Mike Smith has been named global president of Downtown Music Publishing, a newly-created position. Smith will officially assume the role on Sept. 1 out of the company’s London office, directly reporting to Downtown Music Holdings CEO Justin Kalifowitz. Smith…
John Legend brought style, grace and some ooh laa when her performed on The Tonight Show Monday night (June 23). The EGOT star logged in for a virtual performance of “Ooh Laa,” lifted from his new album…
Controversial opinion: Lockdown has been good for hip hop. I don’t mean the closure of clubs, the loss of local cyphers or the endless fucking parade of ‘Quarantine bars’ popping up on your Facebook. But for some,…
Ed Sheeran had a laid-back year in 2019, by his standards. But his music continued to pump solidly across the U.K. The English singer and songwriter was the most played artist of 2019, according to new data…
Bob Dylan should complete his comeback with a U.K. No. 1. The master songwriter’s new album Rough and Rowdy Ways (Columbia) leads the midweek U.K. chart by a handy margin. According to the Official Charts Company, Dylan’s 39th…
Seal on Monday (June 22) told a story he said was not well-known about his classic song “Kiss From a Rose,” which Joel Schumacher helped make a huge hit. The director died Monday. He was 80. In…
Collectibles, card sleeves, avatars, voice packs, icon borders and game backgrounds featuring the South Korean boy band will be available. South Korean boy band BTS is taking over UNO! Mobile, the electronic version of the classic card game. Mattel163,…
BTS and management company Big Hit Entertainment have donated $1 million to Crew Nation, Live Nation’s charitable effort to live show staff impacted by the coronavirus pandemic, according to Variety. “This is one of the largest artist donations that has been raised…
Sweeping new rules designed to curb “alcohol abuse” on the island also outlaw party boats, pub crawls and balcony jumping. The verdict is in, and the party is over for Ibiza super-clubs this summer. On Sunday (June…
Carly Pearce and Michael Ray have called it a quits after eight months of marriage as Pearce just filed for divorce, a rep confirmed to Billboard. People originally broke the story today (June 22). “This was a hard decision. It wasn’t…
Source: Forbes.com Major League Baseball is set to return. The MLB Players Association (MLBPA) informed the league on Tuesday that players will comply with commissioner Rob Manfred’s imposed outline for a 2020 season. Players are set report…
Check out brand new music from @snipabr who goes by Snipa. Snipa is a native of the DMV area and just recently relocated to LA. You can stream his official mixtape below which is online NOW!…
Professor T.I. Harris has partnered with Clark Atlanta University to teach a new course! The Atlanta rapper and native teamed up with Dr. Melva K. Williams, a renowned Hip Hop scholar, to teach the “Business of Trap…
RIP Pop Smoke. The late rapper is set to release a posthumous album titled, “Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon.” Recently, 50 Cent took to Instagram to reveal his guest feature on one of the…
Source: FDA Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday he is cautiously optimistic there will be a COVID-19 vaccine by the end of the year or early 2021, but warned that the next few weeks will be critical to…