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Giggs has spoken out against the police in a statement urging fans to support the Art Not Evidence campaign.The campaign aims to restrict the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials. Defendants are often unfairly prosecuted from lyrics typically understood to be exaggeration or fiction, or even appearing in rap videos.As of June 2023, over 240 people in the UK have been jailed after a court decision that was in part based on their involvement with rap music.Giggs took to his official Instagram account to speak about his experience with authorities and the use of his lyrics used against him in court.“Evidence in court should be 100 per cent facts.

Coachella just announced their 2024 lineup and this year is going to be a doozy.Taking place over two weekends — April 12-14 and 19-21 — at Indio, CA’s Empire Polo Field with the same acts each go-round, this year’s edition features some of the biggest names in pop, ’90s indie rock, Hip-Hop, reggaeton and K-Pop.Just a few of the megastars set to grace the Indio stages this year include iconic singer-songwriter Lana Del Rey, throwback party starters No Doubt, Britpop legends Blur, reggaeton hitmaker J Balvin and Hip-Hop hero Tyler, The Creator.They’ll be joined by Doja Cat, Sublime, The Rose, Everything Always and Peso Pluma.Plus, Elon Musk’s ex Grimes is slated to perform as well.In total, roughly 150 acts will entertain audiences on each of the long weekends.And if you want to beat the rush and grab your tickets ASAP, we’re here to help you pick them up as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Jan.

Governors Ball will return to Flushing, NY’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park for three days of Hip-Hop, rock, reggaeton, pop and more.Mega headliners on this year’s bill include ’00s rock legends The Killers, Hip-Hop mainstay Post Malone, R&B megastar SZA, pop icon Carly Rae Jepsen and the rapidly rising Peso Pluma.They’ll be joined by 21 Savage, Rauw Alejandro, Sabrina Carpenter, Don Toliver and Sexxy Red.“SNL” musical guest and “Mean Girls” star Reneé Rapp is also slated to perform.In total, 63 acts are scheduled to take the stage over the long weekend.And if you can’t wait to see them all live, you can grab your tickets as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Thursday, Jan.

Playboi Carti has dropped a new song and video titled "EvilJ0rdan." The video, which drinking from a Hello Kitty mug and sporting devil-like horns, can be seen below, "EvilJ0rdan" is the latest in a flurry of releases from Carti, whose last album, Whole Lotta Red, was released in 2020. "Backr00ms," featuring Travis Scott, arrived on January 2.

Massive Attack have spoken out about their boycott of gigs in Israel since 1999.The trip-hop group took to their official X/Twitter account to respond to someone’s comment about their performance in the country. “Your shows in Tel Aviv were fantastic,” read the tweet.Massive Attack replied with: “Massive Attack have not performed (& will not perform) in Israel since the international request was made by Palestinian civic society & artistic institutions in 2002 (reiterated in 05 as BDS) as a form of non-violent pressure on Israel to end its brutal occupation of Palestine.They continued: “The band took a decision not to perform in Israel in 1999 – some years before the Palestinian call for international boycott was made – based on our own observations of military oppression, occupation & apartheid.”Massive Attack have not performed (& will not perform) in Israel since the international request was made by Palestinian civic society & artistic institutions in 2002 (reiterated in 05 as BDS) as a form of non-violent pressure on Israel to end its brutal occupation of Palestine.

Benny The Butcher has shared “BRON,” the third single from his major label debut LP, Everybody Can’t Go, due out January 26 via Def Jam. The new track is a stone-cold victory lap, chock-full of basketball metaphors and unabashed flexes that sound even more celebratory over Hit-Boy’s horn-heavy instrumental.

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Jay-Z and D’Angelo have shared "I Want You Forever." The collaboration clocks in at nine-and-a-half minutes and appears on the soundtrack to The Book of Clarence. Jeymes Samuel, who directed the new movie, also appears on "I Want You Forever." Stream the song in full below.

RodeoHouston returns to NRG Stadium for 20 huge nights of rodeos and concerts featuring some of the biggest names in rock, pop, country, Hip-Hop, EDM, Latin and worship music.Headliners topping the bill this year include pop icons Jonas Brothers, rising Latin singer-songwriter Ivan Cornejo, party starters Major Lazer, rock veterans Nickelback and Hip-Hop legend 50 Cent.They’ll be joined by country stalwarts Blake Shelton, Jelly Roll, Hank Williams Jr., Luke Bryan and Zac Brown Band among others.Plus, Houston hometown hero Bun B will headline one night, too.“I wanted people to see that rap and the rodeo could coexist in the room with no one feeling awkward,” Bun B told Houston’s CultureMap. “We’ll look back one day and won’t even remember when there wasn’t rap at the rodeo.

