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Sean “Diddy” Combs has been sued by a former male employee claiming that Combs pressured him into having sex with a woman and instructed him to cater to what Combs referred to as “Wild King Nights,” where the mogul engaged in evenings of sex and drug use. Attorneys for Phillip Pines filed the suit against

Otis Williams’ nickname is “Oak,.” Given that the 83-year-old singer is still a member of the Temptations, 64 years after the group’s founding, it’s not to figure where that came from. He’s been the sole original member in the group since the early ’90s, in fact, and is still on the road and in the

Richie Ramone, who served as the drummer for the Ramones during a stint in the 1980s, has been appointed to the Board of Directors for Ramones Productions, Inc. just a few weeks after RPI director David Frey was ordered to vacate his position. “I am thrilled to welcome an actual Ramone to RPI’s Board of

Beyoncé will light up the Houston night on Christmas with a halftime performance during the Ravens-Texans game on Netflix. To watch it, you’ll have to tune in live on Dec. 25 — otherwise, you’ll have only a few hours to catch the replay on Netflix. Queen Bey’s Xmas performance will feature her first live performances

No one mourns the wicked, but we do take it upon ourselves to eulogize the truly awful every year about this time. Some pop artists seemed to be outrightly trolling to get onto a list like this — you don’t release a song called “Think U the Shit (Fart)” thinking you’re going after a Grammy

Stray Kids, an eight-piece South Korean K-pop group, has scored its sixth No. 1 album and second this year on the Billboard 200 albums chart, bumping Taylor Swift’s “The Tortured Poets Department” to No. 3 after it made a two-week return to the top. With “HOP” at No. 1, Stray Kids are tied with Linkin

We Are Moving the Needle has announced the return of the Resonator Awards, taking place January 28, 2025 at Avalon Hollywood in Los Angeles. The Resonator Awards celebrate the creative and technical achievements of underrepresented voices in the recording arts. The evening includes a seated dinner, awards ceremony, and live performances. Funds raised from the

“Home Alone” star Macaulay Culkin plays another iconic Christmas character — Santa Claus — in the music video for Kim Kardashian‘s cover of holiday classic “Santa Baby.” Directed by Nadia Lee Cohen and Charlie Denis, the found footage-style visual sees a blonde Kardashian crawling on the floor through a house party, leading viewers to discover

This should be about the time we all start taking Billie Eilish for granted, by the usual standards of fickleness and habituation. So let’s all give ourselves a pat on the back for not becoming so accustomed to her face that we lose sight of what a special gift she is to the pop landscape.

Robert Smith can relate to Chappell Roan when it comes to setting boundaries with fans. Two months after The Cure released its latest album “Songs of a Lost World,” Smith was a guest on the BBC podcast “Sidetracked.” When asked about Roan drawing headlines as an artist not taking abuse from fans and the media,

The title of SZA’s long-awaited “SOS Deluxe: Lana” seems designed to manage expectations: Despite her comments earlier this year that the much-delayed project would be a collection of new material, she seems to have reverted to her original plan of making it “outtakes from ‘SOS’ and a couple of new songs,” as she described it

Hozier was the musical guest on “Saturday Night Live‘s” Christmas edition Saturday night, and for his second song, the Irish artist paid tribute to the Pogues’ classic “Fairytale of New York.” On social media, viewers praised Hozier’s emotional cover of the song that has become a Christmas standard since it was released in 1987, finding

Sean Combs, long known by rap aliases like Diddy and Puffy, is facing an avalanche of lawsuits and legal trouble. The latest in his ongoing issues includes lawsuits filed on Friday by two women, who made similar allegations of being drugged and assaulted. The first suit, filed in New York by a Jane Doe, claims

Willow Smith and Chris Greatti dive into the intricacies of their collaboration on the song “Big Feelings” in an episode of Variety’s Behind the Song, shedding light on their creative process and the emotional depth embedded in the track. “This idea of having big feelings, I knew that I wanted that lyric to be the

As is tradition, former President Barack Obama has released his favorite music from 2024, including Kendrick Lamar’s “Squabble Up,” Beyoncé’s “Texas Hold ‘Em” and Shaboozey’s “A Bar Song (Tipsy).” Obama dropped his list on social media following his favorite movies and books from the year. Among other picks for his shortlist include Billie Eilish’s “Lunch,”

In most cases, deluxe albums are intended as a chart-focused second wind for their parent albums, and usually have just a handful of extra tracks — remixes, leftovers, maybe a hot new single to give an extra boost — while the artist is saving the more-promising new material for their next proper album. Not SZA.

