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Michael Kiwanuka has won the 2020 Hyundai Mercury Prize. His album KIWANUKA was awarded the honor over albums by Charli XCX, Laura Marling, Dua Lipa, and others. Many of the nominees for the 2020 Mercury Prize delivered a remote performance. Find performances from Kiwanuka, Anna Meredith, Charli XCX, Georgia, Laura Marling, Porridge Radio, and others

Play video content Exclusive Kanye West‘s on a noble crusade to help musicians gain control of their livelihood … according to Austin Mahone, who has experience with the process and wants to lend a helping hand. The singer’s backstory seems the perfect example of what Kanye’s been tweeting about for more than a week now

Penske Media Corporation (PMC)—the parent company of Rolling Stone, Variety, and Music Business Worldwide, among other media publications—has announced a new joint venture with MRC, the company that operates Billboard, Vibe, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. Their joint venture, named PMRC, will find Penske taking over the “daily operations” of Billboard, the Hollywood Reporter, and

Breaking News Gigi Hadid‘s year just got a helluva lot better …. she’s officially a MOM!!! Gigi gave birth to her and Zayn Malik‘s first child together … a baby girl. Zayn is over the moon. He shared an adorable snap of his hand around his little one’s, and said, “The love i feel for

The French singer, actress, and cultural icon Juliette Gréco has died. She was 93. “Juliette Gréco died this Wednesday surrounded by her family in the house she loved so much,” her family said in a statement to the Associated Press. “Her life was one like no other.” Gréco was born in Montpellier, France, in 1927

Here’s Harry Styles whipping around in a fancy sports car and a super cool speedboat in Italy for a music video shoot … which could double as his audition to be the next 007. The former “One Direction” singer is giving off serious James Bond vibes shooting the video for another song off his album,

Tommy DeVito — one of the original members of the iconic Doo-Wop group, The Four Seasons — has died from coronavirus. ‘Casino’ actor Alfredo Nittoli confirmed the news Tuesday in a Facebook post, saying Tommy had died Monday night at a Vegas area hospital, where he’d recently been admitted after contracting COVID-19. Nittoli says Tommy’s

Today is National Voter Registration Day, and naturally, Joe Biden’s campaign spent the day encouraging people to get registered. A new video funded by the Biden Victory Fund and shared on Biden’s Twitter account ends with the words “register,” “vote early,” and “vote by mail.” It’s also a spot that’s soundtracked by Hudson Mohawke’s 2014

Exclusive Carole Baskin is participating in jokes about Don Lewis‘ mysterious disappearance while she’s on ‘DWTS’ … at least according to Don’s family, and now they’re taking her to court. Don’s daughters Gale, Lynda and Donna, plus his former assistant, Anne McQueen are suing Carole for defamation, and they say Don’s disappearance is no laughing

TIME Magazine revealed its annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world today (September 22). Megan Thee Stallion, the Weeknd, J Balvin, Selena Gomez, and Halsey were among the notable musicians named on the list. Megan Thee Stallion’s entry was written by actress Taraji P. Henson. “I remember hearing Megan Thee Stallion

Exclusive Dr. Dre‘s estranged wife had the gall to dip into a well-funded cookie jar not just once, but TWICE … at least according to Dre’s biz partner, who’s now accusing her of grand theft. Attorneys for Larry Chatman — who co-founded Record One studio with Dre in 2015 — just fired off another letter

Patti Smith, Michael Stipe, Joan Baez, Cyndi Lauper, Angélique Kidjo, and more gathered virtually to cover Smith’s “People Have the Power.” The performance is released in coordination with Pathway to Paris, a nonprofit co-founded by Smith’s daughter Jesse Paris Smith that aims to enact the Paris Agreement by combating climate change. The clip also encourages

Exclusive The “Full House” cast joined a band and dropped a new music video … all to celebrate dogs!!! Bob Saget, John Stamos, Candace Cameron Bure, Jodie Sweetin, Andrea Barber and Dave Coulier joined forces to help “Full House” creator Jeff Franklin celebrate National Dog Week with a music video pushing for animal awareness. The

