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Missy Elliott has announced details of her first ever headline tour for North America later this summer.Today (April 8), the history-making musical polymath unveiled the dates for the ‘Out Of This World’ tour, which will start in Canada this July. She also revealed that she will joined by longtime friends and frequent collaborators Ciara, Timbaland and Busta Rhymes.“This is an incredible time in my life as I am experiencing so many milestone ‘firsts,’” Elliott said in a statement.

Missy Elliott has once again flipped it and reversed it.This summer, the popular rapper — and first female Hip-Hop artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame — is embarking on her first-ever headlining tour with special guests Busta Rhymes, Ciara and Timbaland.The 24-concert jaunt, dubbed the ‘Out Of This World Tour,’ will send the quartet to arenas all over North America including Belmont Park, NY’s UBS Arena on Aug. 3, Newark, NJ’s Prudential Center on Aug.

Tori Kelly has spoken to NME about her fifth studio album ‘TORI’, saying that she finally feels like she is “owning [her] craft” and living her dreams.Last Friday (March 22), the California singer-songwriter was in London working on the soundtrack for a popular TV show, which has yet to be disclosed to the public. Speaking to NME, she reminisced on the fact that four years to the day, she was in the capital for the UK leg of what was supposed to be her first-ever world tour.

Elvis Presley, Jimi Hendrix, Timbaland and more touched down on the moon last week.The historic landing of the Odysseus spacecraft marked the first time a private lander successfully landed on the moon, as well as the first American craft to touch down since 1972.The lander brought a time capsule to the moon containing various arts-centric artefacts. It also contains a documentary, namely Michael P.

Justin Timberlake moves on from the first single to the second one within less than a month.Especially when you’re launching a critical comeback attempt like “Everything I Thought It Was” — his first album since 2018’s “Man of the Woods” — which arrives on March 15.But “Selfish,” despite its smooth midtempo groove and all of JT’s falsetto feels, barely cracked the Top 20 on the Billboard Hot 100. Just four weeks after its release, the much-anticipated single currently stands at a very unsexy No.

“SexyBack” superstar teased what appears to finally be new solo music — six years after his last album, 2018’s “Man of the Woods” — on his Instagram last night.Well, technically, it all started when Timberlake wiped his Instagram clean on Jan. 8.

R.E.M., Steely Dan, Timbaland and more have been announced as inductees into the 2024 class of Songwriters Hall Of Fame.Yesterday morning (January 17), the Songwriters Hall Of Fame announced five new inductees through CBS‘ Mornings programme. Leading the charge are Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck and Bill Berry, who formed R.E.M.

Justin Timberlake said “no disrespect” before singing Cry Me a River live on stage - in an apparent reference to his ex Britney Spears' new memoir. The 42 year old singer, formerly a member of boyband NSYNC, reportedly made the comment before launching into his hit song at Fontainebleau in Las Vegas this week.The track caused a stir when it was released in 2002 - eight months after Justin and Britney split - as it implied that she had been unfaithful to him when they were together. Lyrics in the song included: "You don't have to say, what you did, I already know, I found out from him.” And further fuelled was added to fire when a Britney lookalike was cast in the music video for the song.

Timbaland claims he still has a bullet in his neck after being shot nearly four decades ago.The 51-year-old hitmaker reminisced on Andy Coulson’s “Crisis What Crisis?” podcast about being accidentally shot by a Red Lobster co-worker in 1986, which temporarily paralyzed his arm.“This guy was going to fight one of my friends, and he brought a gun …he pulls it out and shows me. And it went off, and it shot me, grazed my neck. It went in from an angle and I flinched,” Timbaland, whose real name is Timothy Mosley, told the journalist.“I couldn’t feel my arm.

There's a buzz that Justin Timberlake might respond to the backlash he's faced following Britney Spears' memoir release in a new song with his mate Timbaland. Britney, 41, dropped her much-awaited memoir 'The Woman in Me' last month, where she mentioned several celebs including her ex-boyfriend Justin, 42.They were together from around 1999 until 2002.

