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This week’s Saturday Night Live featured a sketch called “Big Papi Cooking Show,” wherein Kenan Thompson offers a cooking tutorial (sort of) as former Boston Red Sox player David Ortiz. During the sketch, Thompson introduced “Big Bunny,” which of course was Bad Bunny. Bad Bunny tries to sell viewers “big ass pots” and sweatpants. “Are

Exclusive Lil Durk brought some warm meals and happiness to healthcare workers on Chicago’s frontlines against COVID. The rapper and his team pulled up to Chicago’s Rush Hospital Friday with boxes of meals from PHLAVS Restaurant — owned by Durk’s manager — to distribute. We’re told a member of the hospital’s hospitality staff then brought

Live Nation has announced a new “Ticket Relief Plan” to issue refunds to customers who hold tickets to shows that have been postponed due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, as The New York Times reports. The concert conglomerate, which also owns Ticketmaster, previously indicated that fans who held tickets to rescheduled concerts would be given

Exclusive Details We knew Ciara and Russell Wilson were a hot couple, but we didn’t know they were THIS hot — as in, someone dropping six-figures to have dinner with them!!! The Seahawks QB and singer closed their All In Challenge auction Friday night … and there was some furious bidding as the closing bell

Chvrches were the musical guests on last night’s remote edition of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. They played their Love Is Dead track “Forever” in separate white studios. Watch their colorful performance below. Chvrches’ most recent single “Death Stranding” arrived last year. The song was written specifically for Playstation 4’s video game of the

The world’s BIGGEST DJ kept the party going during quarantine on Thursday … with Shaquille O’Neal hosting a virtual DJ sesh from his house … and he had some major guests tuning in!! The 7’1″ NBA legend — AKA DJ Diesel — put his skills on the 1s and 2s to the test for his

Kehlani has announced her next album: It Was Good Until It Wasn’t comes out May 8 (via Atlantic). That’s the cove below. “The album cover is a depiction of the never-ending duality of ‘good’ and ‘bad.’ It’s a tale of perspective,” Kehlani said in a press release. “The sun is shining, the sky is blue,

Guiana-born rocker Eddy Grant moved to London and got his first taste of fame when his band The Equals released the ’60s rock song, “Baby Come Back“… but it wasn’t until Eddy moved to Barbados and started a solo career with hits like “I Don’t Want To Dance” and the absolute jam “Electric Avenue” that

Josh Klinghoffer, the former guitarist for the Red Hot Chili Peppers, covered Big Thief’s “Not” under his solo moniker Pluralone. Watch it below. Writing about his decision to cover “Not,” Klinghoffer said that hearing Big Thief through a friend for the first time last year was a very pleasant smack in the face,” adding, “I

Breaking News 7:03 AM PT — 4/23 — A rep for Mitchell tells TMZ, “Jason is at home with his family right now, working on an amazing new project. News stories move fast and oftentimes without all of the facts. This misunderstanding will be resolved shortly. We trust that the court systems blind justice will

My Chemical Romance’s Gerard Way has shared two previously unreleased demos, “PS Earth” and “Crate Amp_01.″ Way says they were pulled from the sessions for his Hesitant Alien LP. Check them both out below. The two new songs follow the four he shared earlier this month, a project which he dubbed Distraction Or Despair, “since

Exclusive Pepa doesn’t want to talk about sex right now … she’s furious at Uber and a bunch of drivers who she claims wrecked her earnings potential. Sandra Denton — aka Pepa from Salt-N-Pepa — is suing the ride-share service along with one of its drivers and the drivers of 3 other vehicles, claiming a

Tame Impala’s Kevin Parker is the latest guest on the Song Exploder podcast. In conversation with host Hrishikesh Hirway, Parker discussed the making of “It Might Be Time” from his latest album The Slow Rush. He plays early versions of the song and isolated stems, and he also sheds light on the writing and recording

Life ain’t all that beautiful in 2020 … another music festival is getting scrapped due to concerns over the novel coronavirus. Life is Beautiful, a three-day outdoor festival in downtown Las Vegas celebrating music, art, food and comedy, has just been canceled due to COVID-19. The festival was scheduled to take place on multiple stages

