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News Watch Bono Perform New Version of “With or Without You” on Colbert The U2 singer also discussed his new memoir, Peter Jackson’s Beatles movie, and the future of America By Jazz Monroe and Rob Arcand November 4, 2022 Facebook Twitter Stephen Colbert and Bono on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, November 2022 (Scott

Takeoff‘s shooting death shocked the world, but especially his hometown of Atlanta, where a graffiti artist was moved to honor the Migos rapper with a mural … in little more than an instant. TMZ Hip Hop spoke with Armondo Monoletti, the artist who painted Takeoff’s likeness underneath the John Lewis Freedom Parkway bridge near downtown

News Headie One Announces No Borders Mixtape, Shares Video for New Song: Watch The UK drill rapper enlisted artists from Italy, Sweden, France, and other parts of Europe for his latest project By Madison Bloom November 3, 2022 Facebook Twitter Headie One and Koba LaD, photo by Jonathan Lopez Facebook Twitter UK drill rapper Headie

Johnny Depp is a wanted man in just about every lane Hollywood has to offer these days, and he’s about to make a guest appearance in a huge show — orchestrated by Rihanna! No, Depp won’t be shredding his guitar with RiRi at the Super Bowl … but production sources tell us he’ll be a

News Drake and 21 Savage Reveal Cover Artwork for New Album Her Loss The record was delayed one week after producer Noah “40” Shebib contracted COVID-19 while mixing and mastering the LP By Madison Bloom November 2, 2022 Facebook Twitter Drake, 21 Savage (Photo by Prince Williams/Wireimage). Facebook Twitter Just days ahead of releasing their

Play video content King Akademiks DJ Akademiks is calling out anyone defending today’s hip hop culture — on the heels of Takeoff‘s slaying — because he says the culture’s adopted too many street ethos. Ak went live on Twitch for over 3 hours Wednesday morning … going over key facts in the Houston case, identifying

News Holly Herndon Covers Dolly Parton’s “Jolene” Using AI: Listen Herndon created the song using her deepfake “twin” Holly+ By Rob Arcand November 1, 2022 Facebook Twitter Holly+, image by Team Rolfes Facebook Twitter Holly Herndon has released a new cover of Dolly Parton’s classic ballad “Jolene,” recorded with artificial intelligence. The AI cover was

Shock and outrage continue to pour in over Migos rapper Takeoff‘s shooting death, and Rich the Kid is especially reeling over the tragic news. In a series of heartfelt posts, RTK shared his love, old pics and text messages between him and Takeoff … revealing they used to share clothes and shoes back in the

News Warp’s Artificial Intelligence Compilation (Aphex Twin, Autechre, More) Returning to Vinyl The landmark 1992 comp featured early music from Aphex Twin, Autechre, and more By Jazz Monroe November 1, 2022 Facebook Twitter Aphex Twin, 1996 (Martyn Goodacre/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Warp will reissue its landmark compilation Artificial Intelligence on December 9, putting the 1992

Takeoff, one-third of Migos, is dead after an early morning shooting in Houston … TMZ Hip Hop has confirmed. Law enforcement sources, and multiple witnesses, tell us the fatal incident went down shortly after 2:30 AM … that’s when cops got the call for a man shot at a bowling alley called 810 Billiards &

News Norm Chambers, Experimental Musician Behind Panabrite and Jürgen Müller, Dies at 50 The Seattle ambient artist had been living with sinus cancer since 2019 By Allison Hussey October 31, 2022 Facebook Twitter Norm Chambers, photo by Kayoko Shibue Facebook Twitter Norm Chambers, who made analog-heavy ambient music under the name Panabrite, has died. He

News SZA, Ice Spice, Smino, and More: This Week’s Pitchfork Selects Playlist Our weekly playlist highlights songs that our writers, editors, and contributors are listening to on repeat By Pitchfork October 31, 2022 Facebook Twitter Graphic by Callum Abbott Facebook Twitter The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of

Kanye West is on a new tear — suggesting what happened to Emmett Till is what’s happening to him as he falls from grace … this while trying to get Ari Emanuel‘s attention. New posts have been popping up on Ye’s IG page of late — ever since he was reinstated — but a string

