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Meet Cykada; featuring Jamie Benzies (bass), Tile Gigichi-Lipere (keys/programming), Timmy Doyle (drums), Axel Kaner-Lidstrom (trumpet), James Mollison (saxophone) and Javi Perez (guitar), they’re best described as a group of jazz luminaries (who have played in groups including EZRA Collective, Maisha and Myriad Forest). Fired up by the new lease of life amid the UK jazz […]
The performance lineup for the 2019 Grammys has garnered a lot of attention in recent days—but it wasn’t exactly good attention. Though this year’s ceremony will boast performances by some of music’s biggest stars, the excitement surrounding the show has been overshadowed by reports of non-participants: Acts like Ariana Grande, Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and Childish […]
Halsey is back at Studio 8H pulling double duty. About a year after making her Saturday Night Live debut, the 24-year-old singer is serving as both the host and musical guest for this week’s broadcast. The episode will make Halsey the 38th entertainer who has taken on both roles in a single night. Previous host/musical guests […]
The Beyhive is reminding the world just how petty protective they can be. On Saturday night, Beyoncé‘s notoriously vociferous fanbase issued a stern warning to model Lori Harvey: Stay away from JAY-Z. Harvey, who is also the stepdaughter of comedian/TV host Steve Harvey, was spotted at the Roc Nation pre-Grammys brunch in Los Angeles. The 22-year-old posted a number of […]
The Ariana Grande vs. Grammys drama continues. On Thursday, the award show’s producer Ken Ehrlich confirmed Ariana would not perform at this weekend’s ceremony as originally planned. Ehrlich told the Associated Press the singer canceled her appearance because she “felt it was too late for her to pull something together.” Ariana eventually caught wind of the producer’s comments […]
This morning (Feb. 9), we all woke up to the tragic news of the passing of Cadet, aka Blaine Cameron Johnson. The 28-year-old rapper died in a taxi, on his way to a show in the early hours of this morning. News of the rising rap star’s untimely death was originally announced via a post on […]
Meek Mill took to Instagram on Friday to call out both 6ix9ine and DJ Akademiks following news that 6ix9ine decided to drop the dime on his associates to help his own case. On Friday, Akademiks took to IG to tease a snippet of a new Lil AK and 6ix9ine song. A short while later, Meek commented on the post, writing, […]
A new Gunna project of any kind is cause for celebration, so fans were hyped when the 2018 breakout announced the imminent release of his Drip or Drown sequel featuring some whimsically submerged cover art: The project is due Feb. 22 and will soon be available early to fans via an undisclosed method. Young Thug stood […]
Meridian Dan returns for 2019 and he’s going at it independently with the drop of his new track and visual, “Vegan Chat”. With the last 12 months light on releases for the London MC, “Fatality”, a cut alongside fellow grime OG Gods Gift at the tail end of last year, set us up for more […]
Someone described as a G.O.O.D. Music “associate” reportedly committed fraud by way of a forged Kanye West signature, ultimately netting the alleged perpetrator $900,000 for a performance that was never actually going to happen. The peculiar story was detailed in a report via TMZ very early Friday. According to their sources, someone West knows reached out […]
