Big Pokey, the pioneering Houston rapper who helped transform the city’s hip-hop scene, has died after collapsing onstage Saturday. He was 45. Big Pokey, whose real name was Milton Powell, died Sunday, a representative for […]
Photo Credit: Ashley King Google Pixel 2 and newer model phones can automatically identify the music you hear around you. Here’s how to set it up. Have you ever heard a song playing while you’re […]
Silicon Valley executive Lexi Reese, a Democrat, announced Thursday that she is considering running for the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Sen. Dianne Feinstein. “As a working mom, I’ve spent my career in nonprofits […]
Remember the metaverse? No? Well, you’re not alone. It seems but a faint memory now, but before AI mania swept Silicon Valley, the concept that everyone would soon be strapping on headsets and logging on […]
Sammy Hagar recently said he and his former bandmate Eddie Van Halen had “buried the hatchet” in text conversations, months before Van Halen’s death in 2020. Van Halen famously expelled Hagar from the band in […]
Keanu Reeves traded his “Bill and Ted” air guitar for a real one over the weekend, reuniting with his alternative rock trio Dogstar in Napa Valley for the group’s first performance in more than 20 […]
Taylor Swift has expanded her album “Midnights.” Again. Seven months after she dropped the instant-smash studio LP — which almost immediately got an update when she added seven songs to the original tracklist for the […]
Tina Turner’s music has seen a resurgence in popularity after the legendary singer died at the age of 83 on Wednesday. Less than 24 hours after her death was reported, the “Private Dancer” singer’s streams […]
Chas Newby, an English rock bassist and brief member of the Beatles in the early 1960s, died this week at 81. Friends and members of the Liverpool rock scene confirmed Newby’s death on Tuesday, with […]
Nelly Furtado revealed this week that she has ADHD amid a comeback to recording and performing music. The Canadian pop star said she was only diagnosed 18 months ago. And staying busy with music and […]
Breana Tiesi, who is starring in Season 6 of the Netflix show “Selling Sunset,” said its depictions of drama surrounding her relationship with Nick Cannon were not completely true. Tiesi, who is new to the […]
Kelly Clarkson received praise and calls for “full accountability” from viewers after she addressed recent allegations of a toxic workplace environment from current and former employees of her daytime talk show. The allegations were highlighted […]
Ed Sheeran extends his flawless run of chart-topping albums as – (Subtract) debuts at Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart. The singer-songwriter’s sixth studio album becomes the fastest-selling album of 2023 so far, shifting […]
When Charlie Kaplan — founder and owner of Long Island-based online store Tapehead City — noticed that Urban Outfitters had devoted a section to cassettes and their players, he knew that a new generation was […]
Photo Credit: Resso ByteDance pinned its hopes of creating a rival to Spotify or Apple Music with Resso, beginning in emerging markets. Now it’s cutting access to its free tier on May 11. The music […]
Hip-hop streaming and discovery platform Spinrilla is officially set to cease operating and pay the major labels $50 million following a years-long copyright infringement legal battle. Judge Amy Totenberg just recently signed off on an […]
Billboard has officially announced plans to reincorporate select merch bundles into its album charts beginning on June 30th. This latest sales-eligibility pivot was just recently announced, after Billboard in the summer of 2020 revealed that […]
Photo Credit: NoiseTrade One of the early pioneers of direct-to-fan distribution appears to have gone dark after 15 years. The NoiseTrade platform is no more. Founded in April 2008 in Nashville, Tennessee, the platform allowed […]
Photo Credit: Coolcaesar / CC by 3.0 Universal Music Group issues its sternest warnings yet on AI-generated content in its quarterly earnings call amidst solid earnings in 2023. Universal Music Group’s earnings call on Wednesday was notable […]
Michael J. Fox had recently been thinking about the mortality associated with Parkinson’s, the disease he’s dealt with for the last 30 years. “It’s banging on the door,” Fox tells Jane Pauley during a “CBS […]