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TikTok Rapper Must Pay Sony Music More Than $800K Over Unlicensed Sample, Judge Rules  Billboard

Big Sean – or as NPR Music referred to him as "The Detroit Don" – popped out to the NPR HQ to deliver an expansive Tiny Desk Concert. Equipped with a full strings and horns section and one of the longest setlists in Tiny Desk history, Sean Don makes stops at all of the monumental moments throughout his discography – Finally Famous, Hall of Fame, Dark Sky Paradise and I Decided – flexing his evolution and adaptability as an artist.The rapper kicks it off with "Memories" before transitioning into his sophomore album Hall of Fame's intro track, "Nothing is Stopping You.""I remember when my second album dropped, it didn't do as well as my first album. People were like 'Sophomore slump, it's over for him,' and counting me out like crazy, and then I locked in and made my third album, Dark Sky Pa...

While most hit artists experience leaks at some point in their careers, SZA has been unfairly targeted time and time again. It got to the point where she had to threaten legal action against anyone who leaked her songs, making an announcement on X back in January.The hackers have now come for the long-awaited Lana album. The project was initially billed as the deluxe edition of her sophomore LP SOS before she revealed that in the process of making it, Lana had morphed into a standalone project.In a since-deleted post on X, SZA revealed that three songs had been leaked and that she would now be starting the album from scratch.“Y’all leaked three songs from the deluxe. At this point, y’all can keep the throwaways and leaks. I’ll be starting Lana from scratch. Do not ask me about it again,” s...

Musical toy startup Playtime Engineering wants to simplify electronic music making for kids  TechCrunch

Diddy and his attorney are firing back at the government for the recent home raids by homeland security in his recent sex trafficking investigation. Diddy's attorney Aaron Dyer said that the Department of Homeland Security's actions were an "unprecedented ambush" and even went as far as calling it a "witch hunt." On behalf of Diddy, Dyer released a statement,"Yesterday, there was a gross overuse of military-level force as search warrants were executed at Mr. Combs' residences. There is no excuse for the excessive show of force and hostility exhibited by authorities or the way his children and employees were treated. Mr. Combs was never detained but spoke to and cooperated with authorities. Despite media speculation, neither Mr. Combs nor any of his family members have been arrested nor has...

Perspective | Is Young Thug on trial for using his imagination?  The Washington Post