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News Rage Against the Machine Cancel 2023 North American Tour Zack de la Rocha explained that his leg injury has made it impossible for him to play more reunion shows By Matthew Strauss October 4, 2022 Facebook Twitter Rage Against the Machine’s Zack de la Rocha, August 2022 (Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Rage Against

Coolio had a lot of things in the works before his sudden passing last week — including the fact he was about to headline his first ever Vegas residency this month … TMZ has learned. Shortly before he died, Coolio was actually in talks with a production company called Fan Rebellion — which produces an

News Tyler, the Creator to Feature on New Season of Netflix’s Big Mouth The animated, hormone-fueled comedy returns on October 28 By Allison Hussey October 3, 2022 Facebook Twitter Tyler, the Creator, September 2022 (Theo Wargo/Getty Images for Roc Nation) Facebook Twitter Tyler, the Creator will voice a character in the next season of Netflix’s

Play video content TMZ.com Paris Hilton is still reeling over the fact her pooch, Diamond Baby, is still MIA … but says there’s some hope, because she’s been assured by pet psychics DB is still alive. We got Paris Monday at LAX who gave us an update on her missing Chihuahua, almost 3 weeks since

News Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw Isn’t Happening in 2022, Set to Return Next Year The last incarnation of the festival took place in 2019 By Evan Minsker October 3, 2022 Facebook Twitter Tyler the Creator at Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival 2017 (Kevin Winter/Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Tyler, the Creator’s Camp Flog Gnaw festival

Former Cash Money Records rapper Turk is looking for answers from both Drake and Master P … after the hip hop icons allegedly left him hanging over the years. Turk was a recent guest on the ‘B High ATL’ podcast where he shared his experience guesting for Drake’s 2013 “Worst Behavior” video … or so

News Kanye West Plays James Blake Collaboration, Wears “White Lives Matter” Shirt at Paris Fashion Week Show The Anti-Defamation League considers “White Lives Matter” to be a “hate slogan” By Matthew Strauss October 3, 2022 Facebook Twitter Kanye West, October 2016 (Edward Berthelot/GC Images) Facebook Twitter Kanye West is at Paris Fashion Week. First, he

Lizzo playing James Madison‘s flute might have conservative pundits up in arms, but the folks repping the 4th president’s home couldn’t be happier and they’re urging her to make a house call ASAP. A rep for James Madison’s Montpelier estate tells TMZ … Lizzo now has an open invitation to take a private tour of

News New Music Releases and Upcoming Albums in 2022 A regularly updated guide to the new albums, EPs, mixtapes, and projects getting released in the coming weeks and months By Pitchfork July 1, 2022 Facebook Twitter Graphic by Callum Abbott Facebook Twitter New albums are getting announced and released constantly. It’s tough to stay on

Play video content TMZ.com Vanessa Bryant went to the Bad Bunny concert in L.A. this weekend — and it seems two’s all the company she needed for premier box seats. The widow of the late Kobe Bryant was seen attending the show at SoFi Stadium Saturday, and she ended up getting her own VIP suite

News Watch Snail Mail, Soccer Mommy, Sad13, and Bully’s Alicia Bognanno Cover Pavement’s “Grounded” They played the Wowee Zowee track at NYC’s pop-up Pavement Museum By Madison Bloom October 2, 2022 Facebook Twitter Sad13, Snail Mail, Bully’s Alicia Bognanno, and Soccer Mommy (Jake Whitener) Facebook Twitter On Saturday night (October 1), Pavement took a break

Play video content BACKGRID Adam Levine took the stage for the first time since his cheating scandal, and he and his band were met with cheers. Adam performed Saturday night with his band, Maroon 5, at Shaquille O’Neal‘s annual fundraising gala, “The Event.” It went down at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Vegas. Adam

Play video content TMZ.com Vanilla Ice got pretty emotional, recalling the last time he had a heart-to-heart with Coolio about being a parent … adding he’s put a brief hold on his tour following the rapper’s death. Ice tried keeping it together while talking about their last convo … and it sounds like Coolio’s kids

News Mavi Shares New Song “Doves”: Listen A new single from the rapper’s forthcoming album Laughing So Hard It Hurts By Allison Hussey September 30, 2022 Facebook Twitter Mavi, January 2020 (Kyle Gustafson / For The Washington Post via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Mavi has shared another new track from his forthcoming album Laughing So

