Everyone who succeeds in the music industry catches some sort of break; talent is key, of course, but talent can go unrecognized, and nothing is guaranteed. No one knows this better than Los Angeles native Derek Ali, who’s shaped the…
Dreamville’s readying the release of “ROTD3 (Deluxe Edition)” tomorrow. Dreamville’s been going hard over the last few years. With ‘s obvious success, along with the budding careers of JID, Ari Lennox, , , and more, Dreamville’s In 2019, they rallied…
Jacquees is heading into 2020 with a new tour. The crooner announced the full rundown of his King of R&B North American tour, which kicks off Jan. 17 in San Antonio, Texas, and stretches all the way through March 5 in…
Who’s excited for this? has been busy this year, and it’s only halfway through January. Aside from assisting Quando Rondo on the track, off his debut album, last week, 2 Chainz also dropped his own song, the Atlanta anthem, While “Falcons Hawks Braves” likely won’t…
Late T. Rex leader Marc Bolan would have been of a few minds about the band's just-announced Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction, according to Gloria Jones, his girlfriend, bandmate and mother of their son, Rolan Feld Bolan.…
With his band, the Grammy-nominated Cimarrón, Rojas was leading a resurgence of Colombian joropo music. Colombian musician Carlos “Cuco” Rojas was a master of the arpa llanera (plains harp) and other folkloric string instruments who, with his band, Cimarrón, led a…
Whitney Houston is being welcomed into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2020, and for her posthumous induction, she'll need a special someone to give a speech in her honor. Houston worked with a diverse array of stars…
Future has changed so much since 2003. Atlanta icon ‘s major-label debut Pluto still earns some spin-time on our playlists every so often but years before that was even a thing, the rapper was using a different name to get…
In August 2018, British rapper and YouTuber KSI challenged fellow YouTube star Logan Paul to an amateur boxing match, which became the biggest white-collar match in history, streamed by more than 20 million people worldwide. Following a majority draw (in which…
After a group of hit-making songwriters came together for a session in California, a band, called ASL, was unwittingly born. Signed to AMLOR Music/Modest! Management, the six-piece — made up of prominent pop songwriters, scattered in age from late 20s to…