Madonna performs onstage during the 2019 Billboard Music Awards. (Kevin Mazur/Getty) Madonna has been flagged for spreading “false information” on Instagram after she shared the same coronavirus conspiracy video that got Donald Trump Jr suspended from Twitter. The Queen of Pop shared a video of the controversial anti-LGBT+ doctor Stella Immanuel, whom she described as
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A$AP Bari was a passenger in a Lamborghini that crashed and spun out in NYC … sending 3 people to the hospital. Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … Bari was riding shotgun Monday around 5 PM in a Lambo SUV that was driven by a 23-year-old woman. We’re told the woman tried to get off
Sacred Bones is reissuing four albums by Canadian-born composer, arranger, and electronic music pioneer Mort Garson. Didn’t You Hear OST (1970), Lucifer’s Black Mass (1971), Ataraxia’s the Unexplained (1975), and Music From Patch Cord Productions, a collection of rare and unreleased recordings from Garson’s archives, will be available on special edition colored vinyl November 6.
50 Cent‘s doing what he hardly ever does after one of his troll jobs — he’s saying sorry … and it’s none other than to Megan Thee Stallion, who made it clear his jokes were hurtful. Fitty hopped on the Gram Monday to issue a mea culpa following Meg’s tearful video, writing … “👀Damn I
Brooklyn rapper Medhane has responded to allegations of sexual assault that surfaced via social media. In a statement, Medhane wrote, “I had a sexual relationship with a woman, and spoke poorly of her to another person. I acknowledge that this is problematic behavior and have since attempted to make amends with this young woman to
Exclusive If Demi Lovato‘s engagement ring looked expensive, that’s only because it’s worth more than $2 million, and comes with some razzle-dazzle too … TMZ has learned. Sources with knowledge tell us … Demi’s ring would cost the average Joe off the street anywhere between $2.5 million and $5 million — and that’s due to
The Chainsmokers held a charity concert in Southampton, New York on Saturday alongside Goldman Sachs executive David M. Solomon (aka DJ D-Sol). It was called Safe & Sound. Video that surfaced from the concert appeared to show attendees flouting social distancing, and now Gov. Andrew Cuomo has announced a New York Department of Health investigation
Exclusive Kim Kardashian and Kanye West are together for the first time since the disastrous campaign rally in South Carolina a week ago, and their first outing was … Wendy’s!!! Kim flew to Cody, WY Monday … this after weeks of back and forth where she was desperately trying to get Kanye to get treatment
BLACKPINK have announced their debut album. It’s set for release on October 2 via YG Entertainment/Interscope. The album features the previously shared single “How You Like That” (which they performed on Fallon this year) and another song that’s set to arrive next month. The group promise that the next song will include a surprise guest.
Exclusive Britney Spears is still seeing her sons, Jayden and Sean, without any pushback from Kevin Federline amid the new wave of concern raised by the #FreeBritney folks. Sources close to the situation tell TMZ … if Kevin ever felt any concern about Britney’s state of mind, he would try to take legal steps to
The staff of Pitchfork listens to a lot of new music. A lot of it. On any given day our writers, editors, and contributors go through an imposing number of new releases, giving recommendations to each other and discovering new favorites along the way. Each Monday, with our Pitchfork Selects playlist, we’re sharing what our
Exclusive Post Malone is taking steps to turn his favorite drinking game into big biz … we’ve learned the wheels are in motion for a world beer pong league!!! The “Beerbongs & Bentleys” rapper is looking to lock up the rights to “World Pong League” … and Post and his legal team have gone so
Part Time, the Los Angeles rock band fronted by David Loca who released numerous albums on Burger Records, has had multiple records pulled from streaming services. The labels Mexican Summer and Plastic Response Records cited anonymous allegations of abuse as the reason for having Part Time’s music removed. Loca subsequently issued an apology statement on
Play video content Breaking News @eyeoftheo / Instagram The Chainsmokers held a charity fundraiser in the Hamptons at a drive-in Saturday night … and even with all the precautions, it still looked a little dicey. The plan was to have the crowd socially distance on the 100-acre venue, and it seems there was an effort
K-pop superstars BTS have announced a new song. The English-language single will arrive August 21. The song’s title has not yet been revealed, but the track will mark the lead single from BTS’ next studio album. “We have prepared a new single for ARMY, set for August 21,” BTS revealed on their community platform BTS