Public Enemy‘s Flavor Flav has spoken about his favourite Taylor Swift song and expressed his love for the singer in a new interview.The rapper recently appeared on HOT 97’s Ebro In The Morning radio show to discuss his extensive career. When asked about attending the recent 81st Golden Globes, he launched into a lengthy discussion of Swift, in light of Taylor Swift: The Eras Tour film’s nomination for the ceremony’s inaugural Cinematic and Box Office Achievement category. “Yes, I am a Swiftie,” Flav declared.

Jay-Z has revealed that he’s open to headlining a Super Bowl halftime show in the future.In 2019, Jay-Z and Roc Nation became the NFL’s live music entertainment strategists and have since helped produce the coveted Super Bowl halftime performances. On Sunday (January 7), the Brooklynite was at the red carpet premiere of the upcoming film The Book Of Clarence – which he also helped produce.

A vicious debate rages across the internet this month, with manifestos etched into comment sections and forum threads. Picking the best Playboi Carti single out of the past four weeks is less an objective critical exercise than a musical Rorschach.

Art Not Evidence campaign have called for legislation restricting the use of rap lyrics as evidence in criminal trials.The campaign, which started last year, aims to restrict the use of rap lyrics in trial. Defendants are often unfairly prosecuted from lyrics typically understood to be exaggeration or fiction, or even appearing in rap videos.

Taylor Swift track.The new insight into the listening habits across the US last year was shared by data provider Luminate, which recently unveiled its 2023 roundup.As reported in the findings, Taylor Swift continued to dominate the music consumption of those living in the United States – with her music accounting for 1.79 per cent of the on-demand streams (via Pitchfork).Elsewhere in the data, genres including Afrobeats, K-pop, and Latin music were listed as the fastest-growing genres in America, each increasing by more than a fifth, and regional Mexican music had the quickest expansion of any subcategory. This came as it saw a 60 percent growth spike compared to 2022, predominantly driven by listeners on the West Coast and in the Southwest.Hip-hop continued to be the biggest streaming genre in the States, however streams categorised as ‘current R&B/hip-hop’ fell by 7 per cent, and catalogue streams grew by 11 per cent.As for the findings on a global scale, the report by Luminate showed that English-language music streams faced a huge drop in 2023 – declining by 10 percent globally.

Craig David and Ne-Yo have been announced as the first acts for Bristol’s BS3 Ashton Gate stadium gig this summer.DJ Spoony will also be performing at the new event, with 10 acts total due to be announced to perform at the 27,000 capacity Bristol concert on June 22, 2024.Pre-registration tickets go on sale today (January 11), ahead of general sale Friday (January 12) from here.Ashton Gate’s head of venue and events, Jenny Hutchinson, said (via BBC) that the concert’s host will also be announced on today.BBC Radio Bristol’s Joe Sims said that the day would have “something for everybody”, and the day would have a hip-hop and R&B theme.

and jam.From May 16-19, the Sonic Temple Music Festival swoops into Columbus, OH’s Historic Crew Stadium for four huge days of rock, metal, punk, emo and Hip-Hop.This year’s lineup includes some heavy hitters, too.Just a few of the biggest names on the lineup include Slipknot, Pantera, Disturbed, The Original Misfits and Evanescence.They’ll be joined by heavy icons Limp Bizkit, Judas Priest, 311, Staind and Breaking Benjamin.Sum 41, Cypress Hill, Rise Against, Bad Religion and Seether will be there, too.And if this sounds like the festival for you, you’re in luck.As of today, tickets are available for the four-day extravaganza.Some are quite cheap, too.At the time of publication, four-day general admission passes start at $231 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes can be found for as low as $86 before fees.Looking for a few more details before scooping up your tix?You’re in the right place.We’ve got everything you need to know and more about the 2024 Sonic Temple Festival below.All prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of all the best prices on single and multi-day general admission passes can be found below.(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.

