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Kanye West made a surprise appearance at last night’s BET Awards, during a tribute segment to Lifetime Achievement Award recipient Sean “Diddy” Combs. West gave a five-minute speech talking through the pair’s friendship, saying Diddy “understood contracts in a way a lot of us still don’t. Understood money in a way a lot of us still don’t. I go to him for advice to this day. He inspired so many of my choices. So many of my life choices. My wife choices. And here we are. Thanks for that, Puff.” Watch it in full below.  The night’s Diddy tributes also included a video from Jay-Z and cameos from Mary J. Blige, Jodeci, Busta Rhymes, Nas, Lil’ Kim, and Faith Evans, among others.  West has kept a relatively low profile since pulling out of Coachella earlier this year. He released a vide...

Phoebe Bridgers joined the Jesus and Mary Chain on stage at Glastonbury Sunday night (June 26), making a guest appearance for their song “Just Like Honey” from 1985’s Psychocandy. Watch it happen below. During her own Friday night Glastonbury set—which happened hours after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade—Bridgers led the crowd in a chant of “Fuck the Supreme Court.” After a few more dates in the UK and Europe, Bridgers will return to the United States for another handful of shows in August. The Jesus and Mary Chain, who last issued Damage and Joy in 2017, are currently engaged in a suit against Warner Music Group to retain the copyright to Psychocandy and much of the band’s other earlier material.  Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.

Fiona Apple has shared a new statement about the Supreme Court’s recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. In a video shared via the Fiona Apple Rocks fan channel, she spoke out about the systems of control behind the decision. She added that she planned on donating to abortion funds and bail funds instead of politicians. “I’m just one of a lot of women who need to keep on expressing that we do not fucking accept this,” she said. Watch it below. “We have to talk about how we feel about this, how unacceptable this is. We have to keep on expressing ourselves, because this is all about control,” Apple said in her statement. In addition to her lifetime advocacy for women’s self-determination, Apple has more recently become a vocal supporter of judicial transparency and open court proceedings. L...

Rina Sawayama has released the latest single from her forthcoming second album, Hold the Girl. It’s called “Catch Me in the Air.” Sawayama wrote the song as a tribute to her mother, who raised the pop artist as a single parent. “I really wanted to write about this weird relationship with single parents,” Sawayama said in a press release. “You do catch each other in the air.” Sawayama has also shared a visual for the track, which was created with fan-submitted footage of the singer performing live. Check it out below. Sawayama wrote “Catch Me in the Air” alongside Oscar Scheller, Gracey, Clarence Clarity, and Stuart Price. The single was written “in between lockdowns,” as Sawayama put it. She continued: I wanted the whole song to sound like it was on an Irish coastline, like a Corrs video. ...