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• Jay-Z Sues Bacardi for Disclosure of Financial Records as Cognac Deal Sours

  19-10-2022 23:57 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Jay-Z sues Bacardi for full transparency of financial records, inventory, and marketing data as their cognac deal sours. Shawn Carter, better known as rapper Jay-Z, is suing wine and spirits giant Bacardi Ltd., his partner in the cognac brand D’USSÉ, over concerns about financial transparency. In documents filed with Delaware Chancery Court, Carter seeks company books and […]
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• Pinterest Unveils Deals With Warner Music, Merlin, and BMG As Part of Broader Music Expansion

  19-10-2022 23:36 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Pinterest has unveiled newly inked partnership agreements with Warner Music Group (WMG), Merlin, and BMG as part of a broader initiative to bolster users’ on-platform “music experience.” The 12-year-old social media service (some of the investors in which have also backed music startups) detailed the pacts and several other components of the aforesaid initiative today, […]
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• Arturia Announces Four New Products During Their “Rendez-vous” Livestream

  19-10-2022 22:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Arturia announces four new products during their “Rendez-vous” livestream on Tuesday, October 18th. The following comes from Arturia, a company DMN is proud to be partnering with. Dive into the biggest Arturia new product drop in two decades, spanning all corners of its music creation ecosystem. Introducing Augmented GRAND PIANO, MiniFuse 4, MiniLab 3, and […]
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• Arturia Announces 4 New Products During Their “Rendez-vous” Livestream

  19-10-2022 22:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Arturia announces four new products during their “Rendez-vous” livestream on Tuesday, October 18th. The following comes from Arturia, a company DMN is proud to be partnering with. Dive into the biggest Arturia new product drop in two decades, spanning all corners of its music creation ecosystem. Introducing Augmented GRAND PIANO, MiniFuse 4, MiniLab 3, and […]
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• Listen to a New Track from ‘Warhammer 40,000: Darktide’

  19-10-2022 22:11 via rollingstone.com
  Award-winning Composer Jesper Kyd Helms the Synth-Heavy Score for the Grimdark Co-op Game
  
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• Belle and Sebastian announce North American tour dates

  19-10-2022 21:55 via nme.com
  Belle and Sebastian have announced a 2023 North American tour.READ MORE: Belle And Sebastian talk new album ‘A Bit Of Previous’ and share lead single ‘Unnecessary Drama’The band will be playing across the UK and Europe from November, then heading over to start their US portion of the tour in Mexico on April 24 next year.
  The tour continues their live dates supporting new album ‘A Bit Of Previous’. The album, which received a four-star review from&nbs
  
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• Concord Music Publishing Signs Multi-Platinum Singer-Songwriter Russell Dickerson

  19-10-2022 21:27 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Concord Music Publishing signs a worldwide publishing deal with multi-Platinum singer-songwriter Russell Dickerson. Concord Music Publishing has announced the signing of country singer-songwriter Russell Dickerson. The worldwide deal is effective immediately and includes Dickerson’s complete catalog and future works.  A Tennessee native, Dickerson is the first artist to release four consecutive singles that reached number […]
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• Camilo Visits His Beloved ‘Tribu’ Around the World in Tour Doc Trailer

  19-10-2022 21:25 via rollingstone.com
  Nicki Nicole, Pablo Alborán, and Mau y Ricky are set to make appearances in the film
  
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• See Demi Lovato Perform Goo Goo Dolls‘ ’Iris’ With Johnny Rzeznik at New York Concert

  19-10-2022 21:11 via rollingstone.com
  Singer had been playing the 1998 hit single throughout her Holy Fvck Tour
  
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• See Demi Lovato Perform Goo Goo Dolls‘ ’Iris’ With John Rzeznik at New York Concert

  19-10-2022 21:11 via rollingstone.com
  Singer had been playing the 1998 hit single throughout her Holy Fvck Tour
  
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• Porridge Radio offer discount tour tickets to help with cost of living crisis

