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• Watch ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ teaser for Spike Lee-directed concert film

  24-08-2020 23:37 via nme.com
  
  The first teaser for Spike Lee’s concert film adaptation of David Byrne’s American Utopia has landed.
  In the one minute clip, Byrne narrates over a montage of his roving musical ensemble gyrating, shouting and marching across the stage. “Despite all that’s happened and despite what’s still happening, there’s still possibility,” Byrne says, adding: “James Baldwin said: ‘I still believe that we can do with this country something that has not be
  
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• Roddy Ricch Did Not Advance to Final Three in VMAs’ Push Best New Artist Category, Won’t Be Appearing on Show

  24-08-2020 23:25
  
  On July 30, when MTV announced the six semi-finalists for its PUSH Best New Artist award, presented by Chime Banking, Roddy Ricch seemed like sure thing to advance to the top three finalists. His breakthrough smash, “The Box,” topped the Billboard Hot 100 for 11 consecutive weeks, and he made it back to the top spot for seven more weeks as a featured artist on DaBaby’s “Rockstar.”
  The other semi-finalists were Doja Cat and Lewis Capaldi, who had also topped the Hot
  
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• Lily Cornell Silver’s Eddie Vedder Interview: 10 Things We Learned

  24-08-2020 23:12 via rollingstone.com
  
  The Pearl Jam frontman looks back on the Roskilde tragedy, "dour" grunge music and the time he nearly fell off a mountain alongside Chris Cornell
  
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• Which ‘Dynamite’ Song Blows You Away? Vote!

  24-08-2020 23:09
  
  BTS lit up the internet over the weekend with their English-language single “Dynamite,” thus joining the list of powerhouse jams named after the explosive.
  The K-pop boy band clocked in 101.1 million YouTube views within 24 hours of the music video’s release, making it the biggest first-day debut to date on the platform, according to YouTube’s statement to Billboard. And in the single’s first three days, “Dynamite” already made BTS’ best debut
  
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• BTS Bring the Summery Good Vibes in B-Side ‘Dynamite’ Music Video

  24-08-2020 23:08
  
  BTS is heating up the summer with a bang. The group unveiled their retro-tinged B-side music video for their smash English single “Dynamite” on Monday (Aug. 24).
  Similar to the original music video, the clip finds the K-pop stars in a number of groovy outfits, busting a move everywhere from in their bedrooms and on a colorful basketball court, to in a record store, coffee shop and outside a disco club.
  The septet channel John Travolta in Saturday Night Fever, breaking out their
  
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• Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder talks to Lily Cornell about mental health and overcoming grief: “There’s less of a stigma”

  24-08-2020 23:02 via nme.com
  
  Eddie Vedder has spoken about the loss of his friend, Chris Cornell, with the late musician’s daughter, Lily.
  The Pearl Jam frontman addressed the various instances of grief he’s experienced, including when nine fans were killed in a stage crush during his band’s 2000 Roskilde Festival set.Read more: ‘Am I depressed?’ – help and advice on mental health and what to do nextSpeaking to Lily for her Mind Wide Open video series on IGTV, Vedder said the support of o
  
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• Yungblud Wants His New Album To Be Like An Episode Of Euphoria

  24-08-2020 22:55
  
  Yungblud tells MTV News how his new coming-of-age album is coming in the fall, and what his collaborator Denzel Curry reminds him of.
  
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• Selena Gomez Is Celebrating Blackpink Collab With a Special Serendipity Ice Cream Flavor

  24-08-2020 22:46
  
  Selena Gomez’s “Ice Cream” collaboration with Blackpink is arriving later this week, and what better way to celebrate than with some actual ice cream?
  Ice cream brand Serendipity and the iconic Serendipity3 Restaurants announced on Monday (Aug. 24) its newest investor and ice cream flavor with Gomez. The pint, called Cookies & Cream Remix inspired by the upcoming collab, is made with pink vanilla ice cream, crunchy cookie bites and gobs of gooey fudge.
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• Post Malone Challenged Andrew Watt to a Guitar Battle & He Slayed His Rebuttal With the Perfect Song