Timbaland has apologised after suggesting that Justin Timberlake “should have put a muzzle” on Britney Spears.The record producer was speaking to fellow producer 9th Wonder in a live broadcast from Washington DC’s Kennedy Center at the end of last month when he made the comments in light of Spears’ new memoir.In an excerpt from The Woman In Me, Spears writes that Timberlake’s ‘Cry Me a River’ music video positioned her as the villain in the breakdown of their romantic relationship.The story in the video seemingly confirmed a rumour in the media that Spears had cheated on Timberlake – but Spears has claimed in her memoir that he was the first to cheat.When taking a question from an audience member about the renewed interest in ‘Cry Me a River’ following the release of Spears’ memoir, Timbaland said: “She goin’ crazy, right? I wanted to call JT, ‘Man, you gotta put a muzzle on that girl.'”Timbaland – who co-wrote and co-produced ‘Cry Me a River’ and also sings the bridge and appears in the music video – was met with backlash online for his comments.Timbaland apologizes to Britney and her fans tonight on TikTok

Timbaland, Justin Timberlake, and Nelly Furtado are back together on a song for the first time in more than 16 years. “Keep Going Up,” the trio’s follow-up to their 2007 superhit “Give It To Me,” is out today, along with a visualizer/lyric video that portrays the reunion as a genuine love fest.

Justin Timberlake and Timbaland have been announced as the new music curators for ESPN’s Monday Night Football.Earlier this week, ESPN unveiled their partnership with Timberland and Timberlake to curate music for select Monday Night Football games throughout the 2023-24 NFL season. The music selected will be played during promotional spots, live telecasts and pregame shows over a seven-week period.Timbaland, Timberlake and fellow ’00s pop star Nelly Furtado‘s new collaboration ‘Keep Going Up‘ will be used in a week one promotional spot.

Timbaland, Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado have teamed up again, 16 years after ‘Give It To Me’ with ‘Keep Going Up’.The new Timbaland single – which features Timberlake and Furtado as guest vocalists – marks the Grammy-winning producer’s first official solo single in more than eight years. It’s also his artist debut under the partnership between his own Mosley Music Group and Def Jam Recordings.‘Keep Going Up’ is a sprightly new single that’s typical of Timbaland’s signature rhythm-focused and rich R&B production.

Timbaland‘s long-awaited reunion with Justin Timberlake and Nelly Furtado is coming soon.This past weekend (August 26), the producer and singer took to social media to confirm the release date of his previously teased upcoming single with Timberlake and Furtado. According to his posts on Instagram, the track is being titled ‘Keep Going Up’ and will be released this Friday (September 1).A post shared by Timbo the King (@timbaland)In the clip above, Timbaland and Justin Timberlake play the track’s final cut for Nelly Furtado.

Magoo – a rapper and longtime collaborator of Timbaland – has died, aged 50.The rapper’s death was confirmed yesterday (August 14) via Digital Black, a member of the Timbaland-affiliated R&B group Playa. Digital Black wrote on Instagram: “Man can’t believe this RIH Magoo damn big bro wasnt ready for this at all”.Magoo’s cause of death has yet to be revealed.A post shared by Digital Black (@blackplaya502)Magoo was best known for being one half of the Timbaland & Magoo duo, which formed in 1989.

Timbaland & Magoo, has reportedly died. He was 50.The news of the «Up Jumps Da Boogie» rapper's death was shared late Sunday night by music producer Digital Black.

how to say anything at this point…this dude, always pushed me,” wrote singer Ginuwine, 52, in part, in an Instagram caption dedicated to Magoo Sunday. “Totally one of the best ever in my eyes always pressing forward I know we didn’t talk a lot but the love was and will be always there my brotha,” continued the “Differences” vocalist.

Justin Timberlake and Timbaland have teased a potential forthcoming collaboration with Nelly Furtado.The trio’s single ‘Give It To Me’ has recently gone viral on TikTok with hundreds of thousands of videos created to a sped-up version of the song.Timbaland took to Instagram this week to hint that another track from the trio is coming soon, with Timbaland having worked extensively with Timberlake in the past, and also with Furtado on 2006 album ‘Loose’.The first post shared was of a photo of Timbaland and Timberlake in the studio on a FaceTime call with Furtado, in which he called them “da dream team”.A second post featured a snippet of Furtado vocals on an unheard track, to which he wrote: “Oooooooo boyyyyyyy. We back!!!!!!!!”See the posts below.A post shared by Timbo the King (@timbaland)A post shared by Timbo the King (@timbaland)Earlier this year, Timbaland confirmed that his longtime collaborator Timberlake has finished his next album.“We just finished up and everything sounds great,” said Timbaland.

