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• BTS star RM opens up about struggling with public expectations

  22-12-2021 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  During an interview with Vogue Korea, the 28-year-old K-pop artist described the dangers of becoming jealous of other artists when pursuing a creative career.
  
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• Madonna teases new music set to arrive next year: “So great to be back in the studio”

  22-12-2021 23:23 via nme.com
  
  Madonna has teased that she’s working on new music which is set to arrive sometime in the upcoming new year.READ MORE: The ages of Madonna – the evolution of an iconThe pop icon – whose last album was 2019’s ‘Madame X’ – took to Instagram on Monday (December 20) to share a series of photos including one that shows her laying down vocals in the studio.
  “So great to be back in the studio making Music again,” Madonna captioned the post. “S
  
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• Federal Judge Refers SoundExchange’s Music Choice Lawsuit to Copyright Royalty Board

  22-12-2021 22:56 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Back in April of 2019, SoundExchange sued Music Choice over a “persistent effort to avoid paying royalties.” Now, the legal battle has been referred to the Copyright Royalty Board (CRB). In the original complaint, SoundExchange claimed that the television-focused music network Music Choice had “systematically underpaid statutory royalties” specifically on the “business establishment service” (BES) […]
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• Remembering the Archies, a Fake Band Ahead of its Time

  22-12-2021 22:54 via rollingstone.com
  
  The much-maligned Sixties cartoon band knocked the Stones off the top of the charts and inspired the TV series 'Riverdale.' Now they're getting a career-spanning box set: 'Sugar, Sugar—The Complete Albums Collection'
  
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• Eric Clapton’s management issues statement after winning bootleg CD lawsuit

  22-12-2021 22:39 via nme.com
  
  Eric Clapton’s management has issued a statement after the guitarist successfully sued a German woman last week for trying to sell a bootleg CD of one of his concerts on eBay.READ MORE: So, you’re ideologically opposed to your favourite pop star. What next?As reported by DW, the defendant claimed she was unaware that she was committing copyright infringement by listing the album on the site for €9.95 (£8.45).
  Clapton sent Düsseldorf regional court an affidavit stating
  
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• ‘Jagged Little Pill’ Broadway Show Terminated Due to Omicron Concerns

  22-12-2021 22:37 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Omicron concerns are hitting Broadway hard. The Jagged Little Pill Broadway musical ended its run early. The production canceled performances through December 21 due to COVID-19. Producers announced the production would close indefinitely a few days later. “We are dismayed by what appears to be another substantial public health crisis, and – due to the […]
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• Eric Clapton Rethinks Collecting Nearly $4,000 Fine From Widow Selling Bootleg

  22-12-2021 22:20 via rollingstone.com
  
  Guitarist’s management issued a statement to fan club clarifying Clapton’s role in the situation, as well as why they pursued legal action in the first place
  
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• Watch Grimes’ lightsaber-wielding video for ‘Player Of Games’

  22-12-2021 22:04 via nme.com
  
  Grimes has shared a new fantasy-inspired music video for her latest single ‘Player of Games’.READ MORE: Grimes – ‘Miss Anthropocene’ review: an iconoclast continues to march to the beat of her own drumDirected by Anton Tammi, with a story and creative direction by Grimes, the clip sees the Vancouver-born artist (real name Claire Boucher) face off against a character called the Dark King (played by Andreï Pishchalnikov), including battles with weapons that
  
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• Sean 'Diddy' Combs buys back Sean John fashion brand

  22-12-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  Sean John is to be resurrected by its founder, Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
  
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• The Bronx postpone their 2022 European tour dates

  22-12-2021 21:22 via nme.com
  
  The Bronx have announced the postponement of their upcoming European headlining tour dates.READ MORE: The Bronx on their “big, badass new rock record” and the return of Mariachi El BronxThe Los Angeles-based punk band confirmed via social media that all existing tickets for shows across Germany, Poland, Austria, Switzerland and France will remain valid for the new dates – originally set to take place in January 2022 – when they are rescheduled.
  The band’s UK shows,
  
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• Ed Sheeran’s ‘Shape Of You’ becomes first song to hit three billion streams on Spotify

  22-12-2021 21:21 via nme.com
  
  Ed Sheeran‘s ‘Shape Of You’ has become the first song to reach three billion streams on Spotify.READ MORE: Ed Sheeran – ‘=’ review: the millennial Lionel Richie indulges his saccharine streakThe song, taken from the pop star’s third album ‘÷ (Divide)’, reached the milestone earlier today (December 22) – after initially being released on the streaming service back in January, 2017.
  Speaking on the achievement in a video shared by
  