  24-08-2020 22:34
  
  Post Malone wanted all the smoke from superstar producer Andrew Watt after challenging his guitar skills for a friendly duel.
  “Hi, my name is Austin Post and I’m better than Andrew Watt at the guitar,” the Hollywood’s Bleeding artist proclaimed matter-of-factly ahead of the 100th take of his performance of the instrumental classic “Cliffs Of Dover” by Eric Johnson.
  He rallied their superstar friends to side with Team Posty, as Ty Dolla $ign clai
  
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• Donald Trump now using Village People’s ‘Y.M.C.A.’ at rallies after Rolling Stones threaten legal action

  24-08-2020 22:30 via nme.com
  
  Donald Trump is no longer using The Rolling Stones‘ ‘You Can’t Always Get What You Want’ to soundtrack the end of his campaign rallies.
  That’s according to NBC News‘ Kelly O’Donnell, who tweeted on Friday (August 21) that the US President has opted for The Village People‘s ‘YMCA’ since being threatened with legal action by the Stones. The British rockers had issued multiple cease and desist directives demanding him to not use their musi
  
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• RS Country Music Picks: Week of August 24th

  24-08-2020 22:03 via rollingstone.com
  
  New songs by Lera Lynn, Robert Cray, and Jonathan Terrell
  
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• The Killers are outselling entire rest of UK top 20 in midweek album charts

  24-08-2020 21:57 via nme.com
  
  The Killers are heading for a UK number one album.
  The trio’s new record, ‘Imploding The Mirage’, is outselling the entire rest of the top 20 as of the midweek chart update.Read more: The Killers – ‘Imploding The Mirage’ review: experimentation meets canyon rock enormityIt comes after Biffy Clyro last week ended Taylor Swift’s three-week run at the top of the UK charts with their new album ‘A Celebration Of Endings’.
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• Gloria Estefan On the ‘Politicized’ Nature of Samba

  24-08-2020 21:54
  
  Last year, Gloria Estefan went to Brazil to take care of some unfinished business. Back in 2016, at the urging of Sony Music Latin Iberia chairman Afo Verde, she had embarked on an ambitious journey to rerecord some of her biggest hits with more Brazilian beats incorporated. “I was super excited at the prospect of, ‘What would these songs sound like in these legit rhythms?’ ” says Estefan.
  With the repertoire selected and arranged, she had studio sessions booked for
  
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• Listen to Portugal. The Man’s Soothing Cover of ‘Tomorrow’ for ‘At Home With the Kids’ Charity Album

  24-08-2020 21:45
  
  “The sun’ll come out tomorrow” is a message that is much-needed amid this tumultuous year. Portugal. The Man is spreading that notion of positivity with a cover of the Annie classic “Tomorrow” as part of the At home with the kids charity album.
  The band’s rendition of the song features the inspiring lyrics we all know and love, complete with classic Portugal. The Man instrumentals and falsetto.
  All of Atlantic Records’ net proceeds from the alb
  
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• Katy Perry: 'Pregnancy has affected my voice'

  24-08-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Katy Perry is due to give birth to her daughter any day now.
  
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• Dannii Minogue tests negative for Covid-19 following outbreak on The Masked Singer Australia

  24-08-2020 21:45 via music-news.com
  
  Seven dancers tested positive for the coronavirus.
  