Timbaland was a guest on Shannon Sharpe’s podcast Club Shay Shay last week. The conversation eventually turned to R. Kelly, the popular R&B artist convicted of sex trafficking, racketeering, child pornography, and child abuse in multiple states, and Timbaland agreed with Sharpe that it was possible to separate Kelly’s music from his crimes.

Timbaland has teased a new and unreleased song on his social media, featuring an AI-generated verse from the late Notorious B.I.G.The Brooklyn hip-hop icon killed in March 1997 in a drive-by shooting, with his murder still remaining unsolved. Now, his voice has been recreated as part of the ongoing AI music trend.Last week, Timbaland posted a video to his Instagram that, at first, denounced AI-generated music: “We know that it’s a lot of talk about AI and we know how the feelings of violating certain things.”However, then revealed that we was working on a “solution” that was going to “be beneficial to everybody.”A post shared by Timbo the King (@timbaland)“I always wanted to work with Big,” he continued, “and I never got a chance to — until today.

Timbaland has teased a new track featuring a generative AI performing in the style of the Notorious B.I.G. over one of the Virginia producer’s beats.

Timbaland has revealed that he was inspired by the ‘Oompa Loompa’ song for one of Aaliyah‘s biggest tracks, ‘Are You That Somebody’.Last week (April 30), the Virginia producer was a part of a panel discussion at the 2023 Pop Conference. Hosted at NYU’s Clive Davis Institute of Recorded Music, he spoke alongside Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis, and Take a Daytrip about music production.

Timbaland has revealed the story of how he met Ludacris, and how he “was the one” who discovered the rapper.The Virginia-born producer has been sharing his production knowledge on social media, including his own Twitch channel and numerous podcasts.On April 24, Timbaland – real name Tim Mosley – became the first interviewee in the I Am Hip-Hop series. He spoke about how he and Atlanta rapper-turned-actor’s 2000 track ‘Phat Rabbit’ made “labels started calling” Ludacris.“I was the one who found Ludacris,” he said.

Timbaland has confirmed that his longtime collaborator Justin Timberlake has finished his next album.The two have been collaborating since the late ’90s, across all of the singer’s solo albums. Now in a recent interview with Variety, the Grammy Award-winning producer revealed that he has been helping Timberlake with his next record.“We just finished up and everything sounds great,” said Timbaland.

Justin Timberlake is gearing up to grace our ears with new music! This, according to his longtime collaborator, Timbaland. The prolific producer, 51, tells that he and Timberlake, 42, have completed a new album together and that «everything sounds great.» «Now it's really on him how and when he envisions it to come out,» Timbaland reveals. «But it's done and it's coming.» Asked to describe the sound, Timbaland says, «It's Justin,» likening the project to 2006's .«But nothing too heavy, just giving you what you expect from us,» he continues.

after selling their popular “Verzuz” series.The hit streaming rap-battle show, which was created by the two hip-hop producers in 2020, pits music artists against each other in the form of freestyle rap.Swizz Beatz, whose real name is Kasseem Dean, and Timbaland, real name Timothy Mosley, agreed to sell the series’ rights to Triller, a TikTok competitor, in January 2021.But after the sale deal, the pair alleged that the company, created in 2015 by financier Ryan Kavanaugh, defaulted on the deal after just two payments.Specific terms of the settlement did not immediately become clear.“Verzuz has always been a platform that is by the artists, for the artists and with the people,” Swizz Beatz and Timbaland said in a statement, according to Variety. “We’re glad to come to an amicable agreement with Triller and continue giving fans the music and community that they’ve come to know and love from the brand.”After news of the lawsuit broke in August, Triller told The Post that the suit was “truly unfortunate” and had hoped to “resolve this amicably and quickly.”“We hope it is nothing more than a misunderstanding driven by lawyers,” the company said.

Diddy has offered his support for Verzuz co-founders Timbaland and Swizz Beatz in the wake of their lawsuit against social media app Triller.VERZUZ is the popular entertainment series that pits producers, songwriters and artists against each other in a rap battle style format. Last year, the rights for the series were sold to Triller, who livestream the events on their app.In a recent lawsuit seen by Billboard, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz claim that Triller owe them $28m (£23m) and that it has defaulted on previously agreed payments.The suit goes on to claim that while the pair received payments as planned in January and April 2021, a payment that was due in January of this year has still not arrived.A new payment plan was then reportedly agreed, but the money from that has still not come through, the pair allege.“Since we ain’t fuckin’ with [Triller] no more, since they’re fuckin’ around with our boys, we don’t need to be going against each other,” Diddy said to So So Def founder Jermaine Dupri (per Rolling Stone).

