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Lawyers for Britney Spears and Jamie Spears are in talks to end their contentious legal battle … sources with direct knowledge on both sides tell TMZ. Our sources tell TMZ … Britney’s attorney, Mathew Rosengart, has reached out to both Jamie’s lawyer and lawyers for Tri Star Sports & Entertainment Group to settle up. As

News Paramore Announce “This Is Why,” First New Song in 5 Years The band’s comeback single arrives September 28 By Quinn Moreland September 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Paramore, photo courtesy of Fueled by Ramen Facebook Twitter Paramore have announced their first new music since 2017’s After Laughter. The pop-punk band will release the new single

Play video content BACKGRID Kanye West is going the model route again … getting cozy with Candice Swanepoel at an event in NYC, before heading back to his hotel. Ye and the South African supermodel were super flirty this week at a NY Fashion Week event for his new Yeezy GAP sunglasses — they were

News Carly Rae Jepsen Shares New Song “Talking to Yourself”: Listen The latest single from The Loneliest Time was produced by Captain Cuts By Evan Minsker September 16, 2022 Facebook Twitter Carly Rae Jepsen (Meredith Jenks) Facebook Twitter Carly Rae Jepsen has shared her latest single from her forthcoming album The Loneliest Time. This one’s

Hip hop’s most unpredictable couple, Blueface and Chrisean Rock, claim they’re on the sunny side of their relationship now — after 2 public fights — and proved it on a NY Fashion Week runway!!! The couple grabbed the spotlight Wednesday night at Natalie Nunn, Daniel’s Leather and Zeus Network’s NYFW party and fashion show. They

News Topshelf Records Launches Kickstarter After Distribution Partner Abruptly Shutters Awesome Distro went bankrupt, leading a property management company to withhold the independent label’s inventory By Nina Corcoran September 15, 2022 Facebook Twitter Vinyl records at a pressing plant (TOBIAS SCHWARZ/AFP via Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Independent label Topshelf Records has started a Kickstarter campaign

Play video content TMZ.com “Flex” rapper Rich Homie Quan is fired up these days as he’s plotting a comeback to the top spot … but he realizes things are much different in the game today than they were in 2013 when he got rich rapping. TMZ Hip Hop spotted RHQ Wednesday in NYC, and gauged

News Father John Misty Shares New Live at Electric Lady EP: Listen The Spotify session includes a cover of Stevie Wonder’s “I Believe (When I Fall in Love It Will Be Forever)” By Jazz Monroe September 15, 2022 Facebook Twitter Father John Misty, photo by Noël McGrath Facebook Twitter Father John Misty has shared a

The hip-hop community is reeling in the wake of PnB Rock‘s heinous murder … and it has some people referencing a 2007 song from The Game which seems to mirror the Philly rapper’s tragic end. The unreleased track is called “Murda,” and it’s resurfaced online because fans noticed some now-eerie lyrics you could say include

News Michelle Branch Talks Altercation and Reconciliation With the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney in New Interview “I definitely shouldn’t have let my anger get the best of me,” she explained on Tamron Hall Show By Nina Corcoran September 14, 2022 Facebook Twitter Michelle Branch on Tamron Hall Show, photo by ABC/YouTube Facebook Twitter Michelle Branch

R. Kelly is guilty of 6 of the 13 charges he faced in his Illinois federal case … the jury just came back with its verdict. The jury convicted him Wednesday on the child pornography counts he faced, but acquitted him on 7 others — including charges of conspiracy and enticement. Remember, Kelly was facing

News Janis Ian Cancels Farewell Tour Due to Vocal Fold Scarring: “It Is Unlikely That I’ll Ever Sound Like Myself Again” The “At Seventeen” songwriter released her final solo album, The Light at the End of the Line, earlier this year By Rob Arcand September 14, 2022 Facebook Twitter Janis Ian, February 2016 (Hiroyuki Ito/Getty

Detectives from the LAPD are working around the clock to track down PnB Rock‘s killer, even alerting local pawn shops to keep an eye out for the jewelry stolen off the rapper’s neck. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … investigators are confident they’ll make an arrest, and have spoken with those close to PnB to

News Watch St. Vincent Perform “Down” on Colbert She performed with Louis Cato & The Late Show Band By Evan Minsker September 14, 2022 Facebook Twitter St. Vincent on The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, September 2022 (Scott Kowalchyk/CBS ©2022 CBS Broadcasting Inc. All Rights Reserved. Facebook Twitter St. Vincent returned to The Late Show