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• Kevin Parker Presents the ‘Tame Impala Soundsystem’ for Tiny Desk (Home) Concert: Watch

  24-08-2020 21:29
  
  Tame Impala stripped down the physical theatrics of its set, but the same can’t be said of its sonic quality for the Australian project’s Tiny Desk (Home) Concert that premiered on Monday (Aug. 24).
  Jay Watson and Dominic Simper tinkered with samplers and sequencers while the front-and-center multi-instrumentalist Kevin Parker worked with his DJ mixer on a plain old school desk in his home studio in Australia, according to NPR’s Bobby Carter.
  “This is Tame Impal
  
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• Camila Cabello, Common, Tegan and Sara & More React to Jacob Blake Shooting

  24-08-2020 21:27
  
  A Black man in Wisconsin was shot multiple times in the back by police officers on Sunday (Aug. 23) as he entered the driver’s side door of an SUV. The man, identified by Wisconsin’s governor as Jacob Blake, was shot in front of his three young children, aged three, five and eight.
  Footage of the devastating attack on an unarmed man spread across social media, causing outcry and protests demanding justice for yet another Black individual harmed at the hands of police. Blake is curren
  
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• Holy Wars Find Beauty at Rock Bottom in New Video ‘IHATEMYSELF’

  24-08-2020 21:19
  
  Now that the sweltering catastrophe that was summer 2020 is soon coming to a close, the change in weather will also mean a new phase in our collective self-isolation, with the tone of our internal trauma shifting like the autumn foliage of a freshly rooted Sassafras. It’s time to put the summer toys away and go inside — deep, deep inside, to that maze-like place in our minds where we slowly sink as we try to outrun doubt, pity and inevitable self-destruction.
  For those too afrai
  
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• J Balvin, Roddy Ricch Will No Longer Perform at MTV VMAs

  24-08-2020 21:14 via rollingstone.com
  
  Roddy Ricch cited "Covid compliance issues" while J Balvin revealed that he had contracted Covid-19 two weeks ago
  
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• Listen to Bright Eyes’ new cover of Thin Lizzy’s ‘Running Back’

  24-08-2020 21:06 via nme.com
  
  Bright Eyes have shared a new Thin Lizzy cover – hear their version of ‘Running Back’ below.
  It follows the release of Bright Eyes’ first new album in nearly a decade, ‘Down In The Weeds Where The World Once Was’, which came out on Friday (August 21).Read more: Bright Eyes: “I hope our music makes people feel less alone”Bright Eyes shared the new Thin Lizzy cover while appearing on US radio station SiriusXM – hear their version of the track b
  
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• 20 Questions With Braison Cyrus: How Miley, Trace & The Rest of His Family Influenced His Music Career

  24-08-2020 20:47
  
  Braison Cyrus is likely to first get noticed for his last name: as the son of Billy Ray, the little brother of Miley and the big brother of Noah, the 26-year-old is surrounded by family members who are consistent presences on the Billboard charts. Yet Cyrus is also singular in his sonic approach, a folk-pop singer-songwriter with a gentle twang and a knack for rustic storytelling.
  Last Friday, Cyrus released “Glass Between Us,” the first of three new tracks he’s releasing befor
  
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• What’s Your Favorite Girl Group Song of All Time? Vote!

  24-08-2020 20:44
  
  Girl groups have soundtracked dance parties for the last six decades, and while music lovers stay cooped up in quarantine, it’s time to get the at-home party started with their favorite anthems.
  Billboard gave girl groups their flowers by remembering their 100 greatest songs of all time back in 2017, and The Ronettes’ No. 2 Hot 100 hit “Be My Baby” topped the list. The Spice Girls’ 1997 chart-topper “Wannabe” has extended beyond its
  
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• Chloe x Halle, Jack Harlow, Machine Gun Kelly, And More Are Your VMA Pre-Show Performers

  24-08-2020 20:19
  
  Chloe x Halle, Jack Harlow, Lewis Capaldi, Tate McRae, Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Barker, and Blackbear will perform during the 2020 VMAs pre-show on August 30.
  
