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Bartees Strange is the latest to drop a single exclusively on Amazon Music, putting his blues-imbued folk spin on Freddie Gibbs’ ScHoolboy Q-assisted single ‘Gang Signs’.For his new take on the song, the Ipswich, England-born, Oklahoma-raised indie-rocker locks into the feel of the original track’s gentle, groove-driven instrumental. He reappropriates the melody with crisp and roomy electric guitars, noodling away while he emulates Gibbs’ biting swagger with his rapped verses.In a Tweet shared upon the track’s release, Strange said he “loved covering this song by two of the hardest”.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorMusically speaking, Norway is too often unfairly overshadowed by its neighbors, the overachieving Sweden — which has mastered the art of speaking modestly while flexing outrageously —  on the east, and the eccentric Iceland and Scotland to the west. But with a population of just under 5.5 million, the comparatively understated country punches far above its weight in both the world’s music scene and its economy, and its booming talent was on ample display at the latest installment of the long-running Oya Festival in Oslo last week.While there were plenty of Anglo and American acts — ranging from headliners Gorillaz, Florence + the Machine and Nick Cave to H.E.R., Little Simz, Freddie Gibbs, Remi Wolf and Perfume Genius — equally if not more compelling was the diverse array of home-grown talent.

Rick Ross has expressed his upset after being denied entry into Buckingham Palace after a visit to London.On his Instagram story, Ross explained how he tried to get into the royal residence, but was denied entry. In a tongue-in-cheek post, the rapper joked that not even his illustrious CV was enough to gain access to the palace.He wrote: “Alright so y’all saw me go to Buckingham Palace.

Deftones have announced their third annual Dia De Los Deftones event.It’s back after a two-year hiatus following the pandemic and will take place November 5 at Gallagher Square at Petco Park in San Diego.The line-up will see the Deftones perform alongside Turnstile, Phantogram, Freddie Gibbs, Audrey Nuna, Destroy Boys, Provoker, and Cold Gawd.Tickets for the event go on sale August 5 at 10am PST.Speaking about the event, Deftones’ singer Chino Moreno said: “We’re hyped to be bringing back Dia de Los Deftones this year.“We take a ton of pride in curating it; it’s a chance for us to put forth and showcase some artists that we love and respect, and putting on an amazing day of music and culture for our fans. We’re excited to see everyone again out at Petco in November.”We are thrilled to announce our 3rd annual #DiaDeLosDeftones – taking place Saturday, 11/5 at Petco Park in San Diego, CA.

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDay N Vegas — which was scheduled to feature Travis Scott’s first festival appearance since the Astroworld disaster in which four people died during his headlining set — has been canceled, organizers announced Friday. Produced by Goldenvoice, the festival was scheduled to take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Labor Day weekend, Friday, September 2nd through Sunday, September 4th.“We’re sorry to announce that a combination of logistics, timing and production issues have forced us to cancel Day N Vegas for 2022,” read the announcement on the festival’s socials.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorAfter a three-year hiatus, the Brooklyn edition of the Afropunk festival will return this fall, taking place over the weekend of September 10-11 at its traditional location of Commodore Barry Park in the New York City borough’s Fort Greene neighborhood.The lineup, announced Tuesday, (June 14th) includes  the Roots, Lucky Daye,m= Tierra Whack, Burna Boy, Freddie Gibbs, Isaiah Rashad, Earl Sweatshirt, Bartees Strange, Adekunle Gold, Fana Hues, Pink Siifu, Butcher Brown, Alex Mali, Mick Jenkins, and others.The festival is divided into two stages: the “Brooklyn Baby” stage and the “No Sleep Till Brooklyn” stage.See the full lineup below.The Afropunk franchise continues to expand, holding its first-ever Midwestern event this weekend at Minneapolis’ Sheridan Memorial Park. Titled Planet Afropunk Live: Minneapolis, the lineup will include Ari Lennox, Noname, and Mereba just to name a few performers who will make an appearance on both days.

Day N Vegas has announced the lineup for the 2022 festival with headliners SZA, J. Cole, and Travis Scott.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorTravis Scott will headline the Day N Vegas festival slated for the weekend of September 2-4, sources confirm to Variety. The performance will be his first U.S.

Freddie Gibbs has announced a four-date run of Australian tour dates for January 2023, coming in support of his forthcoming ‘Soul Sold Separately’ album.It’ll mark the rapper’s first time Down Under in exactly three years, having last played shows in Naarm/Melbourne, Eora/Sydney and Meanjin/Brisbane in January 2020. He’ll return to the latter two cities on this run, taking to Sydney’s Enmore Theatre on January 8, and Brisbane’s Tivoli on January 10.From there, Gibbs will make his debut appearances in Kaurna/Adelaide and Whadjuk/Perth, respectively playing the Hindley Street Music Hall on January 12, and the Astor Theatre on January 13.