hit streaming rap-battle show, which was created by the two hip-hop producers in 2020, pits music artists against each other in the form of freestyle rap.Swizz Beatz, whose real name is Kasseem Dean, and Timbaland, real name Timothy Mosley, agreed to sell the series’ rights to Triller, a TikTok competitor, in January 2021, TMZ first reported.But now, the pair allege the company, created in 2015 by financier Ryan Kavanaugh, defaulted on the deal after just two payments, according to documents obtained by the outlet.It’s reported that a new payment plan was later agreed upon, however, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz claim they haven’t seen the money hit their accounts yet after it was due in January.The pair are seeking compensatory damages of $28 million, as well as $95,000 as interest, as well as attorneys’ fees, and costs.“Defendants have failed and refused to respond to plaintiffs’ written notice and demand for payment,” Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s lawyers wrote in the complaint, according to Billboard. “To date, defendants have failed and refused to make any payment to Mosley and Dean of the past due sums due and owing, and defendants continue in default of their payment obligations.”Triller did not immediately respond to The Post’s request for comment — but Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s legal reps claim in the suit: “The aforesaid defaults constitute material breaches of the agreement by defendants.

Timbaland and Swizz Beatz have sued Triller for $28million (£23m) over claims of non-payment after the recent sale of their popular VERZUZ series.VERZUZ is the popular entertainment series that pits producers, songwriters and artists against each other in a rap battle style format.Kicking off in March 2020 after Timbaland and Swizz Beatz issued challenges to one another, artists that have taken part so far have included T-Pain, Alicia Keys, John Legend, Brandy, Monica, Rick Ross, DMX, Snoop Dogg, D’Angelo and many more.Last year, the rights for the series were sold to Triller, who livestream the events on their app.In a new lawsuit seen by Billboard, Timbaland and Swizz Beatz claim that Triller owe them £23m and have been defaulting in previously agreed payments.The suit goes on to claim that while the pair received payments as planned in January and April 2021, a payment that was due in January of this year has still not arrived.A new payment plan was then reportedly agreed, but the money from that has still not come through.Speaking about VERZUZ previously to NME, Timbaland said: “Well, it’s not really a battle – it’s a celebration of our heroes in music, the ones who make us feel a certain type of way.

Zara Tindall had full support from her family as she took part in the Cirencester Horse Trials in Gloucestershire on Sunday afternoon. The 40 year old was joined by her husband Mike Tindall and their two daughters Mia, 8, and Lena, 3, and baby son Lucas as they watched her competing in the trials.

Timbaland has taken to Twitter to tease a new studio album for Missy Elliott, which he will produce.The long-time Missy Elliott collaborator tweeted earlier today (December 2), asking his followers if they were “ready” for a new record from Elliott.

his uber-successful Verzuz series with Swizz Beatz remains popular, Timbaland steps into a new venture called Beatclub, an online beat-selling marketplace. It’s a digital platform for music makers to connect with musicians, producers, songwriters, music publishers and record labels.Through Beatclub, Timbaland looks to become a liaison between the unknown and the very well-known.“I know what it’s like being a kid sitting in a room, don’t know if you got talent.

Bubba Sparxxx‘s 2001 hit ‘Ugly’, with help from the track’s original producer, Timbaland.Hollywood, who is label mates with the likes of Migos, Lil Baby, Duke Deuce and City Girls, dropped off ‘The Ugly Song’ on Thursday (July 22) alongside a zany video directed by Austin McCracken.Produced by SkipOnDaBeat, the reimagining of Alabama rapper Sparxxx’s breakout hit features Timbaland, who not only produced the OG version of the song but also signed Sparxxx to his Beat Club Records imprint.“My

​Swizz Beatz is clarifying some comments he made about Justin Timberlake, seemingly criticizing his appropriation of Black culture.On Sunday night,  co-founders Swizz and Timbaland took the stage for an official rematch, playing a lively mix of their most popular hits.

Timbaland has confronted Swizz Beatz for criticising Justin Timberlake‘s apparent appropriation of Black culture.The producer, who faced off against Beatz for their Verzuz rematch on Sunday (May 30), said Beatz “went too hard” on Timberlake during their DJ battle.When Timbaland started playing one of the many hits he produced for Timberlake, including ‘Cry Me A River’ (2002) and ‘SexyBack‘ (2006) during the Verzuz stand-off, Swizz hit back.