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Turns out Jay-Z CAN knock the hustle … or at least he’s trying to ’cause he claims in a new lawsuit the photographer who shot his debut album cover is making tons of dough off the rapper’s back. The music mogul is suing Jonathan Mannion and his company, Jonathan Mannion Photography LLC, claiming Mannion’s exploiting

News Chubby and the Gang Announce New Album, Share New Song “Coming Up Tough”: Listen The Mutt’s Nuts, the British band’s first LP for Partisan, is out in August By Noah Yoo June 15, 2021 Facebook Twitter Chubby and the Gang, photo by Pooneh Ghana Facebook Twitter Chubby and the Gang have announced their next

Nashville country icons Kix Brooks (left) and Ronnie Dunn (right) — better known as Brooks & Dunn — swept through the south and across the country in 1991 with their debut album Brand New Man … which included some serious stand-out singles including “Neon Moon,” “Brand New Man” … and of course “Boot Scootin’ Boogie.”

News Recording Academy Seeks to Close Deborah Dugan Arbitration Hearing to Public CEO Harvey Mason jr. had previously promised transparency, claiming “The Recording Academy has absolutely nothing to hide” By Matthew Ismael Ruiz June 14, 2021 Facebook Twitter Deborah Dugan and Harvey Mason, Jr. speak at the 62nd Grammy Awards Nominations in New York City,

Play video content TMZ.com Taryn Manning is getting set to walk down the aisle for the first time in her life, because she’s engaged … and we got the moment she was proposed to on camera! TMZ has obtained video of when the “Orange Is the New Black” actress got popped the question Friday night

News Watch Polo G Perform “RAPSTAR” on Fallon A live cut from his latest album Hall of Fame By Matthew Ismael Ruiz June 12, 2021 Facebook Twitter Facebook Twitter Polo G was the musical guest on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon last night, performing the single “RAPSTAR” from his latest LP Hall of Fame.

A good chunk of Billie Eilish‘s fandom appears to be disavowing her — all over what they perceive as queerbaiting … but, truthfully, it’s just A LOT of assumptions and expectations. If you saw the hashtag “#youlikegirls” trending Sunday evening and dove in … you probably saw a whole bunch of folks up in arms

News Lollapalooza 2021 Tickets Offered as Vaccine Incentives in Chicago June 26 is “Lolla Day” at four COVID-19 vaccination sites in the city By Evan Minsker June 13, 2021 Facebook Twitter Lollapalooza 2008 in Grant Park, Chicago (Jeff Gentner/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Chicago is giving away Lollapalooza 2021 tickets as an incentive for citizens to

New trouble keeps finding Famous Dex … even when he’s in court dealing with previous legal issues. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … the rapper was at a hearing Thursday related to the 19 charges he was hit with in March — including domestic violence and gun possession, to name just a couple — and

News Polo G Arrested Following Police Altercation in Miami The rapper’s mother and manager says a fleet of squad cars tailed the rapper and his brother following an album release party and that police “stopped them because they were driving while Black” By Noah Yoo June 12, 2021 Facebook Twitter Taurus Tremani Bartlett aka Polo

Polo G was arrested in Miami for what cops claim was a brutal beatdown of an officer — but his mom/manager is calling BS … saying he was profiled and arrested for no reason. The Chicago-based rapper got busted early Saturday morning following what his team says was an album release party in town —

News Rema Shares Video for New Song “Soundgasm”: Watch From the Nigerian artist’s forthcoming debut album By Matthew Strauss June 11, 2021 Facebook Twitter Rema, photo by @scrdofme Facebook Twitter Rema has shared the song “Soundgasm.” The London-produced track comes with a music video directed by Bobby Hanaford. Watch below. According to a press release,

BTS vs. The Dictator … that’s the new battlefront for Kim Jong-un, who reportedly sees the rise of K-Pop and its fans as a serious threat to North Korean socialism. Leaked documents from the North Korean government show Kim is running an anti-K-Pop campaign against what he calls the “vicious cancer” of South Korean pop

News Bandcamp Announces Second Annual Juneteenth Fundraiser The site will donate 100% of its share of sales to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund on June 18 By Madison Bloom June 11, 2021 Facebook Twitter Photo by Guillaume Payen/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images Facebook Twitter Last year, Bandcamp held a fundraiser on Juneteenth (June 19), a

Someone has beef with Jennifer Lopez and way too much time on their hands, and it’s pissing off cops, who continue to get flooded with 911 calls to go to her L.A. home … nearly 6 months after this annoyance started. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … LAPD units are still responding to the singer’s

