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50 Cent on Pop Smoke’s debut album: “You’re going to see that we really just lost something big”
50 Cent has spoken about Pop Smoke‘s posthumous debut album ‘Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon’ which is due to land next month. Read more: Pay tribute to the late, great Pop Smoke with his 10 best tracks The legendary rapper was a mentor to the young star, who died aged 20 in February after being fatally shot during a home invasion in California. 50 Cent spoke to the New York Times for a memorial piece published on Thursday (June 25) along with a host of other musicians, friends, producers and industry employees who worked with Pop...
OutKast’s Big Boi and Sleepy Brown share trunk-rattling new song ‘Can’t Sleep’
OutKast‘s Big Boi and longtime collaborator Sleepy Brown have come together on new collaboration ‘Can’t Sleep’. Read more: OutKast’s ‘Stankonia’ at 20 – We rank its songs from worst to best The song is the latest to be shared from the pair’s upcoming joint album ‘The Big Sleepover’, which was first teased last year after the release of ‘Intentions’ featuring CeeLo Green. In the song’s video, Big Boi and Sleepy Brown, both of whom are part of the hip-hop collective Dungeon Family, are seen performing in and around a pair of classic cars parked in front of the famous OutKast mural...
Watch BLACKPINK’s energetic live debut of ‘How You Like It’
BLACKPINK stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon this weekend for a virtual performance of their new single ‘How You Like It’. Read more: Pop is Not A Dirty Word: K-Pop powerhouses Blackpink are the antidote to everyman pop stars – and they’re gonna conquer all Host Jimmy Fallon called the K-pop four-piece “unbelievable” during the talk show on Friday night (June 26), adding that “phenomenon isn’t even the word” to describe them. “You need to invent a new word for this group,” he said. ‘How You Like It’ is BLACKPINK’s first new music since their Lady Gaga collaboration, ‘Sour...
Coldplay dedicate ‘Paradise’ Global Goal performance to black man who died in police custody
Coldplay have dedicated their song ‘Paradise’ to Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old black man who died in police custody last year. The band performed their ‘Mylo Xyloto‘ hit song for the Global Goal: Unite for Our Future virtual concert yesterday (June 27). The event was organised to raise funds to give coronavirus treatment to all who need it. Advertisement McClain died in August 2019, days after he was allegedly restrained with a chokehold and injected with ketamine by Colorado police officers. His case is among several to receive renewed attention following the death of George Floyd last month. Coldplay began...
Lady Gaga offered to be Billie Eilish’s mentor
Lady Gaga has revealed that she offered Billie Eilish her mentorship after finding that she never secured herself a steady female confidant in the music industry. The singer, 34, said she sent Eilish flowers with a note after the 18-year-old star bagged five Grammy awards in January. Read more: Lady Gaga’s ‘Bad Romance’ at 10 – how the surreal single shook the pop landscape Gaga told Apple Music: “Billie swept a whole bunch of awards so I said, ‘Let’s send some flowers’. I wrote her a note. For me, it’s healing because it hurt me that I didn’t get...
Beyoncé surprises fans with trailer for Disney+ visual album ‘Black Is King’
A new visual album from Beyoncé is coming to the Disney+ streaming service next month. Read more: Beyoncé – ‘Lion King: The Gift’ review Black Is King (out July 31) is a new visual project from the singer, which lands a year on from Disney’s The Lion King in which Queen Bey voiced Nala. The new film is based on the music of The Lion King: The Gift, the official soundtrack of the Disney reboot. The new visual album is written, directed and executive produced by Beyoncé and stars the soundtrack’s featured artists as well as special guests. BLACK IS...
Glass Animals postpone the release of ‘Dreamland’
Glass Animals have postponed the release of their third album ‘Dreamland’ in order to keep focus on the Black Lives Matter movement and the discussions taking place around racism and police brutality around the world. Originally slated for a July 10 release, the band will now release the record on August 7. In a post on Instagram today (June 28), the band explained that they were set to share one of the main singles from the album a few weeks ago but that it “couldn’t have felt more like the wrong time” to release new music. Advertisement “The deaths...
Watch Adam Lambert cover ‘Mad World’ for Global Pride 2020
Adam Lambert has given a heartfelt rendition of Tears For Fears’ ‘Mad World’ as part of the Global Pride 2020 livestream event. On Saturday June 27, organisations from across the world came together for Global Pride, a worldwide celebration of the diverse LGBTQ+ community. The 24-hour livestream event also featured films, talks, speeches and more from a vast network of musicians, political leaders and human rights activists. The Queen vocalist performed the socially distanced cover for the virtual event after he shared an impassioned speech. “It’s amazing to be a part of the LGTBQ+ community,” he said. “I’m very...
Kanye West shares ‘Spaceship’ video 16 years after song’s release
Kanye West has shared the video for his track ‘Spaceship’, 16 years after the song was initially released. Read more: The best moments from Kanye West’s ultra-exclusive Sunday Service live events It marks the first time the video has been officially released, after having leaked online years ago. “UNRELEASED SPACESHIP VIDEO WITH GLC AND CONS,” West tweeted yesterday (June 26), referring to the guest appearances by GLC and Consequence. “THIS IS WHAT WE DREAMED OF BACK THEN.” UNRELEASED SPACESHIP VIDEO WITH GLC AND CONS THIS IS WHAT WE DREAMED OF BACK THENhttps://t.co/Zdywsuyuld#WESTDAYEVER — ye (@kanyewest) June 27, 2020 Advertisement ...Recent Posts
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