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News DMX Hospitalized and in Critical Condition Following Apparent Drug Overdose: Report The rapper reportedly suffered a heart attack after the overdose By Noah Yoo April 3, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter DMX has been hospitalized after suffering an apparent drug overdose on the evening of Friday, April 2, as TMZ reports. The rapper reportedly

News Esperanza Spalding Releases New TRIANGLE Suite: Listen Featuring new songs written “in consultation with music therapists and neuroscientists” By Noah Yoo April 3, 2021 Facebook Twitter Esperanza Spalding, photo by LaMont Hamilton Facebook Twitter Esperanza Spalding has released the TRIANGLE suite: a trio of new songs called “formwela 1,” “formwela 2,” featuring Ganavya, and

News Playboi Carti Shares New “Sky” Video: Watch There is a whole lot of green in the Whole Lotta Red visual By Matthew Strauss April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Playboi Carti in “Sky,” directed by Nick Walker Facebook Twitter Playboi Carti has released the music video for his Whole Lotta Red song “Sky.” Directed by

News Omar Apollo Launches New Hot Sauce The recipe for Disha Hot has been passed down for generations in the artist’s family By Madison Bloom April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Omar Apollo, October 2019 (Lloyd Bishop/NBC/NBCU Photo Bank via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter First-generation, Mexican-American singer and songwriter Omar Apollo has launched his own hot

News Listen to ANOHNI and Bryce Dessner’s New “Another World (String Arrangement)” The string arrangement from Impermanence/Disintegration is performed by the Australian String Quartet By Evan Minsker April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Bryce Dessner (Shervin Lainez), ANOHNI (Alice O’Malley) Facebook Twitter The National’s Bryce Dessner has released a new album with the Australian String Quartet

News Demi Lovato Enlists Ariana Grande for New Song: Listen “Met Him Last Night” appears on Lovato’s new album Dancing With the Devil…The Art of Starting Over By Madison Bloom April 2, 2021 Facebook Twitter Demi Lovato, Ariana Grande (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy). Facebook Twitter Today (April 2), Demi Lovato

News Iggy Pop Joins Cast of Comedy Film Blue Iguana Alongside Bob Saget and Joel David Moore, he’ll play a patriarch whose death sets the plot in motion By Allison Hussey April 1, 2021 Facebook Twitter Iggy Pop, January 2020 (Photo by Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Facebook Twitter Iggy Pop has been

News Mdou Moctar Shares New Song “Afrique Victime”: Listen “‘Afrique Victime’ is a message to all of the countries with money and power who come into Africa and kill the leaders who try to empower the people and lead revolutions” By Matthew Ismael Ruiz April 1, 2021 Facebook Twitter Mdou Moctar, photo by WH Moustapha

News Songwriters Call on Artists to Stop Demanding Credit and Publishing for Songs They Didn’t Write The Pact—Emily Warren, Tobias Jesso Jr., Tayla Parx, and others—pledge to stop catering to recording artists’ “bully tactics and threats” in demanding publishing By Evan Minsker March 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter Musician recording an acoustic guitar (Neil Godwin/Total Guitar

News Tame Impala to Play Innerspeaker in Full for New Livestream Performance Innerspeaker Live From Wave House will broadcast April 21 By Noah Yoo March 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter Tame Impala, photo by Alex Haygarth Facebook Twitter Tame Impala are performing their debut Innerspeaker in its entirety for a new livestream. Innerspeaker Live at the

News The Armed Pay Tribute to Metal Gear Solid in New Video Featuring David Hayter (Solid Snake): Watch “AN ITERATION” is the final single from the band’s new album ULTRAPOP By Noah Yoo March 31, 2021 Facebook Twitter The Armed’s Dan Greene, photo by Aaron Jones Facebook Twitter The Armed have released the music video

News FKA twigs Praises Lil Nas X, Says He Acknowledged “Cellophane” Inspired “Montero” Video “I think what you have done is amazing and I fully support your expression and bravery in pushing culture forward for the queer community” By Madison Bloom March 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter FKA twigs and Lil Nas X (Getty Images) Facebook

News Mustafa Details Debut Project When Smoke Rises, Shares New Song “Ali”: Watch the Video The Muslim poet and songwriter releases his first full-length in May By Noah Yoo March 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter Mustafa, photo by Samuel Engelking Facebook Twitter Mustafa has announced the release date of his first full-length project, When Smoke Rises.