Hip-Hop artist Freddie Gibbs is making his film debut with the upcoming feature “Down With The King.” Gibbs is a world-renowned artist with a discography that includes over 20 mixtapes, 8 EPs, 4 official solo albums, and 4 top-billed collaborative records. Big names in the industry like Tyler The Creator, Gucci Mane, Young Thug, A$AP Ferg, Killer Mike, and Jay Rock are just some of the names Gibbs has collaborated with.

Freddie Gibbs make his film debut, with a starring role in the forthcoming Down With The King.The movie sees Gibbs star as Mercury “Money Merc” Maxwell, a superstar rapper who is sent by his manager to a farm in the countryside in order to escape the pressures of fame in the city.The first full-length trailer arrived yesterday (May 23), and sees a glimpse of Maxwell’s high-profile celebrity life before cutting away to a plaintive look at his time in the countryside.Initially there on a creative retreat, the trailer shows Maxwell bonding with the local community, working on the farm, and eventually becoming conflicted when it comes to returning to his old life.The film is directed by Diego Ongaro and also stars Bob Tarasuk, Sharon Washington, and Jamie Neumann. Gibbs is also executive producer.The film, which received its Cannes debut as part of the ACID (Association for Independent Cinema and its Distribution) lineup, was also awarded the Grand Prize at the Deauville American Film Festival.

Disclosure have announced more names for their headline All Points East show on August 27, with Charli XCX, Mura Masa, Shy FX and more among the new additions.The UK dance duo have also booked Franky Wah, Wesley Joseph, Lola Young and Joy Anonymous for the Saturday event held in London’s Victoria Park (buy tickets here).James Blake, Fred Again.., Koffee, Freddie Gibbs, Channel Tres and many more acts were previously confirmed for the August 27 date of Luno Presents: All Points East.Remaining in August but reverting to its double weekends format, All Points East takes place on Friday, August 19 and Saturday, August 20 and then across the whole August bank holiday weekend from Thursday, August 25 to Sunday, August 28.Vroom vroom

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Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorLos Angeles-based Saudi-Arabian/American singer-rapper-producer $kinny has released his new album, “Have a Nice Trip,” which was executive produced by Swizz Beatz, on Universal Arabic Music.The album features his new single “Salam” with Swizz Beatz and French Montana, the video for which also dropped today (pictured above at the video shoot, L-R, are Swizz, UAM CEO Wassim “Sal” Slaiby, $kinny and Montana).$kinny grew up in Los Angeles as the child of an American mom and Saudi-Arabian dad, and his music is germane to both cultures. Swizz Beatz has been spending a lot of time in the Middle East in recent years, and the match was easy.“It’s crazy, Swizz and I made ‘Salam’ the day we met,” $kinny tells Variety.

MTV Raps” now has a premiere date.The reimagined global iteration of the MTV hip-hop series will premiere on Paramount+ on Tuesday, May 24, the streamer announced Monday. In addition, Paramount+ released the official trailer, key art and lineup of featured guests.Produced by MTV Entertainment Studios, “Yo! MTV Raps” is a comprehensive deep dive into the current state of hip hop.

“Yo! MTV Raps” is back. The legendary hip-hop series will be streaming on Paramount+ soon with all new episodes.The series will take a deep dive into the current state of hip-hop, featuring hosted segments from renowned battle rapper Conceited and DJ Diamond Kuts.

Øya Festival has confirmed its full line-up for 2022, with the likes of H.E.R. and Little Simz joining the bill.The Norwegian festival will return to Oslo’s Tøyenparken from August 9-13 this year, with Gorillaz, Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds and Florence + The Machine set to headline.Øya has now confirmed the final names on the line-up (which is split 50/50 between male and female artists) for their 2022 festival, with H.E.R., Little Simz, Fred Again.., Perfume Genius and Freddie Gibbs among the latest additions.Remi Wolf, Aldous Harding, Kings Of Convenience, Jenny Hval and CMAT are also set to perform at Øya in August.Day tickets for Øya Festival are on sale now, with weekend passes sold out.

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Freddie Gibbs has enlisted Rick Ross for a new collaborative single, sharing a punchy cut titled ‘Ice Cream’.The track was produced by Kenny Beats, and is built around a sample used by Wu-Tang Clan‘s RZA and Raekwon for the latter’s 1995 single, also titled ‘Ice Cream’, which appeared on his ‘Only Built 4 Cubin Linx’ LP.Gibbs and Ross pay homage to Raekwon’s ‘Ice Cream’ throughout their cut, notably in the accompanying music video. In it, we see Gibbs riding around in an ice cream van, mirroring footage from Raekwon’s ’90s clip.