News Taylor Swift Scores 11th No. 1 Album With Midnights, Achieving Highest Sales in Almost 7 Years Swift is now the sixth artist with more than 10 LPs to top the Billboard 200 chart, after Midnights sold well over a million copies By Jazz Monroe October 30, 2022 Facebook Twitter Taylor Swift, September 2022 (VALERIE

Blueface‘s girlfriend, Chrisean Rock, appears to have accused him of domestic violence — capturing the alleged aftermath on camera … and it echoes of Rihanna and Chris Brown. CR started an Instagram Live Saturday night that shows her breaking down and complaining following some sort of altercation she says went down in the car —

News D. H. Peligro, Dead Kennedys Drummer, Dies at 63 The longtime punk icon died from trauma to the head caused by an accidental fall By Nina Corcoran October 29, 2022 Facebook Twitter D. H. Peligro, photo by Scott Legato/Getty Images Facebook Twitter D.H. Peligro, Dead Kennedys longtime drummer, has died. The band confirmed the

Luke Bryan brought out Governor Ron DeSantis as a special guest during one of his concerts this week … and it doesn’t look like the internet is very happy about it. The country singer was performing Friday in Jacksonville, FL, and at one point in the show … he brought out RDS to join him

News Jerry Lee Lewis Dies at 87 The rock’n’roll musician soared to popularity with the hits “Great Balls of Fire” and “Whole Lotta Shakin’ Goin’ On,” but fell from grace after marrying his 13-year-old cousin when he was 22 years old By Evan Minsker October 28, 2022 Facebook Twitter Jerry Lee Lewis, 1962 (Harry Hammond/V&A

Play video content TMZ.com Kanye West‘s downward spiral isn’t impacting his music on streaming platforms — not yet, anyway, and Ty Dolla $ign‘s supremely confident their “Ego Death” will be just fine. We bumped into Ty$ at Dash Radio in Hollywood, where he was all about showing off his freshly manicured nails — but we

News Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon Announces Wisconsin Get-Out-the-Vote Events “No one is more powerful than a citizenry that is empowered and together”—Justin Vernon By Matthew Strauss October 28, 2022 Facebook Twitter Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon, photo by Eric Timothy Carlson & Graham Tolbert Facebook Twitter Back in 2020, Bon Iver’s Justin Vernon launched the nonpartisan

Rock ‘n’ roll icon, Jerry Lee Lewis has died … TMZ has confirmed. The “Great Balls of Fire” singer’s team released a statement Friday, saying, “Lewis, perhaps the last true, great icon of the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, whose marriage of blues, gospel, country, honky-tonk and raw, pounding stage performances so threatened a young

News Weyes Blood Shares New Video for “Grapevine”: Watch The single from Natalie Mering’s upcoming album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, was released earlier this month By Madison Bloom October 28, 2022 Facebook Twitter Weyes Blood (Still from “Grapevine” music video). Facebook Twitter Weyes Blood has released a new video for her single “Grapevine.”

Kanye West is back to inspiring his fellow rappers, who are trolling him over his empire imploding due to Adidas, Balenciaga, TJ Maxx and others leaving him in the dust. Everywhere you look on social media, Ye’s the butt of endless jokes and memes … and rappers like 50 Cent, N.O.R.E., Jadakiss and Young Thug

News Nakhane and Perfume Genius Share Video for New Song “Do You Well”: Watch Emre Türkmen and Nile Rodgers produced the South African musician’s new single By Matthew Ismael Ruiz October 27, 2022 Facebook Twitter Nakhane, photo by Alex de Mora Facebook Twitter Nakhane has shared their new song “Do You Well,” featuring Perfume Genius.

Drake and 21 Savage are pushing back the release date for their highly anticipated joint album … because the producer is battling coronavirus. Champagne Papi announced the delay Wednesday, revealing on his Instagram story that his longtime producer, Noah “40” Shebib, became infected with COVID while mixing and mastering the album. Drake and 21 Savage’s

News Spotify CEO Daniel Ek Condemns Kanye West’s “Awful” Antisemitic Comments, Says He Has No Authority to Remove His Music “It’s up to his label, if they want to take action or not,” Ek explained of the future of West’s music on the streaming platform By Rob Arcand October 26, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kanye West,

Rihanna making her grand return to music with a song for the “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever” soundtrack is the only thing that could make that movie even more anticipated … and it’s happening!!! On Wednesday, the icon posted a sample to the upcoming song “Lift Me Up” to social media … igniting excitement in the