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• Drakeo the Ruler Was a Profoundly Imaginative Rapper With a Good Heart

  22-12-2021 20:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  The circumstances of his death ring both tragic and familiar: Another bright up-and-coming star gone too soon
  
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• Chris Martin says Coldplay will stop making music in 2025

  22-12-2021 20:40 via nme.com
  
  Coldplay will stop writing new music as a band in 2025, according to new comments from Chris Martin.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Coldplay: “This is our period of having no fear”The singer made the announcement to BBC Radio 2 presenter Jo Whiley for a special show to be broadcast tomorrow (December 23) from 7pm.
  Speaking on Wednesday’s The Zoe Ball Breakfast Show (via The i), Wiley shared an audio clip in which Martin can be heard confirming the news.
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• Suge Knight biopic planned after Death Row Records co-founder sells life rights

  22-12-2021 20:26 via nme.com
  
  A Suge Knight biopic is currently being planned after the infamous Death Row Records co-founder is said to have sold his life rights in a recent deal.READ MORE: 2Pac and Biggie murders: what my new film taught me about rap’s biggest unsolved mysteryAccording to Deadline, the hip-hop mogul – who is currently incarcerated after pleading no contest to voluntary manslaughter back in 2018 – has sold his life rights to producer Steve Whitney (whose production credits include 2005&rsq
  
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• Watch Carole King and James Taylor live in new documentary trailer

  22-12-2021 20:03 via nme.com
  
  A new concert documentary, Carole King & James Taylor: Just Call Out My Name, will showcase the two musical icons as they perform a section of hits from their respective back catalogues, as well as interviews exploring their career – watch the first trailer below.
  The concert documentary will feature setlist highlights from King and Taylor’s 2010 ‘Troubadour’ reunion tour, including ‘You’ve Got A Friend’, ‘It’s Too Late,’ and &lsquo
  
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• Diddy Rescues Sean John Clothing Company From Bankruptcy With $7.6 Million Bid

  22-12-2021 19:31 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Diddy, whose full name is Sean John Combs, has officially bought his Sean John clothing company out of bankruptcy for about $7.6 million, legal documents have revealed. 52-year-old Diddy had sold a majority stake (a 90 percent interest, court filings note, reportedly in exchange for $70 million) in his decades-old apparel line to Global Brands […]
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• Trippie Redd drops surprise new mixtape ‘Hate Is Dead’

  22-12-2021 18:58 via nme.com
  
  Trippie Redd has surprised fans with the release of a brand new mixtape ‘Hate Is Dead’ – you can listen to it below.READ MORE: Trippie Redd – ‘Trip At Knight’ review: SoundCloud rap king embraces hyper-popThe SoundCloud rapper announced his new tape hours before it dropping on Instagram.
  “@hnrzhunter is dropping 8 of my songs at 10pm if u comment ‘1400’ 50k times,” Trippie wrote. “HATE IS DEAD mixTAPE hurry before it’s too l
  
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• The Wrens’ Charles Bissell to release new album under different name

  22-12-2021 18:58 via nme.com
  
  The Wrens co-leader Charles Bissell has confirmed that his new album will not be released under the name used by the New Jersey band.
  Bissell had previously been teasing that a new Wrens record was on the way, set to be the long-awaited follow-up to the band’s 2003 cult classic ‘The Meadowlands’. However, it now appears that Bissell will join co-writer Kevin Whelan in taking those songs to a new project.
  Whelan released his debut album as Aeon Station earlier this month (Decemb
  
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• House Oversight Committee Opens Probe Into Astroworld Tragedy

  22-12-2021 18:51 via rollingstone.com
  
  Lawmakers request Live Nation CEO Michael Rapino answer questions and provide documents regarding Houston fest prior to Jan. 12 briefing
  
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• Grimes Duels a Dark King With Chess Pieces, Lightsabers in ‘Player of Games’ Video

  22-12-2021 18:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  Sci-fi fantasy visual was directed by Anton Tammi
  
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• Holiday Music Mysteries: Is ‘A Long December’ A Christmas Song? Does Bryan Adams’ ‘Reggae Christmas’ Really Exist?

