After first trial ended by mistrial, a jury finds that MGA Entertainment’s dolls did not steal the OMG Girlz’ look T.I. and Tiny have lost their copyright infringement lawsuit against the L.O.L. Surprise! doll maker MGA Entertainment, as a jury ruled in favor of the toymaker on Friday. The rapper …
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Roger Waters Defends Himself Against ‘Smear’ Campaign After Berlin Concert
Roger Waters has defended himself against a “smear” campaign that accused the singer of wearing a “Nazi-style” outfit during his recent concert in Berlin, which subsequently prompted a police investigation. “My recent performance in Berlin has attracted bad faith attacks from those who want to smear and silence me because …
Read More »Bladee and Varg2 Bring Drain Gang Lore To The New York Art World
Ten years ago, a photo of Stefan Burnett — more widely known by his pseudonym MC Ride, as one-third of the hardcore rap project Death Grips — went viral on the group’s Facebook page. Burnett, whose face is obscured by his upturned hoodie, sits crouched on the floor while he …
Read More »See Taylor Hawkins’ Son Join Foo Fighters for ‘I’ll Stick Around’ at Boston Calling
Shane Hawkins cameos in his late father’s spot behind the drums during band’s headlining gig Friday Foo Fighters — with a new drummer in tow — continue to pay tribute to the late Taylor Hawkins during their just-launched tour, and at their Boston Calling headlining gig Friday, the band brought …
Read More »See Taylor Swift Bring Out Ice Spice, Jack Antonoff at New Jersey Show
A few minutes before midnight on Friday, Taylor Swift surprised the audience at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium, where she was kicking off a three-night stint of her Eras tour, by welcoming rapper Ice Spice to the stage. The two women performed their new collaborative version of “Karma” together for the …
Read More »How Mark Ronson Convinced Dua Lipa to Join the ‘Barbie’ Soundtrack
Lipa released Barbie the Album‘s lead single “Dance the Night” on Friday It all “started with a DM.” After the official release of the Barbie soundtrack’s lead single “Dance the Night,” Mark Ronson shared his first-ever reach out (via IG DM) to Dua Lipa to join him on the song. …
Read More »Beyoncé Honors Tina Turner at Paris ‘Renaissance’ Show
Beyoncé is honoring Tina Turner. During her tour stop in Paris’ Stade France on Friday, Beyoncé stopped her show to remember the legendary singer, who died earlier this week. “I just want to take a second and honor Tina Turner,” she told the crowd. “If you’re a fan of mine, …
Read More »Fifth Harmony’s Dinah Jane and Lauren Jauregui Reunite for First Time Since 2018 Hiatus
The sisterhood of Fifth Harmony remains intact. On Friday, Dinah Jane shared footage of herself reuniting with Lauren Jauregui during the release party for Jauregui’s new EP In Between for the first time since the girl group announced its hiatus in 2018. “It’s always love on my end,” Dinah Jane …
Read More »Houston Rapper Monaleo Gives Birth Days Before Her First LP Arrives
Today, rising rap star Monaleo’s debut LP, Where the Flowers Don’t Die, hit streaming services. Monaleo got to celebrate at home in Houston with a very special person — her newborn. Monaleo completed the mixtape throughout the duration of her first pregnancy and gave birth earlier this week. Though she …
Read More »Ari Lennox to Perform at Governors Ball After Tems Pulls Out ‘Due to Unforeseen Circumstances’
Lineup Change “It hurts me to know I can’t be there with you all,” Tems wrote on Twitter Tems will no longer be performing at Governors Ball in New York City next month. On Friday, the Nigerian star shared a statement on Twitter revealing that she had to pull out …
Read More »Moneybagg Yo Returns With Self-Confident New Single ‘Ocean Spray’
Riding a Wave The track is accompanied by a music video partially set inside an aquarium Moneybagg Yo has dropped a new single, “Ocean Spray,” along with a tripped out music video directed by Ben Marc. The bravado track heralds the rapper’s forthcoming mixtape, Hard To Love, out June 2 …
Read More »Summer Walker Opens Up on Postpartum Depression and Single Parenting
Atlanta singer-songwriter Summer Walker joined rapper Yung Miami on Thursday’s episode of Caresha Please. The two discussed motherhood, the power of therapy, and postpartum depression. Walker opened up about her first experience with therapy, which she used to call “that white people shit,” and how on the first day she met her …
Read More »Hear Taylor Swift Update ‘Snow on the Beach’ With Extra Lana Del Rey
More Snow, More Lana “You asked for it, we listened,” Swift said of Midnights redo Swifties demanded more Lana Del Rey on their Midnights collaboration “Snow on the Beach,” and Taylor Swift has delivered with the release of the Midnights (Til Dawn Edition) deluxe album. When Midnights initially dropped in October, …
Read More »Karma is a Munch: Taylor Swift and Ice Spice Team Up on ‘Karma’ Remix
The people’s princesses, Taylor Swift and Ice Spice, have released an amped up remix of “Karma,” an ode to allowing our enemies defeat themselves. With karma in the duo’s corner, there’s no way either of them can fail — like Ice Spice said, how can they lose if they’re already …
Read More »Takeoff’s Alleged Shooter Indicted for Murder
CRIME AND COURTS The indictment comes after the suspect was released from jail after posting a $1 million bond in January A Texas grand jury has indicted Patrick Clark, the man accused of shooting rapper Takeoff, on murder charges, KHOU reported Thursday after confirmation from the Harris County District Attorney’s Office. Takeoff, of the rap trio Migos alongside …
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