When “MJ: The Musical” meets “The Producers” … you get a little something like this. John Branca — one of the guys behind Broadway’s biggest spectacle right now — went backstage Friday night with his wife, Jenna, to meet the show’s lead star … Myles Frost, who plays Michael. They had a cool little photo-op

News Yeah Yeah Yeahs Perform “Burning” on Kimmel: Watch From the New York trio’s brand new album Cool It Down By Rob Arcand September 30, 2022 Facebook Twitter Yeah Yeah Yeahs (YouTube/Jimmy Kimmel Live) Facebook Twitter Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ new album Cool It Down is out now, and, to mark the occasion, the band brought

It’s that time of the year again — when everyone makes jokes about Billie Joe Armstrong … and he’s totally in on it, despite how difficult of a time this is in reality. The Green Day frontman tried to get ahead of all the memes and posts that inevitably were posted anyway — taking to

News The Avalanches Cancel 2022 Tour Due to “Serious Illness” Their remaining eight shows in the US and Canada have been scrapped By Nina Corcoran October 1, 2022 Facebook Twitter The Avalanches, photo by Lorne Thomson/Redferns Facebook Twitter The Avalanches’ current 2022 tour of North America has been canceled “due to serious illness.” The group

Coolio fans flocked to his website after his death to grab some merch … and the response was so overwhelming, people were met with a big ol’ “404 error.” The rapper’s merch store was out of service as of Friday morning … folks were unable to grab Coolio swag online — instead seeing the message,

UPDATE 5:01 PM PT — Ice Cube says other states should follow California’s lead in blocking prosecutors from using rap lyrics as evidence in criminal cases. UPDATE Play video content TMZ.com UPDATE We got Cube at LAX a couple hours after CA Gov. Gavin Newsom signed the bill into law, and he told us he

News California’s Rap Lyrics Bill Becomes State Law Governor Gavin Newsom signed the Decriminalizing Artistic Expression Act in a virtual ceremony with Killer Mike, Meek Mill, E-40, and more By Allison Hussey September 30, 2022 Facebook Twitter California State Capitol Building, July 2021 (Photo by David Paul Morris/Bloomberg) Facebook Twitter California governor Gavin Newsom signed

Fat Joe is suing his Chicago-based accounting firm, claiming it was running a Ponzi scheme that misappropriated his funds and those of some MLB players, too. According to legal documents, obtained by TMZ Hip Hop, Joe claims tax hub BDO, its longtime CPA Andre N. Chammas and his assistant Vanessa Rodriguez defrauded him in several

Play video content Chocstarr313 Coolio‘s sudden death comes as a total shock to fans who interacted with him less than a week before he passed, and they say he gave no indication he was having health issues. TMZ obtained these photos and videos of the “Gangsta’s Paradise” rapper traveling last Friday through the Houston airport,

News Listen to billy woods’ New Album Church woods’ latest release was produced by longtime Armand Hammer collaborator Messiah Musik By Madison Bloom September 30, 2022 Facebook Twitter billy woods, photo by Pepi Kobab Facebook Twitter billy woods—one-half of NYC hip-hop duo Armand Hammer—is back with a new album made with Messiah Musik. Church is

“Futurama” fans will still be able to hear Coolio featured on their favorite show — the late rapper recorded segments for the animated series before his death — giving show creatives a chance to give Coolio, and his character, a proper send-off. David X. Cohen, Executive Producer of “Futurama,” tells TMZ he was shocked to

News Trevor Noah Stepping Down as Daily Show Host After 7 Years  “We’ve laughed together, we’ve cried together. But after seven years, I feel like it’s time.” By Madison Bloom September 29, 2022 Facebook Twitter Trevor Noah (Photo by Rich Fury/Getty Images for The Recording Academy). Facebook Twitter Trevor Noah will step down as host

Play video content UPDATE 11:37 AM PT — Retired FBI Agent Dan Craft is backing up former D.A. Michael McCaan’s statements —telling TMZ that Boosie Badazz‘s racial disparity regarding Netflix’s ‘Dahmer’ series is off base. UPDATE Craft tells TMZ, “No, Dahmer was absolutely not racist. He had white and Hispanic victims as well. It had

Kanye West has hired yet another divorce lawyer, this time tapping into the same attorney who represented Melinda Gates in her multi-billion dollar divorce case with Bill Gates. Sources with direct knowledge tell us Ye’s retained Robert Stephan Cohen of Cohen Clair Lans Greifer Thorpe & Rottenstreich LLP as his sixth divorce attorney in the