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Image Image Credit Theo Wargo / Staff via Getty Images Image Alt Met Gala Co-Chair, A$AP Rocky attends the 2025 Met Gala Celebrating “Superfine: Tailoring Black Style” at Metropolitan Museum of Art on May 05, 2025 in New York City Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: A$AP Rocky reflects on his evolving role as a father and calls his daughter Rocki his “greatest creation.” He and Rihanna now have three children, with Rocki joining big brothers RZA and Riot. Rocky is balancing fatherhood with new creative projects, including films and an upcoming album. A$AP Rocky has created plenty of magic in…
Image Image Credit Simone Joyner / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Drake performs live on stage during day two of Wireless Festival 2025 at Finsbury Park on July 12, 2025 in London, England. Drake is headlining an unprecedented all three nights of Wireless Festival. Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: A federal judge dismissed Drake’s defamation lawsuit over Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us,” ruling the lyrics are protected opinion. Charlamagne Tha God and fans online mocked Drake for filing the suit, calling it a sore-loser move. The decision highlights how diss tracks remain legally protected, reinforcing their role in Hip…
Image Image Credit Gilbert Flores / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Megan Thee Stallion at the 2024 MTV VMAs Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: A judge ruled in favor of Megan Thee Stallion, ordering sanctions against blogger Milagro Gramz. Gramz deleted thousands of text messages and removed WhatsApp despite being legally required to preserve them. The ruling highlights the legal risks of erasing digital evidence in defamation lawsuits. Megan Thee Stallion scored another small victory in her ongoing defamation lawsuit against Milagro Gramz. On Thursday (Oct. 9), Judge Lisette M. Reid imposed sanctions on the blogger for deleting “thousands…
Right now, you can score Miroslav Philharmonik 2 CE (normally $99.99) for just $1 in the cheapest tier of the IK Multimedia Ultimate Music Production Bundle Encore at Humble Bundle. The three-tier deal ends on October 30 at 6 PM UTC, as noted on the countdown on the bundle page. All the products in all three tiers are from IK Multimedia. The tiers are the 1-item bundle ($1), 10-item bundle ($20), and 28-item bundle ($30). The $1 tier nets you Miroslav Philharmonik 2 CE ($99.99). The $20 tier features $699.90 worth of products. Buying this tier will land you Miroslav…
Image Image Credit Paras Griffin / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Rapper Rich Homie Quan performs onstage during 2022 Hot 107.9 Birthday Bash at Center Parc Credit Union Stadium at Georgia State University on July 16, 2022 in Atlanta, Georgia. Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: A new exhibit at Atlanta’s Trap Music Museum pays tribute to Rich Homie Quan’s influence. The tribute comes one year after Quan’s death from an accidental overdose at age 34. The exhibit was part of a larger weekend of events, including a charity softball game. Rich Homie Quan’s life is being honored in a…
Image Image Credit Screenshot from Alemeda and Doechii’s “Beat A B!tch Up” video Image Alt Screenshot from Alemeda and Doechii’s “Beat A B!tch Up” video Image Size landscape-medium Key Takeaways: The duo’s first collaboration blends alt-pop and experimental Hip Hop with fierce energy. The music video features surreal visuals, including Jet Skis, sword fights, and a trained cat. The track is the third single from Alemeda’s upcoming EP, But What The Hell Do I Know, dropping Nov. 7. Top Dawg Entertainment’s leading ladies are truly dominating 2025. On Friday (Oct. 10), Alemeda teamed up with Doechii for the first time…
The Usual Suspects have announced JE-8086, a free Roland JP-8080 emulation that works on macOS, Windows, and Linux. The Usual Suspects have already given us some epic emulations, including Xenia (Waldorf Microwave II/XT) and OsTirus (Virus Ti), and the news that a Roland JP-8080 emulation is on the way will be music to the ears of synth-lovers everywhere. Well, maybe not music to the ears of Roland, who are known to be aggressively protective of their brand. Whatever Roland’s reaction, JE-8086 is coming soon, and it sounds absolutely killer. The Usual Suspects continue their method of emulating the DSP chip…
Plugin Boutique is currently having a sale on iZotope’s vocal effects powerhouse, VocalSynth 2. The plugin usually retails for €251, but you can now purchase it for €20.63, which is a whopping 91% discount. This offer lasts until the end of the month. If dull vocals are a common feature in your projects, this beastly plugin has all the tools you need to turn them into something else entirely. Check out some of the features here: Talkbox, Vocoder, formant shifting, pitch shifting, distortion, Furby-like LPC sounds, an interactive animation interface that morphs your effects in real time? Yeah, and that…
Parallax Audio is now offering the Virtual Sound Stage v2.0.2 virtual instrument spatializer for free download. The plugin is for macOS (Intel CPU and Apple Silicon – M-Series) and Windows (x86 64-bit, Windows 10 or higher). The Windows formats are VST3 and AAX, while for macOS, it’s available in VST3, AU, and AAX. Parallax Audio developed Virtual Sound Stage as a paid release in 2014, and in October 2025, they issued a rebuilt legacy version of the plugin as a freeware drop. The rebuilt release offers better compatibility with modern operating systems. It also introduces VST3 compatibility and support for…
What were some of the key pain points you identified for aspiring DJs, and how did the new features – like the improved jog wheels, dedicated browsing controls, and flexible FX routing – directly address those challenges and allow users to build confidence and skills? One of the main pain points on the S2 MK3 was the limited FX control. Today, FX and the Pattern Player are vital tools for DJs to stand out and give their mix a unique, personal touch. With the MX2, we added full hardware interfaces for both FX units, alongside Mixer FX on each channel.…