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Octo Octa, the Brooklyn-based house producer Maya Bouldry-Morrison, has released a new hour-long mix on T4T LUV NRG’s SoundCloud page. Listen to the mix in full below. While the mix is available to stream for free on SoundCloud, T4T LUV NRG (Octo Octa’s label with Eris Drew) is also selling copies of it on their

Reno 911 star Thomas Lennon fulfilled everyone’s quarantine dreams Thursday night on Late Show With Stephen Colbert by debuting his impersonation of Netflix’s Tiger King nutbar Joe Exotic. For added effect, he even made it appear as if he was calling in via satellite from jail, where the real Exotic is currently serving a 22-year

Digital Mirage Online Music Festival, powered by Promixity and Brownies & Lemonade with Trap Nation, has released set times for the event beginning this Friday. Starting an noon every day with major artist like Kaskade, Gryffin, and Louis The Child (Friday, Saturday, Sunday, respectively), it will go until the wee hours of the morning. 51

Kanye West is venturing out for essential business — as in, feeding himself … and he satisfied his hunger with a Mickey D’s run. Yeezy headed out Thursday to a Golden Arches in Calabasas and picked up some fast-food and coffee. It’s the first time we’ve seen the music and fashion mogul out and about

With live events grinding to a halt around the globe due to the COVID-19 pandemic, musicians who rely on touring to make most of their money are expressing serious concern about their immediate financial stability. So are brick-and-mortar record stores, who need customers to stay afloat. Now, the music industry is attempting to take on

Korean-American producer Yaeji has today released her new mixtape, WHAT WE DREW 우리가 그려왔던. Marking the artist’s XL Recordings debut, the full collection is available to stream below. Produced over the last two years, WHAT WE DREW follows 2017’s pair of EPs, a self-titled effort and the forthrightly titled EP2. The new 12-track collection is described as

The Chainsmokers have done the unthinkable with their hit “Closer” featuring Halsey. The track spent at least 11 weeks atop Billboard’s Top 100 chart, and broke records on the Dance/Electronic Chart and Pop chart, as well. Now, it has been certified 12-times platinum, 12 million equivalent units in the U.S. alone between pure purchases and streaming

It’s been exactly one year since Nipsey Hussle was shot dead in L.A. — but his memory lives on … and some of the biggest athletes in the world are paying tribute to the fallen rapper. Hussle’s music definitely struck a chord with athletes in all sports — with stars like Russell Westbrook, Kyrie Irving,

The public feud between Flavor Flav and Chuck D reached a boiling point in early March when Public Enemy announced that Flav was fired from the group. As it turns out, the whole dust-up appears to have been an elaborate ruse to help promote a forthcoming Public Enemy Radio album—due in April—featuring both Chuck and

Andrew Jack, a dialect coach and actor who appeared in two of the latests Star Wars films, has died due to complications from the coronavirus. The 76-year-old had been diagnosed with COVID-19 and was receiving care at a hospital outside of London. His passing was confirmed by his representative, Jill McCullough (via TMZ). Jack’s major contribution to

UPDATE | Don Diablo has tweeted about the video apologizing to those who felt it was insensitive. As we previously mentioned, the intent of the video was positive, only poorly. Apologies to those who thought the video I posted tonight was insensitive 🙏🏻 Obviously it was intended to bring people together in this time of

Exclusive If Cardi B was serious about raising cash for Joe Exotic via GoFundMe, she’s about to be stopped in her Tiger tracks … because the company won’t allow it. Money CANNOT be raised on its platform to fund the defense of inmates convicted of violent crimes, plain and simple … this according to a

Mac DeMarco, Jerry Paper, and more appear in a bizarre new trailer for the launch of Eternal Family, an “artist-run membership experience and a place to try out new ideas.” Mac appears in front of a tape reel, his face seemingly smeared in vaseline for a segment titled “Advanced Studio Recording Techniques.” Watch the full

With all tours and events grounded because of the coronavirus, artists have been using livestreaming to stay close to their fans. Below, you’ll find an updated list of livestreams scheduled for the coming days and details on how to watch them. In particular, fans can catch Dave Matthews, Neil Young, Charli XCX, Miley Cyrus, Ben Gibbard, Rufus

Diplo is giving the LGBTQ+ community major credit for all they’ve done for music — and yes, queen — we’re here for it! Diplo and Orville Peck grace the cover of Attitude‘s May issue, in which the superstar DJ/producer opens up about underground music and culture, a movement which he attributes largely to the queer community. He

Breaking News Country star Joe Diffie — who skyrocketed to fame with his hit “John Deere Green” — has died from the coronavirus … this according to his team. The Grammy-winning singer passed away Sunday due to complications from the disease known as COVID-19, so says his management company, Adkins Publicity. Diffie had just gone

The music video for Pop Smoke and Quavo’s “Shake the Room” has arrived. Directed by designer and DJ Virgil Abloh, the first posthumous video to be released since Pop’s death sees the rappers driving around Paris during Fashion Week. The song originally appeared on the late Brooklyn rapper’s final album Meet the Woo 2. Pop

Nils Frahm has returned with a surprise album. Titled Empty, it’s now streaming below. Although new for fans, the effort’s eight tracks actually date back years. They were originally meant to soundtrack a short art film he shot with his friend Benoit Toulemonde, until Frahm suffered a thumb injury. After hospitalization for his broken finger,

After last night’s Countdown Virtual Rave-A-Thon with Ookay, Peekaboo, Tisoki, JVNA, and more, the show continues tonight with an all-star ensemble that includes Flosstradamus, Mat Zo, k?d, and others. Insomniac continues to bring its larger than life design and vibes to the small screen, doing what they can with the resources available. Though we aren’t

Exclusive The bus driver in Lil Wayne‘s 2015 bus shooting thinks Birdman and Young Thug struck secret deals with prosecutors … and now he’s demanding to know why they’ve never been indicted. In docs, obtained by TMZ, Alvin Lewis says he finds it unusual Cobb County, Georgia prosecutors would describe Birdman and YT as co-conspirators

Future’s non-profit organization FreeWishes Foundation has teamed up with Atlanta Sewing Style to make masks for healthcare workers and hospitalized patients affected by COVID-19. Atlanta Sewing Style is a community of over 500 local sewers and designers who will create, cut, sew, and deliver the masks to local hospitals. “There is so much that needs

With movie theaters shuddered across the world in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic, Hollywood is turning to Video On-Demand for distribution. That’s good news for us moviegoers hungry to see the hottest new releases, and while the living room will never be a substitute for our favorite theaters, it’s the best we can do

After teasing a partial lineup in a Discord chat yesterday, the complete details for Proximity’s online festival, presented with Brownies & Lemonade and Trap Nation, has been revealed. Dubbed Digital Mirage, the festival boasts a lineup worthy of any real life event, and then some. Pretty much all the artists on the lineup are headliner status, with

Exclusive R. Kelly‘s latest pitch to be released pending his trial in Illinois federal court centers on his fear — like most Americans – of coming down with COVID-19. The disgraced singer’s attorney, Steven Greenberg, filed a motion Thursday in which he refers to coronavirus spreading around the world, and the health risks he believes

Cardi B is the star of a new PSA from the NYC Census. In a series of TV spots, recorded in both English and Spanish, the rapper urges New Yorkers to fill out the census. “This year, we have the power to decide our city’s future—not just for the next four years, but for the