RZA dusts off his Bobby Digital persona for the first time in 13 years for his new song “Pugilism,” the first single from the producer/rapper’s upcoming new album Bobby Digital: Digital Potions. “Pugilism” — which according to previous RZA interviews dates back to his long-shelved (and reportedly still-in-the-works) album The …
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Robert Ross, the rapper who performed as Black Rob and scored his biggest hit with 2000’s “Whoa!”, died Saturday afternoon at the age of 52 at Atlanta’s Grady Memorial Hospital. His death was confirmed by friend and fellow rapper Mark Curry, who was with Ross at the time of his …
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ATLANTA – Triller Fight Club’s shakeup of the boxing world will continue with the fighting debut ofDiplo. Yes,thatDiplo. The noted DJ, songwriter and record producer is targeted to lace up the gloves for a Triller Fight Club boxing match on June 5th in Miami, Florida. Diplo — a.k.a. Thomas Wesley …
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Greta Van Fleet gave a fiery performance of “Heat Above” on Jimmy Kimmel Live Wednesday night, ahead of the release of their latest album The Battle at Garden’s Gate on Friday. In a similar set-up to their music video for “Heat Above,” the four-piece band performed on a white soundstage, with …
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One of Eddie Van Halen’s iconic “Frankenstrat” guitar — which the rocker gifted to late Mountain guitarist Leslie West — is set to hit the auction block Sunday. The “Kramer Striker/Ripley Rosewood Fingerboard Frankenstrat Solid Body Electric Guitar” — one of an arsenal of custom-made guitars that Eddie Van Halen …
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Masked Wolf, the Australian rapper behind the TikTok sensation “Astronaut in the Ocean,” leads this month’s Breakthrough 25 Chart, which ranks the fastest-rising up-and-coming artists on streaming. It’s rare that an artist rises from obscurity to the Top 10 of the RS 100 in a matter of months. But the …
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DJ/producer J. Period has enlisted Dave Chappelle, Black Thought, and Tiffany Gouché for “All in Your Head,” the first song off his upcoming debut album, Story to Tell (Chapter One), out April 30th. Chappelle provides a proper introduction for the album, welcoming listeners and instructing them, “Tune your speakers for …
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Justin Bieber surprised fans Sunday when he released Freedom, a gospel-themed EP, at 6:00 p.m. on Easter. The singer announced the EP’s arrival with a brief post on Instagram: “Freedom on all platforms.” The EP includes six songs: “Freedom” featuring Beam, “All She Wrote” (featuring Brandon Love and Chandler Moore), …
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AJR appeared on Jimmy Kimmel Live to perform their recent single “Way Less Sad.” The song, which comes off the band’s recent fourth album OK Orchestra, got a lively performance in the woods rather than on Kimmel’s stage, accompanied by some trippy lights. The dance-fueled rendition of “Way Less Sad” …
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Massachusetts singer-songwriter Ella Williams, a.k.a. Squirrel Flower, will release a new album called Planet (i) this summer. The follow-up to her 2020 debut album, I Was Born Swimming, which earned her a spot as a Rolling Stone Artist You Need to Know, arrives June 25th on Polyvinyl Records. Squirrel Flower’s …
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