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Jennifer Hudson might be an EGOT, a Billboard Hot 100-charting artist and an acclaimed talk-show host, but there’s one feat she hasn’t yet added to her resume: hosting Saturday Night Live.  But as revealed on the Thursday (May 29) episode of The Jennifer Hudson Show, that hasn’t been for lack of an invitation. While speaking to guests Eddie Murphy and Keke Palmer, Hudson revealed that she actually once turned down an offer to helm an episode of SNL sometime around 2006.   “Oh, you just made me nervous,” the “Spotlight” singer began when Murphy asked whether she’d ever hosted. “They…

Beyoncé gave fans a night to remember by giving their gender reveal an audience of tens of thousands, notably while onstage for the latest stop on her Cowboy Carter Tour.As seen in fan-shared footage, including a clip posted to Tina Knowles’ Instagram on Wednesday, the moment in question went down during the fourth night of the 35-time Grammy winner’s run at East Rutherford’s MetLife Stadium. In one clip, Beyoncé is seen first noticing a handwritten sign about the then-hopeful gender reveal, at which point she urged the fans to “hold on” until later into the show.“I’ll be back,” she said.Later,…

Ghost Syndicate has introduced a new sample pack geared towards dark Drum & Bass music production. The royalty free Ravage is built to tear through your speakers and ignite your next banger.Loaded with gnarly midrange growls, grot-infused basslines, and rattling drum grooves, RAVAGE delivers the edge you need to produce tracks with serious bite.Whether you’re crafting minimal rollers or rowdy jump-up weapons, this pack gives you full control of the chaos with an arsenal of loops, one-shots, FX, and bonus MIDI + Ableton Live Drum Rack to bring your darkest ideas to life.The sample pack is available to purchase at…

Asking for a commitment, we’re told, will scare a man away. And if that’s true, then young men, who have the bulk of their lives ahead of them, should be particularly frightened. Why, they may ask themselves, should I get tied down now? Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news So it’s amusing to hear Ty Myers, at age 17, vow to a woman to be hers “’til the end of the Earth.” Say it again: 17 years old, singing about forever. Seems unusual, right? “Guys my age definitely think in that way,”…

Gene Deal claimed Sean “Diddy” Combs paid Gina Huynh $2 million to avoid testifying in his federal case, calling her a “hostile witness.” AllHipHop.com Since 1998, AllHipHop.com has pioneered delivering Hip-Hop news. Get our daily email for exclusive, breaking news, and weekly digests, all curated for the true Hip-Hop enthusiast. Stay connected and informed with the heartbeat of Hip-Hop culture. Subscribe now! Subscribe Sean “Diddy” Combs allegedly shelled out $2 million to keep Gina Huynh from testifying in his federal sex trafficking case, according to his former bodyguard Gene Deal, who claimed in a new interview that prosecutors are struggling…

Codex Samples has introduced a new sound pack which brings a refined collection of clean, full-bodied presets for the Serum 2 software synthesizer.With a rich palette of modulations, filters, and rhythmic variations, the Melodic Techno pack makes it easy to craft immersive, powerful, and multilayered sonic textures.Included are carefully designed MIDI files to help you bring your ideas to life quickly and streamline your workflow. The loops and samples are tailored for genres like Melodic Techno and Progressive House, adding both depth and drive to your productions, while maintaining a polished, professional sound from the very first bar.The sound pack…

This week’s roundup of Publishing Briefs includes a rebrand for Sheer Publishing Africa, a pair of big deals for Warner Chappell Music and a renewal of Sony Music Publishing Nashville’s pact with Kane Brown’s creative company. Warner Chappell Music signed a global administration and sub-publishing deal with veteran French DJ and producer Bob Sinclar, covering over 350 works from his catalog, including iconic tracks like “World Hold On,” “Love Generation,” and “The Beat Goes On.” The agreement also includes music from the influential Africanism label. Known for pioneering the French House (or French Touch) movement since 1998, Sinclar has built…

Spitfire Audio has announced the release of a remarkable virtual instrument which captures the historic pipe organ of the Holy Trinity Church, Stratford-upon-Avon.A unique project in collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC), Shakespeare’s Church Organ brings the magnificent and reverent sound of the organ—where William Shakespeare was baptized, worshipped, and is buried—to music creators.Originally recorded for the RSC’s acclaimed 2024 production of Twelfth Night, this deeply moving instrument, whose voice has echoed through centuries of church services, can now evoke the poetic spirit of William Shakespeare in your own scores.The journey of Shakespeare’s Church Organ began with the Royal…

American metal band Mastodon will join influential Brooklyn indie rockers TV on the Radio and 1990s alt- rock icons Pavement to headline this year’s Levitation festival, alongside reunited sludge metal band Acid Bath, Built to Spill, the Brian Jonestown Massacre and more. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Launched in 2008 by Austin band The Black Angels to celebrate the resurgence of psychedelic rock and the formation of the label The Reverberation Appreciation Society or RVRB, the festival is now part of a partnership with Austin promoter Resound Presents, led by Graham Williams.…

Excite Audio has introduced a new Motion series effect plugin which is designed to transform and manipulate audio in real time through dual granular engines and rhythmic effects.Motion: Fractal delivers endless motion, texture, and modern sonic transformation through dual granular engines, a reactive trance gate, and stutter-repeat effects.Whether you’re crafting fractured beats, shimmering ambience, or glitched-out sequences, Fractal makes it musical, immediate, and deeply customisable.At the heart of the Motion experience is the intuitive hexagon controller, an evolution of the XY-pad, where you can assign and morph between granular parameters, gated rhythms, and loop behaviours in real-time. Inject rhythm into…