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YouTuber Found Defaming Cardi B Must Pay $3.8M Bond Ahead of Appeal

October 14, 2022

YouTuber Latasha Kebe must post a $3.8 million bond as part of the defamation case brought against her by rapper Cardi B. The YouTuber known as Tasha K filed an eight-page response in September arguing that ... Read More...

JPMorgan Chase Severs Banking Ties With Yeezy LLC and Affiliates

Ashley King

October 14, 2022

JPMorgan Chase has severed banking ties with Yeezy LLC and its affiliates. Kanye has until November to find a new banking partner. A letter sent to Kanye and tweeted by Candace Owens seems to confirm the new... Read More...

Secretly Group Union, the ‘First Independent Label Group Union,’ Ratifies Its Contract With Management

Ashley King

October 13, 2022

The Secretly Group Union has ratified its contract with management as the first independent label group union in the music industry. "We are ecstatic to announce that contract negotiations have concluded and... Read More...

Iranian Pop Singer Shervin Hajipour Garners Grammy Buzz After Government Arrest

Ashley King

October 7, 2022

Iranian pop singer Shervin Hajipour is generating Grammy buzz. The singer was arrested by the Iranian government for supporting protests over the death of Mahsa Amini. Shervin Hajipour's song "Baraye" manage... Read More...

SXSW Loses Insurance Claim Lawsuit Tied to 2020 Cancellation

Ashley King

October 3, 2022

SXSW loses insurance claim lawsuit tied to its 2020 festival cancellation. A federal judge agreed that insurance coverage is precluded for organizers of the SXSW festival for an underlying lawsuit filed by t... Read More...

R. Kelly ordered to pay victims therapy and medication

R. Kelly Ordered to Pay $300.000 For Therapy, Herpes Medication for Victims

Ashley King

September 29, 2022

A federal judge has ordered R. Kelly to pay $300,000 in restitution for therapy and herpes medication for some of his victims. After his double conviction this year of sex crimes, R. Kelly will be required t... Read More...

Global Citizen Festival commitments to end extreme poverty

Global Citizen Festival Reports $2.4B In Commitments to End Extreme Poverty

Ashley King

September 27, 2022

The Global Citizen campaign to end extreme poverty saw more than $2.4 billion in commitments. Here's a peek at the breakdown. The 2022 Global Citizen Festival saw more than $800 million announced to end extr... Read More...

California Governor Newsom Senate Bill 793 music venues act

California Governor Newsom Signs Bill to Assist Live Music Venues In the State

Ashley King

September 27, 2022

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Entertainment Venue Recovery Act into law last week. The bill goes into effect next year. Here's what it offers. Theaters, music venues, and other live performance... Read More...

Roger Waters Shows Scrapped In Poland Over Ukraine – Waters Says He Didn’t Cancel Them

Ashley King

September 26, 2022

A report from The Guardian says Roger Waters canceled concerts in Poland. Waters says that's not accurate. An official with the Tauron Arena in Kraków confirmed that the Roger Waters concerts scheduled for A... Read More...

Diplo Reportedly Wins $1.2 Million Judgement Amid ‘Revenge Porn’ Lawsuit Against Alleged Stalker

Dylan Smith

September 22, 2022

Diplo has reportedly been awarded a $1.2 million judgement as part of a high-stakes legal battle with a former partner who accused him of distributing "revenge porn." Diplo (full name Thomas Wesley Pentz) fi... Read More...

Maren Morris Threatens to Skip the CMAs – “I Don’t Feel Comfortable Going”

Ashley King

September 22, 2022

Country singer Maren Morris says she may skip the CMAs this year, despite being nominated for album of the year. Her social media feud with country singer Jason Aldean's wife has been at the forefront of the... Read More...

FLVTO.biz withdraws from major-label suit

Warner Music Group and Believe Continued to Operate In Russia After Officially Announcing Exits, Reports Say

Dylan Smith

September 20, 2022

Warner Music Group (WMG) continued to operate in Russia even after announcing that it would cease conducting business in the nation, while indie label and distributor Believe is actively pursuing deals in the... Read More...

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

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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

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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