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Ariana Grande‘s spreading the Xmas joy at home and abroad … by surprising kids who are spending the holiday at children’s hospitals in L.A. and the UK. The singer, along with her fiance, Dalton Gomez, sent gifts from wish lists at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital. Over in the UK … Ariana dished out $135 Amazon

Four Tet is releasing a pair of new albums tonight: Parallel and 871 will be released on December 25. The two albums follow Kieran Hebden’s most recent full-length Sixteen Oceans, released earlier this year. Check out the announcement below. Hebden recently revealed that he and Madlib had finished work on the reclusive producer’s solo album

Breaking News John “Ecstasy” Fletcher, who co-founded the legendary hip-hop group Whodini and was known for rocking a Zorro hat like no other, has died. John’s death was announced Wednesday by Questlove, who remembers Fletcher as a “legendary and a pivotal member of one of the most legendary groups in hip-hop.” John was living in

New York rapper and producer Sage Elsesser has released a new Navy Blue album. The 18-track Song of Sage: Post Panic! has guest spots from Yasiin Bey, billy woods, L.A. rapper Maxo, and Zeroh. There’s also production from Navy Blue, Animoss, Chuck Strangers, Evidence, and others. Listen to Song of Sage: Post Panic! below. Plus,

Travis Scott is making sure kids in his old neighborhood have a safe and happy holiday … hooking them up with toys, Christmas trees, food and more. His Travis Scott x Cactus Jack Foundation held a holiday toy drive Tuesday at Sunnyside Park in Houston — where Travis grew up — giving away 2,000 toys

Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) has proposed a reform to the existing Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) with a newly released draft of legislation called the Digital Copyright Act of 2021 (DCA). Calling the DMCA “antiquated” and “past-due for modernization,” the senator’s newly proposed legislation would involve an overhaul of the Copyright Office as it exists

Play video content Exclusive Adam Glyn Shaquille O’Neal says everyone needs to chill about his “booty” comment to Megan Thee Stallion — saying he was just showing love, not trying to smash. People went crazy recently over a comment Shaq left while watching Megan Thee Stallion twerk it out during an Instagram Live. The comment?

Darkside are back. Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington have shared “Liberty Bell,” their first new song in years. The duo has also announced it will release a new album, titled Spiral, in spring 2021 via Matador. Listen to “Liberty Bell” below. Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington released their debut DARKSIDE EP in 2011, before sharing

Play video content Verzuz / Apple Music Too Short and E-40 played their classic tracks, put down some classic dancing and told classic stories — so yeah, the last “Verzuz” of 2020 was a West Coast classic. The Bay Area rap legends acknowledged their longstanding friendship from “BR” — before rap, as 40 puts it

Dua Lipa was the musical guest on Saturday Night Live last night (December 19), where she performed “Don’t Start Now” and “Levitating.” This week’s episode of SNL was hosted by former cast member Kristen Wiig; Dua Lipa joined her and Bowen Yang in a sketch about Christmas Eve entertainment during World War II. Watch Dua

Play video content Exclusive Details The Game and Blueface‘s manager, Wack 100, squared up against two white men and held his own … this after they allegedly hurled an epithet, which Wack says sparked the brawl. Sources tell TMZ … Wack was at Primo Burgers in Lancaster, CA Saturday when he encountered a couple of

Grimes has changed the album cover for Miss Anthropocene across digital streaming platforms, her representatives confirmed to Pitchfork. “This was the original Miss Anthropocene album cover which I commissioned from one of my *favourite* artists [Rupid Leejm],” she explained in an April Instagram post featuring the new artwork. “I polled a bunch of ppl and

Play video content TMZ.com Mulatto‘s encouraging voter turnout in Georgia by doing what she does best … grabbing a mic. The “Muwop” rapper hit up a polling place Friday in DeKalb County where she gave people waiting in line to vote an impromptu concert while riding on the bed of a huge truck. She had

In June, soon after the music industry slowdown for “Blackout Tuesday,” the label and publisher BMG launched an audit into its historical record contracts to determine whether Black artists were fairly compensated. Today, it has revealed its first findings, the BBC reports. Under four of its labels, the report says, there were “significant disparities” between

Exclusive Details Mystikal insisted he wasn’t guilty of rape … and now it looks like a grand jury agreed with him ’cause TMZ’s learned his rape charges have been dismissed. A spokesperson with the Caddo Parish District Attorney’s Office tells TMZ … a grand jury found there wasn’t enough evidence to move forward with the

The Recording Academy and racial justice organization Color of Change have announced the #ChangeMusic RoadMap—an initiative that aims to create racial justice within the music industry. The full RoadMap may be viewed at the Color of Change website. According to the groups’ mission statement, the purpose of the initiative is to “work to increase the