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OG Maco, “U Guessed It” Rapper, Dies at 32
OG Maco, the influential Atlanta rapper whose debut single, “U Guessed It,” was a landmark in mid-2010s trap, died yesterday (December 26) in a Los Angeles hospital, TMZ reports. He was admitted on December 12 after sustaining a gunshot wound to the head that appeared to be self-inflicted, according to TMZ. After two weeks in a coma, he went into…
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Watch Beyoncé’s NFL Christmas Halftime Show
Beyoncé took the field in her Houston hometown to play the halftime show during one of the NFL’s first Christmas games to stream live on Netflix. At NRG Stadium—as the Houston Texans and Baltimore Ravens took a break from the game action—she performed Cowboy Carter cuts, beginning with “16 Carriages,” as she rode atop a white horse. She then did…
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Hozier Plays the Pogues’ “Fairytale of New York” on Saturday Night Live: Watch
Hozier returned to Saturday Night Live for the NBC program’s final pre-Christmas episode of 2024. He first played “Too Sweet,” which former President Barack Obama recently named one of his favorite songs of the year. The Irish musician then did the Pogues’ holiday classic “Fairytale of New York.” Watch Hozier’s SNL performances below. Hozier made his Saturday Night Live debut…
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Prince, the Clash, Frankie Beverly, and More to Receive 2025 Lifetime Achievement Grammys
Prince, the Clash, Frankie Beverly, and Roxanne Shanté are among the Grammys’ 2025 Lifetime Achievement honorees, the Recording Academy announced today. Frankie Valli, Dr. Bobby Jones, and Taj Mahal round out the recipients; Erroll Garner, Glyn Johns and Tania León have been named as the Trustees Award winners. The Technical Grammy will go to the late Dr. Leo Beranek. The…
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SZA Releasing New SOS Deluxe Album This Week, Enlists Ben Stiller for Teaser
SZA has confirmed that the deluxe version of SOS, long teased with the title Lana, will arrive on Friday. In a new teaser for the album, Ben Stiller lip syncs to one of the new songs. Check it out on her Instagram. SZA has been trailing the album that may or may not be named Lana (a trailer last week…
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New Venue Night Club 101 to Open in New York’s Historic Pyramid Club Space
The team behind Brooklyn venue Baby’s All Right is opening a new music space within New York’s historic Pyramid Club. Night Club 101 will officially open in the East Village early next year, with a preview club night in partnership with Pitchfork on Thursday, December 19. The event is presented by AdHoc, and will feature sets from RP Boo, Dazegxd…
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1010Benja Shares New Song “Get in the Way”: Listen
1010Benja has shared a new song. “Get in the Way” is the Tulsa-born musician’s first new track since releasing his debut album, Ten Total, in March. Listen to the new song, co-produced by 1010Benja and Kaito, below. In a statement about his new song, 1010Benja said, “It’s meant to feel like that: ‘Get in the way, get in my way.…
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Thursday Share Video for New Song “White Bikes”: Watch
Thursday are closing out 2024 with another new song. Following the April comeback track “Application for Release From the Dream,” they’ve now released “White Bikes,” along with a black-and-white video created by Duran Levinson and Nick Scholey. Watch the video for the new song below. Thursday recorded “White Bikes” in June at Hansa Tonstudio, the Berlin, Germany, studio where David…
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Bob Dylan on New Movie A Complete Unknown: “What a Title!”
Bob Dylan has been an active X user lately, and he’s shared a new message about the soon-to-be-released new movie about him, A Complete Unknown. “There’s a movie about me opening soon called A Complete Unknown (what a title!),” the 83-year-old singer-songwriter began his post. “Timothee Chalamet is starring in the lead role. Timmy’s a brilliant actor so I’m sure…
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Will Cullen Hart, Elephant 6 Co-Founder, Dies at 53
Will Cullen Hart, a founding member of the Athens, Georgia, indie-rock collective Elephant 6, died on Friday, November 29, of a heart attack, according to a statement on the Elephant 6 website. One of the musician’s Elephant 6 co-founders, Robert Schneider, shared that Hart died “suddenly, peacefully, and in a very happy mood around the release of the two new…
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