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Megan Thee Stallion is releasing new music after settling her lawsuit with her former label!

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic It was a very good year, 1989 was. And by 1989, of course we mean 2014.

ONE Music Fest.On Oct. 28-29, the annual extravaganza returns to Atlanta’s Piedmont Park for two days featuring the biggest names in Hip-Hop and R&B.Just a few of the mega headliners on this year’s star-studded bill include Kendrick Lamar, Janet Jackson, Megan Thee Stallion, Brent Faiyaz and Bryson Tiller.They’ll be joined by Tems, Kodak Black, Coi Leray, Key Glock and Chief Keef.Plus, old school favorites like Nelly, T-Pain, Lil Kim, Jadakiss and Fat Joe will be there on the “50 years of Hip-Hop stage” too.And, of course, Big Daddy Kane, Too Short, Waka Flocka, KRS-One and El DeBarge to round out the lineup.We’re barely scratching the surface too — all in all, 49 acts are set to take the stage at this year’s ONE Music Fest.Want to go?As of now, it isn’t too late to pick up last-minute tickets.At the time of publication, two-day general admission passes are going for as low as $250 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes are currently going for more than $250 — therefore, your best bet is to grab tickets that will get you in on both Saturday and Sunday.Need a few more details before smashing that buy button?Keep scrolling.We’ve got all the details you’re looking for and more about the 2023 ONE Music Fest below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on single and multi-day passes for the festival can be found here:(Note: The New York Post confirmed all above prices at the publication time. All prices are in US dollars, subject to fluctuation and include additional fees at checkout.)Vivid Seats is a verified secondary market ticketing platform, and prices may be higher or lower than face value, depending on demand.

Megan Thee Stallion has hinted at a new era of music on her social media.On October 12, the Houston rapper posted a mysterious trio of images on Instagram spelling out the words ‘Act One’, with a red snake biting its own tail. Two days later, she posted a photo of herself posing with a snake emoji as the caption.

Megan Thee Stallion has settled her legal dispute with her former record label, 1501 Certified Entertainment.The Houston rapper had filed a lawsuit against the company back in 2020 claiming that the label was preventing her from releasing new music after she attempted to renegotiate parts of her contract, which the label refused.1501 Certified Entertainment shared a statement to their official Instagram account regarding the dispute that read: “Megan Thee Stallion and 1501 Certified Entertainment are pleased to announce that they have mutually reached a confidential settlement to resolve their legal differences. As part of the arrangement, both parties have agreed to amicably part ways.”Carl Crawford, the president of 1501 Certified Entertainment also added: “All of us at 1501 wish Megan the very best in her life and career.”During an Instagram live video back in 2020, the rapper said that she “didn’t really know what was in [her] contract” when she first signed it, adding: “I was young.

Megan Thee Stallion‘s legal battle with her record label 1501 Entertainment is coming to an end!

Steven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer Just a week after telling fans that she’s funding her own music career on Instagram Live, Megan Thee Stallion has officially settled her prolonged legal battle with her former label 1501 Certified Entertainment. The two entities “mutually reached a confidential settlement to resolve their legal differences,” and will “amicably part ways.” Specifics on the deal are being kept under wraps.

Megan Thee Stallion has revealed she will be releasing her next album independently and will be financing it herself.While speaking to fans on Instagram Live, the rapper confirmed that she is without a record deal but is proceeding to make new music regardless, funded out of her own pocket.“This part of my album is definitely very much funded by Megan Thee Stallion because y’know… we tryna get off [laughs]… y’all know what’s the tea,” she said. “But I have no label right now and we’re doing everything funded by Megan Thee Stallion’s pocket.

Megan Thee Stallion is getting real about paying out of pocket for her own career!

