On Tuesday, Roc Nation announced that it will be the new “live music entertainment strategist” for the NFL. At a press conference Wednesday at the Roc Nation offices, Jay-Z answered questions about the deal alongside NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. One of the most controversial aspects surrounding the new partnership is …
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Roc Nation and the National Football Association announced a multi-tiered partnership on Tuesday afternoon. As part of the deal, Jay-Z’sentertainment company will become the NFL‘s “live music entertainment strategist,” reports ESPN and The New York Times. The partnership will see Roc Nation assist in the league’s key events like the …
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Drake dominated a quiet week on the Rolling Stone Top 200 Albums chart. Care Package, a collection of songs from earlier in the decade that had never been officially released until now, debuted at Number One, powered by more than 107 million streams. The Number Two album on the chart, …
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De La Soul have announced that, after 30 years with Tommy Boy Records, the legendary rap group has cut ties with the record label following a months-long negotiation over the streaming rights of their back catalog. In February, plans to bring De La Soul’s Tommy Boy-era LPs – including classics …
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Lollapalooza returned to Grant Park in Chicago once again for a weekend of music, and a lot of sun. Along with the usual packed crowds streaming into downtown, this year saw an uptick in surprise guests (hi, Chance the Rapper), and an easily observed increase in spiked seltzer sales. The …
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Logic and Gucci Mane provide a lesson in “drip” in the new video for “Icy,” a cut off Logic’s recently released Confessions of a Dangerous Mind. The video, directed by Colin Tilley, opens with a cartoon Logic receiving a phone call from his manager Marty, informing the rapper he needs …
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The beleaguered official 50th anniversary tribute concert to Woodstock will be free, if it moves forward. A rep for the festival told the Washington, D.C. radio station WTOP that if it’s able to pull off the supposedly three-day event, still aiming to kick off in a little over two weeks, …
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Lil Nas X‘s “Old Town Road” gets another new remix. For the latest version, BTS‘ RM teams up with Nas for the cleverly named “Seoul Town Road.” On the new remix, which was unveiled on Wednesday around midnight, they reference South Korea’s capital city Seoul, where BTS formed, and the …
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Woodstock 50 organizers said they will attempt to relocate the festival from upstate New York to Columbia, Maryland in a last-ditch effort to save the beleaguered event, Bloomberg reported. Organizers told the New York Times that they will attempt to stage the festival at Merriweather Post Pavilion, which is about …
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Over 70 items of Madonna memorabilia are currently up for auction, including costumes, demo cassette tapes and, most famously, a handwritten apology letter from Tupac Shakur that was sent to Madge a year before his death. The auction, hosted by Madonna’s former art advisor Darlene Lutz and the auction house …
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