  19-10-2022 21:01 via nme.com
  Porridge Radio have announced that a set number of discounted tickets will be set aside for each of their shows, designed to help fans struggling to afford them in the current economic climate.
  The initiative comes after it was reported that the annual cost of energy bills in the UK is forecast to hit £4,347, following Conservative Prime Minister Liz Truss’ recent U-turn on government support.READ MORE: Ticket price caps are the affordable gig stance we all need right nowPosting on t
  
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• Amazon Music Presents Kendrick Lamar’s ‘The Big Steppers Tour’ Streaming Live on October 22

  19-10-2022 20:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Amazon Music will stream a sold-out Paris show on Kendrick Lamar’s ‘The Big Steppers Tour.’ Fans of Kendrick Lamar will be able to see the show exclusively on Prime Video on October 22 at 2 pm ET. The show will also be available on the Amazon Music Twitch channel and the Amazon Music app on […]
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• Watch Marcus Mumford and Ben Lovett perform two songs together live in the US

  19-10-2022 20:32 via nme.com
  Marcus Mumford‘s solo tour featured a performance with his Mumford & Sons bandmate Ben Lovett at The Midland Theatre in Kansas City last night (October 18) – watch footage of the show above.READ MORE: Marcus Mumford on solo album ‘(self-titled)’: “I’ve never felt so fulfilled around a project”After travelling out to the show, Lovett got on stage to perform the band’s singles ‘I Will Wait’ and ‘Ditmas’, taken from their 2
  
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• Nicolle Galyon, Nashville’s Most Vulnerable Songwriter, Has Advice for You: ‘Have Fun and Give Less of a Shit’

  19-10-2022 20:22 via rollingstone.com
  The writer behind hits for Dan + Shay, Camila Cabello, and Kenny Chesney dives fearlessly into her debut album, 'Firstborn'
  
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• Santigold on Why Musicians Are Burning Out Like Never Before: ‘It’s a Cultural Crisis’

  19-10-2022 20:10 via rollingstone.com
  The artist opens up about the economic and mental-health challenges plaguing those who make music for a living — and how it led to her canceling her tour
  
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• Santigold on Why Musicians Are Burning Out Like Never Before

  19-10-2022 20:10 via rollingstone.com
  The artist opens up about the economic and mental-health challenges plaguing those who make music for a living — and how it led to her canceling her tour
  
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• TikTok Partners With Samsung, Universal Music, and Simon Cowell to Release Music Collaboration Tool ‘StemDrop’

  19-10-2022 20:02 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Amid reports that TikTok is plotting an expansion into streaming, the short-form app has partnered with Samsung on the launch of a music discovery and collaboration tool called StemDrop. Samsung and the ByteDance-owned video-sharing platform shed light upon StemDrop this morning. Besides the above-noted evidence of TikTok’s future entry into the stateside streaming space, the […]
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• Dry Cleaning Brilliantly Combine Rocking and Talking On ‘Stumpwork’

  19-10-2022 20:00 via rollingstone.com
  The U.K. group could split up and do poetry and post-rock independently of each other, but somehow it works together
  
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• Arctic Monkeys to headline Rock Werchter 2023 – the week after Glastonbury

  19-10-2022 19:41 via nme.com
  Arctic Monkeys have announced they will be headlining next year’s Rock Werchter Festival.READ MORE: Arctic Monkeys – ‘The Car’ review: a swashbuckling, strings-fuelled epicThe Sheffield quartet will top the bill on the final day of the Belgian music festival, which will be taking place from Thursday, June 29 to Sunday, July 2, 2023. Last week, it was announced that Stromae would be headlining the first day of the event. Fans can register for tickets via the festival&rsquo
  
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• Christina Aguilera Tackles Social Media’s Effect on Kids in Powerful New Video for 2002 Hit ‘Beautiful’

  19-10-2022 19:33 via rollingstone.com
  Clip arrives as the pop star celebrates the 20th anniversary of her classic single, and her album, Stripped
  
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• Complete Mountain Almanac announce debut album, share first single ‘May’

  19-10-2022 19:22 via nme.com
  Complete Mountain Almanac, the new band comprising Swedish songwriter Rebekka Karijord, Jessica Dessner and her twin brothers Aaron and Bryce Dessner of The National, have announced details of their self-titled debut album and shared its lead single.READ MORE: The National on new music: “It’s the whole history of the band, but with a new exploration”‘Complete Mountain Almanac’ was formed after Karijord set out to make an album “about climate change in 12 suite
  