Exclusive Details Kanye West‘s last-ditch effort to make the presidential ballot in his home state worked … but it cost him a nice chunk of change. Sources with direct knowledge tell TMZ … Kanye’s campaign team hired a third-party vendor called Let The Voters Decide to collect the 2,500 signatures to make the ballot in
So when [Taylor] reached out, I had this large folder of ideas that were pretty well on their way. She was very clear that she didn’t want me to edit any of my ideas; she wanted to hear everything that was interesting to me at this moment, including really odd, experimental noise. So I made
Exclusive Details Kanye West showed up at a hospital near his Wyoming ranch Saturday, and a short time later an ambulance arrived at his property … TMZ has learned. Kanye entered the E.R. door of the hospital in Cody Saturday afternoon, and stayed inside for about 10 minutes. We’re told he returned to his ranch
Wiley has been dropped by his management company following a series of anti-Semitic statements and remarks posted to his social media platforms over the past two days, according to the BBC and The Guardian. “Following Wiley’s anti-Semitic tweets today we at A List Management have cut all ties with him,” Wiley’s former manager John Woolf
Peter Green, one of the founding members of Fleetwood Mac, has died. The family put out a statement that said … “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep.” Green, a blues/rock guitarist, created Fleetwood Mac with Mick Fleetwood way back in ’67,
Fleetwood Mac founding guitarist Peter Green has died, as the BBC reports. A statement issued on behalf of his family reads, “It is with great sadness that the family of Peter Green announce his death this weekend, peacefully in his sleep.” He was 73 years old. An influential musician, Green was a prominent figure in
Exclusive Biz Markie has been hospitalized for weeks, TMZ has learned, for a serious illness … sources connected to the rapper tell TMZ. Biz’s rep tells TMZ the illness is not coronavirus. The rep went on to say the trigger for the hospitalization is that he suffers from Type II Diabetes. He’s currently in a
Last night (July 24), Florida rapper 9lokknine was arrested in Orlando last night on charges of attempted second-degree murder with a firearm, as Pitchfork can confirm via Orange County government records. The artist born Jacquavius Dennard Smith was also charged with shooting into an occupied structure and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Exclusive Bobby Shmurda‘s plan for life after prison includes dropping new music and talking to at-risk youths about leading a better life …. but these plans all hinge on how well his parole hearing goes. The rapper’s mother, Leslie Pollard, tells TMZ … Bobby plans to tell the parole board next month if they release
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has curated a new compilation album called Breathing Instruments, featuring new songs from Emily A. Sprague, Julianna Barwick, Mary Lattimore, and more. Each artist was directed to create a song that “accentuate the ways in which instruments sound like they are breathing.” The compilation is due out August 14 via Smith’s label
Play video content MEGA Kanye West‘s new album didn’t drop today, like he said it would, but he’s still busy shooting music videos for it instead. The rapper’s directing a small cast on crew Friday on his massive Wyoming ranch in what looks like production for a short vid. The cameras were mostly focused on
Chicago artist Sen Morimoto was scheduled to have a performance featured in the city’s “Millennium Park at Home” virtual concert series on Thursday (July 23), but the event was canceled at the last minute, as the Chicago Tribune notes. On social media, Morimoto wrote that his performance was “pulled from the lineup because of a
Exclusive Kanye West‘s making it a struggle for Kim Kardashian to reach him — he’s ducking some calls and rejecting her pleas to join him in Wyoming. Sources close to the couple tell TMZ … there’s been very little communication between husband and wife since he jetted off for his South Carolina rally last weekend,
Hudson Mohawke has shared a new EP called Heart of the Night. It’s a “little EP of classic R&B bootlegs” that the Glasgow producer has made “over the years.” Check it out below via Bandcamp. Following the release of TNGHT’s comeback album II, HudMo has released a collaboration with techno producer Tiga (“Love Minus Zero”)
Drake‘s plans over the last several days of his not-so-quarantined life have been consistent — ball, beach and boat … and it looks to be working out wonderfully. As he slides into his second week of vacation with his entourage down in Barbados … the rapper and friends were living it up Wednesday onboard a