Category Archives: Pop/CHR Music News

Sean Kingston And His Mother Are Indicted In A $1 Million Fraud Scheme
Sean Kingston and his mother, Janice Turner, were indicted by a grand jury in Miami on Friday, following accusations that they committed more than $1 million worth of fraud. The 34-year-old KIngston a...
Erik Thompson Jul 21, 2024

Eminem’s ‘The Death Of Slim Shady’ Takes No. 1 Spot From Taylor Swift
Eminem's new album, The Death of Slim Shady (Coup de Grce), debuted at the top of the Billboard 200 chart this week. This marks the 11th No. 1 album of Eminem's celebrated career, as the rapper now ti...
Erik Thompson Jul 21, 2024

Blur/Gorillaz Frontman Damon Albarn Receives Honorary Degree
Blur and Gorillaz mastermind Damon Albarn has just received an honorary degree from the University of Exeter. The musician was bestowed with the honor by the English university for his "creativity, in...
Erik Thompson Jul 18, 2024

Prince Doc “Dead In The Water” Following Four Years Of Production
A planned six-part Prince documentary for Netflix has been in the works for over four years. But the Ezra Edelman-directed film is now apparently "dead in the water," according to representatives for ...
Erik Thompson Jul 18, 2024

Donald Glover Is Fine Leaving His Childish Gambino “Character” Behind
Ahead of this Friday's release of Bando Stone & The New World, the new - and final - Childish Gambino record, Donald Glover says it is time to walk away from his musical alter-ego. In a new interv...
Erik Thompson Jul 18, 2024

Britney Spears Curses Out Ozzy Osbourne And His “Boring Family”
During a recent episode of The Osbournes podcast, Ozzy and his family criticized Britney Spears' dancing ability. "I'm fed up of seeing poor old Britney Spears on YouTube," Ozzy said. "Every f-king da...
Erik Thompson Jul 18, 2024

Chappell Roan Slows Her Rise To Fame Over Some Fans “Stalker Vibes”
On the latest episode of the Comment Section podcast with Drew Afualo, Chappell Roan spoke about her meteoric rise to fame, and how her newfound success has her feeling freaked out. Roan's debut album...
Erik Thompson Jul 18, 2024

Travis Scott, Megan Thee Stallion Help Houston Residents After Hurricane Beryl
Travis Scott and Megan Thee Stallion provided assistance to residents of the hip-hop superstars' hometown of Houston following Hurricane Beryl. Scott's Cactus Jack Foundation hosted an emergency relie...
Erik Thompson Jul 18, 2024

GWAR Covers ‘Barbie’ HIt, “I’m Just Ken,” With “We’re Just GWAR”
Following a seven-year hiatus, the A.V. Club has just revived its ongoing covers song series, A.V. Undercover. And they picked one hell of a way to relaunch their show, as costumed metal legends GWAR ...
Erik Thompson Jul 17, 2024

Recording Academy Renames Award To Honor Harry Belafonte
The Best Song for Social Change Special Merit Award has been renamed by the Recording Academy in honor of the late Harry Belafonte, who died on April 25, 2023, at the age of 96. Belafonte spoke out fo...
Erik Thompson Jul 17, 2024
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