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Warner Music Partners with Czech Republic Hip Hop Label Mike Roft

Warner Music Partners with Leading Czech Republic Hip-Hop Label Mike Roft

March 23, 2023

Photo Credit: Warner Music Group Warner Music Czech Republic has renewed its partnership and invested in local hip-hop label Mike Roft. Warner Music Czech Republic announces the renewed partnership and inves... Read More...

Jury Convicts Three Men For 2018 Murder of Rapper XXXTentacion

Ashley King

March 20, 2023

Photo Credit: Samuel Kenwright / CC by 2.0 A jury has convicted three men of the 2018 murder of rapper XXXTentacion, who was shot and robbed outside a motorcycle shop in Florida. On Monday, a jury convicted ... Read More...

Death Row Records Catalog Officially Returns to Streaming Services As Snoop Dogg Partners With Gamma

Dylan Smith

March 10, 2023

Dr. Dre and Snoop Dogg, two of the original Death Row Records artists, performing live. Photo Credit: Jason Persse / CC by 2.0 About one year after the Death Row Records catalog was removed from streaming ser... Read More...

Shamrock Capital Reportedly Closes $70 Million Metro Boomin Catalog Deal

Dylan Smith

March 8, 2023

Frequent Metro Boomin collaborator Future, who sold his own catalog to Influence Media Partners last year. Photo Credit: The Come Up Show A little over one month after unveiling a $600 million entertainment f... Read More...

Second Death Tied To GloRilla Rochester Concert Chaos Over the Weekend

Ashley King

March 7, 2023

Photo Credit: Gracia Solenyanu Now at least two people have died due to a crowd crush event in Rochester after a GloRilla concert. Police say the crowd began surging toward the exits after suspected gunfire... Read More...

GloRilla concert stampede kills one, injures nine

Stampede Kills 1, Injures 9 People at GloRilla Concert in Rochester, NY

Ashley King

March 6, 2023

Photo Credit: Alec Richardson / Twitter Fears over gunfire at a GloRilla concert in Rochester, NY caused a stampede—killing at least one person with many more injured. Memphis rappers GloRilla and Finesse2t... Read More...

Nicki Minaj Launching Her Own Label — Here’s What We Know

Ashley King

March 6, 2023

Photo Credit: NRK P3 / CC by 2.0 Nicki Minaj says she's got her own record label brewing with talent on board. The rapper made the announcement on her Queen Radio show. A return after a nearly two-year hiat... Read More...

McDonald’s Franchisees Pushing Back on Cardi B & Offset Meal

Ashley King

March 3, 2023

Photo Credit: McDonald's Some McDonald's franchisees are pushing back against the Cardi B and Offset celebrity campaign. They say promoting the meal doesn't reflect the company's family values. According to ... Read More...

Police Are Searching for Travis Scott After Altercation at Nightclub

Ashley King

March 2, 2023

Photo Credit: Joel Muniz New York City police want to have a chat with Travis Scott after an alleged nightclub altercation. According to reports, the NYPD officers responded to Club Nebula at around 3:25 am... Read More...

R. Kelly Receives Another 20-Year Prison Term for Criminal Sexual Charges

Ashley King

February 24, 2023

Photo Credit: Andrew Steinmetz / CC by 2.0 R. Kelly receives another 20-year prison term for criminal sexual charges -- but will not serve them consecutively. Following his 30-year sentence in New York for s... Read More...

peta stages protest against ludacris performance at seaworld

PETA Stages Protest Against the Upcoming Ludacris SeaWorld Performance

Ashley King

February 24, 2023

Photo Credit: Joseph Stalin Animal activist group PETA has staged a protest against rapper Ludacris' upcoming performance at SeaWorld. The group sent a costumed dolphin carrying the sign "What's My Fantasy? ... Read More...

Nipsey Hussle’s Killer Sentenced to 60 Years to Life in Prison

Ashley King

February 22, 2023

Photo Credit: Bernard Spragg / CC by 1.0 Nipsey Hussle's killer was sentenced to 60 years to life in prison on Wednesday by a Los Angeles judge. The man convicted of killing rapper Nipsey Hussle was sentence... Read More...