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“Bring Music Home” is a new fundraising initiative co-founded by Amber Mundinger, Tamara Deike and Kevin Condon. Joining with photographers and creatives, BMH is capturing photos of shuttered venues across the United States and conducting interviews with venue owners, promoters, and bookers, in an effort to document how the COVID-19 has affected their businesses and

Exclusive The woman Kanye West has pegged for his Vice President describes herself as a “Biblical life coach,” but she also has a mental health background, and some of her past statements on the subject are … interesting. Michelle Tidball is the “obscure preacher from Wyoming” Kanye named as his running mate in his instantly

JAY-Z, Yo Gotti, and Team ROC have helmed legal action on behalf of 227 Mississippi inmates at Parchman Prison, Pitchfork can confirm via legal documents. The class action lawsuit has been brought against the new Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Nathan Burl Cain and prison healthcare provider Centurion. The complaint urges Cain and Centurion to

Play video content Red Table Talk Jada Pinkett Smith admits she had a relationship with August Alsina, but takes issue with his claim Will Smith gave permission … because she and Will say it wasn’t necessary, at that time. Jada and Will sat down for her “Red Table Talk” show which streamed Friday on Facebook

Little Rock, Arkansas doom metal quartet Pallbearer have announced their fourth studio LP: Forgotten Days is out October 23 via Nuclear Blast. The new album follows Pallbearer’s 2017 effort Heartless. Below, watch the Ben Meredith–directed music video for “Forgotten Days.” In a press release, singer/guitarist Brett Campbell said, “The video for ‘Forgotten Days’ tells the

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com 50 Cent flew into a rage, throwing a table and chair, after getting into it with a guy he’s beefed with in the past. The incident went down Wednesday night in the patio area at the Edgewater Commons Mall in Edgewater, NJ … where the rapper was enjoying drinks with

Legends Never Die, the first posthumous album from Chicago rapper Juice WRLD, has arrived. The new LP features “Life’s a Mess” (with Halsey), as well as “Righteous,” “Come & Go” (with Marshmello), and “Tell Me U Luv Me” (with Trippie Redd). Listen to Legends Never Die below (via Grade A/Interscope). Juice WRLD died at the

Exclusive Pop Smoke‘s murder investigation just led to a slew of arrests … TMZ has learned. Our law enforcement sources tell us the LAPD served multiple search warrants around Los Angeles early Thursday morning, and 5 people were arrested on warrants in connection to the rapper’s murder. Sources tell us 3 adults and 2 juveniles

Tame Impala has shared a live acoustic version of their song “On Track” from their latest album The Slow Rush. The sparse video centers on frontman Kevin Parker, performing the song alone in a chair in a small studio. Check it out below. In April, Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker played a solo acoustic version of

Adam Lambert‘s finally saying sayonara to his crib in the Hollywood Hills … cause someone else will be idolizing it after plunking down a good chunk-o-change. The 2009 “American Idol” runner-up just sold his 3 bedroom, 3 bathroom crib for $2.92 million. You’ll recall the singer put the house up for sale back in August

The Cranberries’ 1994 sophomore album, No Need to Argue, featuring their smash hit “Zombie,” is getting an expanded edition, courtesy of Island/UMe. The collection arrives September 18 and features the full remastered album, plus B-sides, demos, and live tracks, including the previously unreleased “Yesterday’s Gone” and a demo of “Serious.” The 2xCD edition also includes

Lizzo has a brief message for the guy who allegedly booted her and some friends from a rental property a wee bit early this weekend — bite me, and preferably where the sun don’t shine!!! The singer was documenting her sun-filled weekend with her friends, which started at one pad they rented … but then

Pearl Jam, the Eagles, Guns N’ Roses, and Green Day are among the bands who have received loans from the federal government’s Paycheck Protection Program, Rolling Stone reports. According to data from the Small Business Administration and Treasury Department, the money will go to supporting and retaining the artists’ crews and staff; Rolling Stone notes

South Carolina singer Mario Winans got a taste of fame when his smooth vocals and shirtless music video for his single, “I Don’t Wanna Know,” took the public by surprise in 2004 and even hit #2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Charts … opening the doors for his debut album, “Hurt No More.” Bad Boy