  22-12-2021 18:06 via rollingstone.com
  
  From Mariah Carey to Trans-Siberian Orchestra to Counting Crows, Rolling Stone Music Now takes on the entire holiday-song canon
  
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• Stormzy to get a personalised version of ‘Monopoly Deal’

  22-12-2021 17:57 via nme.com
  
  Stormzy has been treated to his own personalised version of the Monopoly Deal card game.READ MORE: Stormzy live at Reading Festival 2021 – festival return is another rockstar momentThe game will include nods to some of Stormzy’s biggest hits in the renaming of its cards. The ‘Debt Collector’ card is now ‘Bailiff One’, while the ‘Just say no’ card has been changed to ‘Shut Up’. The ‘Forced deal’ card has become ‘Bi
  
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• Don McLean says he’d probably have “drank himself to death” if it weren’t for his asthma

  22-12-2021 17:55 via nme.com
  
  Don McLean has said that he probably would have “drank himself to death” if it weren’t for having asthma as a child.READ MORE: 30 real life subjects immortalised in songsSpeaking in a new interview, the ‘American Pie’ hitmaker discussed the longevity of his 1971 classic – which is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year – and how things could have been very different for him had it not been for a childhood ailment that kept him out of school.
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• Gucci Mane drops eulogistic video for Young Dolph tribute ‘Long Live Dolph’

  22-12-2021 17:15 via nme.com
  
  Gucci Mane has dropped a new video for his recent Young Dolph tribute, ‘Long Live Dolph’ – you can watch it below.
  Dolph (real name Adolph Robert Thornton Jr.) was shot and killed in Memphis last month as he entered a bakery, Makeda’s Homemade Butter Cookies. According to TMZ, a vehicle pulled up outside before someone fired at Young Dolph through the window.
  Gucci, a longtime friend and collaborator of Dolph, paid tribute to the Memphis rapper last weekend with
  
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• Tomorrow X Together share new festive track ‘Sweet Dreams’

  22-12-2021 17:00 via nme.com
  
  Tomorrow X Together (TXT) have released a new festive track called ‘Sweet Dreams’ – listen to the song below.READ MORE: Tomorrow X Together: “We tell stories of our generation, a generation at the crux of growth”The K-pop boyband sing in both Korean and English on the new track. On the chorus, they wish their fans “Merry merry Christmas” and “sweet dreams and good night”.
  ‘Sweet Dreams’ follows the release of their ‘Cha
  
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• See LCD Soundsystem Perform ‘Tonite’ in Holilday Special Clip

  22-12-2021 16:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band's Eric Wareheim-directed sitcom and career-spanning set premieres tonight on Prime Video
  
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• See LCD Soundsystem Perform ‘Tonite’ in ‘All My Friends’ Christmas Special Clip

  22-12-2021 16:41 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band's Eric Wareheim-directed sitcom and career-spanning live set premieres tonight on Prime Video
  
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• Dermot Kennedy raises over $300,000 with charitable performances

  22-12-2021 16:14 via nme.com
  
  Dermot Kennedy has raised more than $300,000 for a number of charities by playing the 3arena in Ireland and the streets of New York City.READ MORE: Friends Like These: Bugzy Malone and Dermot KennedyThe singer-songwriter played the gigs over the course of a week, raising funds for Pieta, Focus Ireland and MusiCares.
  On December 11, he surprised fans with an impromptu busking event at Washington Square Park in New York City, where his set was livestreamed on his Instagram and TikTok. The gig bene
  
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• Rob Sheffield’s Top 25 Songs of 2021

  22-12-2021 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  From "Deja Vu" to "Todo de Ti," and "I Drink Wine" to "Champagne Poetry"
  
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• Enny shares new documentary ‘Under 25 ‘til Infinity’

  22-12-2021 15:29 via nme.com
  
  Enny has shared a new documentary, tracking her musical journey so far – watch Under 25 ‘til Infinity in full below.READ MORE: Enny: “People don’t really know how black women live in the UK – I want to tell that story”The 30-minute film, a play on the London-based artist’s debut EP ‘Under 25’, which came out this summer, takes viewers on a journey from when Enny quit her job in 2019 to pursue music, through her early career and right up to th
  
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• FKA twigs teases new song on TikTok

  22-12-2021 15:00 via nme.com
  
  FKA twigs has shared a snippet of new material on TikTok to mark “the first day of capri sun szn” – check it out below.
  It comes just days after twigs shared new track ‘Tears In The Club’, a collaboration with The Weeknd.
  Over the past few months, twigs has been teasing a “Capri season takeover” and recently shared an insight into her upcoming “deep, emotional and honest” mixtape, which has yet to receive a release date and will act as t
  
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• 50 Cent says he wants to create a sitcom like ‘The Cosby Show’