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• Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ Tops Billboard Hot 100 for Second Week; Drake, Morgan Wallen & Gabby Barrett Hit Top 10

  24-08-2020 20:13
  
  Cardi B’s “WAP,” featuring Megan Thee Stallion, spends a second week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. It soared in at the summit a week earlier with record first-week streams.
  “WAP” fends of Drake’s “Laugh Now Cry Later,” featuring Lil Durk, as the latter launches at No. 2 on the Hot 100.
  Plus, two country hits enter the Hot 100’s top 10: Morgan Wallen’s “7 Summers” debuts at No. 6 and Gabby Barrett’s &ld
  
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• Briston Maroney shares ‘Deep Sea Diver’ from upcoming debut album

  24-08-2020 20:12 via nme.com
  
  Briston Maroney has shared a new teaser of his upcoming debut album – listen to ‘Deep Sea Diver’ below.
  The track, produced by John Congleton (Angel Olsen, St. Vincent) also comes complete with its own video.Read more: What’s Your Band Called, Mate? Get to know Briston MaroneyThe Nashville-based singer is set to release his debut studio album in 2021, following on from three EPs, most recently including ‘Miracle’, which came out at the start of the year.
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• Biffy Clyro announce homecoming Glasgow show with Yungblud, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, and Porridge Radio

  24-08-2020 20:06 via nme.com
  
  Biffy Clyro have shared details of a homecoming Glasgow show with support sets from Yungblud, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes and Porridge Radio.
  The show will see the band return to Scotland on June 25, 2021 to headline Bellahouston Park. They’ll perform songs from their new album, ‘A Celebration Of Endings’, which topped the UK albums chart last week.READ MORE: On the cover – Biffy Clyro: “Life can be yours – just don’t let it pass you by
  
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• See ‘David Byrne’s American Utopia’ Teaser for Spike Lee-Directed Concert Film

  24-08-2020 19:44 via rollingstone.com
  
  Movie will debut on HBO Max this fall
  
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• Wiz Khalifa Announces ‘Hotbox by Wiz’ Delivery-Only Restaurant Chain

  24-08-2020 19:43
  
  Wiz Khalifa has the munchies on deck for his fans come this fall.
  He partnered with virtual restaurant brand curator Nextbite to start up a delivery-only restaurant chain called HotBox by Wiz, which will be open for business on Oct. 1.
  The Grammy-nominated rapper personally curated the menu with his favorite dishes, including Blazed Ends, crispy, savory burnt brisket ends smothered in a smoky-sweet BBQ sauce; Taylor Gang Turkey Burger, a juicy turkey patty with fresh lettuce, sliced to
  
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• Tiwa Savage Teams Up With Sam Smith For the Sultry ‘Temptation’: Listen

  24-08-2020 19:39
  
  Less than one week away from unveiling her new album Celia, Nigera’s superstar singer-songwriter Tiwa Savage is giving fans one more taste of what’s to come — and this time, she’s got help.
  On Monday (Aug. 24), Savage unveiled her new single “Temptation,” featuring pop superstar Sam Smith. Through scintillating afrobeats perfectly attuned to both her and Smith’s voices, Savage weaves a tale of a passionate but forbidden love affair, before passing t
  
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• Sheffield’s Leadmill react to Arctic Monkeys’ raffle raising £100,000: “To them it’s a guitar, to us it’s a lifeline”

  24-08-2020 19:35 via nme.com
  
  The Leadmill in Sheffield have shared their gratitude after Arctic Monkeys raised over £100,000 through a charity raffle of frontman Alex Turner’s guitar.
  Earlier this month, the Steel City natives launched a raffle of Turner’s black Fender Stratocaster (which he used for many of the band’s early performances, including gigs at The Leadmill and Reading Festival in 2006) to help raise money for the Sheffield venue and other independent grassroots venues in the UK whic
  
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• Labrinth to perform songs from ‘Euphoria’ soundtrack via livestream tonight

  24-08-2020 19:34 via nme.com
  
  Labrinth will perform songs from the official Euphoria score tonight.
  The British rapper/singer, whose ‘All For Us’ collaboration with the HBO series’ lead star Zendaya is featured heavily on the teen drama, announced the surprise gig today (August 24) just a few hours prior to the 3pm (EST) / 8pm (BST) event.my @euphoriaHBO live set drops today at 3pm EST https://t.co/s3ejEzB2R8 pic.twitter.com/F0sCqrShuG
  — Labrinth (@Labrinth) August 24, 2020Labrinth, real name is Timot
  