Bonnaroo’s wide-ranging lineup has got you covered.Set to take place June 13-16 at Manchester, TN’s Bonnaroo Manchester Farm, the four-day festival is bringing in some of the biggest names in rock, Hip-Hop, EDM, pop, country jazz, blues, punk, folk and more.High-profile headliners include Rock and Roll Hall of Famers Red Hot Chili Peppers, Hip-Hop icon Post Malone, rising EDM star Fred Again, Reneé Rapp aka the new Regina George and “Call Me Maybe” singer Carly Rae Jepsen.They’ll be joined by Megan Thee Stallion, Pretty Lights, Diplo, Jon Batiste and Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit.Plus, Melanie Martinez, Maggie Rogers, The Alabama Shakes’ Brittany Howard, Two Friends and Khruangbin will be there, too.Don’t forget T-Pain, Sean Paul, Gary Clark Jr., Dominic Fike and Joey Bada$$ either.Or Taking Back Sunday, The Mars Volta, Thundercat, Goth Babe and Interpol.As promised, there really is a little something for everyone.In total, over 100 acts are set to perform over the long four-day weekend.And if you want tickets, you can scoop them up as soon as today.Although inventory isn’t available on Ticketmaster until Friday, Jan.

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Boston Calling just announced their star-studded 2024 lineup and this year’s edition is one of their most sonically diverse yet, spotlighting established and up-and-coming rock, Hip-Hop, pop, R&B and country stars.Just a few of the mega headliners scheduled to perform include arena rockers The Killers, soulful crooner Hozier, earnest pop star Ed Sheeran, Hip-Hop hero Megan Thee Stallion and Phish frontman Trey Anastasio.They’ll be joined by Tyler Childers, Leon Bridges, Reneé Rapp, Young the Giant and The Revivalists at Boston’s Harvard Athletic Complex from May 24-26.All in all, 51 acts will take the stage over the long weekend.Need tickets today?That can be arranged.Although the presale doesn’t start until Thursday, Jan.

Lynks have shared details of a long-awaited debut album, ‘Abomination’. Check out the new single ‘CPR’ below.Announced today (January 10), news of Lynks’ first full-length album comes following three EPs and a sold-out UK tour.

50 Cent has announced that he is “practicing abstinence” in 2024 through a glitzy new post on Instagram.Yesterday (January 9), the ‘In Da Club’ rapper took to Instagram to comment on his plans for the new year. In a caption attached to a picture depicting him dressed in a dapper suit, smoking a cigar beside a drink of whiskey on a table, 50 Cent commented that he has a “new idea so big”, he has no time to be distracted.“I’m practicing abstinence, I have been meditating and focusing on my goals,” he wrote.

21 Savage has announced a new album, scheduled for release this Friday (January 12).Yesterday (January 9), the rapper took to Instagram to announce ‘American Dream’, the follow-up to his 2018 sophomore album, ‘I Am > I Was’. Attached to a picture of the album’s cover was a caption which simply wrote, “My 3rd solo album AMERICAN DREAM this Friday,” followed by emojis of British and American flags, which seemed to reference his immigrant status in America.A post shared by @21savageThe album cover also features more references to his non-American citizenship, depicting a childhood picture of the rapper overlaid with details of 21 Savage’s immigrant visa.

Napa, CA’s BottleRock Festival at the Napa Valley Expo for three huge days of music, food, wine and brews.Just a few of the headliners set to take the stage this year include grunge legends Pearl Jam, Rock and Roll Hall of Famer Stevie Nicks, chart topper Ed Sheeran, Hip-Hop icon Megan Thee Stallion and rock stalwarts Queens of the Stone Age.They’ll be joined by St. Vincent, Norah Jones, Kali Uchis, The Kid LaRoi and Dominic Fike.Plus, industry vets like Nelly, T-Pain, The Offspring, My Morning Jacket and Tower of Power will be there, too.You won’t want to forget Action Bronson, either.In total, over 75 (!) acts are scheduled to perform at the three-day extravaganza.And if you want to go, you can grab tickets for BottleRock as soon as todayAt the time of publication, three-day general admission passes start at $409 before fees on Vivid Seats.Single-day passes can be found for $277 before fees.Looking for just a few more details before smashing that buy button?You’re in the right place.We’ve got everything you’re looking for and more about the 2024 BottleRock Festival below.All the prices listed above are subject to fluctuation.A complete breakdown of single and multi-day passes 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.

21 Savage has shared a music video that purportedly doubles as the first official trailer for American Dream: The 21 Savage Story, a feature film about his life, with Donald Glover taking the role of 21 in the present and Stranger Things’ Caleb McLaughlin playing the rapper’s younger self. Donald’s younger brother Stephen Glover, who wrote for his elder sibling’s hit FX series Atlanta, is listed as the first of four directors in the clip’s credits.

D'Angelo may be on track to release his first new song in years: a nine-minute collaboration with JAY-Z recorded for the soundtrack to the Netflix film The Book of Clarence. The film's director Jeymes Samuel spilled the beans at an event on Saturday hosted by Elliot Wilson, as Stereogum points out.