Dave Chappelle threw a socially-distanced music festival in his hometown of Yellow Springs, Ohio during the July 4 weekend, as Spin and Cincinnati’s CityBeat point out. Guest performers included Erykah Badu, Common, Questlove, Talib Kweli, Michelle Wolf, Tiffany Haddish, Michael Che, Jon Hamm, and Chappelle himself. According to Spin, Chappelle covered Radiohead’s “Creep,” Badu did

Charlie Daniels — a country and Southern rock legend known for his hit “The Devil Went Down to Georgia” — has died after suffering a stroke … according to his website. The Country Music Hall of Famer died Monday morning at the Summit Medical Center in Hermitage, Tennessee. Doctors determined the cause of death was

Charlie Daniels has died of a hemorrhagic stroke, his publicist Don Murry Grubbs confirmed to Pitchfork. The country music fiddler was 83 years old. Charlie Daniels was born in Wilmington, North Carolina in 1936. As a teenager, he co-wrote the single “It Hurts Me,” which Elvis Presley recorded in 1964. By the late ’60s, Daniels

Exclusive 40 Glocc is finally on the path to putting his prostitution ring bust behind him, and the first step is checking into jail to serve his sentence … nearly 3 years after his arrest. The rapper turned himself in to Blue Earth County Jail on June 30 in Minnesota where he’ll do one year

Elton John has been honored with his very own official UK coin. The Royal Mint announced the accolade, marking the second installment of their “Music Legends” collection (the first coin was minted in honor of Queen). “It really is a fabulous honour to be recognised in this way,” Elton John said in a press release.

Breaking News It’s happening (or so it seems) … Kanye West is running for President, and he says he’s doing it sooner than later — as in RIGHT NOW!!! At least that’s how it sounds, anyway. Ye made the announcement out of nowhere Saturday on Twitter, saying … “We must now realize the promise of

Chicago singer and multi-instrumentalist NNAMADÏ has released a new album. KRAZY KARL follows his previous 2020 releases: April’s full-length BRAT and June’s Black Plight EP. In a press release, NNAMADÏ describes the sound of the record as “untethered,” “deranged modern compositions,” and “when your brain tries to leave your skull, but you keep mashing it

Exclusive Pop Smoke‘s closest friends are getting iced out before his debut album drops … with some custom jewelry honoring the slain rapper. Pop’s inner circle reached out to New York City’s Benny The Jeweler for some special commemorative bling … according to our sources, and it was just in time for Friday’s posthumous release.

David Gilmour has released “Yes, I Have Ghosts,” the Pink Floyd guitarist’s first new music in five years. The song is a collaboration with his daughter, harpist Romany Gilmour, and his wife, the author and lyricist Polly Samson. The song was previously part of the audiobook version of Samson’s latest novel, A Theatre for Dreamers.

Bonnie Pointer of The Pointer Sisters died after going into cardiac arrest … TMZ has learned. The Grammy-winning Motown artist’s cause of death is listed as cardiopulmonary arrest … this according to her death certificate obtained by TMZ. Bonnie — real name Patricia Eva Pointer — died on June 8 at 3:37 AM. The doc

Andrew Bird was the musical guest on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. From his home, he performed “Manifest,” from 2019’s My Finest Work Yet, accompanied by members of his family. “Got the Bird Family Band together,” he wrote on Twitter. Check out their performance below. Following the release of My Finest Work Yet, Andrew

Jay-Z and his social justice team are going all out to get a Wisconsin cop fired and charged in the killings of 3 men of color — they’ve posted a full-page ad demanding it. Jay’s Team ROC took out the ad Thursday in the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, calling for the immediate prosecution and termination of

JAY-Z’s Team Roc published an open letter in today’s issue of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel calling for Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm to prosecute and fire Wauwatosa Police Department officer Joseph Mensah. In the five years he’s held his job, Mensah reportedly shot and killed Alvin Cole, Antonio Gonzales, and Jay Anderson, firing 19

Breaking News The NFL is planning to make a huge statement when the season kicks off … with the league reportedly deciding to play the Black National Anthem before every Week 1 game. “Lift Ev’ry Voice And Sing” — which is often referred to as the Black National Anthem — will be played before the

I spent a lot of time while working on this album thinking about impermanence and endings, which led me to change my understanding of “vanitas” and “memento mori.” These concepts arise allegorically across classical antiquity and Buddhist thought, among many other sources, but they were most obsessively expressed during the Renaissance in still lives and