Whelp there you have it. Drake’s defamation battle with Universal Music Group has officially come to an end. A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit this week, ruling that Kendrick Lamar’s… The post Federal Judge Tosses Drake’s Defamation Lawsuit Against UMG, Calls Lyrics ‘Protected Expression’ appeared first on .

Sean “Diddy” Combs may be serving his 50-month federal sentence closer to home. According to newly filed court documents obtained by TMZ, Judge Arun Subramanian has recommended that the music… The post Judge Suggests Diddy Serve Sentence At Prison Near New York To Stay Close To Family appeared first on .

50 Cent is diving headfirst into the world of artificial intelligence, using cutting-edge technology to breathe new life into his vault of unreleased material. The Queens legend revealed on the… The post 50 Cent Experiments With AI To Reimagine His Unreleased Tracks Into Vintage Soul Classics appeared first on .

Drake has now legally been declared the loser in history’s most famous rap beef. A federal judge dismissed Drake’s lawsuit against his own record label, Universal Music Group, in which he characterized UMG’s promotion of Kendrick Lamar’s Drake diss track “Not Like Us” as defamatory, TMZ reports.

Neil Young has never been shy about voicing his opinions, and he’s often put his money where his mouth is. He recently discontinued his use of Facebook and Instagram, citing parent company Meta’s “use of chatbots with children.” Before that, in 2022, Young took his music off Spotify to protest Joe Rogan spreading misinformation about vaccines on his Spotify-distributed podcast …

Guns N’ Roses famously spent well over a decade working on Chinese Democracy — long enough that the title became shorthand for perpetually delayed albums — but it finally came out in 2008. GNR have not released an album since then, but Axl Rose got most of the classic lineup back together in 2016, and they’ve kicked out a few …

Madonna’s 1994 album Bedtime Stories was one of many successful reinventions in the star’s long career. That record was where Madonna pivoted away from the horny house-pop of 1992’s Erotica, drawing instead on R&B and trip-hop. She worked with producers like Dallas Austin, Babyface, and Nellee Hooper, and the record includes the #1 hit “Take A Bow” and the Björk …

Charli XCX has been in the news a lot of the past week — not for her music or even for her cinematic explorations but because she allegedly calls Taylor Swift “Boring Barbie” when the coke’s got her brave. Swift’s diss track “Actually Romantic,” which sure seems to be aimed at Charli, really just serves as one more sign that …

The comedy world has been in an uproar over the Riyadh Comedy Festival, which ended today after two weeks of performances in Saudi Arabia’s capital. Extremely popular comics including Kevin Hart, Dave Chappelle, Louis C.K., Aziz Ansari, Bill Burr, Pete Davidson, Whitney Cummings, Wayne Brady, Hannibal Buress, Jessica Kirson, Andrew Schulz, Sebastian Maniscalco, and others were paid exorbitant fees to …

Earlier this year, the French singer and producer Oklou released Choke Enough, her absolutely stunning LP of sparkling, minimal, intensely moody pop music. When we picked our favorite albums of the first half of 2025, Choke Enough was #1. Around the same time that Choke Enough came out, Oklou became a mother. This fall, she’ll come to North America for …