LAGOS, NIGERIA — Only three years ago, most major Nigerian film producers didn’t bother to pay musicians before using their music in films — or even to ask permission. “Nollywood,” a sobriquet for the Nigerian film industry, didn’t think it…
Aled Haydn Jones has been promoted to lead one of the BBC’s flagship music-based stations, Radio 1. Haydn Jones was most recently head of programmes at the station, which draws roughly 10 million listeners, and he was behind this year’s…
Run the Jewels’ Killer Mike made a surprise appearance at Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottom’s press conference on Friday (May 29), in an attempt to quell some of the violence that has taken place during nationwide protests of George Floyd’s police-related…
As thousands took to the streets around the nation over the weekend to protest the death of unarmed black man George Floyd in Minneapolis police custody last week, a number of artists lashed out at Pres. Donald Trump’s reaction to…
LL Cool J has a lot to say about the situation currently unfolding across America, and a single tweet won’t do it. The two-time Grammy winner unleashed an incendiary rap which traces centuries of racism, division and the all-too-frequent killing…
The U.K. singles chart is going gaga this week. Following the release of Chromatica (Interscope) last Friday (May 26), Lady Gaga is on target to score three entries in the top 40, including the No. 1 single. Gaga’s current No.…
Two days after a country music festival in northern Wisconsin got the green light to hold four days of concerts expected to attract thousands, organizers canceled the event. The Hodag Country Festival in Rhinelander won approval from the Oneida County…
Lincoln Center artistic director Jane Moss is departing on Aug. 1 after 27 years, leaving the performing arts center without a key leader while it remains shut due to the coronavirus pandemic. Lincoln Center’s constituent parts have been shut down…
Jay-Z has posted a statement regarding his conversation with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz and the George Floyd case. Legendary rapper Jay-Z has released a statement regarding the death of George Floyd and his conversation with Minnesota Governor Tim Walz. Nicholas…
The 1975 score their second leader on Australia’s albums chart with Notes On A Conditional Form (Dirty Hit/Sony), while the blockbuster Lady Gaga–Ariana Grande collaboration “Rain On Me” (Interscope/Universal) misses out to DaBaby’s “Rockstar” (Interscope/Universal) for the top-selling single. Notes On…