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• Check out The Cribs’ new 2021 UK tour dates

  24-08-2020 19:33 via nme.com
  
  The Cribs have announced a number of new UK tour dates for 2021 – see the list of new shows below.
  The announcement comes after the band recently revealed details of their upcoming new album, ‘Night Network’, which lands in November.Read more: The Top 10 underrated Cribs songs you need to knowThe band’s tour begins in London at the Roundhouse on June 11, with shows then taking place in Birmingham, Newcastle, Glasgow and Manchester, before the six-date tour finishes up at
  
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• Tiwa Savage, Sam Smith Release Seductive New Song ‘Temptation’

  24-08-2020 19:28 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track will feature on Nigerian artist's upcoming album Celia
  
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• Travis share new single ‘The Only Thing’ with The Bangles’ Susanna Hoffs and announce 2021 UK tour

  24-08-2020 19:11 via nme.com
  
  Travis have shared a new single with The Bangles‘ Susanna Hoffs – watch the video for ‘The Only Thing Below’ below.
  Read more: Travis return with ‘A Ghost’ from new album ’10 Songs’: “I’m back in the fucking ring and I’ll take you all on”
  The song is the fourth the band have shared from their forthcoming album ’10 Songs’. They previously shared the tracks ‘Valentine’, ‘A Ghost’ and ‘
  
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• The Killers outsell the rest of the Top 20 combined in pursuit of this week's Number 1 album

  24-08-2020 19:00 via music-news.com
  
  The Killers dominate this week’s Official Chart Update with their new album Imploding The Mirage which is set to become their sixth straight UK Number 1 studio album.
  
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• How Well Do You Know the MTV Video Music Awards? Take Our 20-Question Quiz

  24-08-2020 19:00
  
  The 2020 MTV Video Music Awards, which will feature performances by Lady Gaga & Ariana Grande, BTS, The Weeknd and more, will air on Aug. 30.
  To celebrate the VMAs, which brought a welcome irreverence to music award shows when they launched in 1984, we’ve prepared this 20-question quiz. Test your knowledge below — remember, 60% needed for a passing grade. And feel free to take as much time as you like. Imma let you finish.View Survey
   
   
  
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• Good Splits Launches New Royalty Calculator For Artists and Creators

  24-08-2020 19:00
  
  Today (Aug. 24), Good Folk Music Management founder Jordan Mattison and New York-based digital agency Coalesce announced the wide release of its new free royalty calculator Good Splits, which aims to simplify the calculation and distribution of song royalties for artists and creators.
  The goal, according to its creators, is simplicity: using sales and streaming data that is supplied by distributors, artists and creators can upload the data into Good Splits, input the information as to who gets w
  
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• BTS Reveal Playful ‘B-Side’ Video for New Single ‘Dynamite’

  24-08-2020 18:58 via rollingstone.com
  
  Original video for "Dynamite" surpassed 100 million views on YouTube after it was released last week
  
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• Steel Panther’s Stix Zadinia recalls the “serious assholery” of meeting Prince

  24-08-2020 18:56 via nme.com
  
  Steel Panther drummer Stix Zadinia has recalled the time he crossed paths with Prince in a new interview.
  Speaking to New York’s Q104.3, the drummer remembered playing with an old covers band of his in San Francisco.
  “I was in a band a long, long time ago. We were doing disco covers many years ago up in San Francisco,” Zadinia remembered. “And Prince played at the ‘Shark Tank,’ which is the San Jose hockey arena.
  “After his shows, he would find a club in
  
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• Amanda Shires Covers Aerosmith’s ‘Cryin” With Brad Whitford

  24-08-2020 18:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  Aerosmith guitarist joins Shires and Jason Isbell for the "I So Lounging" livestream series
  
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• RS Charts: Drake’s ‘Laugh Now Cry Later’ Beats Cardi B’s ‘WAP’ in Close Race for Number One

