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Phil Spector, the “wall of sound” producer famous for his work in 1960s pop and rock music, has died, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation has confirmed. In a post on their website, the CDCR wrote that Spector “was pronounced deceased of natural causes” yesterday (January 16), at an outside hospital. His official cause

Exclusive Details Latin singer Chesca — an artist who was supposed to perform at Joe Biden‘s MLK Day celebration — just announced she caught the coronavirus … but the show will still go on, with her in the mix no less. Chesca took to IG to break the news Saturday, writing in Spanish that she

The War on Drugs beamed into the Late Show with Stephen Colbert to perform “Arms Like Boulders,” the opening track to their 2008 debut Wagonwheel Blues. The remote performance sees the band in an atypical configuration, with each member playing guitar or mandolin. Check out their latest late-night TV appearance below. In November 2020, the

Breaking News Pitbull may need to go by “Dale” Earnhardt, Jr. now … ’cause the party music legend is now a proud co-owner of a NASCAR racing team!! The Grammy award winner shared the big news on Friday (which also happens to be his 40th birthday) … officially announcing his partnership with Team Trackhouse and

Sheer Mag has shared a new song called “Crushed Velvet.” The song appears on the soundtrack for Hulu’s forthcoming original film The Ultimate Playlist of Noise, which is out tomorrow (January 15). Check out “Crushed Velvet” below. Sheer Mag’s last LP was 2019’s A Distant Call. Later that year Vermont Senator—and then presidential candidate—Bernie Sanders

Exclusive Details Dr. Dre will finally get to sleep in his own bed tonight — he’s been discharged from the hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm, but doctors are still watching him closely. Sources close to Dre tell TMZ … he went home Friday and while he’s on the road to recovery, he still needs

Memphis rapper Pooh Shiesty has announced his debut mixtape Shiesty Season. The tape arrives on February 5 via Gucci Mane’s The New 1017 and Atlantic. Check out the video for Shiesty’s new single “Guard Up” below and scroll down for the Shiesty Season cover art. In addition to “Guard Up,” Shiesty Season will include Pooh’s

Los Angeles local Hope Sandoval burst onto the scene in the mid-’90s as the melancholy singer and founder of the indie dream pop band Mazzy Star … they released their sophomore album So Tonight That I Might See on Capitol Records in 1993 and their track “Fade Into You” landed on the Billboard Hot 100

In 2019, Bandcamp started a new service that allowed artists to sell vinyl through an in-house pressing service. Through crowdfunding campaigns powered by customer orders, artists could sell vinyl produced and shipped by Bandcamp. Today, the company has announced that the vinyl pressing service—which started on a limited trial basis for a handful of artists—is

Exclusive The 911 call that led to the felony murder warrant for YFN Lucci‘s arrest is disturbing … a woman describing a man clinging to a moving SUV before he was left for dead. TMZ’s obtained audio of the 911 call a woman made in Atlanta last month when she saw a white SUV speeding

The 43rd annual Kennedy Center Honors recipients have been announced. Joan Baez, Garth Brooks, Dick Van Dyke, artist, choreographer, and actress Debbie Allen, and violinist Midori are the honorees for 2020. Typically held in December, last year’s ceremony was postponed until May 2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. “The Kennedy Center Honors serves as a

Exclusive Diddy‘s got a big headache to ring in the new year … the L.A. home he owns where his late soulmate, Kim Porter, died was hit by burglars. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … someone pried open a side door and entered his Toluca Lake home, triggering the security system. We’re told a caretaker

Julien Baker has shared a music video for her new single “Hardline.” The detailed stop-motion visual was created by Joe Baughman over a period of several hundred hours. Watch the colorful clip below. “Even after having spent 600 hours immersed in ‘Hardline’ and having listened to it thousands of times, I am still moved by

Breaking News YFN Lucci is a wanted man in Atlanta — because cops suspect he’s involved in the shooting death of a man. Atlanta PD’s homicide unit tells us they’re looking to bring in 29-year-old Rayshawn Bennett — Lucci’s real name — on multiple charges … including felony murder, aggravated assault, participation in criminal street

Universal Music Group’s recently-launched production house Mercury Studios has announced a documentary about Abbey Road Studios. If These Walls Could Sing will explore the legendary recording studio’s history in conjunction with Abbey Road’s 90th anniversary this November. The film is produced by John Battsek and directed by filmmaker and photographer Mary McCartney, daughter of Paul