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• 50 Cent says Eminem doesn’t get enough credit for his contributions to hip hop

  19-10-2022 18:27 via nme.com
  50 Cent has said that he doesn’t believe Eminem has been given enough credit for his impact on the world of hip hop.
  During an interview on the podcast Ebro In The Morning to talk about his latest TV project Hip-Hop Homicides, the rapper explained that Eminem helped to make hip hop accessible to more people, thus raising the profile and popularity of the genre.
  “I don’t think that they give Em the credit that he deserves,” he explained. “Because, in order for p
  
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• Self Esteem talks singing Arctic Monkeys while “spangled” and meeting Mr Blobby

  19-10-2022 18:17 via nme.com
  Speaking to NME on the red carpet of the Mercury Prize 2022, Self Esteem revealed her love of singing Arctic Monkeys while “spangled” – as well as telling us about meeting Mr Blobby and progress on her next album.READ MORE Self Esteem on the cover: “I want to use the palatable nature of pop to Trojan horse in my agenda”Rebecca Lucy Taylor – aka Self Esteem – was shortlisted for her acclaimed second album ‘Prioritise Pleasure‘, up against
  
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• Arctic Monkeys put up special Yorkshire accent billboard for ‘The Car’ in Sheffield

  19-10-2022 17:58 via nme.com
  Arctic Monkeys have put up a special Yorkshire-themed billboard for their forthcoming new album ‘The Car’ in their native Sheffield.
  The four-piece, who hail from the Yorkshire city, are set to release their seventh studio album on Friday (October 21).READ MORE: Arctic Monkeys – ‘The Car’ review: a swashbuckling, strings-fuelled epicIn promotion of ‘The Car’, Arctic Monkeys have commissioned a giant billboard featuring the album artwork – which was
  
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• Joe Alwyn has a co-writer credit on Taylor Swift’s upcoming album ‘Midnights’

  19-10-2022 17:43 via nme.com
  Taylor Swift‘s partner Joe Alwyn has been named as a co-writer of a new track on her upcoming album ‘Midnights’.
  Titled ‘Sweet Nothing’, the song is the penultimate track on Swift’s tenth album, which will be released this Friday (October 21).READ MORE: Every Taylor Swift song ranked in order of greatnessAlwyn appears under the pseudonym William Bowery, the name which he was also credited for his contributions to Swift’s 2020 albums ‘Folklore&rsquo
  
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• Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox touring the UK in 2023

  19-10-2022 17:29 via music-news.com
  
  Scott Bradlee's Postmodern Jukebox are touring the UK in 2023, going on an unforgettable 23-date run throughout April and May 2023.
  
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• Liam Gallagher claims Noel Gallagher has blocked Oasis songs from Knebworth 22

  19-10-2022 17:29 via music-news.com
  
  Liam Gallagher has claimed that his estranged brother Noel Gallagher has "blocked" him from featuring Oasis songs in his new documentary 'Knebworth 22'.
  
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• John Kadlecik’s Long, Strange Journey From Grateful Dead Fan to Bandmate of Bob Weir and Phil Lesh

  19-10-2022 17:02 via rollingstone.com
  He saw 50 Dead shows between 1989 and 1995, and in 2009 he was tapped by the surviving members to take on the Jerry Garcia role in their new band Furthur
  
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• Mel C recalls being pelted with Weetabix at V Festival

  19-10-2022 16:54 via nme.com
  Melanie C has recalled the time that she was pelted with items, including Weetabix, during one of her first solo gigs at V Festival in 1999.
  The singer and Spice Girls star looked back on the performance while speaking to Jools Holland and Jim Moir (AKA Vic Reeves) for their latest episode of their podcast Jools and Jim’s Joyride.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Melanie C“One of my first gigs as a solo artist was [at] V 99, and I’d made this a
  
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• Drake’s First Live Gig Was Probably an Opening Set for Ice Cube, and He Got Paid Just $100

