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Nivea Compares Early Success To Britney Spears On BET's 'Finding' Series
Nivea's truncated career has always been a wonder to lovers of 2000s R&B. The singer's star was bright with a variety of R&B-pop hits, but the singer's career faded with little explanation. In BET Digital's series premiere of Finding, the singer-songwriter details the ups as well as the downs in her career. On Friday (Sept. 21), the Atlanta singer revealed few tidbits, including her reluctance...
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SiriusXM Acquires Pandora For $3.5 Billion
This year has proven to be the year of mergers between streaming services to provide more content and listening opportunities for consumers. At the top of 2018, Google Play Music and YouTube Red became a package deal, Spotify and Hulu revealed a bundle option, and now, SiriusXM and Pandora have joined forces. According to Billboard, Pandora was acquired by SiriusXM for $3.5 billion. The news site...
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Diddy Responds To Eminem's Tupac Death Lyric: "It's In My Hands"
Eminem has been the center of hip-hop conversations lately. After the release of his latest album, Kamikaze, the Detroit-bred rapper has had a flurry of tiffs on all corners of the genre. One one side, his on-wax feud with fellow white rapper Machine Gun Kelly has yielded conversation-starting diss tracks such as MGK's "Rap Devil" and Em's subsequent "Killshot." While the two tracks were all for entertainment's...
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Anderson .Paak Hints At Collaboration With Kendrick Lamar
Since famed R&B artist Anderson .Paak announced the completion of his upcoming album earlier this month, the Oxnard native continued to up the ante with his latest social media post. Taking to Instagram, "The Waters" singer published a photo of himself and Kendrick Lamar with the caption "October 4." Speculation as to what this partnership will produce began to boil over with rumors of new music....
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Beyonce's Ex-Drummer Files Restraining Order Against Her Over "Extreme Witchcraft": Report
Beyonce's former drummer, Kimberly Thompson has reportedly filed a civil harassment restraining order against the Queen Bey, according to court records reviewed by Pitchfork. Thompson is alleging that Beyonce is a practicing member of "extreme witchcraft" and used "magic spells of sexual molestation" to harass her. It's unclear was "spells of sexual molestation" entails. Thompson is also accusing Beyonce...
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Nick Cannon Responds To Kanye West's Video Rant: "No Harm, No Foul"
Earlier Thursday afternoon (Sept. 19), Kanye West called out Nick Cannon and Drake for commenting on his wife Kim Kardashian. Now, Cannon is responding with a video message of his own on Instagram. Cannon appears to be walking down the street while filming his message to Kanye. "Love and respect for you, you know I always had that. But I honestly gotta say this my dude, I have never said anything...
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T.I. Set To Curate A Pop-Up Trap Museum In Atlanta
Trap music has engulfed the hip hop world for more than a decade now; influencing a variety of artists and sub-genres throughout the world like Latin music with acts like Bad Bunny. Now, T.I. is honoring the genre by curating a pop-up museum in West Atlanta to celebrate its 15 anniversary. Just 15 years ago, Tip released 2003's Trap Muzik via Atlantic Records. When he created Trap Muzik, T.I. knew...
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Big Sean Reflects On Mac Miller, Talks Piano And Vocal Lessons
To his rap peers, Mac Miller was a friend who provided light in and out of the booth. At the time of his sudden passing earlier this month, countless members of the hip-hop community eulogized the creative on social media, including Big Sean. The two might’ve collaborated on one song–”Hundred Dollar Bill Skyscraper” in 2012–but Sean says they developed a friendship he won’t forget. “I...
