Elton John declares A Tribe Called Quest the “seminal hip-hop band of all-time” in a new interview with Q-Tip on the singer’s radio show, Rocket Hour. The latest episode premieres Thursday, March 21st at 1:00 p.m. ET on Apple Music’s Beats 1. John introduces Q-Tip, the Tribe emcee-producer, as “amazing” …
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Paris Jackson has vehemently denied a report claiming she was hospitalized for a suicide attempt. The 20-year-old model’s response comes after TMZ reported that she was placed on a 5150 hold – which is used by police, medical and mental health professions if someone is thought to be a danger …
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In a deleted scene from Cameron Crowe‘s grunge-steeped 1992 rom com Singles, Matt Dillon’s character, Cliff Poncier, busks on a Seattle street. A friend walks by and asks him what happened to his band, Citizen Dick. “They didn’t get it; they weren’t with the program,” the dudely, long-haired singer-songwriter says. …
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Frank Zappa‘s digital proxy proclaims his creative freedom in a new promo for the upcoming tour featuring a hologram of the late guitarist-composer. “I’m a person who likes to do what he wants to do, whether people like it or not,” Zappa says in a clip from a 1984 interview. …
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Hours after Empire actor Jussie Smollett was arrested for filing a false report in connection to what police believe was a staged hate crime, The Late Show‘s Stephen Colbert summarized the complex case with three words: “What a dick.” The comedian recapped the bizarre incident in his monologue Thursday, detailing …
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“This stage is so small, I have to leave to change my mind,” Kiss frontman Paul Stanley quipped onstage at the 500-capacity Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles Monday night. Less than two weeks into their End of the Road tour, which finds the band headlining arenas, the group …
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Ahead of Sunday night’s Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, nine-time Grammy winner Dolly Parton was featured in a segment on CBS Sunday Morning, opening up about early adulation, the hidden benefit of songwriting and her personal view on feminism. “It’s my therapy,” Parton said of songwriting. “My ol’ guitar is …
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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam held a press conference Saturday to apologize for the racist photo that appeared on his tribute page in his medical school yearbook, while at the same time saying he is neither the man wearing blackface nor the man in the Ku Klux Klan hood in the …
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SoundCloud, the Berlin-based streaming service whose launch of so many young rap careers spawned its ownmusic genre,upped its global revenue from 2016 to 2017 by more than 80 percent, according to its latest financial reports. The company, however, has been troubled recently byfinancial upheaval. The company’s 2017 accounts, recently filed …
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Samantha Bee delved into the latest developments – or lack thereof – in the ongoing government shutdown and cleverly compared the catastrophic situation to Fyre Festival on Full Frontal Wednesday. In the segment, Bee touched on the back-and-forth between President Donald Trump and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi over the State …
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