  19-10-2022 16:38 via rollingstone.com
  Rapper tells up-and-coming artists currently cashing meager checks to "keep going" at a time when it's harder than ever for striving musicians to "keep going"
  
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• The 1975’s Matty Healy on his Rage Against The Machine comments at Leeds Festival: “We fucking love Rage so much”

  19-10-2022 16:36 via nme.com
  The 1975‘s Matty Healy has looked back on the on-stage comments he made at Leeds Festival about replacing Rage Against The Machine as Reading & Leeds 2022 headliners, clarifying that he and his bandmates “fucking love Rage so much”.READ MORE: The 1975 on the cover: “I’d rather be a pretend supervillain than some pretend hero”The 1975 were called up to replace RATM as headliners just two weeks before the twin festivals took place in August, with the latter
  
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• Ice Cube refutes Kanye West's claim that he 'influenced' his antisemitic comments

  19-10-2022 16:36 via music-news.com
  
  Kanye West claimed that Ice Cube inspired him to "get on this antisemite vibe".
  
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• He Gave Hip-Hop a Voice at the Grammys Before Being Fired. Ten Years Later, He’s Ready to Talk

  19-10-2022 16:20 via rollingstone.com
  Alan Foster helped a criticized Recording Academy recognize hip-hop and R&B. But his refusal to let Grammy management interfere with the nomination process, he says, led to his dismissal
  
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• John Cale announces first new album in a decade ‘Mercy’ and shares Weyes Blood collaboration ‘Story Of Blood’

  19-10-2022 16:00 via nme.com
  John Cale has announced details of his first new album in a decade, ‘Mercy’ – listen to his new track ‘Story Of Blood’, a collaboration with Weyes Blood, below.
  The founding Velvet Underground member will release the new album on January 20, 2023 via Domino.READ MORE: The Velvet Underground review: revisionist doc reworks narrative of New York rock and rollersThe collaboration-heavy album also features turns from Animal Collective, Fat White Family, Sylvan Esso, Lau
  
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• John Cale and Weyes Blood Embrace the Surreal and Spiritual on New Song ‘Story of Blood’

  19-10-2022 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  Track will appear on the storied Welsh musician's first album of all new material in 10 years, Mercy
  
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• Is Nicki Minaj dropping a new album this year?

  19-10-2022 15:56 via nme.com
  Nicki Minaj has teased that she may release a new album by the end of the year following her recent record-breaking success.
  Back in August, the rapper debuted at Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 with her latest single, ‘Super Freaky Girl’, making her the first solo female rapper to achieve the feat in almost a quarter of a century.READ MORE: Nicki Minaj: every album ranked and ratedIt’s one of two major feats Minaj accomplished with her first solo track in more th
  
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• R. Kelly’s Former Business Manager Seeks $850,000 in Legal Fees After Acquittal

  19-10-2022 15:49 via rollingstone.com
  Derrel McDavid was found not guilty of four charges at the disgraced singer's Chicago federal trial on child pornography charges
  
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• Ashley McBryde Will ‘Literally Rip It Out from the Notebook’ When She Isn’t Feeling a Song

  19-10-2022 15:44 via rollingstone.com
  Country artist writes and sings her truth, whether solo or in collaborative environments like on her new album 'Lindeville'
  
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• Astros Manager Dusty Baker on Smoking a Joint With Jimi Hendrix, Loving DJ Khaled, and Other Wild Tales

  19-10-2022 15:13 via rollingstone.com
  The future Baseball Hall of Famer may have invented the high five, and somehow that's not even the coolest thing about him
  
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• ‘Superfly’ actor and rapper Kaalan Walker jailed for minimum 50 years for multiple rapes

  19-10-2022 15:09 via nme.com
  Superfly star and rapper Kaalan Walker has been jailed for a minimum of 50 years after being convicted of multiple rapes.
  The 27-year-old was found guilty back in April on three counts of forcible rape, two counts of statutory rape and two counts of rape by intoxication. He was arrested on the charges in 2018 and released on bail.
  According to a report from The Los Angeles Times, police were told that Walker’s victims were models who the rapper allegedly reached out to under the guise of o
  
