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Before meeting Nicholas Craven in the heart of the pandemic, Mike Shabb knew he had to make a change in his approach if he wanted to capitalize on his potential. Though his earlier music leaned heavily on what was trendy at the time, Shabb loved what Griselda was up to and realized he could make a […]
After a clip of Sting speaking about receiving the royalties for Diddy’s “I’ll Be Missing You” circulated online recentlty, the rapper clarified just how much he pays The Police frontman. In the clip from a 2018 interview with Sting and Shaggy on The Breakfast Club, Charlamagne asked the musician if it’s true he gets paid $2,000 by […]
Drake has shared a preview of a new track believed to be titled “Rescue Me,” and it features a sample of Kim Kardashian discussing her divorce with the artist formerly known as Kanye West. On the latest episode of Sound 42’s The Fry Yiy Show on SiriusXM Radio, an unreleased Drizzy song surfaced. On the track, he […]
Right Said Fred aren’t completely happy with how Beyoncé went about interpolating their 1991 hit song “I’m Too Sexy” on her Renaissance standout track “Alien Superstar.” The Sun caught up with members Fred and Richard Fairbrass at the 2022 Broadcast Music Inc. Awards in London, where they discussed Bey tapping into their work without touching base about it beforehand. “Normally the […]
Following word that Beyoncé removed an interpolation of Kelis’ 2003 hit “Milkshake” from her new song “Energy,” the latter has addressed Bey’s decision on social media. Kelis confronted various Beyhive trolls and responded to her own supporters within a day of the news about the Renaissance track’s update, having previously spoken out about not being contacted during the writing process. “You […]
An interpolation of “Milkshake” has been removed from Beyoncé’s new album Renaissance after Kelis spoke out about not being contacted during the writing process. The original version of “Energy” featured Beyoncé singing a variation of the iconic “la-la, la-la, la” that Kelis croons on the pre-chorus of her 2003 Neptunes-produced hit. As reported by Rolling Stone, Apple Music and Tidal have since […]
They say time heals all wounds, but it looks like Chaka Khan may never be at peace with how Kanye West sampled her voice on “Through the Fire” for his 2003 debut single “Through the Wire.” Khan was on Good Day DC on Monday to promote her new single “Woman Like Me” when Marissa Mitchell brought up her […]
“Flowers,” a track off the artist formerly known as Kanye West’s Stem Player exclusive Donda 2, is now at the center of a copyright infringement claim. As Reuters reported on Wednesday, Ultra International Music Publishing LLC (UIMP) alleges the track in question “directly samples” the 1986 song “Move Your Body,” written by house artist Marshall […]
Madonna is trying to get Tory Lanez’s attention. TMZ pointed out that the 63-year-old singer took to Instagram to call out Lanez for allegedly copying her hit 1985 track “Into the Groove” on his song “Pluto’s Last Comet.” “Read your messages [for] illegal usage of my song get into the groove,” Madonna wrote under a post Lanez made to IG. You […]
On Monday, a NASA spacecraft filled with asteroid rubble, called Osiris-REx, started its journey back to Earth. It should be here in *checks watch* roughly two-and-a-half years. Osiris-REx first got to asteroid Bennu in 2018. For two years it flew near/around it. Then it touched down and collected debris. It’s estimated to be holding somewhere between half a […]
