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The Essence Festival of Culture has landed itself in hot water with Nicki Minaj’s loyal fan base. Ever since announcing Minaj as the festival headliner, Essence promised that the rapper’s performance would be livestreamed via Hulu on Friday night. The Barbz received bad news at the last minute, however, when the festival announced that it […]
Roddy Ricch continues to pay tribute to some hip-hop’s fallen artists. During his Friday night set at the Something in the Water Festival, Roddy treated fans to a performance of his 2018 track “Die Young.” The song, which appeared on his Feed tha Streets II project, finds the Compton native reflecting on the importance of living a full […]
Billy McFarland, the disgraced fraudster behind the disastrous Fyre Festival, is no longer behind bars. In 2018, the New York-born entrepreneur was sentenced to six years in prison after pleading guilty to multiple counts of wire fraud. According to the Bureau of Prisons website, McFarland was released March 30 from the Milan Federal Correctional Institution in Michigan, and is now […]
Amid the rumblings of the iconic hallways that are Hot 97, silence was broken this morning when during the Ebro in the Morning show at 9 a.m. the performers were announced for their annual Summer Jam concert. Rosenberg, Laura Stylez, and Ebro, one after the other began reading off the freshest talent to hit […]
The Texas Task Force on Concert Safety (TFCS), which was launched in the wake of last year’s Astroworld Festival in Houston, has released what Governor Greg Abbott says will be its final report. The report is billed as the “culmination of the work done by the TFCS,” including recommendations inspired by identified “gaps” that contributed […]
YouTube’s Coachella stream returns bigger and better. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the famed music and arts festival is back this year with a stellar lineup of musical acts. The 2022 event will be headlined by Billie Eilish, Harry Styles, and The Weeknd with Swedish House Mafia; the latter two were announced earlier this month after original headliner […]
With Friday’s kickoff of the 2022 edition of the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, attendees are gathering in Indio for two weekends of music for the first time in three years. The first day of the two-weekend experience is headlined by Harry Styles and will also feature performances from Lil Baby, Phoebe Bridgers, Baby […]
It’s top of a new year, which—for the pandemic era iteration of live music—means fans and organizers alike are left with a number of question marks surrounding major festivals like Coachella. The Indio, California-set festival hasn’t taken place since 2019 due to continued COVID-19 concerns. The initially announced lineup for the ultimately-called-off ’19 event included confirmed headliners […]
Travis Scott has addressed the Astroworld Festival tragedy in a new interview with Charlamagne Tha God. At the top of the 51-minute discussion, the Utopia artist—who’s among those named in multiple lawsuits in connection with the fatal 2021 edition of the Houston festival—said he’s been on an “emotional rollercoaster” in recent days. “I’ve been on […]
The parents of 14-year-old John Hilgert are suing Travis Scott and Live Nation over the deadly events that unfolded Astroworld Festival. According to legal documents obtained by People magazine, the family is accusing the defendants of “gross negligence” and “reckless disregard” for their son’s safety. John—a high school freshman from Hedwig Village, Texas—was among the victims who were killed during the […]