Lil Nas X has gone 15 months without releasing new music, a surprisingly long time given how effectively the pop artist channeled the success of “Old Town Road” into a string of hits in a relatively short amount of time. One of the key factors in his ascent was his keen understanding of how internet discourse works and how to bend it to his will, something he’s been flexing again recently.

SoundCloud is reportedly going up for sale, and is predicted to fetch upwards of £1billion.News that the owners of the company – which is one of the world’s largest music streaming services – are preparing to sell comes via a new report from Sky News.According to the update, Raine Group and Temasek Holdings, the Singaporean state investment fund, have begun interviewing investment banks, related to a prospective auction of the brand.As of today (January 8), more than 40million artists are active on the platform, and a total of 320million songs have been released on the service since it launched over 15 years ago. First emerging back in 2007, the service has acted as a home for many artists – allowing them to publish their work online and direct listeners to their respective pages.The reports of the company going to auction follows a string of redundancies made in recent years.Back in August 2022, it was announced that SoundCloud would be making cuts to its workforce, and laying off approximately 20 per cent of its workforce globally.The reasons were attributed to changes in the economic and financial landscape, and followed another mass lay-off of staff seen in 2017, when a near-40 per cent cut was made.“During this difficult time, we are focused on providing the support and resources to those transitioning while reinforcing our commitment to executing our mission to lead what’s next in music,” the company wrote in a statement in 2022.As highlighted in today’s report, when Raine and Temasek invested in 2017, the business was reportedly on the brink of collapse.

So often, when regional rap scenes blow up nationally, they’re treated too much as a passing novelty: a city has its moment in the sun, and then it’s on to the next one. Just as frequently, the popularity of regionally-specific sounds doesn’t actually benefit artists from those areas very much.

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Drake and J. Cole kick off their 32-concert co-headlining ‘It’s All a Blur, Big As the What? Tour’ that will send them to arenas all over North America from January through March.That includes back-to-back shows at Buffalo’s KeyBank Center on Tuesday, Feb.

The YSL trial has resumed following a three-week break. The trial — which began on November 27, more than 18 months after a grand jury indicted Young Thug and 27 of his alleged associates for conspiracy to violate Georgia’s Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (RICO) Act and charged them variously with more than 50 other crimes — began its previously scheduled two-week holiday break a week early when one of Thug’s five remaining co-defendants, Shannon Stillwell, was stabbed in Fulton County Jail on December 9.

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Madison Square Garden than Knicks and Rangers games and Billy Joel concerts (whose residency at the legendary venue is coming to a close on July 25).This coming year, the legendary venue will host rodeos, concerts, comedy shows, NCAA basketball tournaments and the Harlem Globetrotters.In short, there will be a little something for everyone in Midtown’s most famous Garden these next few months.Personally, we’re most excited to see up-and-comers Olivia Rodrigo, Noah Kahan, AJR, Melanie Martinez and Mt. Joy take the Big Apple’s most prestigious stage.That being said, we can’t wait for vets like Madonna, Tool, Fall Out Boy, Pantera and Los Temerarios, too.And our team is already counting down the days to yuk it up with Sebastian Maniscalco.Want to see who’s coming to the Garden when?Start spreading the news — we’ve got all the performers and events (that aren’t the Knicks and Rangers) headed to MSG in 2024 below.Bull riding on Jan. 5-7.Concerts on Jan. 11, Feb. 9, March 28, April 26, May 9, June 8 and July 25.Games on Jan. 10, Jan. 20, Jan. 24, Feb. 3, Feb. 25, March 9.Concerts on Jan. 12-13.Featuring Elder.Concerts on Jan. 22-23, 29.Featuring Bob the Drag Queen.Concert on Wednesday, Jan. 31 at 7:30 p.m.Featuring Ken Carson, Destroy Lonely and Homixide Gang.Concert on Thursday, Feb. 22 at 7 p.m.Featuring Lamb of God.Game on Saturday, Feb. 24 at 1 p.m.Games on March 13-16.Concert on Friday, March 22 at 6:30 p.m.Featuring Jimmy Eat World, Hot Mulligan and Games We Play.Saturday, March 30 at 8 p.m.Concerts on April 5-6 and 8-9.Featuring The Breeders.Wednesday, April 17 at 8 p.m.Comedy shows on May 3-4.Concerts on May 29-30.Featuring Sylvan Esso.Concerts on June 5-6.Featuring Men I Trust, Beach Bunny and Sofia Isella.Concerts on

Playboi Carti has dropped "Backr00ms," a new collaboration with Travis Scott. The song also credits Sexisdeath and Indiana420Bitch as featured artists and comes with a lo-fi video made up of grainy footage shot in a cavernous garage and an anonymous looking office building.