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Legendary rockers Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen, master jazz artist Herbie Hancock and conductor/soprano and contemporary classical musician Barbara Hannigan received their Polar Music Prize awards from the hands of King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden in the Vinterträdgården room of Stockholm’s elegant Grand Hôtel on Tuesday (May 27). The 500-plus-person audience, made up of Swedish royalty, music industry players (artists, songwriters, publishers, execs and more) and friends and family of the laureates, rose to its feet many times during the six-hour event, as each of the laureates delivered heartfelt speeches. Hannigan thanked her mentors with a special…
Image Image Credit Gilbert Flores / Contributor via Getty Images, JC Olivera / Stringer via Getty Images and Noam Galai / Contributor via Getty Images Image Alt Ab-Soul, Joey Badass and Ray Vaughn Image Size landscape-medium Ab-Soul is stepping back in the ring. On Tuesday (May 27), the HERBERT rapper shared a freestyle responding to Joey Badass’ ongoing feud — for the second time, technically — involving Ray Vaughn, Daylyt and more West Coast artists. On the Low the Great-produced cut, Soulo fired off warning shots and, surprisingly, critiqued some of Vaughn’s earlier bars. “Catch you a friendly fade, then…
Kendrick Lamar writes another winning chapter to his GNX era as the album becomes only the third project with four No. 1 hits on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart. The set finds its fourth leader on the chart dated May 31, as “Peekaboo,” featuring AzChike, jumps from No. 4. With the quartet, GNX ties Doja Cat’s Planet Her and SZA’s SOS (inclusive of its standard and deluxe LANA editions) for the most champs in the chart’s 32-year history. “Peekaboo,” released and promoted through pgLang/Interscope/ICLG, ascends as the most-played song on U.S. panel-contributing rhythmic radio stations in the tracking week of May…
Kevin Gates keeps his pull-out game tight.The Baton Rouge rapper, who makes it obligatory to give wild statements, appeared on the Monday (May 26) episode of podcast The Truth After Dark, and told hosts Paul Pierce and Azar Farideh about his purpose behind semen retention. Gates, who’s dating Brittany Renner, began talking about it around the 11-minute mark of the video below.”It’s probably been going, maybe, six years now,” Gates said. “I don’t look at women objectively … ‘cause I could just go masturbate.”The “Thinking With My Dick” artist said he discovered the importance of ejaculation when “engaging intimately” with…
Debuting a song on the Billboard Hot 100 is a highlight of any musician’s career. It’s Billboard’s premier songs chart after all, and the stars often must align in order to stand with the best of the best. The Hot 100 blends all-genre U.S. streaming (official audio and official video), radio airplay and sales data, the lattermost metric reflecting purchases of physical singles and digital tracks from full-service digital music retailers; digital singles sales from direct-to-consumer (D2C) sites are excluded from chart calculations. In total, more than 8,000 artists have landed a song on the survey, dating it the chart’s…
Kai Cenat wasn’t thrilled when a fan hijacked his livestream with a pro-Ye rant.The Twitch star found himself in an uncomfortable position while attending the American Music Awards on Monday (May 26), when he was suddenly approached by a man, accompanied by his daughter and wife, who inquired about the artist formerly known as Kanye West.“Hey, where’s Kanye?” asked the man, as Cenat laughed politely.“We want to say we love Ye,” the man continued. “We love Ye for being outspoken regardless because it’s America and I think it’s a great thing to live in a free country. Don’t you, Kai?…
BTS is one of the most successful acts in Billboard chart history. Dating to the South Korean septet’s first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 in 2017 with “DNA,” the group has charted more than two dozen songs. Of those, 10 have reached the top 10 and six have gone all the way to No. 1: “Dynamite” (three weeks at the summit in 2020); “Savage Love (Laxed – Siren Beat)” with Jawsh 685 and Jason Derulo (one week, 2020); “Life Goes On” (one week, 2020); “Butter” (10 weeks, 2021); “Permission to Dance” (one week, 2021); and “My Universe” with Coldplay…
Jessie Murph had the ultimate girls night and turned the party up even more inviting Sexyy Red into the fold for the “Blue Strips (Remix).” The hedonistic visual arrived on Tuesday (May 27) as Big Sexyy, Jessie and their girl gang hit the town to indulge on everything the nightlife has to offer. The emerging country star wants to get over a trifling ex, so she reunites with her friends for a day of fun. They shotgun beers, shake some a–, and buy some fireworks to kick things off. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts…
A new video of Stefon Diggs surrounded by women calling him “daddy” is raising eyebrows online.Diggs, along with his presumed girlfriend Cardi B, were spotted in Miami over Memorial Day weekend soaking up the sun and partying on a yacht.In a video clip circulating online, the 31-year-old NFL star was seen mingling with a group of bikini-clad women on a boat before asking them, “What’s my name?”After a few inaudible responses, the women begin to call him “daddy.”“Mr. Make It Happen On A Boat,” Diggs answers, before pulling out a small container with an unknown substance that at least one…
One of Akon‘s nine wives, Amirah Iman-Thiam, is suing Publix Super Markets after she claims an employee sexually violated her. According to court documents obtained by AllHipHop, the incident took place in September 2022 in Roswell, Georgia. The employee, Jonathan Ross, a stock clerk with a disciplinary file, lingered near the organic snacks, an area outside his assigned duties watching her. As Iman-Thiam scanned her groceries, Ross slid behind her. “That dress got me rethinking my lunch break,” he muttered per the docs. Before she could react, his hands gripped her buttocks and vaginal area, the violence lasting mere seconds.…