Exclusive Dr. Dre is still in intensive care, one week after he was rushed to the hospital after suffering a brain aneurysm, and doctors are still trying to figure out what happened. Sources connected to Dre with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Dre’s where he’s been since last Monday — in ICU at Cedars-Sinai Medical

Jack White has announced the release of Jack White: Live at the Masonic Temple, the 47th installment in Third Man’s Vault subscription series, with a live version of his song “Missing Pieces.” The package comprises a recording of his July 30, 2014 show at Detroit’s Masonic Temple on four colored LPs, as well as a

Play video content Breaking News The Cleveland Browns celebrated their first playoff win since 1994 the only way they knew how — by epically roasting JuJu Smith-Schuster with a locker room celebration for the ages!! Of course, the Steelers WR had some words for the AFC North rivals leading up to their Wild Card matchup

Lana Del Rey’s new album Chemtrails Over the Country Club has been promised since 2019, and today, she’s shared the album’s tracklist and artwork. Chemtrails includes the already released “Let Me Love You Like a Woman,” the previously teased song “Tulsa Jesus Freak,” and the title track that’s scheduled to arrive tomorrow. The album ends

Exclusive Katy Perry‘s alleged stalker just missed a hearing in his trespassing case, and will suffer consequences, but the scarier part for Katy is he remains on the loose. According to L.A. County Court records, William Edward Terry was charged on Wednesday with one count of trespassing for a September incident at the singer’s Beverly

Michael Fonfara, the keyboardist best known for his work with Lou Reed and the Downchild Blues Band, has died, CBC News reports and Pitchfork can confirm. Fonfara died January 8 in a Toronto hospital following a two-year battle with cancer, as Fonfara’s publicist confirmed in a statement sent to Pitchfork. Fonfara was 74 years old.

Play video content TMZ.com Thousands are dying, hospitals are at capacity and Los Angeles is on lockdown … but that didn’t matter to Kaash Paige, who celebrated her bday with dozens of her maskless friends. Paige rented out a mansion in Encino Thursday night to ring in her 20th — with plenty of celebs in

Lil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” featuring Billy Ray Cyrus is now the most-certified song in RIAA history. The viral rap star shared on Twitter that the single, released in 2019, had gone 14x Platinum, displacing “All of Me” by John Legend and “Despacito” by Daddy Yankee, Luis Fonsi, and Justin Bieber, which are both

The founder and lead guitarist of heavy metal band Iced Earth is popular with the FBI these days, because he’s now a wanted man. Jon Schaffer was one of the rioters who stormed the Capitol Wednesday, and it’s not like his presence was a big surprise. He’s a die-hard Trumper who warned last month during

Ariel Pink has been dropped by his record label Mexican Summer. The label tweeted that it has “decided to end [its] working relationship” with the artist “moving forward.” Mexican Summer had been set to release Odditties Sodomies Vol. 1, Sit n’ Spin, Odditties Sodomies Vol. 3, and Scared Famous/FF>> on January 29 as the final

Exclusive Details As if Dr. Dre‘s week wasn’t rough enough … he’s agreed to pay his estranged wife $2 million in temporary spousal support — but he’s not coughing up the $5 mil she wants for her divorce attorneys. The music mogul and Nicole Young struck the deal that calls for Dre to write a

WizKid and Burna Boy have shared the music video for their Made in Lagos collaboration “Ginger.” Directed by Meji Alabi, who previously helmed videos for Burna Boy’s “Pull Up” and “On the Low,” the video finds the two artists in a sparse warehouse, surrounded by minimal set dressing. At one point, they play mancala with

Exclusive DaBaby‘s shopping spree on world-famous Rodeo Drive came to an abrupt halt when Bev Hills cops stopped him and his pals and allegedly found a gun. We got video of the rapper leaving the Moncler store Thursday. As he and 3 other men were about to drive off, multiple cop cars surrounded their vehicle.

Rio Da Yung OG, the Flint, Michigan rapper who released City on My Back last year, was sentenced Wednesday to five years in prison for a charge related to a January 2019 arrest over possession of a gun with “intent to distribute controlled substances.” In an Instagram story, Rio said he’ll begin his sentence in

Britney Spears‘ ex-husband — the one who isn’t Kevin Federline — had a front-row view to the attempted coup at the Capitol … because he was part of the pro-Trump protest. Jason Allen Alexander — whom you might remember for being married to Britney for 55 hours after their wild, 2004 Sin City wedding —