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Bay Area's Young Curt passes in tragic car accident

Veteran Bay Area rapper, Young Curt died past Monday after a fatal car accident. Contra Costa County coroner's office identified the twenty-seven-year-old man as the victim of a tragic rollover crash on…

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Close Up & Blood Records present 'What's Going On?' to save UK music venues

Close Up & Blood Records(+ friends) present What’s Going On?, an initiative to publicize and procure extra funding for the Music Venues Trust’s ‘Save Our Venues’ campaign. In an effort to…

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Rough Trade NYC to reopen amidst COVID-19crash

Rough Trade's iconic New York location has announced plans to reopen June 24th at noon following its temporary closure due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Brooklyn-based record store, label, and…

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Music Midtown reschedules festival for 2021

A year chalk full of cancellations and postponements, we’ve seen a number of music festivals recently move their events to next year. Music Midtown, a staple of the Atlanta area…

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Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, & Roddy Ricch lead nominations at 2020 BET Awards

Multi-platinum selling rappers, Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, and Roddy Ricch all scored big this year in terms of nominations for the upcoming 2020 BET Awards. Toronto's Drake (6), Houston's Megan (5),…

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Bandcamp to donate all Juneteenth proceeds to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Several music companies have pledged their support to the Black Lives Matter movement in the wake of the unjust deaths of Ahmaud Arbery, George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and Tony McDade.…

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Cardi B finally hints at new music following her Grammy award winning debut album

The Grammy Award-winning rapper tweeted to her 12.4 million followers on Twitter this past Tuesday claiming new music will be released soon. Fans quickly replied with excitement and questions. “It’s…

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The Recording Academy release new and improved rules for the GRAMMYS

The last few weeks have been eye-opening, pushing one to reflect on themselves and their actions. These last few weeks have pushed us to strive for and accomplish progressive change…

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Spotify to refrain from joining Black Out Tuesday and instead launch modified programming [Updated]

*This is an updated article to a previous piece that covered Spotify's initial involvement in the music industry's Black Out Tuesday. On June 1, tech company Spotify issued an official…

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Spotify joins music community with temporary service shut down to stand in solidarity with protests [Updated]

*The following article has since been updated reflecting a more up-to-date statement issued by Spotify that they will no longer be supporting the Black Out Tuesday – Updated Statement On…

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Stay safe from viruses with RŌZ's FIREWALL event this weekend

Stay safe from viruses this weekend by tuning into RŌZ's debut live stream event FIREWALL on Saturday, May 16, which aims to bring attention to upcoming electronic artists while raising…

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LA rapper Elijah Daniel extends his kindness to the country’s most vulnerable communities

When the Coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic first hit the nation, internet-satirist-superstar-turned-rapper Elijah Daniel, reached out to music manager Jen Stein, who was already working on her own Coronavirus response plan, to team…

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Bay Area's Young Curt passes in tragic car accident

Close Up & Blood Records present 'What's Going On?' to save UK music venues

Rough Trade NYC to reopen amidst COVID-19crash

Music Midtown reschedules festival for 2021

Drake, Megan Thee Stallion, & Roddy Ricch lead nominations at 2020 BET Awards

Bandcamp to donate all Juneteenth proceeds to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

Cardi B finally hints at new music following her Grammy award winning debut album

The Recording Academy release new and improved rules for the GRAMMYS

Spotify to refrain from joining Black Out Tuesday and instead launch modified programming [Updated]

Spotify joins music community with temporary service shut down to stand in solidarity with protests [Updated]

Stay safe from viruses with RŌZ's FIREWALL event this weekend

LA rapper Elijah Daniel extends his kindness to the country’s most vulnerable communities

Jordan Duffy gets seduced by aliens in "Not Your Dream Girl" [Video]

Real Recognize Rio says, 'Don't Count Me Out', with hard-hitting new album

Chicago's Kaicrewsade Makes 2025 Splash with 'boolin!'

Jack Drinker bares his soul in new single “California King”

Charles Costa shares enigmatic production "Feel Every Minute"

Videographer Barbara Safonkina weaves stunning visual tales

Doc Backer: A boundary-pushing artist re-emerging from disillusionment with creative fire

From Groceries to Greatness: Carl Runefelt’s life of music, crypto, and charity

Tulum's biggest day festival ¿Por Qué No? returns with stellar lineup

From Machismo To Mujeres: Women As The Face Of Reggaeton

4 things I learned on the 'Call Me If You Get Lost' tour

4 things every artist needs to think about in 2022