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Paul Simon will be a forgotten name in the history books when scholars look back on 20th-century music and see only Bob Dylan and The Beatles standing tall — that’s the polarizing take of one NBC writer, anyway. Jeff Slate — a NYC-based songwriter and journalist — penned a controversial piece for NBC Think …

News DMX Hospitalized and in Critical Condition Following Apparent Drug Overdose: Report The rapper reportedly suffered a heart attack after the overdose By Noah Yoo April 3, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter DMX has been hospitalized after suffering an apparent drug overdose on the evening of Friday, April 2, as TMZ reports. The rapper reportedly

Lil Wayne‘s in luck if he ever needs to borrow a cup of sugar from his neighbor, because he just dropped a fortune on a mansion right by Kylie Jenner‘s crib. The rapper dropped $15.4 mil for the home in Hidden Hills — the high-profile gated community that’s home to much of the Kardashian crew

News Omar Apollo Launches New Hot Sauce The recipe for Disha Hot has been passed down for generations in the artist’s family By Madison Bloom April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Omar Apollo, October 2019 (Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter First-generation, Mexican-American singer and songwriter Omar Apollo has launched his own hot

Britney Spears says there are no ghostwriters when it comes to her social media posts, contrary to a growing belief … now she herself tells TMZ she writes the dang things herself!!! The pop star is refuting claims made by one of her former makeup artists, Billy Brasfield, who alleged Britney personally told him she

News Demi Lovato Enlists Ariana Grande for New Song: Listen “Met Him Last Night” appears on Lovato’s new album Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over By Madison Bloom April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy). Facebook Twitter Today (April 2), Demi Lovato

Quavo is speaking out for the first time since TMZ posted video of an elevator altercation between him and Saweetie — and he wants to make one thing clear — he’s never physically abused his former gf. Quavo tells us, “We had an unfortunate situation almost a year ago that we both learned and moved

News Violent Femmes to Reissue Greatest Hits Compilation Add It Up (1981-1993) on Vinyl The collection of hits and rarities is now on streaming to celebrate its 40th anniversary By Noah Yoo April 1, 2021 Facebook Twitter Violent Femmes, 1989 (Rocky Schenck) Facebook Twitter Violent Femmes have announced a new vinyl reissue of their greatest

Quavo and Saweetie could soon be answering to the LAPD, because cops have opened an investigation into their elevator altercation … TMZ has learned. Law enforcement sources tell us LAPD detectives have seen the video, obtained by TMZ, showing the now ex-couple fighting over a video game console box, and cops want to meet with

News Songwriters Call on Artists to Stop Demanding Credit and Publishing for Songs They Didn’t Write The Pact—Emily Warren, Tobias Jesso Jr., Tayla Parx, and others—pledge to stop catering to recording artists’ “bully tactics and threats” in demanding publishing By Evan Minsker March 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter Musician recording an acoustic guitar (Neil Godwin/Total Guitar

Play video content @claudiamconway/TikTok Claudia Conway‘s been hospitalized and thinks she might have appendicitis, but don’t cry her a river … ’cause she’s dancing the pain away. Kellyanne Conway‘s 16-year-old daughter revealed she’s in the hospital by doing what she does … posting it on TikTok. In the video, she’s dancing from her hospital bed

News My Bloody Valentine Sign to Domino, Announce Vinyl Reissues, Add m b v to Streaming The band’s full catalog is now on streaming services for the first time By Noah Yoo March 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter My Bloody Valentine, 1988 (Paul Rider) Facebook Twitter My Bloody Valentine have signed to Domino, and today, the

Britney Spears says the latest documentary about her life is super embarrassing and it’s got her in tears. The singer broke her silence on the ‘Framing Britney Spears’ doc Tuesday, saying she was “embarrassed by the light they put me in.” Britney says she didn’t watch the entire documentary, but she really didn’t like the

News Poté Announces New Album, Shares New Song With Damon Albarn: Listen Check out “Young Lies” from the Paris-based artist’s A Tenuous Tale of Her By Evan Minsker March 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter Poté, photo by Ussi’n Yala Facebook Twitter Poté, the Paris-based artist born Sylvern Mathurin, has announced a new album called A Tenuous

