as part of Eminem’s surprise album ‘Music To Be Murdered By’ in January. Eminem has now released a video for the track, directed by J
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion is at Her Peak on ‘Suga’

  09-03-2020 21:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Houston rap superstar's new 9-song EP shows off her "sensitive" side and love of Nineties hip-hop and R&B
  
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• RS Charts: Lil Baby, Bad Bunny Surge to Top of Artists 500 Chart

  09-03-2020 20:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  New albums from Atlanta rapper, Puerto Rican singer place them at Numbers One and Three
  
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• Biff Adam, Drummer in Merle Haggard’s Strangers, Dead at 83

  09-03-2020 20:46 via rollingstone.com
  
  Musician joined Haggard's backing band in 1970
  
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• A New Led Zeppelin Court Win Over ‘Stairway to Heaven’ Just Upended a Copyright Precedent

  09-03-2020 20:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  Ninth Circuit Court rejects longstanding copyright precedent known as "inverse ratio rule" in case over Spirit's "Taurus" versus Hall of Fame band
  
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• Watch Slipknot’s Corey Taylor and Shawn Crahans’ sons play their first ever gig as Vended

  09-03-2020 20:40 via nme.com
  
  Corey Taylor‘s son Griffin and Shawn ‘Clown’ Crahan’s son Simon performed their first headline gig with their band Vended last night (March 8).Read More: Slipknot at The O2, London: The masked menaces where they belong – with as many people as possibleThe gig took place at the Vaudeville Mews club in Des Moines, Iowa, the town where their fathers’ band Slipknot were formed.Vended, who follow in Slipknot’s metal footsteps, played a spirited half hour show
  
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• Lip Sync Herstory: 5 Things You Didn’t Know About Robyn’s ‘Call Your Girlfriend’

  09-03-2020 20:35
  
  After seven queens sashayed into the workroom for the premiere episode of RuPaul’s Drag Race season 12, the question that later came to everyone’s mind was how the remaining six queens would compare to their peers.As with the premiere, episode two challenged the queens to work together right off the bat to create and deliver a scene-stealing Fosse-inspired performance on the main stage.
  Milwaukee beauty Jaida Essence Hall and now-disqualified camp queen Sherry Pie excelled despite bu
  
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• What’s Your Favorite Song on Lil Uzi Vert’s ‘Eternal Atake’? Vote!

  09-03-2020 20:26
  
  A song with another viral dance challenge, a Backstreet Boys interpolation, the highly anticipated follow-up to his first top 10 Billboard Hot 100 hit “XO TOUR Llif3,” and more — the 18 featured tracks on Lil Uzi Vert’s sophomore studio album Eternal Atake feel out of this world, but which song blows your mind the most?
  The Philadelphia rapper released “Futsal Shuffle 2020″ at the end of 2019 to give fans a glimpse of the future Lil Uzi created
  
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• Meet The Emerging Designer Outfitting Lady Gaga’s ‘Stupid Love’ Era

  09-03-2020 20:20
  
  When Lady Gaga released the bouncy single "Stupid Love," fans caught a glimpse of the artist they knew from 'The Fame' days. To create pseudo-armor ensembles for the video, Lady Gaga and Nicola Formichetti tapped emerging Brooklyn designer Jackson Wiederhoeft, who created a pink, lace bodysuit with delicate silk bows affixed along its corseted torso, legs, and sleeves.
  
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• See One of Maluma’s Dior Looks for His 11:11 World Tour

  09-03-2020 20:18
  
  Maluma will be dressed in Dior throughout the remaining dates of his 11:11 World Tour.
  Kim Jones, artistic director of Dior men’s collections, adapted pieces from the Summer 2020 collection realized in collaboration with contemporary artist Daniel Arsham for the Colombian superstar to wear on his ongoing trek.
  The outfits reflect the sportswear-meets-couture spirit of the Dior men’s universe and include a bold, standout white organza jacket with saturated and shaded blue pleating. Th
  
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• Drake Has This to Say About Elizabeth Warren’s Viral ‘Flip the Switch’ Challenge