Play video content TMZ.com Tamika Mallory says there’s an underlying problem that explains why PnB Rock was murdered in cold blood — and, to her, it all has to do with economics. We got the activist in NYC Tuesday where she gave us her take on Rock’s killing … and she’s pretty passionate about her

News Fred Again.. Announces New Album Actual Life 3, Shares New Song: Listen Check out “Danielle (Smile on My Face)” from the latest installment of the producer’s Actual Life series By Evan Minsker September 14, 2022 Facebook Twitter Fred Again.. (Theo Batterham) Facebook Twitter Fred Again.. has announced a new album. Actual Life 3 (January

Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles finds itself in a tough spot 24 hours after PnB Rock‘s murder — it’s a crisis many businesses are facing amid a violent crime wave — when and how to resume normal operations. The South L.A. location where the rapper was killed is open for business Tuesday, and these pics from

News Michelle Branch and the Black Keys’ Patrick Carney Agree to Pause Divorce Proceedings The musicians are attempting reconciliation after Branch filed for divorce from her husband of three years By Matthew Strauss September 13, 2022 Facebook Twitter Michelle Branch and Patrick Carney, May 2016 (GVK/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images) Facebook Twitter Michelle Branch and Black Keys drummer

Kim Kardashian and Ray J‘s sex tape was a success right out of the gate, making more than a million bucks in the first 6 weeks after its release … and according to an email sent to them, they were both making serious bank. We’ve obtained an email from Vivid Entertainment honcho Steve Hirsch dated

News Vote Now for Your Favorite 1990s Albums and Songs Help us celebrate this monumental decade in music by voting in our readers’ poll By Pitchfork September 13, 2022 Facebook Twitter Play/Pause Button Pause Graphic by Marina Kozak Facebook Twitter The 1990s were a monumental time for music: the golden age of hip-hop, the global

Rapper PnB Rock has died after he was shot while eating at Roscoe’s Chicken & Waffles with his girlfriend. The “Selfish” rapper was pronounced dead at an L.A. area hospital Monday, where he was rushed just minutes after the shooting. TMZ broke the story … PnB Rock was shot Monday afternoon while dining with his

News Taylor Swift Must Face Trial in “Shake It Off” Lawsuit, Judge Rules The singer’s motion to reconsider a previous ruling against summary judgement in the copyright lawsuit was denied By Matthew Ismael Ruiz September 12, 2022 Facebook Twitter Taylor Swift at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto, Ontario, September 09, 2022. (Photo

Mariah Carey‘s massive pad in Atlanta hit the market with a hefty price tag … and the singer is looking to sell some SERIOUS real estate to the right buyer. Her 12,575-square-foot home spans 4 acres of gated land … and the word “luxury” doesn’t even begin to cut it for the $6.5M space. The

News Sofia Coppola to Write and Direct New Priscilla Presley Movie Based on the 1985 memoir Elvis and Me, it’s slated to shoot in Toronto later this year By Allison Hussey September 12, 2022 Facebook Twitter Priscilla Presley and Elvis Presley, May 1967 (Getty Images) Facebook Twitter Sofia Coppola has written and will direct a

YNW Melly‘s diamond-encrusted grill isn’t doing him any favors in jail — and neither is the judge who denied his recent request to leave jail for emergency dental work. The “Murder on my Mind” rapper is currently holed up in Broward County jail awaiting trial for double murder … and recently claimed he has a

News Jazmine Sullivan Joins John Legend on New Song “Love”: Listen The track appears on Legend’s latest full-length By Allison Hussey September 9, 2022 Facebook Twitter Jazmine Sullivan and John Legend, December 2016 (Photo by Lester Cohen/Getty Images for Wonder Productions, Inc.) Facebook Twitter Jazmine Sullivan has joined John Legend on a new song, a

Play video content TMZ.com “Old Streets” rapper 2KBABY isn’t letting his face tat critics stop his grind … if anything they’re motivating him ahead of the release of his “Scared 2 Luv” album. We caught up with 2KBABY this week … fresh out the tattoo parlor, of course, where he added even more ink to

News Westside Gunn Performed on AEW Dynamite After Sitting in the Front Row for Years. How Does He Feel Now? The Buffalo rapper and wrestling fanatic rapped Daniel Garcia to the ring in their hometown. “I don’t think I’ve ever been this high,” Gunn said. By Evan Minsker September 11, 2022 Facebook Twitter Westside Gunn

Beyoncé‘s birthday was last week, falling on Labor Day weekend, and since most people were busy — she seemed ready to party this weekend … as was the rest of Hollywood. The stars were out and on the prowl Saturday night … hitting up a mansion in Bel Air, where Bey and Jay-Z were hosting