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Dave, Little Simz and Ghetts picked up top prizes at last night’s MOBO Awards, in what was the first live version of the event since 2017. The MOBOs, which is an annual British music award presentation which honors achievements in “music of black origin”, took a two-year break in 2017, before a virtual ceremony was held last year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. On its return rapper Dave bagged one of the night’s top prizes by winning the best album for his second record We’re All Alone In This Together, beating grime veteran Ghetts who still managed to win his first MOBO for best male act. Following the release of Sometimes I Might Be Introvert earlier this year, Little Simz was named as the best female act, while MC Central Cee claimed two awards for best newcomer and the inaugural ...

Spotify Urban Music Head Carl Cherry had the chance to catch up with Tyler, the Creator at the artist’s recent Golf Le Fleur pop-up. As Jay-Z recently celebrated his 52nd birthday over the weekend, Cherry asked Tyler to name his top five songs from Hov off the top to which Tyler responded without hesitation. For his last song, Tyler chose Show You How, explaining, “that last verse showed a lot of perspective to me as a kid, so that’s six so I’m done.” As Tyler went one song over, Cherry asked him if he wanted to take Funk Flex Grammy Family Freestyle off the list to which Tyler responded “No! No! “C’mon now, that song is crazy!” Take a look at the full unordered list and interview video below. 1. Fuck All Nite2. Excuse Me Miss3. Funk Flex Grammy Family Freestyle4. Allure5. Do It Again6. Sh...

The City of Memphis is immortalizing the legacy of Young Dolph with a street named after him. According to reports, the street is located at an intersection near the Memphis Depot Industrial Park and will be unveiled on December 15. City councilman JB Smiley is leading the renaming the effort, explaining that he wanted to ensure that everything was in place before informing the family of the late rapper. “He sent the message that someone who went to the same schools as them, and walked the same streets that they do, was able to not only create a successful legacy for himself, but also prioritized family and community,” Young Dolph’s family shared. A day after the street renaming ceremony, a public funeral for Young Dolph will take place at the FedExForum. Community activist Pastor Earle Fi...

In a recent interview with RadioactiveMike Z, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM radio program “Wired In The Empire”, Sebastian Bach was asked about the first METALLICA record he ever bought. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I bought [METALLICA‘s debut album] ‘Kill ‘Em All’ when it was an import when it first came out [in 1983], when it was first released. I lived in a little town in Canada called Peterborough and there was a heavy metal section [at a local record store] with imports. And I was flipping through the albums, and this was in total glam days of MÖTLEY CRÜE and WRATCHCHILD and all these glam bands. I was flipping through, and I saw METALLICA ‘Kill ‘Em All’, and it didn’t have a picture on the front. So I pick...

STAIND frontman Aaron Lewis has released the official lyric video for his new solo single “Get What You Get”. The track is taken from his upcoming album, “Frayed At Both Ends”, due on January 28, 2022. With a strong sense of vintage country, Lewis has spent the last ten years committed to making the kind of country he was raised on. Merle Haggard, Waylon Jennings, David Allen Coe and early Hank Williams Jr. inform the Springfield, Vermont star’s take on the genre that started with the No. 1 Billboard Country Albums debut with 2011’s “Town Line”. That same passion for the unseen and the unrecognized drives the guitar-playing songwriter. Having spent the last year focused on writing, often with friends he’s made over the decade he’s...

In a new interview with Metal Wani, TRIVIUM frontman Matt Heafy recalled meeting two metal legends, IRON MAIDEN singer Bruce Dickinson and RAINBOW and BLACK SABBATH vocalist Ronnie James Dio, on separate occasions a decade and a half ago. He said: “We were interviewed on Bruce Dickinson‘s radio show in 2006, [when we were promoting] ‘The Crusade’. And I remember I was, like, ‘I’ve gotta talk to this guy about vocals. I asked him all these questions about vocals, and what he told me in the end was, like, ‘I believe someday your voice will develop to be something like Ronnie James Dio.’ That’s what Bruce Dickinson said to me. I was, like, ‘Thanks, man.’ It stuck with me forever. Then, [in October] 2007, we’re playing [a ...

Swedish heavy metal band LION’S SHARE has made a cover version of the hit song “Knock On Wood” available on streaming services and digital service providers. LION’S SHARE singer Nils Patrik Johansson commented: “We wanted to release something cool and unexpected as a Christmas gift to our fans. This song will be perfect cranked up loud at your New Year’s Eve party. Who knows — maybe I’ll crash your party as well, like I do in our new video.” LION’S SHARE guitarist Lars Chriss added: “I kept hearing the Amii Stewart version every time I turned on the radio in my car. After a while, I started thinking about ‘Children Of The Grave’ by BLACK SABBATH and how we could make this into a great hard rock version. Little by littl...