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Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Steve Aoki, DJ Marshmello, Others Blew Millions In COVID Relief Funds on Lavish Luxuries, Parties, and Strippers, Investigation Reveals

December 18, 2024

Lil Wayne and Chris Brown spent millions from a pandemic relief program on years of luxury spending, an investigation finds. A new investigation from Business Insider found that some artists, including Lil W... Read More...

Has AI already gone through all of the music?

Has AI Already Gone Through All The Music? — Former OpenAI Co-Founder Says ‘Yes’

Ashley King

December 16, 2024

Artificial intelligence companies have amassed billions in funding, hoovering up data across the internet to train their models. That data includes copyrighted music works—which Elon Musk confirmed at the Dea... Read More...

OpenAI Whistleblower Found Dead After Revealing How the Company Violated Copyright Law

Ashley King

December 13, 2024

A former OpenAI research whistleblower on the company's process for training its generative AI models has died at age 26. Suchir Balaji, a 26-year-old former OpenAI researcher, was found dead in his San Fran... Read More...

When It Rains, It Pours — Jay-Z Battling Renewed Paternity Charges from ‘Illegitimate Son’

Ashley King

December 13, 2024

Jay-Z battles renewed paternity charges from an alleged “illegitimate son” amid sexual assault allegations. A man who alleges Jay-Z is his father is calling for the music mogul to confirm his paternity in an... Read More...

Morgan Wallen Pleads Guilty After Chair-Tossing Fiasco — Penalty Includes Time at a ‘DUI Education Center’

Ashley King

December 12, 2024

Morgan Wallen pleads guilty and will spend seven days incarcerated at the DUI Education Center for throwing a chair from the roof of a Nashville bar. A judge in Nashville has sentenced country star Morgan Wa... Read More...

Live Music Society Issued $1 Million In Funding to Small Music Venues This Year

Ashley King

December 12, 2024

Live Music Society awarded $1 million in grant funding to 58 small music venues in 2024. Now the non-profit is preparing to open its 3rd Annual Music in Action grant application in January. The Music in Acti... Read More...

Deleted From North America? TikTok Battles Bans in Canada & U.S.

Ashley King

December 11, 2024

TikTok is challenging a Canadian government order to shut down the Chinese-owned app in the country as a ban in the U.S. looms large. TikTok announced on Tuesday (December 10) that it filed an application fo... Read More...

Jay-Z Is Suing the Attorney Who Recently Filed Rape Allegations Against Him — Here’s the 236-Page Filing

Ashley King

December 10, 2024

Jay-Z is suing Tony Buzbee, the attorney who filed rape allegations against him, in a 236-page lawsuit claiming extortion. Tony Buzbee is the lawyer representing over 200 alleged victims of Sean “Diddy” Comb... Read More...

Lizzo No Longer Personally Liable in Harassment Suit — Touring Company Could Still Be Subject to Action

Ashley King

December 9, 2024

A federal judge has ruled that Lizzo is no longer personally liable for the harassment lawsuit filed against her last year. Her touring company Big Grrrl Touring Inc. could still be subject to action, however... Read More...

Jay-Z accused of assaulting 13-year-old in lawsuit

Jay-Z Accused of Sexually Assaulting 13-Year-Old Along with Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs In New Legal Filing

Ashley King

December 8, 2024

A woman who alleges she was sexually assaulted by Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs has amended her lawsuit to include allegations she was also assaulted by Jay-Z. A lawsuit filed against Sean “Diddy” Combs in October has ... Read More...

Senator Blumenthal FTC action on deceptive ticketing practices

Senator Blumenthal Demands FTC Action Against Deceptive Ticketing Practices

Ashley King

December 6, 2024

Senator Blumenthal hosted a press event at an independent venue to formally demand FTC action to address deceptive ticketing practices. Senator Richard Blumenthal hosted a press event at Hartford, Connecticu... Read More...

Sold-Out Soulshine Benefit Concert at MSG Raises $4.5 Million for Hurricane Helene and Milton Relief Efforts

Ashley King

December 4, 2024

The sold-out Soulshine benefit concert at MSG raised $4.5 million for hurricane relief efforts in North Carolina and Florida. On Sunday, November 24, Madison Square Garden hosted the sold-out Soulshine hurri... Read More...

SRR Capital Launches With a VC-Style Approach to Music Investing

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Indonesia: One of the World’s Most Promising Digital Music Markets

What Politicians Could Learn from the Music Business: A Midterm Election Primer

MSG Bluntly Responds to Macklemore Allegations: ‘He’s Not an Arena-Level Act’

Nile Rodgers Becomes the Latest High-Profile Musician to Publicly Support AI

More AI Detector False Positives Emerge In Rapid Succession: Do Indie Musicians Have a Serious Problem Here?

After Bandcamp’s Takedown, Boy George Partners with Warner Music/ADA to Release ‘We Will Dance Again’ as Tel Aviv Shows Quickly Sell Out

Suno Files Subpoena Demands Against Apple As Major Label Legal War Intensifies