Category Archives: Music Industry

‘T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle’ Production Suspended Amid Sexual Abuse Allegations


BA: Ranita Aniftos/Billboard VH1’s reality series,  T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle, has suspended production following a range of sexual abuse accusations against rapper T.I. and his wife, Tiny, Billboard can confirm. The show, which offers a glimpse into the famous couple’s life, had been shooting its fourth season in Atlanta. “We are aware of the allegations, and while they areContinue reading “‘T.I. & Tiny: Friends & Family Hustle’ Production Suspended Amid Sexual Abuse Allegations”

Bout Time? Megan Thee Stallion Speaks. Tory Lanez faces 23 years.


Megan initially said she didn’t name Lanez because she was afraid. A month later she named him on Instagram Live video saying he was making false claims about her. “Yes!!! Tory shot me. You shot me and you got your publicist and your people going to these blogs lying,” the rapper said the Instagram video.Continue reading “Bout Time? Megan Thee Stallion Speaks. Tory Lanez faces 23 years.”

Billboard Ranks: Gladys Knight vs. Patti LaBelle in ‘Verzuz’ Battle of Soul Legends


By: Andrew Unterberger/Billboard Two of the true living legends of popular music squared off live from Philadelphia in the latest installment of Verzuz last night (Sept. 13), in a matchup about as highly anticipated as any NFL game on this season-opening Sunday. Gladys Knight and Patti LaBelle, iconic soul voices, personalities and hitmakers whose careers stretch back to theContinue reading “Billboard Ranks: Gladys Knight vs. Patti LaBelle in ‘Verzuz’ Battle of Soul Legends”

Kanye West’s 2020 apology, Kim Kardashian’s plea and a harsh truth about mental health


Society now encourages people to be open about their mental health struggles, but the world remains confused and disgusted by people with severe mental illness. People like me. As West himself said, pushing on severely mentally ill people only makes the situation worse.Adrian Lam / NBC News By Nylah Burton, freelance writer/NBC NEWS Iconic rapperContinue reading “Kanye West’s 2020 apology, Kim Kardashian’s plea and a harsh truth about mental health”

Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87


Little Richard, the massively influential rock & roll pioneer whose early hits inspired a generation of musicians, has died at 87. Lezo Hoffmann/REX/Shutterstock Pianist-singer behind “Tutti Frutti,” “Good Golly Miss Molly,” and “Long Tall Sally” set the template that a generation of musicians would follow By: David Browne/Rolling Stone  Little Richard, a founding father ofContinue reading “Little Richard, Founding Father of Rock Who Broke Musical Barriers, Dead at 87”

The Hollywood Con Queen


Photo: Google She tormented studio executives, actors, makeup artists, security guys, photographers, screenwriters, athletes, even bobsledders and scuba divers for years—until corporate investigator Nicoletta Kotsianas was put on the case. By K.J. Yossman\MarieClaire It was a warm, overcast afternoon in August 2019, and Joe Scarnici was pumped. A talented photographer who has gone on tourContinue reading “The Hollywood Con Queen”

The 18 Best- and Worst-Dressed Celebs at the 2020 Grammy Awards


  . Photo :ABBY SILVERMAN By: Tom Fitzgerald and Lorenzo Marquez/Cosmopolitan.com The Grammys are a night of contradictions, style-wise. Like any music industry event or awards show, the stars are expected to pull out all the stops and really express their artistry, their boldness, and sometimes just their willingness to party or be rebellious. But also,Continue reading “The 18 Best- and Worst-Dressed Celebs at the 2020 Grammy Awards”

Ten Years of Beyonce


Photo: Google 10 years of Beyoncé: A decade “causing all this conversation” Beyoncé’s work over the last decade is groundbreaking — but it is also filled with questions and contradictions. By Sarah Olutola/The Conversation.   When the American Music Awards gave Taylor Swift the title of Artist of the Decade, TV show host Wendy Williams wasContinue reading “Ten Years of Beyonce”

“Lizzo” Time Magazine “Entertainer of the Year


Photograph by Paola Kudacki for TIME Surely, in the year of our lord 2019, you know who Lizzo is. I mean, even if you don’t think you know, girl—you know. Her song is in that Walmart commercial with the dancing cart people, and another one is in an ad for GrubHub, and I swear I was watching a footballContinue reading ““Lizzo” Time Magazine “Entertainer of the Year”