Tupac Shakur suspect ‘to be freed in days’ one month after being granted bail despite struggles to raise $750k cash bond

Tupac Shakur suspect ‘to be freed in days’ one month after being granted bail despite struggles to raise 0k cash bond

TUPAC Shakur murder suspect Keefe D should be free within days, his lawyer says – even though he has now spent a month behind bars struggling to raise enough cash to post his $750,000 bail. Keefe’s high profile Las Vegas lawyer Carl Arnold told The U.S. Sun he is “100 percent confident” confident that the … Read more

Charlotte Cardin, Daniel Caesar, Talk lead 2024 Juno nominees

Charlotte Cardin, Daniel Caesar, Talk lead 2024 Juno nominees

In an almost exact repeat of her showing in 2022, Montreal artist Charlotte Cardin leads the 2024 Juno nominations with six, with nods for artist, album, pop album, songwriter and single of the year, along with TikTok’s fan choice award, the show’s organizers announced on Tuesday.  Cardin, who both hosted the event and won in four of those … Read more

Surprise romance at pre-Grammys party

Surprise romance at pre-Grammys party

In a dazzling display of style and unexpected companionship, Lana Del Rey, the iconic West Coast singer, and rapper Quavo, 32, set tongues wagging as they arrived together for a star-studded pre-Grammys party at The Fleur Room in Los Angeles. ALSO READ: Justin Bieber and Hailey’s cosy date in Beverly Hills LANA DEL REY AND … Read more

TikTok may lose Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and more as licensing dispute grows

TikTok may lose Taylor Swift, Bad Bunny and more as licensing dispute grows

Universal Music Group, which represents artists including Taylor Swift, Drake, Adele, Bad Bunny and Billie Eilish, says that it will no longer allow its music on TikTok now that a licensing deal between the two parties has expired. UMG said it had not agreed to terms of a new deal with TikTok, and plans to … Read more

Coachella’s Canadians: AP Dhillon, Nav, Grimes, Blond:ish featured on 2024 lineup

Coachella’s Canadians: AP Dhillon, Nav, Grimes, Blond:ish featured on 2024 lineup

Music festival Coachella has announced their 2024 lineup, which includes Canadian acts Nav, AP Dhillon, Grimes and Blond:ish. It’s not the first time for all but one of the Canadian artists featured to have performed at the festival. Grimes — the singer-songwriter and DJ originally from Vancouver —  last performed there in 2016, while rapper and singer … Read more

Rap Made Easy? [Watch]

Rap Made Easy? [Watch]

Rap Made Easy is one of the songs credited to Watkin Tudor Jones and Yolandi Visser, but recorded back in the days when they were still running across the stage by the name of Max Normal. ALSO READ: Springboks, the EFF, Die Antwoord and the 1995 SAMAs [Watch] The song comes off the album Good … Read more

Explosive audio claiming Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs orchestrated Tupac Shakur hit for $1M given as evidence in Keefe D trial

Explosive audio claiming Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs orchestrated Tupac Shakur hit for M given as evidence in Keefe D trial

BOMBSHELL audio recordings alleging P Diddy was a central figure in the assassination of Tupac Shakur have been submitted to court as evidence as part of the rapper’s murder case. Tupac murder suspect Duane “Keefe D” Davis boasts about Diddy allegedly offering him $1 million for the rapper’s assassination in a chilling 2 hour 25 … Read more

How this Canadian producer is using AI to allow artists to sing in different languages

How this Canadian producer is using AI to allow artists to sing in different languages

When Canadian producer Jordan Young started playing around with AI voice-cloning technology — ultimately creating a fake Kanye West song that sounded, well, just like Kanye West — it immediately prompted him to think about the ethical implications of the technology.  “As soon as I made it, I started to think … if anybody can make music with … Read more

The year of projectiles: 11 times fans hurled items at musicians in 2023

The year of projectiles: 11 times fans hurled items at musicians in 2023

“I f–cking dare you,” Adele warned a crowd during a July show, to discourage them from throwing objects at her onstage. The Grammy winner appeared to be joking, strolling across the stage in Las Vegas with a T-shirt cannon and firing merchandise into the audience. However, she was addressing the epidemic of fans throwing objects at singers, which reached a … Read more