Migos rapper Takeoff accused of sexual assault
A new civil lawsuit filed Wednesday morning in Los Angeles Superior Court alleges that rapper Takeoff, of the popular hip-hop group Migos, raped a woman at a party in Encino...
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Chicago rapper Juice Wrld’s posthumous album posts best sales week of 2020
Just a week after Pop Smoke's posthumous debut topped charts, Juice Wrld's own after-death album "Legends Never Die" will take its place at No. 1 on the Billboard album chart....
Killer Mike and El-P of Run the Jewels on rap and rebellion: ‘Police shouldn’t have an aircraft carrier’
No one knew what to expect when rapper Killer Mike, activist and one half of Run the Jewels, appeared at a news conference with Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms on...
Coachella and Stagecoach music festivals officially canceled for 2020
An October re-scheduling for the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in 2020 seemed optimistic in the face of COVID-19. Now it's official — the festival will not take place...
Artists, live industry brace for a year without concerts: ‘Is there is a better place for spreading disease?’
Just two weeks ago, Pollstar projected that in its most pessimistic scenario for the post-COVID-19 concert industry, shows would resume in less than a year with industry losses around $9...
Ticketmaster to offer fans refunds for concerts postponed due to coronavirus pandemic
The ticket retailer Ticketmaster is finalizing plans to issue refunds for up to 18,000 postponed events in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. Parent company Live Nation announced that refunds...
Concert industry could lose $9 billion this year due to the coronavirus pandemic
Just a month ago, the live music industry was in a cautious wait-and-see mode about the impact of COVID-19. What everyone wouldn't give to go back there now. A report...
On Instagram Live, hip-hop/R&B hitmakers wage good-natured battle, and fans go wild
As the world implodes from coronavirus and no one's left the house in a month, music fans in staggering numbers have found comfort by tuning in to Instagram Live and...
Amid growing coronavirus concerns, residents are torn over Coachella festival coming to their California town
At the Empire Polo Club in Indio, six weeks before the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is set to kick off, the peaked white tents are going up across...
As coronavirus prompts cries to cancel SXSW festival, a ‘general fear’ sweeps concert industry
Last week, organizers announced that the Korea Times Music Festival at the Hollywood Bowl was being postponed "due to current travel restrictions in Asia" over fears of COVID-19, the strain...