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Madlib is suing his former manager, Eothen “Egon” Alapatt, accusing him of “rank self-dealing,” “engaging in persistent and pervasive mismanagement,” and unduly profiting from his involvement in the musician’s business affairs. Madlib filed his lawsuit in a Los Angeles court on October 31, marking the fourth anniversary of MF Doom’s death. Doom’s widow, Jasmine Dumile

A mystery documentary, charting Kanye West‘s public transformation to Ye, is currently in the works. READ MORE: With his “White Lives Matter” stunt, has Kanye West finally hit the point of no return?  Entitled In Whose Name?, the project has reportedly been shooting in secrecy for the past six years and features never-before-seen footage. According to

The prosecution also contends that YSL is responsible for the shooting of Lil Wayne’s tourbus in 2015. (Jimmy Carlton Winfrey, an associate of Young Thug and Birdman also known as PeeWee Roscoe, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for the shooting, though the conviction was overturned in 2018 because the judge had interfered with

Metro Boomin is being sued for sexual battery. The lawsuit comes from a woman claiming that the rapper, real name Leland Tyler Wayne, raped her in 2016. She is alleging that the assault led to an unwanted and subsequently terminated pregnancy. The woman, Vanessa LeMaistre, is formally suing Wayne for battery, sexual battery and three

Radiohead and the Smile singer Thom Yorke paused a recent solo concert in Melbourne, Australia, after being heckled by a pro-Palestine member of the audience. Footage from the concert shows a man shouting about the death tolls in Israel’s war in Gaza and asking Yorke, “How could you be silent?” (The Israeli offensive, in Gaza,

Charli XCX has been confirmed for double duty as both a host and performer on an episode of Saturday Night Live. Today (October 31), the hosts and performers for the next two SNL shows have been released. XCX took to her official Instagram account to reveal that she will be tackling the double duty slot

During a special concert in São Paulo, Brazil, in September, the Weeknd and Brazilian pop star Anitta debuted a new song called “São Paulo.” It’s now been officially released, along with a video directed by Freeka Tet. In the visual, Anitta is masked and pregnant, and her belly is more than a bit unusual. Find

Ginger Root has been praised by fans after announcing his “first ever downgraded show” and being transparent about low ticket sales. The group’s frontman Cameron Lew took to Ginger Roots’ official social media accounts and shared a video announcing the new, smaller venue where their show in Los Angeles will now take place instead of

This Is Lorelei, the solo project of Water From Your Eyes’ Nate Amos, is going on tour next year. The 2025 run will begin in Philadelphia on January 12 and brings Amos to over a dozen major cities in North America on through the spring, with Youbet and Starcleaner Reunion slated to join. The last

Live music representatives from across the board have expressed their frustration following Chancellor Rachel Reeves’ announcement that business rate relief for grassroots music venues has been cut. Reeves revealed in the UK autumn budget speech today (October 30) that business rate relief for grassroots music venues will go down from 75 per cent to 40

The full lineup for the fourth edition of When We Were Young has been announced. Blink-182 will headline, and so will Panic! at the Disco, who will perform their album A Fever You Can’t Sweat Out in its entirety to celebrate the record’s 20th anniversary. Weezer, the Gaslight Anthem, Avril Lavigne, the Offspring, Knocked Loose,

Lady Gaga has shared the official music video for her new single, ‘Disease’ – you can watch it below. The singer shared the electro-pop song last Friday (October 25) as the first preview of her upcoming seventh album, known as ‘LG7’, which is expected to arrive in February 2025. Ahead of its release, Gaga teased

The rapper 6ix9ine is back in federal custody. A court document shows that the musician was arrested for allegedly violating conditions of his supervised release. (The violation was not specified.) He was also due to have a hearing at a New York courthouse at this afternoon. Pitchfork has reached out to the public information officer

It looks like Scissor Sisters are teasing their return, as well as some potential UK shows. The New York pop-rock band haven’t released an album since they went on an indefinite hiatus after 2012’s ‘Magic Hour‘. Since then, they haven’t performed together, although they briefly reunited to share a charity single ‘Swerlk’ – in collaboration with

Yaya Bey, Rosali, and Font are among the bands playing abortion access benefit concerts across the United States on Saturday, January 25, 2025. Proceeds from the shows go to Noise for Now. Organized by Ground Control Touring, the series takes place in Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, Philadelphia, Austin, Raleigh, and Washington, D.C., with

SEVENTEEN singer Seungkwan has posted a lengthy message on Instagram about the K-pop industry and voicing his support for fellow idols. Last week, K-pop company HYBE disclosed company documents during a National Assembly’s Culture, Sports and Tourism committee audit. Several pages of documents that allegedly contained disparaging remarks about K-pop artists have since been leaked,

Having recently announced the imminent departure of co-founder Geoff Barrow, Beak> have detailed their final tour dates with the drummer and singer. The run kicks off in Montreal, on March 22, 2025, before weaving through the United States and concluding in Vancouver a couple weeks later. New Invada signee Litronix supports. Check out the itinerary

Adele has spoken out about Celine Dion following their tearful meeting at the ‘Hello’ singer’s recent show in Las Vegas. This past Saturday (October 26) the ‘Chasing Pavements’ singer was playing the latest in a run of shows at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace –  a venue originally built for Dion’s 2003 residency. During a