Megan The Stallion has revealed that she is working independently for the first time since she was unsigned and managed by her mother. Speaking in an IG Live hosted on her producer LilJuMadeDaBeat's account this week, Megan revealed that she is funding the recording of a new album herself. She also hinted that her plan was to sign a record deal eventually, though she could stick to working as an independent artist, too.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic In an intimate performance and conversation in Los Angeles Monday night, Olivia Rodrigo admitted that there were tears shed during the making of her new album, “Guts.” But she and producer/co-writer Dan Nigro clarified that it wasn’t just about the emotion in the lyrics. Some of those were tears of frustration as they obsessed over songs and struggled to get her all-important sophomore release just right over its 10-month creation. “We cried just because we were frustrated.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Halsey has joined the production of “The Nightmare Before Christmas” coming to the Hollywood Bowl for a three-night stand just prior to Halloween, singing the role of Sally on the first two nights of the engagement, before the movie’s original voice actor, Catherine O’Hara takes it over on the third. The dates Halsey will appear are Oct. 27-28.

A24’s Dicks: The Musical had one of the best limited openings of the year, grossing $220,867 on seven screens in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. It expands in NY/LA/SF next weekend ahead of a national rollout starting 10/20 for the R-rated romp directed by Larry Charles (Borat, Seinfeld).

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The songs and score of the new film “Dicks: The Musical” are deadpan, but about as far away from dead and humanly and musically possible. It sounds like a fully fleshed-out Broadway musical brought to vibrant life on the big screen, even though it went directly from being a two-man mini-show in a New York comedy club to a movie with a traditonal-sounding, fully orchestrated song score, the scope of which is matched only by the gleeful vulgarity of the lyrics.

A wacky film based on a stage show by comedians Aaron Jackson and Josh Sharp, Dicks: The Musical – a riff on The Parent Trap with two adult men as the starring twins — opens in seven theaters in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco on a crowded specialty weekend as theatrical releases of fall film festival titles accelerates.    

Megan Thee Stallion has shared a new single called ‘Out Alpha The Alpha’ – listen to it below.The song is taken from the soundtrack to A24’s musical comedy film Dicks: The Musical, which was released in the US today (October 6). Megan portrays a CEO named Gloria Masters in the movie.Larry Charles, who directed the film, recently spoke to Consequence about teaming up with the Houston rapper on the project.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Los Angeles music scene has long had “folk music,” in its many permutations and offshoots, as a key part of the famous sounds the city has been most often associated with. But a festival with that as part of the moniker and definition? Not so often, though some locals with long memories will remember a Troubadours of Folk Festival at UCLA in 1993 that included everyone from Joni Mitchell to the Folksmen.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony will be streamed live for the first time in November, as Disney+ has picked up rights to let viewers see the event as it happens, a marked change from the years in which music fans had to wait weeks to see an edited broadcast. The Disney+ livestream will go out coast-to-coast from Brooklyn’s Barclays Center on Nov. 3 at 8 p.m..

Megan Thee Stallion has launched a new mental health resources website called Seize The Awkward.The rap star teased the announcement of the new initiative on social media earlier this week, sharing that she was about to drop “something that can help all of us”.Yesterday (September 26), the official website for Seize The Awkward was launched. “I’ve always been told I gotta be strong. Thick skinned.

Megan Thee Stallion has teased the release of something “that can help all of us”, suggesting new music is incoming.Taking to Instagram yesterday (September 25), the Houston rapper shared a brief black-and-white video that sees her side profile appear in silhouette.“I’ve always been told I gotta be strong,” she says in a voiceover.Megan confirmed in the caption that she would be “dropping something that can help all of us” later today (September 26). “Stay tuned, Hotties,” she added, along with the hashtag #SeizeTheAwkward.Check out the video here:A post shared by Megan Thee Stallion (@theestallion)In a recent interview with Complex, Megan hinted at releasing a joint project with her ‘Bongos’ and ‘WAP’ collaborator Cardi B and then taking the show out on the road.“We’re gonna have enough music that we need to go on tour together,” she told the outlet.