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Coachella has some big shoes to fill now that Kanye West has dropped out as one of the festival’s Sunday headliners. TMZ reports that Coachella organizers have a working list of who they hope will take that slot, with The Weeknd and Red Hot Chili Peppers at the top of the list. Sources tell the outlet […]

Lil Nas X was widely projected to once again deliver a memorable awards show performance as part of Sunday’s Grammys ceremony, marking a shared expectation the Montero artist more than surpassed. The 64th Annual Grammy Awards broadcast, with returning host Trevor Noah, saw X bringing multiple songs to the stage, including the Jack Harlow collaboration […]

It’s official. The Recording Academy has awarded Jon Batiste with this year’s Album of the Year award for We Are. It was a tough category, with albums from Lil Nas X, the artist formerly known as Kanye West, Lady Gaga and Tony Bennett, Justin Bieber, Doja Cat, Billie Eilish, H.E.R., Olivia Rodrigo, and Taylor Swift all receiving nods as potential year-defining records. […]

The Weeknd teased that he might drop last name, Tesfaye, and legally change his full name to just Abel.  “You guys are hilarious. I feel like i should change my stage name to ABEL at this point lol,” he tweeted. “Maybe pull a YE and just legally change my name to ABEL. no last name. Like Madonna or […]

Harry Styles wasn’t going to just leave one of Spotify’s biggest records “As It Was.” The streaming platform shared on Saturday, a day after the release of Styles’ latest single, that the pop star now holds the record for the most-streamed song in a single day in the U.S. On top of that, “As It Was” […]

There is nothing more important to musical phenom Charlotte Day Wilson than her community. Being born and raised in Toronto, Wilson’s creativity is the fruit of the city’s layered and interconnected music scene. And as a queer singer, songwriter, instrumentalist, and producer, she knows a thing or two about what it takes to get to […]

While Diddy has since been quoted as saying that it’s “all love” between Will Smith and Chris Rock, a televised slap that took place during Sunday’s Oscars ceremony remains the talk of Hollywood and beyond. As previously reported, Smith was seen during Sunday’s ceremony taking the stage and ultimately appearing to slap Rock after the […]

Dune ultimately emerged as the film with the most wins at Sunday night’s Oscars ceremony, which also included a history-making victory for Apple’s CODA in the Best Picture category and a memorable performance from Beyoncé that opened the show. But it was a slap-centered onstage incident that continued to be the main source of discourse […]

Beyoncé gave Oscars viewers a memorable take on “Be Alive” as part of Sunday’s ceremony. The track entered the evening as among those nominated in the Best Original Song category thanks to its end credits appearance in the Will Smith-fronted King Richard. The song features music and lyrics by Beyoncé and DIXSON, the latter of whom is […]

It’s been three years since Koffee’s Rapture launched her into stardom, and fans have finally been treated to another reason to toast her, via her first full-length LP.  The 10-track debut album, Gifted, featuring singles in “Lockdown,” “Pull Up,” and “West Indies,” finds the 21-year-old show off some of her reggae charm on a full-length release for the first time […]