Lil Wayne has enlisted Travis Scott, Meek Mill and more for his fifth annual Lil WeezyAna Fest, taking place September 7th at the UNO Lakefront Arena Festival Grounds in New Orleans, Louisiana. Wayne will headline the single-day event, while the line-up also boasts Trey Songz, Megan Thee Stallion, Kash Doll, …
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After bootlegging a cache of vinyl and airdropping it to fans in the video for “Desperate Man,” Eric Church pays for his crime in the clip for his latest single “Some of It.” Opening with mugshots of his band, the video quickly establishes that the Chief is behind bars, locked …
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When Lukas Nelson & Promise of the Real opened for the Who in Nashville earlier this month, the singer-guitarist delivered an especially fiery reading of the title track of his band’s upcoming album, Turn Off the News (Build a Garden). “All these other thoughts have me confused/I don’t need to …
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Clarence Avant is one of the music business’s most legendary executives. Mentored by Joe Glaser, the longtime manager of Louis Armstrong, Avant has been in the business since the 1950s, managing Sarah Vaughan, R&B singer Little Willie John and others, before he became a powerhouse at Venture and Sussex Records, …
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SoCal singer-songwriter Cuco has dropped a new track titled “Bossa No Sé.” Featuring hip-hop newcomer Jean Carter, it is the second single off Cuco’s major label debut, due for release via Interscope in June. Blending flutters of bossa nova guitar with cutting trap beats, “Bossa No Sé” — a wordplay …
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At 78, Willie Hightower sometimes struggles to remember details from his long career, but there are some occasions he recalls vividly: like the day his wife died (April 16th, 1995 — Easter Sunday), or the time he met Sam Cooke. The gospel phenom had traveled to Hightower’s Gadsden, Alabama, hometown …
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For anyone who thinks Fox News is in some way legitimizing itself by hosting town hall events with Democratic candidates,please direct your attention to the events of the past 24 hours. It began Sunday night, when the network hosted a town hall event with Democratic presidential candidate Pete Buttigieg. As …
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Marilyn Manson has joined the cast of The New Pope, the follow-up series to HBO‘s acclaimed The Young Pope. While it’s unknown what role Manson will fill on the series, a set photo of Manson released by HBO shows the rocker portraying a character that doesn’t appear to stray too …
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One of the funniest lines in Amy Poehler’s new movie Wine Country is when Paula Pell tells Rachel Dratch that her soul’s age is around 18-and-a-half. “Probably old enough to drink and bone … almost out of the house.” It’s a sentiment Carly Rae Jepsen can certainly relate to. The …
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Elton John and Taron Egerton unite on “(I’m Gonna) Love Me Again,” a soulful new song John wrote with longtime lyricist Bernie Taupin. The track appears in the closing credits to the upcoming John biopic, Rocketman, and on the film’s soundtrack. The uplifting duet, which follows Egerton’s rendition of the …
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