The Nike lawsuit might have caught Lil Nas X by surprise, but he had to see this coming — the Church of Satan is throwing its support behind his new limited edition “Satan Shoes.” David Harris, magister for the Church of Satan, tells TMZ … the shoes, which feature an inverted cross, bronze pentagram and

News Aphex Twin Develops New Microtuning Synth Plugin With UK Startup ODDSound’s MTS-ESP can tune various synthesizers in nonstandard microintervals By Matthew Ismael Ruiz March 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter Two masks of Richard David James aka Aphex Twin from the exhibition “Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers” at the Design Museum in London, July

Play video content Travis Scott loves his new spiked seltzer beverage so much … he’s willing to sneak in a case of it to one of the nicest restaurants in L.A. The rapper hit up Malibu’s Nobu restaurant Sunday night with some friends, but instead of sipping on sake, wine or cocktails … he was

News Malcolm Cecil, Synth Pioneer and Stevie Wonder Producer, Has Died He built the world’s largest analog synthesizer and collaborated with Wonder on his revered 1970s run By Allison Hussey March 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter Malcolm Cecil with TONTO, 1974 (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Malcolm Cecil, influential producer and designer of

You wouldn’t know COVID is out of control in Europe and, in particular, Spain, looking at this concert Saturday night with thousands of folks packed into a concert hall. To be specific … 5,000 fans showed up in Barcelona for the biggest commercial event in all of Europe since the pandemic exploded more than a

News Watch the Weather Station Perform on CBS This Morning Tamara Lindeman and her band played tracks from the Weather Station’s latest album Ignorance  By Madison Bloom March 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter Still of The Weather Station on CBS This Morning. Facebook Twitter The Weather Station performed on the latest edition of CBS This Morning:

Shawn Mendes and Camila Cabello got quite a scare this week when their place was broken into, but even worse … cops say Shawn’s now down one G-Wagon. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the singers were home together in L.A. when the suspects broke in through a window. We’re told the perps made a

News Kele Announces New Solo Album The Waves Pt. 1, Shares New Song: Listen Bloc Party frontman’s cover of Bronski Beat’s “Smalltown Boy” leads the new record By Noah Yoo March 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Kele photo courtesy of the artist Facebook Twitter Kele Okereke has announced a new solo album, The Waves Pt. 1.

Someone hit the Beyhive … Beyonce‘s storage units were broken into and burglars made off with more than $1 million worth of valuables. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … 3 L.A. area storage units filled with Beyonce goodies were hit twice by thieves earlier this month, and the culprits swiped her expensive handbags and dresses.

News Amaarae Announces Fall 2021 Tour The Crazy Wurld Tour includes 10 stops in Europe and the United Kingdom in November By Matthew Strauss March 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Amaarae, photo by Yussif Al Jabaar Facebook Twitter Amaarae is planning to go on tour in November. The Ghanian-American artist has 10 November concerts lined up

Play video content TMZ.com YG just dropped a new sneaker he says caters to the streets … and he’s giving away the shoes to folks forced to live there. The rapper was out in Los Angeles Friday, hooking up the homeless with his Block Runner sneakers at the same time the kicks went up for

News Gojira Share Video for New Song “Amazonia”: Watch The latest from the French metal band’s next album Fortitude By Madison Bloom March 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Gojira, photo by Gabrielle Duplantier Facebook Twitter French metal band Gojira have shared the second single from their forthcoming LP Fortitude. “Amazonia” arrives with a music video directed

Exclusive The marathon continues, but the marathon feud Nipsey Hussle‘s estate had with the Crips is over … thanks to a settlement of a lawsuit. Nipsey’s brother, Samiel Asghedom, just informed the court in writing that the estate’s reached the settlement with Crips LLC. The notice was filed Thursday in L.A. County court. As we

News Japanese Breakfast, SASAMI, More to Play Mission Creek’s New Virtual Festival DUOS Taking place April 29-30, the event features musicians and writers performing their work and discussing the creative process By Madison Bloom March 25, 2021 Facebook Twitter Japanese Breakfast, SASAMI (Photos via Getty Images). Facebook Twitter Iowa City’s Mission Creek Festival returns virtually this spring

Ja Rule is unloading some bad juju from the infamous disaster known as the Fyre Festival … which is why he sold this painting for way less than his asking price. The rapper who was tied to the dumpster fire of a festival sold the oil-paint portrait of the Fyre Festival logo for a cool