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Long before he was a motherfuckin’ starboy, The Weeknd and his XO camp literally had to steal food to keep their dreams alive. That was one of many nuggets revealed last Friday during In-HXOUSE Conversations, the latest in a panel series by HXOUSE, XO Records’ creative incubator. “I remember when we were coming up, we […]
The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar are reportedly being sued by a Brooklyn-based rock band claiming the artists lifted their vocal performance. According to TMZ, the band claims The Weeknd and Kendrick Lamar illegally sampled their song “Sunrise” for the Black Panther song “Pray for Me.” The lawsuit claims “Pray for Me” has a “distinctive choral performance” […]
The Weeknd has delivered a mid-week gift for fans. The XO artist kept his word Tuesday night and unleashed his new single “After Hours,” the title track off his much-anticipated fourth studio album. The Weeknd revealed the project’s title and official cover art just hours before “After Hours” arrived. His Instagram post also confirmed the previously released singles “Heartless” […]
Fresh off releasing the track’s official Anton Tammi-directed video, The Weeknd dropped in on Jimmy Kimmel Live proceedings on Wednesday night to deliver a live performance of the 2020 era cut. As has been the case thus far with other TV performances from this era of Abel, he was very much in character for the […]
The Weeknd has shared the video for “Blinding Lights,” which shows the aftermath of his Las Vegas exploits previously seen in the “Heartless” visual. Both songs dropped back in late November, with “Heartless” reaching No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. “Blinding Lights” hit No. 11 and took a bit of the spill down the chart […]
Twenty-twenty is going to be a real one. (And a real scary one geopolitics-wise, but that’s a whole other story.) In addition to (semi-confirmed) new releases from what you might call the Big Three of massively popular Canadian music—Drake, The Weeknd, the Bieber—we’ll also be hearing from a huge range of favourite artists both long-established […]
The Weeknd brought in the new year by throwing a huge party. The celebration was held at an $80 million estate in Beverly Hills, according to TMZ. There was an open bar, finger foods, and of course, that new year countdown. A host of superstars came to the shindig. French Montana was reportedly in attendance despite being just […]
A two-hour Rap Radar interview with Drake was released on Christmas and the chat between the rapper, Elliott Wilson, and Brian “B.Dot” Miller was filled with interesting gems, including: his ongoing feuds with Pusha-T and Kanye West, getting booed at Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw, which projects from his catalog he considers classics, and much more. Watch […]
Drake is back with a new song titled “War.” He also dropped off a music video for the track. On the song, Drake raps about his relationship with The Weeknd and others. “OVOXO link up, man don’t drink up, me in the trailers/Hawk and Stix and Cash and Baka, Gucci, P, and Gilla/ And the boy that […]
Uncut Gems shined in its first weekend at the box office. The crime thriller starring Adam Sandler opened in just five theaters in New York and Los Angeles, but still eanred a huge haul. According to Deadline, it grossed $525,498, giving the film a per-screen average of $105,100. In case you were wondering, that’s a24’s biggest per-screen average opening ever. The early success […]
