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Chadwick Boseman, the American actor best known for his role as King T’Challa in Marvel’s Black Panther, has died after a protracted battle with colon cancer, the Associated Press reports. Despite being diagnosed four years ago, Boseman’s illness had not been made public. He was 43 years old. Boseman’s career had been defined by portraying
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London-based virtual reality live music platform MelodyVR has acquired Rhapsody International (the parent company of Napster) for $70 million. According to a press release, MelodyVR hopes the “acquisition will enable the creation of a unique music platform that will offer both immersive live performances and music streaming.” MelodyVR CEO Anthony Matchett said in a statement,
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Comedian Hannibal Buress has announced a five-city tour of Midwest drive-in theaters in support of his latest comedy special Miami Nights. He released the special for free on YouTube in July. Check out the full run of tour dates below. Much of the special centers on a 2017 incident in Miami during Art Basel in
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Beyonce is back with another visually striking music video … and Queen Bey says it’s got a very important message in these seemingly impossible times. Beyonce just dropped the music vid for her song, “Brown Skin Girl,” and it’s not your typical eye-candy experience. The video’s really artsy and features appearances from her daughter, Blue
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Justin Townes Earle, the singer-songwriter and son of Steve Earle, has died. The news was confirmed on his official Facebook page. He was 38. This story is developing. “It is with tremendous sadness that we inform you of the passing of our son, husband, father and friend Justin,” the statement reads. “So many of you
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You might say God is feeling the ‘Noize’ now … Quiet Riot’s drummer, Frankie Banali, has died following his battle with pancreatic cancer. Frankie died Thursday night in Los Angeles surrounded by loved ones, according to his wife, Regina, who said he lost his 16-month battle with cancer. Frankie’s wife says chemotherapy stopped working and
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Luna have covered Television’s classic “Marquee Moon.” The cover features Luna’s founding bassist Justin Harwood, who departed the band in 2000. The new cover was made remotely: Dean Wareham sang and played guitar from Los Angeles; Lee Wall drummed in Austin, Texas; Sean Eden played guitar in San Francisco; and Harwood recorded the bass in
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Gucci Mane‘s giving a first look at his first child with Keyshia Ka’oir … from inside her belly. The rapper shared a couple sonograms from his wife’s recent ultrasound exam, captioning the pics … “My baby otw.” Gucci’s clearly still beaming with fatherly pride after announcing last week that he and Keyshia are expecting their
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The virtual Democratic National Convention had its third night tonight. In addition to speeches from Barack Obama, Kamala Harris, and Hillary Clinton, tonight’s virtual convention featured the debut performance of “my future” from Billie Eilish. Watch it happen below. Before she performed alongside her brother FINNEAS, Eilish encouraged people to register to vote and endorsed
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A new song by the late Philadelphia rapper Chynna has been released. “stupkid” is the first posthumous track from the artist, who died on April 8 at the age of 25. The new song is produced by Kashaka and it arrives on what would have been Chynna’s 26th birthday. Listen to “stupkid” below. Tributes to
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