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Brandy and Monica have been announced as the next guests on Verzuz. More than 20 years after facing off on their 1998 hit “The Boy Is Mine,” they’ll reconvene for a livestream from Atlanta on Monday, August 31, at 8 p.m. Eastern. Since launching in the spring, the Verzuz series has featured a number of

Exclusive “Knight Rider” star Rebecca Holden and her record producer husband, Joel Diamond, got a rude awakening in the dead of night … an oak tree came crashing down onto their property, and cost ’em a car in the process. Joel tells TMZ … he and Rebecca were awoken late at night Friday by a

Jack Sherman—the second guitarist of Red Hot Chili Peppers, who played on the band’s self-titled debut album and performed on their first U.S. tour—has died, as the band has revealed on social media. “We of the RHCP family would like to wish Jack Sherman smooth sailing into the worlds beyond, for he has passed,” reads

Exclusive Kanye West may have missed another important deadline in his presidential run, and this one certainly suggests his campaign is on the rocks. Kanye, the presidential candidate, is required by FEC rules to file a financial report if he raises or spends $100k on his campaign. The filing deadline was August 20, but according

Travis Scott has shared his new single “The Plan.” The track will be featured in Christopher Nolan’s forthcoming thriller Tenet. Listen to “The Plan” below. Scott discussed Tenet in a recent interview with GQ’s Gerrick D. Kennedy. “I can’t even explain it,” Travis Scott said of the film. “You literally just have to watch it.

You might say God is feeling the ‘Noize’ now … Quiet Riot’s drummer, Frankie Banali, has died following his battle with pancreatic cancer. Frankie died Thursday night in Los Angeles surrounded by loved ones, according to his wife, Regina, who said he lost his 16-month battle with cancer. Frankie’s wife says chemotherapy stopped working and

The Killers appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night (August 20) to perform “Blowback” from their new album Imploding the Mirage. Check it out below. Imploding the Mirage was originally scheduled for a May 29 release, but The Killers pushed it back until August 21 due to “delays in finalizing the album,”

Play video content Breaking News Megan Thee Stallion isn’t dancing around it anymore … she just came flat out and accused Tory Lanez, by name, of shooting her. It’s the first time she’s actually used his name and she blasted him late Thursday, saying … “Yes, this n***a Tory shot me. You shot me, and

100 gecs have shared a new music video for their recent track “hand crushed by a mallet (Remix).” The song features Fall Out Boy, Nicole Dollanganger, and Craig Owens and appears on the gecs’ 1000 gecs remix album 1000 gecs & The Tree of Clues. The visual was directed by Darío Alva and written by

“Relationship” is the new single from Danish singer Arina Mai. Proving once again she sings with passion, Mai’s words glide from her voice as if they were straight from her heart. Like a balm to a bad abrasion, Mai’s soothing voice is no match for the unsettled and sporadic music bed. Exciting as it is,

Exclusive Michael Jackson‘s Funko POP! dolls might belong on a shelf somewhere, but they had no business being on the company’s site for years now … and his estate just put an end to it. Sources tell TMZ … attorneys for the MJ estate recently noticed Funko POP! was still using images of the rare

The virtual Democratic National Convention had its third night tonight. In addition to speeches from Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, and Hillary Clinton, tonight’s virtual convention featured the debut performance of “my future” from Billie Eilish. Watch it happen below. Before she performed alongside her brother FINNEAS, Eilish encouraged people to register to vote and endorsed

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Lupe Fiasco says there’s a lot of blame to go around in addressing Chicago’s surging crime beyond bad apple cops … according to him, gun control laws are just as much at fault. The Chicago-raised MC came on “TMZ Live” Wednesday to address the historic number of shootings happening in

On October 2, Mariah Carey will release a set of her favorite rarities from across her catalog. This Friday, she’ll tee it up with a newly recorded song called “Save the Day,” which samples Ms. Lauryn Hill’s vocals from the Fugees classic “Killing Me Softly With His Song.” The Rarities comes with a bonus disc