  09-03-2020 20:11
  
  The #FlipTheSwitch Challenge made its Saturday Night Live debut this past weekend when former presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren and SNL star Kate McKinnon teamed up for their comical rendition. Not only did the video go viral, but it also caught the attention of the meme’s originator: Drake. 
  “Wow I need to come home,” Drake commented in response to Warren and McKinnon’s video on SNL’s Instagram, seemingly referring to his repeat stints as host and musica
  
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• Neil Young Endorses Bernie Sanders for President

  09-03-2020 20:07 via rollingstone.com
  
  "In 2016, if Bernie had run instead of Hillary Clinton, I think we would not have the incompetent mess we have now," Young writes
  
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• Pearl Jam Combine Fury and Maturity on ‘Gigaton’

  09-03-2020 20:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  The band’s first album in seven years is an admirable, inspiring example of grown-up grunge.
  
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• Lil Yachty’s New Song With Drake and DaBaby Seems Too Big to Fail

  09-03-2020 20:02 via rollingstone.com
  
  Yachty enlists two heavy hitters for 'Oprah's Bank Account,' the rapper's latest since a run of intriguing guest verses
  
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• Rich the Kid Explains Why He Works So Well With YoungBoy Never Broke Again

  09-03-2020 19:50
  
  Rich the Kid dropped by Billboard’s NYC office Monday (March 9) to give fans a taste of his Bossman album with a live performance, before it drops Friday.
  During his interview, Rich delved into how his friendship with fellow rapper YoungBoy Never Broke Again makes all the difference when they’re cooking in the studio. “You know, it’s just a vibe. When we get in there, it’s just we feed off each other and go right in,” the 27-year-old rapper
  
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• Migos’ Offset Signs With UTA

  09-03-2020 19:50
  
  UTA has signed multi-platinum recording artist Offset for worldwide representation in all areas.
  Offset is a member of Grammy-nominated powerhouse hip hop trio Migos, whose debut solo album Father of 4 hit the No. 4 spot on the Billboard 200 albums chart. Father of 4 includes his hit single “Clout” which he performed with wife Cardi B on Jimmy Kimmel Live, proving to be one of the summer’s biggest television performances.
  Offset has written and performed music for the soun
  
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• Mass Appeal India Signs Rapper Raja Kumari

  09-03-2020 19:42
  
  MUMBAI – Indian-American rapper and singer-songwriter Raja Kumari has signed to Mass Appeal India, the label announced Monday (March 9). Kumari, aka Svetha Rao, is one of India’s biggest hip-hop acts and among the few female English-speaking artists to have made a mark in the genre here.
  The California native follows rapper and frequent collaborator Divine to Mass Appeal India, a partnership between Nas-owned U.S.-based entertainment company Mass Appeal and Universal Music India. Bot
  
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• Watch Metallica’s Kirk Hammett take on Mrs. Smith in a ‘Wah-off’ guitar duel, and lose

  09-03-2020 19:38 via nme.com
  
  Metallica‘s Kirk Hammett has taken on Mrs. Smith, the guitar-wielding alter-ego of comedian David Hanbury, in a ‘wah-off’ guitar battle, and lost.
  Mrs. Smith has been publicly challenging Hammett to a duel after bragging about her skills with the wah pedal last year.
  “I’m the number-one wah-wah abuser,” Smith said in an interview last May.  “I abuse the wah more than Kirk Hammett and I’ve challenged him multiple times to a wah-off. Why are you
  
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• Madonna Cancels Final Madame X Shows Over Coronavirus Restrictions

  09-03-2020 19:32
  
  Madonna’s Madame X Tour has come to an abrupt halt due to new restrictions on public gatherings implemented in France amid the COVID-19 virus spread.
  “Following official notification from the Office of the Police this morning prohibiting all events with an audience attendance of over 1000, Live Nation regrets to announce the final two Madame X performances previously re-scheduled to 10-March and 11-March are forced to be cancelled,” reads a note on Madonna’s site.
  The 61-
  
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