News Madlib Shares New Song “All Over the World” with Declaime: Listen From a forthcoming album of rarities the pair recorded in the 1990s By Allison Hussey June 10, 2021 Facebook Twitter Declaime and Madlib Facebook Twitter Madlib and Dudley Perkins—aka Declaime—have shared a new collaborative track titled “All Over the World,” the first from

Kid Rock‘s hatefulness is showing again, and he seems pretty damn proud of it — while responding to the video of him hurling a homophobic slur, he’s choosing to repeat the word and attack his critics. The singer publicly addressed the video TMZ posted of him using the epithet at a Tennessee bar last weekend

Kanye West and Irina Shayk were an item long before their romantic getaway to France … and the DMX memorial service was an early sign Ye was on the rebound. Sources connected to the new couple tell TMZ … Ye and Irina have been together for months, seeing each other as early as March. In

News Doja Cat Announces New Album Planet Her Ft. the Weeknd, Ariana Grande, SZA, More Doja’s long-awaited LP will also include guest spots from Young Thug and J.I.D By Madison Bloom June 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter Doja Cat (Planet Her album art). Facebook Twitter Doja Cat has announced her highly-anticipated new album. Planet Her arrives

A group of loyal Morgan Wallen fans believe he’s been punished enough since casually dropping the n-word back in January … so they’re deploying a new round of billboards to protest the country music biz shunning him. The fan-funded billboards went up in Nashville this week, spearheaded by a woman named Darleen Ingram, and the

News Listen to Pi’erre Bourne and Lil Uzi Vert’s New Song “Sossboy 2” From the producer and rapper’s new album The Life of Pi’erre 5 By Matthew Ismael Ruiz June 9, 2021 Facebook Twitter Pi’erre Bourne and Lil Uzi Vert, illustration by AJ Bourne Facebook Twitter Pi’erre Bourne has shared “Sossboy 2,” his new collaboration

Rapper Pooh Shiesty has just been arrested over a shooting that went down at a Miami club … where cops say a security guard ended up getting shot in a dispute over money. According to Miami-Dade County Corrections records … the rapper was taken into custody Tuesday around 2 PM on a warrant for his

News Watch Coldplay’s New Sci-Fi Video for “Higher Power” Chris Martin embarks on a sci-fi epic directed by Dave Meyers By Evan Minsker June 8, 2021 Facebook Twitter Chris Martin in Coldplay’s “Higher Ground,” directed by Dave Meyers Facebook Twitter Coldplay’s new single “Higher Power” has a new music video. Directed by Dave Meyers, the

Mariah Carey‘s looking to downsize and try something new — that’s the real reason she’s parted ways with Jay-Z‘s Roc Nation, not any personal feud … TMZ has learned. Sources close to the situation tell us … Mariah prefers to work with a smaller team where she has more personal time with managers, and Jay’s

News Lorde Updates Website With “Solar Power” Teaser “Arriving in 2021 … Patience is a virtue” By Matthew Strauss June 7, 2021 Facebook Twitter Lorde, June 2017 (Andrew Lipovsky/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter There’s a new photo on Lorde’s website: The cover artwork for something called “Solar Power.” The

Liam Payne is back on the market after calling off his engagement, and he’s got no one to blame but himself … in his own words. The former One Direction singer made the revelation on Steven Bartlett‘s “The Diary of a CEO” podcast … saying he’s ended his 10-month engagement to model, Maya Henry. Liam

News Watch the Tragically Hip and Feist Perform at 2021 Juno Awards They performed “It’s a Good Life If You Don’t Weaken” and received the 2021 Humanitarian Award By Madison Bloom June 6, 2021 Facebook Twitter Feist performs with the Tragically Hip at Juno Awards 2021 (still) Facebook Twitter The Tragically Hip were joined by

Lil Durk‘s older brother, OTF DThang, died this weekend … TMZ has confirmed. Cook County officials tell us Dontay Banks Jr. — DThang’s government name — was found deceased on the 7900 block of S. Loomis Blvd. in Chicago, and has been assigned a case number. An autopsy still has to be done to figure

News Haruomi Hosono and Makoto Kubota’s Road to Louisiana Reissue Announced Released in 1999 under Harry & Mac, the album was inspired by the music of New Orleans By Noah Yoo June 4, 2021 Facebook Twitter Harry & Mac, photo courtesy of Sony Music Entertainment Japan Facebook Twitter In 1999, Haruomi Hosono and his friend,

French Montana is pulling a LeBron James, of sorts, with his latest gig — getting in front of the camera for an acting role … in which he’s set to play a fictionalized version of himself. The NY rapper was spotted on set Friday at the Hyatt hotel in NOLA, filming a new flick in