  22-12-2021 14:36 via nme.com
  
  50 Cent has said that he wants to create a modern-day sitcom like The Cosby Show.READ MORE: Soundtrack Of My Life – 50 Cent On Miley Cyrus, Michael Jackson and Bobby Womack’s power to moveIn a post on instagram, the rapper praised actress Phylicia Rashad, who played Claire Huxtable.
  He wrote: “I have had a crush on @phyliciarashad for forever. I don’t know, she can talk with her eyes. she was just it, I think it was The Cosby Show it was the only representation of Bl
  
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• Listen to Grandaddy cover Metric’s ‘Blindness’

  22-12-2021 14:19 via nme.com
  
  Grandaddy have covered Metric‘s ‘Blindness’ in a new album titled ‘Cover of Covers’, which celebrates 20 years of Under the Radar Magazine.READ MORE: Grandaddy share new version of ‘Underneath The Weeping Willow’ and tell us about 20 years of ‘The Sophtware Slump’‘Cover of Covers’ will feature artists covering songs by artists that have previously appeared on the cover of the magazine.
  Ahead of the release, you can hear Grand
  
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• Watch Ed Sheeran perform a capella version of ‘Afterglow’ in a church

  22-12-2021 13:13 via nme.com
  
  Ed Sheeran has shared an a capella performance of his 2020 track ‘Afterglow’, recorded in a church – check it out below.READ MORE: Ed Sheeran – ‘=’ review: the millennial Lionel Richie indulges his saccharine streakAs Sheeran pointed out, the version – which sees him joined by a chorus of voices for an atmospheric take on the track – was released to celebrate one year since the track came out.
  Since the release of ‘Afterglow’, Sheeran s
  
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• Kate Bush backs pay rise for NHS

  22-12-2021 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Kate Bush has thanked front-line workers and backed the idea of a pay rise for them.
  
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• Cardi B defends Lil’ Kim against cyberbullying

  22-12-2021 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Cardi B has slammed social media users who criticised Lil'Kim's holiday single.
  
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• LadBaby hit out at The Kunts in festive chart battle

  22-12-2021 12:55 via nme.com
  
  LadBaby have criticised The Kunts for their attempt to score a Christmas Number One with their single ‘Boris Johnson Is STILL A Fucking C**t’.READ MORE: Here’s why I want to see The Kunts’ Boris-bashing anthem vying for Christmas Number OneSpeaking to the Official Charts, LadBaby’s Mark Hoyle said: “Definitely – it takes a certain sort of person to download a song with that in the title, but you never know.
  “There’s definitely an element
  
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• Watch Griff mash up ‘Heart Of Gold’ and Lorde’s ‘Royals’ at London show

  22-12-2021 12:40 via nme.com
  
  Griff has shared a video of her mashing up her song ‘Heart Of Gold’ with Lorde‘s 2013 hit ‘Royals’ – watch the performance below.READ MORE: Griff live in London: a slick operation ready for bigger roomsThe footage comes from the singer’s recent headline show at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire in late October.
  To open the set, Griff played ‘Heart Of Gold’, from her recent debut mixtape ‘One Foot In Front Of The Other’,
  
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• Sam Fender shares Finsbury Park poster of Boris Johnson as a hog roast

  22-12-2021 12:18 via nme.com
  
  Sam Fender has shared a poster for next year’s Finsbury Park summer show which includes a cartoon of Boris Johnson as a pig, cooking on an open fire.READ MORE: Sam Fender on winning NME’s Album of the Year for ‘Seventeen Going Under’ – “It means the world to me”The North Shields’ singer-songwriter announced the show earlier in December, which will see him being joined by a hand-picked roster of acts including Fontaines D.C., Declan M
  
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• YG Entertainment reportedly “gave up” on 2NE1 as it was unable to “control” a member

  22-12-2021 12:14 via nme.com
  
  YG Entertainment had reportedly called it quits with girl group 2NE1 after the company was unable to “control” a particular member.READ MORE:CL – ‘ALPHA’ review: an incandescent return well worth the wait
  On December 17, YouTuber and former entertainment reporter Lee Jin-ho made several claims about the nature of 2NE1’s disbandment back in 2016. Lee’s remarks come after an interview with former member CL had gone viral in South Korea, in which she reveal
  
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• R.E.M.’s Peter Buck recalls his stolen favourite guitar being retrieved by a Finnish biker gang