Tune-Yards have shared a new single. “nowhere, man”—a reference to the Beatles song of a similar name—arrives with a new video featuring Charlie Chapin-inspired footage of Merrill Garbus and Nate Brenner. There’s also stop-motion animation from Japhy Riddle and Callie Day. Watch the video below. “The song and the video for ‘nowhere, man’ were created

Exclusive Like the rest of the world, Bobby Shmurda has little to no reason to celebrate 2020 — because he’s not getting out of prison just yet … despite high hopes he would be paroled. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Bobby was denied parole after his interview with the Board last week. No reason

Travis Scott is back with a new single on Friday. This one’s called “Franchise,” and it’s been announced with pre-orders available for physical 7″ vinyl and cassette singles. The single artwork, below, is by George Condo—the artist who created a series of paintings for Kanye West’s My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy. “Franchise” arrives in a

Play video content Exclusive 12/19/19 TMZ.com DaBaby‘s Christmas time scuffle at an L.A.-area hotel is coming back to haunt him nearly a year later — the guy he roughed up on camera is taking him to court over it. The guy’s name is Cristofher Pocasangre, and he just filed suit against DaBaby claiming his recorded

Pamela Hutchinson of the R&B girl group the Emotions died Friday, September 18, the band announced on Facebook. “Pam succumbed to health challenges that she’d been battling for several years,” the group wrote. “Now our beautiful sister will sing amongst the angels in heaven in perfect peace.” She was 61 years old. Hutchinson was born

Exclusive A company Dr. Dre and his estranged wife founded together is accusing her of draining the primary business account dry and even criminal embezzlement … just the latest sign of how nasty this divorce is getting. TMZ has obtained a letter that was fired off to Nicole Young by attorneys for Record One recording

In July 2017, Gord Downie of the Tragically Hip died made his final recordings before dying of brain cancer that October. Those tracks will see the light of day in the new double album Away Is Mine. It’s out October 17 via Arts & Crafts. It features 10 songs presented with both acoustic and electric

Play video content Exclusive Details TMZ.com Lil Wayne is about to be another year older, so to celebrate … his Young Money partner made him a new car owner, with a sweet little announcement about new tunes in tow. As you might be aware … Weezy’s turning 38 next Sunday, but Mack Maine simply couldn’t

Zendaya has won the Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama for her role as Rue in HBO’s Euphoria. Zendaya took home the trophy over Jodie Comer (Killing Eve), Sandra Oh (Killing Eve), Laura Linney (Ozark), Olivia Colman (The Crown), and Jennifer Aniston (The Morning Show). Tonight marks the first-time Emmy win for Zendaya.

Kanye West has a new vision for what record deals oughta look like in the music industry — and his guidelines are heavily in favor of the artist and making them money. Ye tweeted several pillars that we guess would be in his own terms and conditions as a record label exec — except, this

Tyler Childers has surprise-released a new album titled Long Violent History. The predominantly instrumental album concludes with the title track, which serves as the Kentucky songwriter’s “observational piece on the times we are in.” The album comes accompanied by a six-minute video from Childers, in which he contextualizes the album as a whole and urges

Travis Barker is parting ways with a beloved Cadillac — one of the best ever built —  but fear not because his new ride is top of the line. The Blink-182 drummer put his 1964 Cadillac Coupe DeVille on the auction block … hoping to fetch $25,000 minimum. The folks over at Bring A Trailer

Lady Gaga has shared the music video for her Chromatica song “911.” The visual begins with Gaga blindfolded in the desert. She then heads to a temple where she participates in rituals. Near the end, it’s revealed that Gaga was imagining the scene as she lies and gets assistance after a serious car accident. The

Ozzy Osbourne and Uriah Heep drummer Lee Kerslake has died after a long battle with cancer. One of Lee’s bandmates from Uriah Heep broke the news Saturday, saying, “It’s with the heaviest of hearts that I share with you that Lee Kerslake, my friend of 55 years and the best drummer I ever played with,

Ludwig Göransson has won the 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Music Composition for a Series (Original Dramatic Score). The composer was honored for his work on The Mandalorian. It’s Göransson’s first Emmy Award. Göransson’s award is not to be confused with the Emmy for Outstanding Music Composition for a Limited Series, Movie, or Special (Original