Category Archives: Top Music News

One year ago today, rapper Pop Smoke was shot and killed during a home invasion in the Hollywood Hills. He was only 20-years-old. Pop Smoke was born Bashar Jackson in Brooklyn, New York on July 20th, ...

Prince Markie Dee of the legendary 80s rap group The Fat Boys has died. He was 52. According to TMZ, the rapper, born Mark Morales, died suddenly yesterday (February 18th) -- just one day before what ...

It was 62 years ago today (February 18th, 1959) that the late Ray Charles recorded his classic song "What'd I Say." The song originally started out as a jam to kill time at a dance, after Charles ...

Happy Birthday to Yoko Ono, who turns 88 today (February 18th)!!! Yoko was born in Tokyo to a musician turned extremely successful banker Eisuke Ono, who was a descendant of the Emperor of Japan. Yoko...

Chris Cornell's widow, Vicky Cornell, has filed a lawsuit against Soundgarden because she and the band's remaining three members can't reach an agreement over a buyout price. TMZ reports t...

The latest Foo Fighters album, Medicine At Midnight, entered the Billboard 200 albums chart at Number Three this week. The band, who was able to hit the top spot on the magazine's Top Album Sales ...

Pete Townshend shed light on his current creative process, which hopefully will result in both some new solo and Who music. He spoke about hitting his home studio after the band's tour was sidelin...

Set for release on April 9th is the multimedia Lynyrd Skynyrd: Live At Knebworth ‘76 collection. The set, which spotlights the band's historic August 21st, 1976 performance opening for the R...

Only a week after implying that Fleetwood Mac would never tour again, Christine McVie is offering up a major back-pedaling to her remarks. Earlier this month, McVie was asked by RetroPopagazine.com if...

The White Stripes is continuing to commemorate the release of The White Stripes Greatest Hits with the premiere of a live performance from Sky Arts' From The Basement. The session was recorded liv...