Dead & Company—the band featuring members of the Grateful Dead and John Mayer—have canceled their summer 2020 tour because of COVID-19. The North American dates were scheduled to take place this July and August. All tickets will be fully refunded. “We are thankful for your understanding and we look forward to the day when we

Play video content Teddy Riley and Babyface put their reading glasses back on for another round of IG Live battling, but even on take 2 … the event was technology-challenged. The two R&B icons hopped back on the ‘Gram Monday night to pick up where they left off over the weekend — which went down

Nick Hakim has shared another new song from his upcoming album WILL THIS MAKE ME GOOD. This one’s called “CRUMPY,” and it features some additional guitar from Mac DeMarco. Listen below. The new album is out May 15 via ATO. Hakim discussed the new album in a statement. “This is my world; a lot of

Play video content 5:41 PM PT — The new generation of country music is meeting the old guard, because Kacey Musgraves just joined the party to wish Willie an early happy birthday, offering some sobering advice for everyone in quarantine and doing what she does best — sing. Kacey says no one really knows what

Kali Uchis has announced a new EP that’s coming out this Friday, April 24. It’s called To Feel Alive. Find the (somewhat explicit) EP cover below. Kali Uchis released her last full-length, Isolation, 2018. To Feel Alive will mark Uchis’ first EP since 2015’s Por Vida. Last year, Uchis released the single “Solita” and also

Exclusive Tekashi 6ix9ine is wasting no time settling back into the life of a rap superstar following his early prison release … he’s spending tons of cash and getting offers for concerts. Sources close to Tekashi69 tell TMZ … the rapper is throwing tons of money around on whips and bling, purchasing a fleet of

Earlier this year, Mount Eerie, aka Phil Elverum, announced a North American tour slated to kick off this month. Elverum then announced that the trek had been canceled due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Now, Elverum says that the dates have been pushed to October. “There are now 8 Mount Eerie concerts planned for October

Breaking News Katy Perry‘s beloved street cat, who became a mascot for the singer and her legion of fans, has passed on. Kitty Purry made an inauspicious entry into Katy’s life — through her then-boyfriend’s window.  Fast-forward to Katy the singing icon … the darn cat became so popular it even appeared in Katy’s music

Today, dozens of artists and other public figures participated in Global Citizen’s One World: Together at Home broadcast, a digital and television special to support frontline workers and the World Health Organization as the coronavirus pandemic continues to take its toll in the United States and countries worldwide. Taylor Swift was among the artists to

Play video content Exclusive TMZ.com Monique Coleman says there’s a perfectly good explanation why her old Disney Channel costar, Zac Efron, didn’t join in on a big broadcast sing-along … the almighty Wi-Fi signal. We talked to the ‘High School Musical’ alum — who was one of the former child stars in the hit DC

Henry Grimes, the legendary multi-instrumentalist and poet who worked alongside some of the biggest names in American jazz, has died, as WBGO reports. His wife Margaret Davis Grimes confirmed the news to the Jazz Foundation of America, according to reporter Nate Chinen. Grimes passed away from complications related to COVID-19; he was 84 years old.

Exclusive Drake has everyone, almost literally, doing the “Toosie Slide” — his latest single just hit a 10-figure benchmark on TikTok, breaking Kylie Jenner‘s record. Sources at the video creation app tell us the hashtag #ToosieSlide hit a billion views in just 2 days … giving Drake the fastest music trend to reach a billion

Dogleg have released the music video for “Wartortle,” a song from their excellent debut album Melee. Filmed in black-and-white, the video is an homage to Kevin Smith’s 1994 classic Clerks, with lead singer Alex Stoitsiadis stepping into the Dante Hicks character originally portrayed by Brian O’Halloran. The video was directed by Austin Vansen; check it

Play video content Poor Mark Wahlberg … the guy seems lost when it comes to the viral Carole Baskin dance, but he got a surprise introduction to it … courtesy of his wife and daughter!!! Mark was simply going downstairs for a snack when he ran into his wife, Rhea Durham, and 10-year-old daughter Grace

Kelly Rowland has released a new song called “COFFEE.” It follows Rowland’s 2019 single Crown,” an anti-bullying song made in partnership with Dove. Listen to “COFFEE” below. In 2018, Kelly Rowland released the solo single “Kelly” and featured on a Busta Rhymes track called “Get It” along with Missy Elliott. She also performed with Beyoncé