News Sons of Kemet Announce New Album Black to the Future, Share New Song With Kojey Radical: Listen “Hustle,” also featuring vocals from Lianne La Havas, leads the Shabaka Hutchings–led jazz outfit’s record By Noah Yoo March 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter Sons of Kemet, photo © Udoma Janssen Facebook Twitter Sons of Kemet have announced

News BTS Discuss Facing Discrimination, Condemn Racism in #StopAsianHate Statement  “Our own experiences are inconsequential compared to the events that have occurred over the past few weeks. But these experiences were enough to make us feel powerless and chip away our self-esteem.” By Evan Minsker March 30, 2021 Facebook Twitter BTS in 2020 (Big Hit

News Bill Callahan Shares New “Cowboy” Video: Watch A surreal clip for the Gold Record song By Sam Sodomsky March 29, 2021 Facebook Twitter Bill Callahan “Cowboy” screenshot Facebook Twitter Bill Callahan has shared a new video for “Cowboy,” from his 2020 album Gold Record. The surreal video was directed by Anthony Gasparro and Mikey

News Watch the Weather Station Perform on CBS This Morning Tamara Lindeman and her band played tracks from the Weather Station’s latest album Ignorance  By Madison Bloom March 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter Still of The Weather Station on CBS This Morning. Facebook Twitter The Weather Station performed on the latest edition of CBS This Morning:

News Malcolm Cecil, Synth Pioneer and Stevie Wonder Producer, Has Died He built the world’s largest analog synthesizer and collaborated with Wonder on his revered 1970s run By Allison Hussey March 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter Malcolm Cecil with TONTO, 1974 (Photo by Michael Ochs Archives/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Malcolm Cecil, influential producer and designer of

News Justin Bieber’s Justice Is the No. 1 Album, Unseating Morgan Wallen After 10 Weeks Wallen’s Dangerous maintained a spot at the top of the Billboard 200 after the country singer was suspended from his label after saying a racist slur By Evan Minsker March 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter Justin Bieber, Morgan Wallen (Getty Images)

News Alabama Shakes Drummer Steven William Johnson Arrested on Child Abuse Charges An Alabama Grand Jury indicted him on charges of willful torture and abuse of a child under the age of 18 By Allison Hussey March 27, 2021 Facebook Twitter Alabama Shakes’ Steven William Johnson, February 2016 (Photo by Jeff Vespa/WireImage) Facebook Twitter Alabama

News Watch Maya Rudolph Return as Beyoncé on Saturday Night Live Working her way through wings on an episode of Hot Ones By Allison Hussey March 28, 2021 Facebook Twitter Maya Rudolph as Beyoncé on Saturday Night Live (Still via Twitter) Facebook Twitter Saturday Night Live alum Maya Rudolph returned to her former haunt this

News Watch Xiu Xiu and Sharon Van Etten’s New “Sad Mezcalita” Video Angela Seo said her visual is a “tribute to the loss, crime, bleakness, dreams, and tensions” present within the OH NO song By Madison Bloom March 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Xiu Xiu’s Angela Seo and Jamie Stewart, photo by Julia Brokaw Facebook Twitter

News Miguel Announces New Art Dealer Chic Vol. 4 EP The R&B singer has also added his first three Art Dealer Chic EPs to streaming platforms for the first time By Matthew Strauss March 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Miguel, photo by Wyatt Troll Facebook Twitter Back in 2012, Miguel self-released three Art Dealer Chic EPs.

News Kele Announces New Solo Album The Waves Pt. 1, Shares New Song: Listen Bloc Party frontman’s cover of Bronski Beat’s “Smalltown Boy” leads the new record By Noah Yoo March 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Kele, photo courtesy of KOLA Records Facebook Twitter Kele Okereke has announced a new solo album, The Waves Pt. 1.

News Amaarae Announces Fall 2021 Tour The Crazy Wurld Tour includes 10 stops in Europe and the United Kingdom in November By Matthew Strauss March 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Amaarae, photo by Yussif Al Jabaar Facebook Twitter Amaarae is planning to go on tour in November. The Ghanian-American artist has 10 November concerts lined up

News Lil Uzi Vert Joins Justin Bieber on New Song “There She Go”: Listen The track appears on Bieber’s deluxe edition of Justice By Madison Bloom March 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Lil Uzi Vert (Photo by Steven Ferdman/Getty Images for TIDAL). Facebook Twitter Just a week after releasing his latest album Justice, Justin Bieber has

News Moneybagg Yo and Future Share Video for New Song “Hard for the Next”: Watch Featuring an amphibious SUV and other luxury watercraft By Allison Hussey March 26, 2021 Facebook Twitter Moneybagg Yo and Future in “Hard for the Next” (Still via YouTube) Facebook Twitter Moneybagg Yo and Future have shared a video for a

News Freddie Gibbs to Star in New Movie Down With the King Gibbs also wrote and performed original music for Diego Ongaro’s film By Alphonse Pierre March 25, 2021 Facebook Twitter Freddie Gibbs, November 2019 (Mairo Cinquetti/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Freddie Gibbs is starring in the forthcoming movie Down With the King, Complex

News BROCKHAMPTON and Danny Brown Share Video for New Song “BUZZCUT”: Watch A chaotic visual from the boy band and the Detroit rapper By Evan Minsker March 24, 2021 Facebook Twitter BROCKHAMPTON in “BUZZCUT” video Facebook Twitter BROCKHAMPTON have recruited Danny Brown for a new song called “BUZZCUT.” It arrived with a new music video

News Taylor Swift and Evermore Theme Park Drop Lawsuits The Utah park was suing Swift for trademark infringement. Swift’s rights management team was suing Evermore for playing her music “without authorization or license agreement.”  By Evan Minsker March 24, 2021 Facebook Twitter Taylor Swift (Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for The Recording Academy) Facebook Twitter Taylor Swift