Play video content Really good at football. Really bad at singing!!! That’s how the Philadelphia Eagles players felt about rookie QB Jalen Hurts — booing the guy off the stage during a performance at the team facility  … and the footage is hilarious!!! The former Oklahoma/Alabama star tried to best to perform Maze’s 1981 hit,

Fiona Apple has narrated a new short film about how to safely document and record U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) arrests, Vulture reports. The video is made in partnership with We Have Rights, Brooklyn Defender Services, and WITNESS. Watch the video and find a Spanish-language version (narrated by activist Erika Andiola) below. Apple discussed

Australian singer Natalie Imbruglia was only 22 years old when she shot to stardom after she released her first single, “Torn,” which topped the Hot 100 Airplay in the fall of 1997 and opened the doors for her debut album, “Left of the Middle” … and even scored her a Grammy nomination for Best Female

The virtual Democratic National Convention kicked off tonight and will continue all week. The first night, hosted by Eva Longoria, featured speeches from Bernie Sanders and Michelle Obama. It also included performances from Leon Bridges and Maggie Rogers. Bridges performed his new song “Sweeter” alongside Terrace Martin. Rogers performed “Back in My Body.” Watch both

Breaking News The murder of Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay has been a mystery for nearly 2 decades … but 2 men are finally in custody for the crime. Jay was shot to death on October 30, 2002, in a recording studio in Queens, and now federal prosecutors are indicting  Ronald Washington and Karl Jordan,

Quasi—the Portland duo of Janet Weiss and Sam Coomes—have shared a new protest song titled “Last Days of the Thin Blue Line Lie.” The track arrives with an accompanying music video, which features footage from the recent Portland protests. All proceeds from the new track will go to the nonprofit organization Don’t Shoot Portland. Check

Elvis Presley lives on in the hearts of adoring fans who made sure to pay their respects on his 43rd death anniversary … even if it meant wearing masks and having to spread out. A candlelight vigil was held for The King Saturday night at his Graceland estate in Memphis, Tennessee — which hundreds of

Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s recent single “WAP” became a point of contention among right-wing conservative figures following its release, due to the “vulgar” lyrics celebrating sex-positivity. (The pundit Ben Shapiro, once referred to as “the cool kid’s philosopher” by The New York Times, was relentlessly mocked following his recent comments on the song.

Breaking News Another solid tribute for Kobe Bryant — this time it’s rap superstar, Lil Baby, teaming up with Money Man in a track paying homage to the NBA legend. The two rappers dropped a song called “24” — which includes several shout-outs to Kobe … and some pretty incredible cover art which based around

The Weeknd aired the most recent episode of his Memento Mori radio show on Apple Music last night, with a tracklist that featured previously unreleased demos and outtakes from the Kiss Land era. One of those tracks was a remix of Lana Del Rey’s “Money Power Glory,” a song from her 2014 album Ultraviolence. Take

Country fans have been leaning on the genre a lot in 2020, and as periods of great strife tend to teach us, few mediums are as medicinal as music is in times like these. In his new single “Two Lane Airplane,” country artist Gary Burk III is steering clear of negativity and downtrodden dirges and

Forget we’re in the middle of a make-or-break election … Cardi B is already setting her sights on 2024, because she’s got her eye on AOC. Cardi just tweeted that she wants Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to throw her name in the ring for President when she turns 35 … the required age under the Constitution.

A judge in the United States District Court Central District of California has dismissed a countersuit against Lizzo seeking royalties from her song “Truth Hurts,” according to documents viewed by Pitchfork. Lizzo originally sued Justin Raisen, Jeremiah Raisen, and Yves Rothman in October 2019, seeking “a judicial declaration” that they “did not co-author ‘Truth Hurts,’

Supple and smoothly applied to the blank canvas afforded by silence in the backdrop, the strings we initially make contact with in Jeffrey Li’s debut single “Anniversary” are a masterfully melodic element to say the least. A near-perfect complement to Li’s stunningly warm lead vocal, this textured component of a much grander harmony is far