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• The original ‘Resident Evil’ score is getting a limited vinyl release

  19-10-2022 15:00 via nme.com
  Capcom and Laced Records have announced a limited edition vinyl release for 1996’s Resident Evil game, which will launch later this month.READ MORE: Best horror games: what’s the best horror you can play in 2022?‘Resident Evil (1996 Original Soundtrack) + Resident Evil Original Soundtrack Remix’ is a triple-vinyl set that will launch with standard and limited editions.
  Pre-orders for both editions will go live at 2PM BST tomorrow (October 20), and will be available throug
  
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• Jennifer Hudson and Adam Lambert Bring a Night at the Opera to Daytime TV

  19-10-2022 14:57 via rollingstone.com
  The two American Idol alums belted a bit of the classic Puccini aria "Nessun dorma" on The Jennifer Hudson Show
  
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• SOHN cancels upcoming UK tour due to low ticket sales: “It’s just a very tough time right now”

  19-10-2022 14:10 via nme.com
  SOHN has cancelled his forthcoming UK tour, citing low ticket sales and the current uncertainty surrounding the live music industry.
  The London artist, real name Christopher Taylor, had been due to embark on the tour in Glasgow on November 13, with the UK and Ireland leg of the ‘Trust’ tour wrapping up in London on November 19.
  Taylor announced over the weekend, however, that he has now been forced to cancel his upcoming UK dates. The only exception is the London show, which will now
  
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• Wet Leg tease next album will be “longer, bigger, better, faster, stronger and more fluorescent”

  19-10-2022 13:40 via nme.com
  Wet Leg have teased what their next album might sound like, as well as discussing what it was like to be covered by Harry Styles and Pearl Jam. Watch our video interview with the band above.READ MORE: Wet Leg on the cover: “I think there’s more authenticity to the music if you’re having fun”The Domino-signed indie duo were speaking to NME on the red carpet at the Mercury Prize 2022 last night (October 19), where they joked about the progress of the follow-up to their accl
  
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• Melanie C was once pelted by a Weetabix when she performed at the V Festival

  19-10-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Melanie C was once pelted by a Weetabix when she performed at the V Festival in 1999.
  
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• John Frusciante is heavily influenced by 80s British music

  19-10-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  The Red Hot Chilli Peppers' guitarist John Frusciante is heavily influenced by 80s British acts like Depeche Mode and The Human League.
  
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• Rihanna has reportedly recorded two new songs for ‘Black Panther: Wakanda Forever’

  19-10-2022 12:55 via nme.com
  Rihanna has reportedly recorded two new songs for the upcoming Black Panther sequel Wakanda Forever.
  The singer’s eighth and most recent studio album, ‘Anti’, came out in 2016, with new music having been teased consistently since then. Next February, she will headline the Super Bowl 2023 Halftime Show.READ MORE: Rihanna’s Super Bowl show will be an exhilarating reminder of her all-round brillianceAccording to HITS Daily Double, the singer has recorded a pai
  
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• Kurt Cobain estate hit out at Royal Opera House adaptation of Gus Van Sant’s ‘Last Days’

  19-10-2022 12:52 via nme.com
  The estate of Kurt Cobain have strongly criticised a recent stage adaptation of Gus Van Sant’s Last Days.READ MORE: Aaron Paul: “I thought about playing Kurt Cobain in a Nirvana biopic”Van Sant’s 2005 film is a fictionalised account of a young musician’s final days, loosely based on the Nirvana frontman, and stars Michael Pitt as protagonist Blake. Like Cobain, Blake escapes a rehabilitation facility days before he takes his own life. Cobain died by suicide at his h
  
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• Billy Ray Cyrus seemingly confirms engagement to Firerose

  19-10-2022 12:36 via music-news.com
  
  Billy Ray Cyrus and Firerose shared pictures on Instagram, with her engagement ring on full display.
  
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• George Floyd's family announce plans to sue Kanye West over 'malicious falsehoods'

  19-10-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Kanye West incorrectly claimed on Drink Champs that George Floyd died of a fentanyl overdose.
  
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