  22-12-2021 11:59 via nme.com
  
  R.E.M.‘s Peter Buck has recalled how his favourite guitar was stolen by an associate of the band, only to be returned by a Finnish biker gang.READ MORE: NME meets R.E.M.: “We needed swagger – to be loud and raw”Buck has been synonymous with Rickenbacker guitars across his career with R.E.M. and beyond, and speaks in today’s (December 22) edition of the Daily Express about the iconic guitar brand, sharing a story about his favourite guitar.
  In the new inter
  
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• Westside Gunn rushed to hospital after health scare

  22-12-2021 11:36 via nme.com
  
  Westside Gunn was taken to hospital after a health scare which saw him struggling to breathe, the rapper has revealed.
  The rapper, signed to Eminem‘s Shady Records imprint, informed fans in an Instagram story that he was on the way to the hospital.READ MORE: Eminem vs everyone: a massive list of every one of Slim Shady’s lyrical feuds“Pray for me they had to call for emergency,” Westside wrote alongside a photo that showed him on a stretcher with medical professionals aro
  
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• Olly Alexander will never tell an ex if a song is about them

  22-12-2021 11:19 via music-news.com
  
  Olly Alexander admits that while he would be impressed if an ex worked out a song was about them, he would never tell them.
  
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• Suga: I will be in BTS until I die

  22-12-2021 11:14 via music-news.com
  
  Suga has said he will be part of BTS forever.
  
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• Cardi B defends Lil’ Kim against cyberbullying: It’s heartbreaking”

  22-12-2021 11:01 via nme.com
  
  Cardi B has come to Lil’ Kim‘s defence against people that have been criticising the rapper on social media.READ MORE: Queens Of Rap reinforces the importance of ‘WAP’ more than a year onLil’ Kim recently released a new holiday single titled ‘Santa Papi’, which appears on the soundtrack to Nick Cannon’s film Miracles Across 125th Street. The song, in which Lil’ Kim attempts to seduce Santa with lyrics like “If you throw some d
  
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• Stray Kids, ASTRO, THE BOYZ and more to collaborate for end-year music festival

  22-12-2021 10:49 via nme.com
  
  Members of several K-pop boy groups, including Stray Kids, ASTRO, THE BOYZ and more, are set to collaborate for a performance at this year’s MBC Music Festival.READ MORE: The 25 best K-pop songs of 2021On December 22, MBC released a video teasing the upcoming collaboration, which begins with clips of different newscasters announcing the oncoming year of the tiger during the years 1998 and 2010, in accordance with the Chinese zodiac.
  Ushering 2022 in as the next year of the tiger, the 2021
  
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• Jay-Z says there’s “not a chance in hell” someone could ‘VERZUZ’ battle him

  22-12-2021 10:39 via nme.com
  
  Jay-Z says there’s “not a chance in hell” someone could take him on in a VERZUZ battle.
  The comments came after Rick Ross recently said that it was “a possibility” for the pair to enter a battle.READ MORE: Timbaland and Swizz Beatz on ‘VERZUZ’ battle series: “We want to celebrate the architects of good music”VERZUZ is the popular entertainment series created by Swizz Beatz and Timbaland that pits producers, songwriters and artists a
  
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• The Weeknd marks 10 years of ‘Echoes Of Silence’ by sharing new music video

  22-12-2021 10:09 via nme.com
  
  To celebrate the 10th anniversary of his acclaimed mixtape ‘Echoes Of Silence’, The Weeknd has released a new music video for its title track.
  This highly stylised music video, which features CGI rendering from Japanese artist Hajime Sorayama, arrived on YouTube on Wednesday (December 21) in time for the record’s 10th anniversary.
  The video features a giant robot wandering through a dystopian world before stumbling upon a robotic version of The Weeknd. The two interact with one
  
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• Beyonce and Jay-Z go head-to-head in Oscars shortlist for Best Original Song

  22-12-2021 10:06 via music-news.com
  
  The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences released the shortlist of ten different categories on Tuesday, with the competition for Best Original Song naming several A-list artists, including the couple.
  
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• Hyolyn spends Christmas with her loved ones in ‘A-Ha’ music video

  22-12-2021 10:00 via nme.com
  
  Former SISTAR member Hyolyn has dropped the music video for her Christmas single, ‘A-Ha’.READ MORE: EVERGLOW on their comeback: “We want to take over and lead the world”Hyolyn has dropped a new Christmas single titled ‘A-Ha’ on December 22 alongside its accompanying video treatment, featuring shots of the singer spending quality time and celebrating the holidays with her friends, alongside snippets of the song’s festive choreography.
  “I am stifling
  
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