Freddie Gibbs has shared new song "Ice Cream" featuring Rick Ross. The Kenny Beats-produced song builds off Raekwon's 1995 song of the same name and arrives ahead of Gibbs' appearance at Coachella (with Madlib) and an upcoming North American tour.

Jamie xx, JARV IS…, and Freddie Gibbs.The three-day event, which was cancelled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, will return to Helsinki, Finland between August 12-14. It’s set to host around 150 artists at the historical Suvilahti, a former power plant area in the city.Today (March 16), organisers have unveiled a bevy of new names for the festival.

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Freddie Gibbs has said that he doesn’t think Joe Rogan is a racist despite the podcaster using the N-word dozens of times in previous episodes.The rapper appeared on The Joe Rogan Experience on Tuesday (March 1) and made it clear that, while white people shouldn’t use the word and Rogan was wrong to have done so, he doesn’t believe that the broadcaster is in fact racist.“You can’t say that shit, Joe,” Gibbs told Rogan during the episode. “’Cause you pissed n****s off when you did that compilation. It was funny as fuck, though.

After two years off, The Roots' annual festival Roots Picnic will return to Philadelphia in 2022. The two-day event takes place June 4-5 in The Mann at Fairmont Park.

ScHoolboy Q has discussed how the game of golf changed his “mental” and has taught him a lot about life.Since the release of his last album, 2019’s ‘CrasH Talk’, the TDE rapper has been heavily involved in the sport, and more recently he’s been enjoying his time as a player in the 2022 AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am in California.Speaking in a new interview during the competition, Q (real name Quincy Hanley) talked about how golf has impacted him.“Coming where I come from, the life that I had, I never thought about playing golf, and I got into it and it changed my mental,” he said. “It let me learn myself as a person, like this is why certain things in my life are going bad or why certain things are going good because of the attitude thing, you get what I’m saying? It fixed my attitude in life, it fixed a lot of things about me in life.”ScHoolboy added: “Life is a golf game – some good shots, some bad shots.

Kamasi Washington has shared new song "The Garden Path." Washington will perform the song, his first new solo material in over a year, on Wednesday evening's Tonight Show. Check it out below.

Grand Theft Auto Online: The Contract, a fee GTA update from Rockstar Games, dropped today, featuring a slew of previously unreleased tracks and a new radio station, MOTOMAMI Los Santos, hosted by Rosalía and Arca. DJ Pooh's Westcoast Classics — Dre Day station offers six new songs from Dr.

Freddie Gibbs has announced the Space Rabbit Tour, a 2022 North American trek with support from Zack Fox, MIKE, and redveil. The tour kicks off at San Francisco's Regency Ballroom on April 14 and wraps up at Vancouver's Commodore on June 3, with 20 more shows along the way.

Freddie Gibbs has shared new song "Black Illuminati." The track is a collaboration with Jadakiss and comes ahead of Gibbs' major label debut album, forthcoming on Warner Records. Check out the "Black Illuminati" video above.

Freddie Gibbs and Jadakiss have teamed up for a new collaboration called ‘Black Illuminati’ – listen to it below.Having previously connected on ‘Krazy’, taken from Gibbs’ 2012 mixtape ‘Baby Face Killa’, and 360’s ‘Own Thing (Remix)’, it’s no surprise to learn the pair have the perfect chemistry in the booth together.The new track hears Gibbs and Kiss rip through Arianna Reid and Bizness Boi’s eerie and cavernous backdrop, displaying dizzying spells of tough-talking lyricism and real life

Madlib has surprised fans by playing two unreleased tracks during his set at Las Vegas’ Day N Vegas last night (November 13).In videos posted on social media, the producer is seen playing an unreleased Black Star number and another unreleased collaboration with Freddie Gibbs.

Freddie Gibbs has announced a trio of UK and Ireland shows set to take place in spring 2022.The Indiana rapper – whose most recent album ‘Alfredo’ with The Alchemist was nominated for a Grammy this year – will perform at Manchester Academy 2, London’s Roundhouse, and Dublin’s Vicar Street early next year.The shows will be preceded by a short run in Europe, with dates scheduled in Berlin, Amsterdam, Brussels and Paris.

Houston rapper Maxo Kream has released new album Weight of the World. The album was released today, a Monday, rather than the industry-standard Friday to commemorate the anniversary of the death of his cousin Woodrow Kream as well as the birthday of his niece.

Music creation platform Splice has announced its first Artist in Residence program with Kenny Beats, which will see the producer host a six-part series for their on-demand education vertical, Skills.