On Thursday, Quavo and the team at Quavo Cares hosted their second annual Huncho Farms in partnership with the Atlanta Community Food Bank and the Atlanta City Council. Supporting seniors who are raising their grandchildren, Quavo Cares continues to pursue its mission to support communities facing food scarcity. The marketplace offered live music and holiday-themed

SZA‘s long-awaited the deluxe edition of her Grammy-winning 2022 album “SOS,” which is titled “Lana,” has finally arrived. The album has been through a long series of false alarms — it seemed imminent back in February, when she released the song “Saturn” — and bears artwork similar to the insect-and-forest imagery featured during her tours last summer,

‘Sly Lives!,’ the original documentary about legendary musician Sly Stone directed by Roots founder and Oscar-winning filmmaker Ahmir “Questlove” Thompson, will premiere Thursday, Feb. 13, on Hulu. Guests featured in the doc, which is subtitled “aka the Burden of Black Genius,” comes via Disney’s Onyx Collective, include Andre 3000, D’Angelo, Chaka Khan, Q-Tip, Nile Rogers, Jimmy

Spotify has made an official statement denying Drake’s claims in a legal filing last month that the streaming numbers for Kendrick Lamar’s song “Not Like Us,” which took powerful verbal shots at the Canadian rapper, were “artificially inflated.” Last month, Drake, through his company Frozen Moments, accused the streaming giant and his own label, Universal Music Group, of

Two years after the release of their chart-topping “Bebe Dame” hit, música Mexicana stars Fuerza Regida and Grupo Frontera have released a joint EP dubbed “Mala Mía.” The five-song set is produced by Latin Grammy-winning and Grammy-nominated producer Edgar Barrera, alongside Miguel Armenta, Grupo Frontera, Fuerza frontman Jesus Ortiz Paz, and Moises Lopez. “Mala Mía”

Lizzo has spoken up regarding the harassment cases filed against her last year. The Grammy winner was accused by multiple people of harassment in the workplace, including claims from three of her former dancers and her former stylist. The latter, filed last September, was recently dismissed by a California federal court judge who granted the

Travis Scott and his Cactus Jack Foundation have announced that they’re planning to hold their fifth annual Winter Wonderland Park Toy and Food Drive at Texas Southern University HBCU Campus on Dec. 21 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will mark the foundation’s first time bringing its Waymon Webster Scholarship Program to an

Sky Documentaries UK, Optomen and All3Media Intl. have revealed the trailer (above and below) for original feature documentary “Becoming Madonna,” which premieres on Dec. 30 on pay TV platform Sky in the U.K. “Becoming Madonna” is an immersive and archive built film around recently uncovered audio tapes in which a young Madonna reflects on her

Bob “Slim” Dunlap, a guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for his tenure in the alternative band the Replacements during the final years of their original ’80s/’90s run, died Wednesday at age 73. The cause of death, according to a statement from his family, was “complications from his stroke,” which befell him in early 2012, causing

It seemed somehow fitting that Paul McCartney chose to finally wrap up his mammoth “Got Back” tour in London at Christmas time. He might not have graced the U.K. with his presence too much on this jaunt — this, the penultimate night of a 59-date run that started way back in April 2022, is only

SPOILER ALERT: Details follow for Season 12, Episode 12 of “The Masked Singer,” “Finale: Champion Is Crowned,” which aired Wednesday, December 18 on Fox. Although we’ve come to the end of the road, we can’t let go. On this one sweet day, Motownphilly’s back again: Boyz II Men (as the Buffalo) won Season 12 of

Lil Wayne, Chris Brown and Marshmello are just a few of the musicians who applied for and received payouts as part of the Shuttered Venue Operations Grant, a government program meant to aid independent venues and arts groups struggling during the pandemic. But according to a new report, they allegedly used the money to instead

Even the best worst year ever – choose the epoch closest to your offended political affiliation – has a Christmas. And every Christmas, crumbling culture or not, comes with scads of new holiday music. So, before the drones kill us with molten metal spray and death rays, here are 25 new Christmas moments to thrill

It’s been a challenging year for Warner Music, with a major overhaul at its Atlantic division and change throughout its business and the industry overall, but it’s safe to say the company is ending 2024 on an up note. Its Warner Records has successfully completed a multi-year turnaround with hits from Zach Bryan, Teddy Swims,