Glastonbury Festival Reveals Lineup Amid Coronavirus Concerns: Kendrick Lamar, Diana Ross, More

Grammy-winning singer-bassist Thundercat says that the saying “It Is What It Is” — which just so happens to be the title of his fourth album, out Friday — might actually help you cope with coronavirus anxiety.

It’s been nearly three years since Kendrick Lamar’s last solo album, and while there’s still few details about its potential release, one of the rapper’s longtime collaborators recently revealed his own involvement in the recording process. In an interview with Japanese fashion company Neet Tokyo posted on YouTube on Friday, Thundercat said that he’s been in the studio with Kendrick.

Hit-Boy and Boi-1da clashed in an epic beat battle on Instagram Live last night. After Boi-1da shared a Drake and Roddy Ricch collaboration, Hit-Boy countered with an unreleased Big Sean and Nipsey Hussle track, in which the Detroit rapper downplays his long-rumored tensions with Kendrick Lamar.

Jessie Reyez’s new album, BEFORE LOVE CAME TO KILL US, has arrived, and while she keeps the guest features to a minimum, she does pay homage to some several big-name rappers on the project’s ninth track, “ROOF.” The Worth It and Bizness Boi-produced song features a prominent interpolation of Kendrick Lamar’s flow on ScHoolboy Q’s “Collard Greens.” In the same breath, she shouts out a trip of rap and R&B albums, too.

Glastonbury, Britain's biggest music festival, will not take place as planned this summer due to the ongoing Coronavirus outbreak. The decision was announced on Wednesday ahead of the June event, which was to be headlined by Taylor Swift, Kendrick Lamar, and Paul McCartney.

UK festival Glastonbury has been cancelled amid the coronavirus outbreak.Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney and Kendrick Lamar were due to appear, alongside Diana Ross and Dua Lipa for the 2020 event in June. But, now hopes the popular Pyramid Stage will return for another installation have been dashed, which was due to take place in its usual setting of Worthy Farm in Somerset.

The U.K.’s Glastonbury music festival has been canceled in the wake of the coronavirus outbreak.

Glastonbury Festival 2020 has been cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.

Despite festivals like SXSW and Coachella being canceled or postponed in the wake of concerns surrounding COVID-19, the 2020 Glastonbury Festival recently announced Kendrick Lamar as one of its headliner. The rapper joins Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, Diana Ross, Burna Boy, FKA twigs, Thom Yorke and more on the festival's 50th-anniversary lineup.

Compton, Calif., native Sounwave, born Mark Spears, is an in-house producer at the record label Top Dawg Entertainment and has had a hand in every release from rapper Kendrick Lamar since his self-titled debut EP in 2009, including Black Panther: The Album (2018), DAMN. (2017) and To Pimp a Butterfly (2015).

It’s been five years since Kendrick Lamar released his seminal third album, To Pimp a Butterfly. To mark the anniversary, XXL just took a trip down memory lane by compiling behind-the-scenes tales—and one of the TPAB collaborators, jazz pianist Robert Glasper, walked away with a greater appreciation for the Compton rapper’s vocal dexterity.

Kendrick Lamar will join Paul McCartney and Taylor Swift at Glastonbury if festival bosses can avoid a coronavirus cancellation.

Though countless concerts and festivals, including Coachella and Stagecoach, have been postponed due to increasing concern over the coronavirus, Glastonbury is remaining as scheduled, and announced its star-studded lineup on Thursday (March 12).Kendrick Lamar, Taylor Swift and Sir Paul McCartney will headline the five-day festival, along with performers including Anderson .Paak and the Free Nationals, Cage the Elephant, Camila Cabello, Charli XCX, Dua Lipa, Diana Ross, Angel Olsen, FKA Twigs,

Russ recently stopped by The Rap Pack for a two-part interview. During the second installment, the discussion turned toward the inevitable shift from Drake, Kendrick Lamar, and J. Cole as the Big 3 rappers of this generation. In Russ' opinion, Travis Scott will lead the way for the next wave.

Kendrick Lamar has been announced as the Friday night headliner for this year’s Glastonbury Festival, which is slated to take place June 24-28. Other acts that have been revealed for the festival include FKA twigs, Burna Boy, Robyn, Thom Yorke, Ed O'Brien (as EOB), Camila Cabello, and Caribou, among others. Elsewhere on the bill are the previously announced headliners, Taylor Swift, Paul McCartney, and Diana Ross. Find the full list of newly announced artists here and below.