  24-08-2020 18:31 via rollingstone.com
  
  Morgan Wallen also enjoyed a massive debut with "7 Summers"
  
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• Rhiannon Giddens Drops Defiant New Song ‘Don’t Call Me Names’

  24-08-2020 18:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  Hypnotic blues number follows Giddens' collaborative Nick Drake cover with Ben Harper
  
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• Taylor Swift shares ‘Folklore’ songs in ‘The Sleepless Nights’ chapter

  24-08-2020 18:26 via nme.com
  
  Taylor Swift has shared another playlist of songs from her latest album, ‘Folklore’, which she’s told fans has been arranged “thematically”.
  Last week Swift posted Folkore: The Escapism Chapter playlist, which consists of ‘The Lakes’, ‘Seven’, ‘Epiphany’, ‘Cardigan’, ‘Mirrorball’ and ‘Exile’ respectively.Read more: Taylor Swift – ‘Folklore’ review: pop superstar undergoes an ex
  
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• Kem Couldn’t Leave R&B Behind

  24-08-2020 18:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  Love Always Wins, out Friday, marks the veteran's first album in six years
  
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• Vanessa Bryant Remembers Late Husband Kobe on His 42nd Birthday

  24-08-2020 18:13
  
  Vanessa Bryant paid tribute to late husband late Lakers legend Kobe Bryant on Sunday on what would have been the Lakers legend’s 42nd birthday.
  “To my baby~ Happy birthday. I love you and miss you more than I can ever explain. I wish you and Gigi were here to celebrate YOU!” she wrote on her private Instagram. “I wish I could make you your fav food or a birthday cake with my Gigi.”
  The tribute also honored the mother of four’s late daughter Gianna, who was amo
  
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• TikTok Sues Trump White House Over Ban Threat: ‘We Simply Have No Choice’

  24-08-2020 18:00
  
  Two weeks after President Donald Trump signed an executive order that many interpreted as an outright ban on the use of TikTok in the U.S. the popular social video app is following up on its promise to sue.
  TikTok is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance and, on August 6, Trump issued an order that would bar “any transaction by any person” with that company or any of its subsidiaries. He’s invoking the National Emergencies Act and the International Emergency Economic
  
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• Nas Denies Dissing Doja Cat on ‘Ultra-Black’: ‘We Play With Words, Man’

  24-08-2020 18:00
  
  Nas shot down allegations that he dissed Doja Cat in the lyrics of his new single “Ultra Black” in a new interview with radio station Power 106 on Friday (Aug. 21).
  “I just was really saying a rhyme that rhymed with ‘Ultra Black’,” the rapper insisted in the joint interview with collaborator Hit-Boy. “I rhymed that word with ‘ultra black,’ I didn’t even think of it. It’s all love, it’s all love, you know what I&rsq
  
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• Bad Bunny, Ozuna and all the Finalists For 2020 Billboard Latin Music Awards: Full List

  24-08-2020 18:00
  
  Back in February, Billboard announced the finalists for the Billboard Latin Music Awards, originally scheduled for April.
  The pandemic led to the rescheduling of the awards, which are now taking place Oct. 21 in Miami. Likewise, Billboard’s Latin Music Week, which this year celebrates its 30th anniversary, will stream live Oct. 20-23, featuring conversations with a roster of marquee artists, including Ozuna, Rosalia, Maluma, Black Eyed Peas, Carlos Vives and Los Tigres del Norte.
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• TikTok user shares brilliant country version of Slipknot’s ‘Duality’

  24-08-2020 17:56 via nme.com
  
  A TikTok user has shared his country take on Slipknot‘s 2004 single, ‘Duality’.
  In the clip, musician ‘@melton.alexander’ suggests what the Iowa legends might sound like if they were from South Carolina and favoured country music over heavy metal.More: The Big Read – Slipknot: “I’m just going to tell you the facts: this album is a masterpiece”What follows is an acoustic slow jam intro to the lead single from Slipknot’s third a
  
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